In the Community

A Burnaby business is hoping to cultivate some green thumbs with its second annual growing gardeners contest. Tried and True, a division of Meadowlands Horticultural Inc.

Every parent wants their child to have a healthy start in life, but it can be overwhelming to know where to start. The North Burnaby Healthy Preschoolers’ Fair can help. The fair is set for Tuesday, March 7 from 9:30 a.m.

Hoti Alberts had to do a double take as he drove by a ditch near Ivy Avenue and Keith Street in South Burnaby last week. That’s because the ditch was filled with red water, similar to the colour of blood.

The Canadian outdoors will be thrust into the spotlight during the 33rd annual Hats Off Day in the Heights.

All those quarters and dimes add up. By the end of the 2016/17 school year, a local charity will have invested $73,000 into Burnaby schools.

A young raccoon lost his life last week after he got his paw caught in a rat trap in North Burnaby.

A few British Columbians have plunged into icy waters to protest the Kinder Morgan pipeline. It all started on Feb. 12 when the Dogwood Initiative’s Kai Nagata went for a walk with his friend Caitlin on the North Shore.

Head out to Burnaby Lake for the annual nest box monitoring program on Feb. 18 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Help Burnaby Lake Park Association staff clean and repair the many nest boxes around the lake. Meet at the Rowing Pavilion, 6871 Roberts St.

Burnaby Family Life is looking to the community for help after a flood caused significant damage to its Metrotown location.

Burnaby Neighbourhood House’s biggest fundraising event of the year is set for Feb. 18 and there only a few tickets left.