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SFU student planning Trans Mountain town hall to inform peers about the pipeline’s risk

If you’re in the mood for a celebration, next year will offer the opportunity to double your pleasure. Not only does 2017 mark Canada’s 150th birthday, it also signifies Burnaby’s 125 years of existence.

Ryan Beedie, the president of Beedie Development Group, recently spoke to the NOW about the company’s accomplishments and the business of development.

It’s not a completely uncommon call for police. Someone is cleaning out an older relative’s home when they come across something that looks like part of a bomb or weapon.

Youth custody centre staff say they are dealing with more violence in the prison because inmates do not face severe enough consequences

Local waterways are experiencing the biggest chum run in decades, if not ever, according to a Burnaby streamkeeper. Mark Angelo told the NOW close to 1,100 fish have already come up the Brunette River, past the Cariboo Dam.

The names of both the suspect and victim in Burnaby’s latest homicide have been identified. On Friday, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team announced manslaughter and aggravated assault charges against Samuel James Calladine, 53.

For the second time in a week, Mounties are investigating a targeted shooting in North Burnaby with ties to organized crime. The latest shooting happened around 11:30 p.m.

Housing advocates continue to fight the loss of older rental buildings in Burnaby, setting their sights on proposed changes to the Metrotown development plan.

The federal government must conduct an independent review of the health impacts of the proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline before it makes a decision in December, according to a group of Canadian experts who released a report recently, out