In the Community

You’re sitting at a red light that seems to last forever. It might only be 30 seconds, but the 50 cars in front of you have to first get rolling once the green flashes.

After surfing the web for months, there it was: a clean-looking 1963 Chevrolet coupe.

Approximately 300 people turned out for the Vancouver Chrysanthemum Club show at the GardenWorks location in South Burnaby this past weekend.

Although the North Burnaby Legion closed its doors earlier this year, the president is still braving the cold every week by selling off parts of the old bar – just to make sure his club survives.

The RCMP has done it again. Six-year-old Keian Blundell became the second youngster to join the ranks of the Mounties , and to make it all official, the RCMP presented the youngster with a custom-made Red Serge.

Edmonds Park is getting picked up and dusted off to match its neighbour, the spiffy new Edmonds Community Centre. Burnaby council approved more than $700,000 for continued construction of the park at a recent meeting.

Question: I recently moved into a top-floor Vancouver condo with a lovely terrace which faces west and south, making it extremely hot. I shall have a planter of about 10 feet (three metres) long and 24 inches (60 cm) deep.

Ford’s 2013 F-150 truck is a “true” truck in every way, and Ford pays tribute to the faithful by making sure that when drivers say “it feels like a Ford” they mean it in only a good way.

It’s that time of year again, when the folks behind the Burnaby Christmas Bureau start planning for the holiday season in hopes that all local families will have toys under the tree and seniors will have food on the table.

It's the first weekend of November and it's true, Burnaby - we might be facing some cold November rain. But don't worry, there is still plenty of fun to be had in the city.