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Gulf Islands tafoni accented in new Port Moody art show

Gulf Islands tafoni accented in new Port Moody art show

The art inspired by honeycomb rock formations on the Gulf Islands is the subject of a new exhibit at PoMoArts in Port Moody.
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'Lovely and amazing': Burnaby woman wins bike education volunteer appreciation award

'Lovely and amazing': Burnaby woman wins bike education volunteer appreciation award

"There is no task too small or too great for Gwen," says Hub Cycling.
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Burnaby RCMP youth academy gives high schoolers taste of policing

Burnaby RCMP youth academy gives high schoolers taste of policing

Bombs, police dogs and forensics – local high school students are at the Burnaby RCMP youth academy this week learning about the different career paths policing has to offer.
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'I'm extremely shocked': How Burnaby almost paved over 21 acres of wetlands despite internal red flags

'I'm extremely shocked': How Burnaby almost paved over 21 acres of wetlands despite internal red flags

Documents show a staff committee recommended against building a compost facility at Fraser Foreshore Park due to the environmental sensitivity of the lands. Those concerns were quietly sidelined.
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Ex-priest charged with sexual abuse while working at Catholic church in Burnaby

Ex-priest charged with sexual abuse while working at Catholic church in Burnaby

Ex-Catholic priest Paul J. Blancard, 84, was charged in September with 'indecent assault' on a female in Burnaby between May 1, 1967 and Oct. 15, 1970, when he was working at St. Helen's Parish in Burnaby.
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'Strobe' light effect runs up and down 51-storey Burnaby condo tower

'Strobe' light effect runs up and down 51-storey Burnaby condo tower

A Brentwood condo tower had unit lights flashing on and off throughout the night March 18 and 19.
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You can ride a mini model train in Burnaby starting this month

You can ride a mini model train in Burnaby starting this month

Choo choo – Burnaby Central Railway will open March 29.
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Judge balks at 'sympathetic image' presented of Burnaby drug dealer

Judge balks at 'sympathetic image' presented of Burnaby drug dealer

Van Thuan Le, 59, was charged in a dial-a-dope operation after police searched his family's Burnaby home and found cocaine, heroin and morphine packaged for sale.
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Burnaby strata must revisit barbecue ban after AGM declared invalid

Burnaby strata must revisit barbecue ban after AGM declared invalid

An owner at Crystal Manor in Burnaby went to the Civil Resolution Tribunal with a list of complaints about the strata's governance.
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Go on. Touch it, Burnaby artist says of Port Moody 'play' pieces

Go on. Touch it, Burnaby artist says of Port Moody 'play' pieces

Brianne Siu's Permission to Play objects are also designed to provide an ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response) — that is, provide a tingling sensation in the body with sound.
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