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Burnaby's punk rock councillor collecting musical donations at farm market

Burnaby's punk rock councillor collecting musical donations at farm market

Do you have a musical instrument stuffed into the back of a closet that no one ever plays? Instead of taking up space and making you feel guilty those instruments could inspire and uplift a budding musical talent - and earn you a tax receipt.
Expansion pipe in the ground ‘before Christmas’: Trans Mountain

Expansion pipe in the ground ‘before Christmas’: Trans Mountain

Five years after the first arrests on Burnaby Mountain over the Trans Mountain expansion project, the company said “expansion project pipe” will be “in the ground before Christmas.
RCMP announce multimedia blitz to capture alleged money launderer

RCMP announce multimedia blitz to capture alleged money launderer

Cong Dinh of Burnaby is alleged to have been involved in a Vietnamese organized crime group and is now considered a fugitive
Here’s what you need to do if you want to cut down a Christmas tree in B.C.

Here’s what you need to do if you want to cut down a Christmas tree in B.C.

If you’d like to go out into the forest and find your perfect Christmas tree, you’ll need to get a permit first.
2 men sent to hospital after crash into Burnaby blackberry bushes

2 men sent to hospital after crash into Burnaby blackberry bushes

Two men were sent to hospital Monday night after a shuttle van they were in crashed and became lodged deep inside a mass of Burnaby blackberry bushes. Emergency crews were called to 7155 11th Ave. at about 9:20 p.m.
Brawl near the mall: Knife and replica gun seized in Coquitlam

Brawl near the mall: Knife and replica gun seized in Coquitlam

Weapons were seized and a number of teenagers went to the hospital following a brawl early Sunday morning along Lougheed Highway in Coquitlam.
TransLink’s Reindeer Bus returns to light up Metro Vancouver streets (VIDEO)

TransLink’s Reindeer Bus returns to light up Metro Vancouver streets (VIDEO)

A Metro Vancouver transit holiday tradition rolls into service today. TransLink announced Tuesday morning that the annual Reindeer Bus will be out on Metro Vancouver streets again this holiday season.
Watch this taxi drive across Cambie Bridge in the bike lane (VIDEO)

Watch this taxi drive across Cambie Bridge in the bike lane (VIDEO)

Dashcam video has surfaced of a Bonny’s Taxi driving on the wrong side of the concrete barrier across the Cambie Bridge. The video, which was published on YouTube on Nov. 29, shows the cab driving in the designated Vancouver bike lane.
Gamers with disabilities play tournament in Burnaby

Gamers with disabilities play tournament in Burnaby

Neil Squire and their Makers Making Change initiative joined forces with Electronic Arts in Burnaby to hold one of the first gaming tournaments of its kind in North America - one in which all of the participants were gamers with disabilities who used
Jack Knox: How an innocent typo summoned Satan to a Christmas parade

Jack Knox: How an innocent typo summoned Satan to a Christmas parade

Old Nick showed up at the Comox Valley Christmas parade on Sunday. No, not St. Nick. Old Nick. Beelzebub. Lucifer. Mephistopheles. Satan. As advertised. Courtenay Mayor Bob Wells saw at least four versions of the devil at Sunday’s festivities.