In the Community

It appears the recent heavy dump of snow had a big role to play in this year’s Christmas Bird Count in Burnaby. The 10-year average for the annual census of winter birds is 62 species, but the Dec.

The family fun doesn’t end once Christmas Day has come and gone – and neither does the need to find ways to keep the kids busy.

Drop in to the Bill Copeland Sports Centre on Saturday, Dec. 17 for the Ugly Christmas Sweater Skate. Wear your most hideous attire and join in on the fun, happening between 12:30 and 3 p.m.

With Christmas just around the corner, the Burnaby Christmas Bureau is in need of toys for teens and toddlers.

The spirit of Christmas was alive and well during the Burnaby Firefighters Charitable Society’s fifth annual angel breakfast and toy drive on Dec. 8.

When 10-year-old Aidan Fitterer heard his mom telling his little brother to eat everything on his plate because there are less fortunate kids out there, he couldn’t sleep that night.

The daughter of longtime journalist and garden columnist Anne Marrison wants her mother to be remembered for her love of gardening, her kindness and her acceptance of everyone she met. Marrison, 80, died on Dec.

A Burnaby volunteer is inviting anyone who’s stuck on what to get that hard to buy for person to donate to an orphanage in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Reliable transportation is a key tool for people trying to exit homelessness, according to local advocates, and the Burnaby Hospital Foundation is raising money to make sure people battling poverty have a way to get around.