In the Community

Residents of the Swedish Canadian Assisted Living Residence have been given the gift of freedom with a new passenger bus.

While symptoms of the polio virus are not serious in most cases, it can be devastating for those unlucky enough to get paralytic polio.

Vue Point exhibit is on at the Deer Lake Gallery until June 2

Can’t get your kids to eat their vegetables? Let the Burnaby Farmers Market give it a try. The market is launching a program for kids called Power of Produce later this month.

On your mark, get set, get to know the neighbourhood! Burnaby Neighbourhood House’s North House is holding its annual Incredible Quest event this month.

There are many ways to help people get back on their feet - one way is to give them a set of wheels. To that end, the Knights of Columbus Council 5423 is holding a bicycle drive and clinic next weekend.

The City of Burnaby is offering plenty of ways to get active on the World Health Organization’s Move for Health Day on May 10. There are tennis lessons, swimming lessons and a Walk with your Doc event around the Confederation Park track.

It isn’t just reading, writing and ’rithmetic that make high school and college students worry – there is plenty to stress out about when you’re starting out in life.

Most of the time when someone tells you to take a walk, it’s an insult. When a Burnaby doctor does it, it’s an invitation.

This year’s community festival kicks off with an early morning birding walk in Deer Lake Park