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The Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C. is urging Burnaby residents to critter-proof their homes before spring, when some wildlife tend to build nests and dens inside people’s homes.

As British Columbians get ready to kick back and take a breather this weekend for Family Day, a group representing business in Burnaby is calling for the date of the stat holiday to change.

Burnaby Citizens Association vow to triple the city's child-care spaces still in the feasibility study stage

It’s pretty much an inescapable issue if you live in Metro Vancouver and want to buy a place for yourself.

The Public Health Agency of Canada is looking into 11 cases, including one death, in four provinces, according to a Health Canada email obtained by the Burnaby NOW.

An alleged sexual assault near Holdom SkyTrain last week has Burnaby RCMP turning to the public for help. A woman was walking home near Springer Avenue and Braelawn Drive at about 10:30 p.m. last Friday, when she was approached by a man from behind.

BCIT is reassuring students at its Burnaby campus that their “safety and well-being are very important” after it was discovered that one of its students had been arrested for voyeurism last year.

Nearly eight years ago, a Burnaby man was gunned down while behind the wheel of a car connected to one of the Bacon brothers – and last month Mounties announced three suspects were facing charges for their role in the murder.

Burnaby firefighters are still unclear as to what sparked a blaze at a home on Venables last week. About six fire trucks responded to a home in the 4200 block of Venables Street after a neighbour spotted a fire shortly before 1 a.m.

A group of anti-pipeline Burnaby residents hit their fundraising target to cover half their legal fees for the National Energy Board hearings.