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Help clean up Burnaby’s waterways by taking part in Evergreen’s Uncover Your Creeks program. Learn about the ecology and receive hands-on training for managing invasive species, planting native plants and monitoring water quality in Chub Creek.
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Uncover Your Creeks
Uncover Your Creeks facilitator Paul Oster holding Himalayan blackberry, an invasive plant that volunteers like Carlo Acuna and Vic Balon (in background) have been digging up and removing.Chung Chow
  1. Help clean up Burnaby’s waterways by taking part in Evergreen’s Uncover Your Creeks program. Learn about the ecology and receive hands-on training for managing invasive species, planting native plants and monitoring water quality in Chub Creek. Meet at Jim Lorimer Park at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 11. Gloves, tools and refreshments will be provided.
  2. Celebrate World Refugee Day on Sunday, June 12 by listening to stories of perseverance. The Bob Prittie Metrotown branch is hosting a free event from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Hear from a variety of speakers, including a working mother from Syria, a government-sponsored refugee from Rwanda and a privately sponsored refugee from Eritrea. There will also be a couple of musical performances by Adel Othman and Farooq Al-Sajee, who play the tambour and oud, respectively. Space is limited. Call 604-436-5400 or visit www.bpl.bc.ca/events to register.
  3. The Willingdon Community Centre, at 1491 Carleton Ave., is hosting its longtime running Kidstuff Swapmeet on Saturday, June 11. Twenty-seven vendors will be selling all kinds of used items, including clothing and toys. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 604-297-4526 for more information.
  4. As part of Environment Week, Bill Copeland Sports Centre is hosting a “car trunk sale” on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. It’s a garage sale with a twist! Check out all the treasures sellers have stuffed into their car, truck or minivan.
  5. Head over to St. Alban’s Church on Saturday for a strawberry tea and open house. The event marks one year since an electrical fire destroyed much of the clergy office space. Drop by anytime between 2 and 4 p.m. St. Alban’s is at 7717 19th Ave.
  6. Have a bike that needs fixing? There’s a bike fair tonight (June 10) at Edmonds Community School, from 6 to 9 p.m. Be prepared to be wowed by two of North America’s top bike trial riders, Jeff Anderson and Steve Dickin. There will be a “challenge your friend race,” a bike-decorating station, a repair pit, a concession and an obstacle course. Attendees must bring a helmet to ride the course. The school is at 7651 18th Ave.

Send Top 5 suggestions to [email protected]. For more community events, see www.burnabynow.com.