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The Station Square location will include an expanded menu featuring items you can't find at any other Cactus Club

The only time I’ve ever lined up for dessert was in Portland, Oregon at Voodoo Doughnut. It was worth it. I got a grape (my favourite flavour) donut the size of a Frisbee and enjoyed every last bite.

I like shopping at Miniso. The company has a store in Burnaby next to Simon Fraser University. It’s filled with gadgets and funky stuff. But that might be in doubt as the parent company struggles with its financial situation.

Not long after I took over as editor of the Burnaby NOW , I heard about a parks project that sounded a little weird. Not bad, just weird. The Willingdon Linear Park project isn’t a traditional park. It isn’t tucked away in a wooded area.

There’s been a lot of talk recently about bears in our local parks. An aggressive bear was killed on Burnaby Mountain on June 25 . But that was on a mountain filled with forested area.

The News asked local councillors whether they plan to attend the now controversial reception at this fall's convention.

Paul Blart, eat your heart out. The cinematic mall cop gave all private security staff a bad name with his buffoonish behaviour. But I witnessed the exact opposite at around 3:45 p.m. Friday afternoon at Metrotown mall in Burnaby.

Brennan Wauters will face NDP leader in October

Burnaby resident Melissa Dex Guzman is going global. The filmmaker is getting a global premiere of her documentary Smash Forward: Growing the Vancouver Esports Scene – an exploration of the world of esports and the personalities behind it.

Charges against Robert Wayne Calvert also include possession and distribution of child pornography