In the Community

The B.C. Community Bat Program is seeking volunteers and bat colonies for the annual Bat Count. This citizen-science initiative encourages residents to count bats.

Burnaby’s Hastings Street has all hands on deck for the 34th Hats Off Day festival. On Saturday, June 2, approximately 50,000 people will join the Burnaby Heights Merchants as they take their “hats off” to their community and their customers.

At 12 years old, Burnaby actor Emily Delahunty already has a decade of acting experience, and an impressive 23 credits on her IMDB profile. “I wouldn’t give (acting) up for anything,” she says emphatically.

If you’re walking down Hastings Street on Hats Off Day this weekend, you might spot your local MP soaking wet and with a smile on his face.

An award-winning Burnaby brewery has taken home yet another major win this month. Dageraad Brewing has won Brewery of the Year at the 2018 Canadian Brewing Awards, Canada’s national competition for Canadian-manufactured beer.

Plans are in motion to build a new home for an old artefact important to British Columbia’s history.

If you ride the SkyTrain by Metrotown station, you might see a colourful display out your window.

Parenting small children in Burnaby? You’ll want to make time for the upcoming Healthy Kids Fair at Bonsor Recreation Complex. The event is set for Thursday, June 7 from 9:30 a.m. to noon, and admission is free.

See Bon Iver perform at Deer Lake Park on Saturday, May 26. The American indie-folk band is playing an all-ages show on the festival lawn for the band’s first stop in Canada on their 2018 tour. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m.

The Greater Vancouver Food Bank is bringing one of its largest events back to Burnaby. The food bank announced on Wednesday the return of CANstruction, an annual fundraising and food raising activity that will run Nov.