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Burnaby school board pinks it up at meeting

Burnaby school board pinks it up at meeting

Burnaby trustees donned pink shirts and scarves for a public school board meetings Tuesday evening in anticipation of Wednesday’s Pink Shirt Day, an annual day of solidarity against bullying celebrated in more than 25 countries worldwide.
Lunar New Year in the Heights

Lunar New Year in the Heights

Make your own meatballs

No need to buy premade

Rhubarb: an easy-to-grow food source

Not many plants are pest-free, give us great desserts before winter's end and grow large and fast with almost no care. This is rhubarb, sometimes called pie plant. But rhubarb stalks make a lot more than pies.

Embrace the spiritual challenges of aging

I remember turning 20, which is now the age of my youngest son. I was an adult, but most of my life was still ahead of me. The world was wide and wonderful, and the horizon of my future was unlimited.

Alumni help Burnaby school celebrate its 100th

There is almost nothing left of the Burnaby neighbourhood Pat (Diack) Willis remembers around her old elementary school in the 1930s and 1940s.
'I was one of the lucky ones'

'I was one of the lucky ones'

Q & A with fighter pilot Harry Hardy
Fortius challenge: back to the lab

Fortius challenge: back to the lab

Nothing says “lab” like a set of calipers and a treadmill test that involves hooking your subject up to a breathing hose. This is the realm of Fortius Sport & Health exercise physiologist Elizabeth Gnatiuk, and I have fallen into her clutches.
Class Act: Burnaby students hike, code, argue

Class Act: Burnaby students hike, code, argue

Bank pitches in A new Burnaby school district program for at-risk youth got a boost from a local credit union last month.
Burnaby valentines on ice

Burnaby valentines on ice