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Local World Vision volunteer awarded

Burnaby resident Robert Edwards was awarded a Queen's Diamond Jubilee medal for his volunteer work helping children. Edwards is a semi-retired businessman who volunteers with World Vision.

Herons choose safe city neighbourhood

Everyone is looking for a safer neighbourhood in which to raise their children - including herons.

Record-breaking year for wildlife rescue group

The year 2012 was a record-breaking one for the Burnaby-based Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C. The non-profit group, with headquarters at Burnaby Lake, cared for 4,036 animals - up from 3,312 in 2011 - making 2012 the busiest in the organization's 34-year history.

Skunk saved from city garbage truck

It's a foul smelling job, but someone has to do it.

SFU support staff vote for strike action

The teaching support staff at Simon Fraser University voted 90 per cent in favour of strike action today, according to preliminary ballot results. "You can say it's a done deal, but the decision still has to come from the membership on how to move forward," said Jeff Zurek, a bargaining committee member with the Teaching Support Staff Union. The union's members will meet on July 3 to decide if and when to take strike action and what that would look like. "It doesn't mean a picket line, it could mean talking to people in tutorials. We could hold tutorials outside, it could be withholding grades - who knows," Zurek said. "As you move forward you can ramp up the pressure." The union - which represents groups like teaching assistants and distance education staff - has roughly 650 people at the Burnaby campus this semester. The union has been negotiating with SFU for two years, wanting wage increases and improved working conditions, but no agreement has been reached. Zurek didn't have a figure for how much in wage increases the union is asking for. "Our goal is to keep up with inflation or the cost of living. We want to keep the wages in line with the increasing costs of living in Vancouver," he said. Both parties are scheduled to return to the bargaining table on July 10. "If things start moving and we go into mediation, then that's fantastic. What we really want is bargaining," Zurek said. "We are using (the strike) to put pressure on the university to come to the table." No one from SFU was available for immediate comment. Keep checking this website for updates.

One-eyed owl saved

A rare Western screech owl that was injured after flying into a car has made a remarkable recovery, thanks to the Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C. (WRA) in Burnaby.

Good deed for this goose

A man helped free a Canadian icon entangled in fishing line and a barbed hook this week.

Birds in the bush worth something too

"I don't ask for the meaning of the song of a bird or the rising of the sun on a misty morning. There they are, and they are beautiful."

Unclean feeders may be killing birds

The Burnaby-based Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C. is calling on people to clean their birdfeeders following a suspected salmonella outbreak that could be killing large numbers of pine siskins around the Lower Mainland.

Contaminated feeders may be killing birds

Bus driver saves owl stuck on road

The Wildlife Rescue Association's first "patient" of 2012 arrived in rather dramatic fashion on New Year's Day.

Animals get a second chance

It was a busy year for the Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C. Staff at the Burnaby-based centre helped 3,274 animals in 2011, the most in seven years.

Bus driver saves stranded barred owl

The Wildlife Rescue Association's first "patient" of 2012 arrived in rather dramatic fashion on New Year's Day.

Raccoon attacks on rise

More concerns are being raised after another vicious raccoon attack on a cat was reported on the weekend.

Raccoons kill, drag away another cat

The owner of a dead cat is posting warning notices in her neighbourhood after raccoons dragged away her family pet of 17 years.

Burnaby tackles rat problems

"Do not feed the wildlife" signs are being placed by city staff in areas where residents have spotted large rat populations.

Not for the birds

Citywide concern about excessive bird feeding, and the wildlife it attracts, has Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan considering banning bird feeding altogether.

Stowaway marmot returned to the wild

A stowaway marmot who hitched a ride from Kamloops to Burnaby has been released in the Hope Slide area after a stay at the Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C.