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If this year’s Burnaby summer school program had broken off to form its own school district, it would have been big enough to rank as the 19th largest in the province – larger than 40 other B.C. school districts.

The Burnaby school district took in more money and spent less in 2014/15 than anticipated, according to audited financial statements presented at a public meeting Tuesday. The district had predicted a nearly $4.

A Burnaby man has been identified as one of two victims of a shooting in the city’s northwest end last week. Kenneth Robert Hanna, 48, was killed following a police-involved shooting on Friday.

Burnaby’s high schools host meet-the-teacher nights for parents this week. Alpha holds its event tonight (Wednesday, Sept. 23) starting at 6 p.m.

A 54-year-old Burnaby man is one of two men recently arrested for their alleged role in a series of attacks against students and staff of the Justice Institute of B.C. several years ago.

The creation of a bus pullout area near Market Crossing on Marine Way has blocked a dedicated right-turn lane used by traffic leaving the Market Crossing Shopping Centre.

While people in Burnaby’s Riverside neighbourhood are happy to see the city moving ahead with improvements to area roadways, some are also frustrated by a lack of communication from city hall regarding the projects.

Business has been picking up for one of Burnaby’s newly-established floating services. Craig MacGregor and Randy Nyholt opened the doors to Float Sense – located at 6540 Burlington Ave. – on Canada Day.

Despite pelting bursts of rain and the occasional gust of wind, 500 people turned out at Swangard Stadium on Sunday morning to participate in the 35th annual Terry Fox run, according to organizer Anna Solnickova.

Rain didn’t deter some 60 people from attending an affordable housing rally in Metrotown on Saturday.