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BCAA helps kids' camp

The B.C. Automobile Association and Belfor Property Restoration teamed up May 16 to help prepare an Easter Seals B.C. summer camp for kids with disabilities.

SFU student wins national leadership award

Kudos to Simon Fraser University student Chantelle Buffie for receiving the 2013 National HSBC Woman Leader of Tomorrow Award.

Paper Postcards

Would you like to be featured in Paper Postcards? Take a copy of the Burnaby NOW along with you on your next trip. Take a photo of yourself in front of a scenic backdrop or landmark, holding the newspaper.

Greystone Plaza SuperValu now open

After waiting a long time, residents near Greystone Plaza in North Burnaby finally have a local grocery store again. SuperValu opened a 14,000-square-foot store at 1601 Burnwood Dr.

A life dedicated to helping youth

Burnaby man awarded for work mentoring young students

Storytelling project shares immigrants' tales

The Burnaby Intercultural Planning Table is organizing a storytelling project so refugees and new immigrants can share their tales with the community.

Crescenzo's initiatives with youth

Theatre program at Templeton: Burnaby resident Jim Crescenzo started this program in 1981, and he estimates the annual budget is $20,000. The year-round program is for students in all grades.

Dancing down a mine

Modern tap dancing is no longer just about bow ties and jazz hands on Broadway. Just ask Burnaby-based dancer Danny Nielsen.

Paralyzed by bomb - he now helps others

About eight years ago, Mustafa Hasan was stuck in Baghdad traffic when he heard an explosion. A car bomb had gone off somewhere behind him and a swarm of people came running past his car to get away from the burning vehicle.

Fundraiser for Down Syndrome Research Foundation on May 23

The Burnaby-based Down Syndrome Foundation is hosting LemonAid, a gala fundraiser on May 23 at the River Rock Show Theatre in Richmond, and a well-known figure from the hit TV show Glee will be there.