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It appears the Green Party was all in when it came to one of its more high profile candidates in last fall’s federal election, only to come up short.

A 30-year-old Burnaby man is behind bars after a short pursuit through South Burnaby. The accused was being investigated by New Westminster police for five outstanding warrants in connection to alleged crimes in Burnaby and Port Moody.

George Lorry Wood is no stranger to disappearing for short amounts of time. But the Burnaby resident’s most recent stretch has local Mounties asking the public for help to find the 49-year-old.

Every once in a while, the topic rears its head on whether cities like Burnaby should consider dumping the RCMP and move to a municipal police force.

It wasn’t quite what they wanted, but a group of Burnaby artists are encouraged the city will at least consider a request for a feasibility study for a new art gallery.

ICBC could have saved thousands of dollars in a settlement before a judge awarded a woman nearly $400,000 in a malicious prosecution lawsuit.

Changes to low-cost bus passes announced last month will push people with disabilities further into social isolation, according to protesters at the Metrotown SkyTrain station in Burnaby yesterday.

Burnaby Mounties are expected to provide an update on the recent rash of sexual assaults in the city later Monday. There are also unconfirmed reports of another assault Sunday afternoon in the Shellmont Street area.

Students from the B.C. Provincial School for the Deaf in Burnaby head to Vancouver, Wash. this month to compete at an American Sign Language competition

Burnaby Mountain Secondary’s senior improv team is off to the Canadian Improv Games in Ottawa this month after capturing first place at the Lower Mainland Improv Games.