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Burnaby's civic election turnout was higher than in 2011 but still below the provincial average. According to Civic Info B.C., which posts results from all of B.C.'s municipal elections, the provincewide average was of 33.3 per cent.

The polls may have closed on Burnaby’s 2014 election, but Burnaby First is already looking ahead at the next four years.

Voter turnout may have increased this election, but it wasn’t enough for Burnaby First to secure a single seat on council. BFC mayoral candidate Daren Hancott only managed to secure 21.

Twice as many Burnaby voters turned out to the advance polls in the lead-up to the city’s 2014 municipal election, compared to 2011.

As Election Day approaches, Burnaby’s opposition party is questioning the impartiality of city staff when their union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees, was the incumbent council’s largest financial supporter in the last election.

In a province run by the Liberals, in a country ruled by the Conservatives, there’s the City of Burnaby, run entirely by the New Democrats. The Burnaby Citizens Association, a group of card-carrying NDP members, hold every single municipal seat.

The Burnaby First Coalition says it has a plan to renew Burnaby Hospital and tackle homelessness without costing the taxpayers a dime.

A rumour that local schools are injecting students with a serum that turns children gay is the latest controversy on the Burnaby campaign trail.

A handful of all candidates meetings have been announced in Burnaby, leading up to the city’s municipal election. On Tuesday, Nov.

First brochures at public libraries , now bike racks and bus shelters. The Burnaby Citizens Association is under fire for another apparent breach of the city’s sign bylaw.