In the Community

If you come across a turtle with a number painted on its shell near Burnaby Lake, you might be tempted to conclude the reptile has wandered away from some kind of ultra-slow footrace.

Photographer Kayla Isomura sat down with fourth- and fifth-generation descendants to talk about their families' experiences and to ask them with the question: If you had 24 hours to pack up and leave your home, what would you take with you?

Eileen Sagman still loves hitting the dancefloor at 91. Bonsor 55+ Society holds dances every Tuesday afternoon and Thursday evening at its centre in Burnaby, with the dances including light refreshments and music performed by live bands.

Lee Maracle will give a talk at the Bob Prittie library branch for National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21

A report released by BC Hydro finds electrical contact incidents involving “weekend loggers” are up 60 per cent from 2013.

Before you hit the road on vacation, be sure you’re not bringing any winged stowaways on your adventures.

Students will travel to rural China and Hong Kong, then create interpretive material for Burnaby facility

Nikkei Centre has a truckload of books for you. The centre is hosting a book sale on June 8 to 9. Don’t miss this chance to buy hard-to-find Japanese-language books in Vancouver.

1 Join the party at Hats off Day in Burnaby Heights this Saturday with 50,000 of your neighbours on Hastings Street. The family fun dash starts at 9:30 a.m., and the parade begins at 10 a.m.