In the Community

Would you like to be featured in Paper Postcards? Pack 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.

Best-selling author Sharon Hanna is in Burnaby on Sunday (Oct. 7) at 1 p.m. for a talk and book signing featuring her national bestseller, The Book of Kale: The Easy-to-Grow Superfood, at the Fall Harvest event at Garden Works in Burnaby.

Team to take a closer look at those who travel for medical procedures

If anybody knows about the history of the B.C. fishing industry, it's Norman Safarik. The 93-year-old North Burnaby resident recently published a memoir that looks at his long career running Vancouver Shellfish & Fish Company.

Pacific assistance dogs society celebrates 25 years of tail-wagging work

The Burnaby Seniors Outreach Services Society celebrated its 25th anniversary this summer with a special luncheon attended by local dignitaries. The society runs a volunteer peer-counselling program for seniors.

Two Burnaby supermarkets are teaming up with a seniors' home-care business to collect food donations to feed the elderly. "As seniors age, so do their nutritional needs.