In the Community

In January’s wet, gloomy days, plants visible near windows give more pleasure than anything else in the garden – and the ones close to the shelter and warmth of a house wall always flower earlier than they will elsewhere.

Directly Affected screening at SFU Jan. 14

For those who just don’t want the good times to end, there’s another celebration on the horizon – Chinese New Year. On Feb. 19, Burnaby’s Chinese community will celebrate the beginning of a new year, the year of the sheep.

If you’ve ever said, “I feel like a bacon double cheeseburger," you probably forgot about the old expression, “You are what you eat.” Too often, we reflexively eat what we crave and think of food as a means to satisfy our hunger.

Tips on selecting nursery plants for the coming season

When the Kaler family brought home its autism support dog, the change was almost instantaneous. "It's night and day," mom Nicole Kaler says of the family's life before and after getting Pepe.

How a Burnaby organization is training dogs to help vulnerable victims of crime

If more reading is on your resolutions list for 2015, consider the Burnaby Public Library's upcoming e-book workshop on Jan. 20. The McGill library branch is hosting an information session on electronic books, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

This year’s winners of the City of Burnaby Christmas card contest are a pair right out of a great kids’ book. First, there’s the names: Flora Su and Floria Gu. Wouldn’t it be funny if they knew each other?, you say. Well, in fact, they do.

Burnaby NOW reporter Jennifer Moreau spent an evening serving Christmas dinner to families in need as part of an exploration on why it feels good to give. I drove across town after work for the annual Rotary Christmas dinner in a foul mood.