In the Community

A reported 10,000 guests showed up for the Lower Mainland's largest annual Hare Krishna festival on Aug. 21.

Here we are once again at the start of another school year. Packing kids lunches is a chore for many, and sometimes one can lose sight of nutritional value due to heavily marketed convenience foods.

The NOW paid 11-year-old Harrison Lee a visit to see some of the yo-yo tricks he can do. The Burnaby boy has been performing in competitions and has been practising for less than a year.

Diane Moran is hoping some of the kids, parents and teachers she's worked with over the years in creating art in Burnaby and New Westminster will come out for a special exhibit that includes some of their work.

Though a relatively common concept in Europe, the idea of an 'atelier' is still new to most North Americans.

Forty women are trying to break a Guinness world record for the longest hockey game ever played, while raising money and awareness about cystic fibrosis. The group of women from across Canada started the 10-day game on Friday, Aug.

Burnaby RCMP officers spent Aug. 21 on their bikes at Metropolis at Metrotown to raise money and awareness about Cops for Cancer. The riders are embarking on a nine-day, 900-kilometre tour across B.C.