In the Community

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.

It's an oldie but a goodie. Eileen Dailly Pool and Fitness Centre is being featured predominantly in a new book about aquatic architecture.

Burnaby resident Scarlett Chen is backing the B.C. Cancer Foundation's ninth annual fundraising gala this year. Every year, the foundation picks a different focus, and this year's theme is lung cancer.

Burnaby resident Ethel Presly just celebrated her 79th birthday, and she wants to get outside more often. With help from Burnaby’s ScandiaCare Society, her wish may come true soon enough.

Thrifters may be interested in a new shop on Kingsway, where proceeds help children in Burnaby schools. The non-profit Burnaby Association for the South East Side - or BASES for short - runs the thrift store at 7666 Kingsway. The shop opened on Oct.