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Two former Burnaby students are gunning for gold next month in a contest of engineering prowess that sounds more like a joke – concrete canoe.

The case between ICBC and a former Burnaby resident who successfully won a lawsuit over malicious prosecution is heading back to court. ICBC and two employees in the case are appealing the recent B.C.

The two suspects in a fatal hit-and-run in Burnaby last week have been arrested in Creston. On Monday, RCMP in Creston confirmed that an 18 year-old woman and a 25 year-old man were arrested in the eastern B.C.

A Japanese Red Cross official was in Burnaby Friday to mark the fifth anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in 2011 and to warn Canadians to learn from his country’s experience.

There needs to be stronger, more vocalized political support in order to improve food security in Burnaby, according to the author of a new report released by a local community food group.

It’s definitely looking rosier for the Burnaby firefighters’ chartable ball this year. After the city pulled its in-kind funding for flowers for the April event, an anonymous group has stepped up with a donation, according to the firefighters’ union.

A former city employee who stole cocaine out of a drug locker at the Burnaby RCMP detachment has lost his sentence appeal. A judge dismissed an appeal by Gary Kenneth Read to have his 14-month sentence for the crime reduced to a conditional sentence.

A Burnaby business is going to have a bit of cleanup to deal with after a stolen Vancouver police car crashed into the front window of the store. The incident began at 1:30 a.m.

For any woman, it’s the unthinkable nightmare. You’re alone, walking on a trail or quiet street, and suddenly you’re being attacked. There’s no one around to help.

As Burnaby RCMP continue to hunt for the suspect or suspects behind a rash of sexual assaults in North Burnaby, there has been one development in the investigation.