B.C. city earns first Blue Community title

Photo © Harjap Grewal

The first Blue Community in Canada was awarded to Burnaby, B.C. From left: Council of Canadians member Elsie Dean, Burnaby Mayor Derrick Corrigan, Council of Canadians member Elizabeth Briemberg, and Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) B.C. staff researcher Robin Jane Roff.

Burnaby, B.C., has been named the country's first Blue Community by the Council of Canadians and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).

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