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Burnaby NOW reporter Alfie Lau received two honours in the International Association of Fire Fighters 2012 Media Awards contest.

Teen fiction is all the rage these days, with series like Twilight and The Hunger Games flying off bookshelves all over town.

Extraordinarily rare disease leads parents to international conference for education, help

Congratulations to Linda Saunders, a longtime volunteer with the Burnaby-based Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C., who was recently named one of the city's local heroes.

With bad weather comes more accidents in Metro Vancouver.

A once polluted urban Burnaby creek, is now rehabilitated

Probably the most frequent question I get asked is: How do I prevent crying when cutting onions? No one enjoys this eye burning sensation followed by what seems to be an emotional breakdown.

Burnaby fire captain Rudy Pospisil completed his 9,600-kilometre, 12week ride from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean a day early. Pospisil jumped into the Atlantic on Monday, a day before his intended completion date of Nov.