In the Community

Join veterans at the Bonsor Park cenotaph The Royal Canadian Legion branch 83 is inviting everyone to the South Burnaby cenotaph on Saturday for its Remembrance Day service. The annual ceremony gets underway at 10:30 a.m. at Fire Hall No.

Bonsor’s 55+ centre is in desperate need of volunteers to drive a 20-passenger bus.

How often do you think about health? If you’re like most, it comes to mind when you’re having problems. In youth, we take our health for granted.

It was only a short while ago Fatima Jalali-Tehrani was waking up at 3 a.m. to study for a few hours before her children woke up.

Ever wanted to try West Coast swing? Attend a free beginner lesson on Saturday, Nov. 4 at Confederation Centre, 4585 Albert St. No experience required. The class runs from 8 to 9 p.m. and is followed by a dance.

Burnaby’s waterways are flush with spawning salmon.

Burnaby’s Stephen D’Souza has been tapped to help create B.C.’s first poverty reduction strategy. The province announced on Monday it had appointed 27 people to a special forum, including D’Souza, the executive director of Burnaby Community Services.

Thirty volunteers helped to remove invasive plants in Central Park on Oct. 15. English ivy and Himalayan blackberry were dug out – 12 cubic metres to be exact.

Some 15 years ago, Rudy Pospisil found himself writing his obituary. His doctor had just told him he had prostate cancer, and it wasn’t confined to just one organ. “He said, ‘Rudy, it doesn’t look good. It looks like your cancer has spread.

When Sharole Lashe Negrete helped start Metro Vancouver’s first-ever swing dancing club 20 years ago, she had no idea how it would all play out. Negrete and four others – Larry Wolf, Chris Desjardins and J.J.