Get ready for some family fun at Brentwood Town Centre next week.
The Burnaby mall is hosting a trick or treat bash on Monday, Oct. 31 from 4 to 5 p.m. The folks at Brentwood have organized an interactive pumpkin patch and there will be free candy and a live DJ to entertain everyone.
The mall is at 4567 Lougheed Hwy.
They’ve got a date!
Earlier this month I mentioned that New West-favourite Big Star Sandwich Company had opened its second location – in Burnaby.
Well, I’ve received word the official grand opening is set for Tuesday, Nov. 1, at which time regular hours will begin. Those hours will be Monday to Saturday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday and holidays 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Burnaby location is at 3736 Canada Way (right near Boundary Road). Until Nov. 1, folks can stop by for a sandwich (or two) Monday to Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more details, follow Big Star on Twitter @bigstarsanwich.
BBOT recognizes small businesses
Staff at the Burnaby Board of Trade braved wet weather last week to go door-to-door thanking small businesses in the city.
The event, dubbed the “Cookie Walk,” took place last Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Each day, staff from the board of trade would go out armed with cookies from Valley Bakery. Throughout the day, they’d stop at different businesses to drop off cookies and say thank you.
Businesses visited included: Kanester Johal LLP, Fig Tree Flooring, Price’s Alarm, Vox Com Security Systems, B.C. Care Heating Services, Smartt, Xynyth Manufacturing Corp., Earls, Davies/Hall Commercial Realty, JW Research Ltd., Orland Premium, Provincial Sleep Group, and Toseki Entertainment.
To see photos and a video from the event, check out the hashtag #sbw2016 on Twitter.
Whole Foods gives back
The Thanksgiving spirit was alive and well at the Burnaby Whole Foods earlier this month.
Through its Taste of Thanksgiving event, the grocer raised $2,890 for Forest Grove Elementary School’s labyrinth Garden project.
“At Whole Foods Market, we think giving back to the communities our stores are in is an important way to say thanks,” read an emailed statement from the company.
The money donated will be used by the school to maintain the labyrinth and protect it from vandalism.
Bandits surprise cyclists
Staff from Burnaby’s Traction on Demand were at Science World last month to kick off Bandit Tour 2016.
The seven-day tour from Vancouver to San Francisco is annual event hosted by Traction for Good, the charitable arm of the Burnaby software sales and support company. On the first day, Traction Bandits descended on Science World to offer passing cyclists free tune-ups courtesy of Velofix.
“Velofix worked tirelessly for 2 hours straight to get as many bikes tuned up as possible, while the cyclists waited patiently for their turn. We consistently had a line up of at least 10 people waiting at any one time!” read an email from the touring Bandits.
