In the Community

The Burnaby Hindu Temple hosted its annual picnic at Fraser Foreshore Park on Sunday, July 28. The free vegetarian picnic is open to the community at large, and generally draws several hundred people.

An essential part of any hitch system is the ball mount, or receiver. Many people simply toss this component into the back of their pickup trucks or inside their sport utes' stowage compartment where it often gets lost or left behind somewhere.

There are some big bathtubs ready to get filled in Burnaby, thanks to community support of the "tub room" fundraising campaign. St.

A large mountain view property in the Deer Lake/Buckingham neighbourhood sold in about a week for $1.1 million. THE BASICS. Location: 6159 Malvern Ave.. Style: Two-storey home with four bedrooms, three baths and 1,850 sq. ft. of living space. .

When she's not writing and recording music, Melissa Endean, 28, works at Burnaby's Aubrey Elementary as an educational assistant, in particular, with a 12-year-old girl with autism.

The NOW caught up with Mary-Em Waddington, executive director at Computers for Schools, a Burnaby non-profit organization that refurbishes donated computers and sells them to schools at dirt-cheap prices. Question: Tell me about your organization.

In my last column I discussed my five golden rules of grilling on your outdoor gas barbecue. (If you missed that column, I will be more than happy to email it to you. Please contact me at dez@chefdez. com.

If you're of a certain age, you'll remember playing toys that were commonly made of tin.