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STM carnival next month

St. Thomas More Collegiate is gearing up for a fundraising carnival. The independent school is hosting a day of fun on May 11, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. There will be carnival games, mini-donuts, face-painting, a cake walk, a bouncy castle, a dunk tank, a magician, a beer garden for the adults, live music and entertainment. There will also be gifts and plants for Mother's Day. Admission is $2, and tickets for games or rides are $2 each. The school is at 7450 12th Ave.


 

Local grapplers medal at nationals

St. Thomas More Collegiate's Darthe Capellan won the gold medal at 50 kilograms at the Canadian juvenile wrestling championships in Saskatoon this weekend.


 
Luo Wei

Badminton tops athlete awards

Badminton proved the sport of choice at the annual Douglas College awards.


 
RuiLin Huang

Badminton tops athlete awards

Badminton proved the sport of choice at the annual Douglas College awards.


 

Cemetery truck traffic to use main entrance

Forest Lawn Memorial Park and the City of Burnaby have agreed all of the cemetery's truck traffic will use the main entrance, after a delegation appeared before city council March 11, and council chambers were packed with Burnaby South residents in opposition to other entrances being used.


 
The 2012/13 Wesview Secondary wrestling team

Westview grapplers ready for next year

Cody Osborn had hoped to have a medal in tow when he returned home from the B.C. high school wrestling championships in Duncan.


 
Gino Pagbilao

Rebels rewrite record book

The Burnaby South Rebels left their mark in history at the B.C. high school AAA boys' basketball championships.


 

Burnaby South Rebels rewrite record book

The Burnaby South Rebels left their mark in history at the B.C. high school AAA boys' basketball championships.


 

Eighth-place finish for Falcons

The Sardis secondary senior boys basketball team and its entourage of enthusiastic fans showed plenty of spirit during the school's historic first-ever B.C. Boys AAA Championship last week.


 
Jim and Holly Littleford

Burnaby couple lives by their music for 33 years

Mozart's opera The Magic Flute, will be transformed into a First Nations saga by the Vancouver Opera Company, and two long-time Burnaby musicians will be lending their talents to the music.


 
Kitsilano guard Justin Sze

Kitsilano Blue Demons and St. George’s Saints advance to the Elite 8

It all comes down to this Saturday night. The AAA senior boys basketball provincial championships started Tuesday at the Langley Events Centre. The final is 8 p.m. March 9.


 

Sharks show their bite at provincial tourney

Officially the Steveston-London Sharks finished ninth in their first-ever appearance at the B.C. AAA Girls Basketball Championships. An even bigger accomplishment was the level of respect this unheralded team earned.


 

South wins back-to-back hoop titles

Burnaby South's Jermaine Hayley is best known for his offensive talents, but it was his effort on defence that helped the Rebels to a first-ever provincial junior varsity basketball title.


 

South wins back-to-back hoop titles

Burnaby South's Jermaine Hayley is best known for his offensive talents, but it was his effort on defence that helped the Rebels to a first-ever provincial junior varsity basketball title.


 
Burnaby South Rebels

Burnaby South to back door at B.C. AAA high school girls' basketball finals

Burnaby South had the heart, but not quite the depth in its first-round matchup against No. 4ranked Oak Bay Breakers.


 
Herleen Sethi, with her mom

Students collecting donations

A Burnaby continuing education teacher and her Grade 12 social justice students are collecting donations for Jeffrey Ross Residence and Crabtree Corner on March 9.


 
Burnaby Central's Amar Dhesi, in red

Fourth B.C. mat gold for top 'Cat

Amar Dhesi of Burnaby Central won a fifth medal and fourth provincial gold in his five-year B.C. high school wrestling career.


 

South second

It was a proud moment for Burnaby South supporters despite the loss at the final of the Lower Mainland high school AAA boys' basketball championships.


 

Four-game win streak for Sardis

The Sardis secondary senior boys basketball team is headed to the provincial championships for the first time in its 80year history.