In the Community

The Burnaby Teachers’ Association participated in Vancouver’s annual Pride Parade for the first time ever this summer. “Pride was an electric event – thousands screaming.

The NOW caught up with James Grunau, executive director with Journey Home Community Association, a non-profit faith-based group that helps asylum-seeking refugees in Burnaby and New Westminster.

Now that school is back in session, ICBC is reminding drivers to slow down and be safe in school zones. According to police reporting data, an average of 30 kids are killed in crashes each year in B.C.

Annual fundraiser helps Parkinson Society British Columbia

City group finds feline matches for seniors

During the summer, we spend more time with our kids and we experience more of their various emotions. When we are on holidays, the kids are with us all day and we get a better sense of the rhythm of their activity, feelings and sense of self.

The skies may clear for the last long weekend of the summer. While the kids are getting ready to go back to school, there's plenty of fun things happening in Burnaby for all ages.

After patenting an amazing and revolutionary contraption, he narrowly escaped death when it blew to pieces in his shop a year later.

The Heights Garden Society and the Heights Neighbourhood Association are teaming up to host a Sept. 8 tour, showcasing the work of local gardeners, artisans and even bees.

Normanna, a Burnaby seniors' home, hosted its 65th annual garden party on Aug. 18, and more than 100 people came out to celebrate.