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The city has awarded a contract to Tyler Technologies Inc. to replace its current permit plan system with an extensive Licences, Inspections and Permits System. The contract for $3.

A major redevelopment project for a 26-acre area in Burnaby’s Brentwood neighbourhood is going to public hearing this month.

The Heights can be chaotic with crowds and cyclists at the annual Giro di Burnaby on Hastings Street, but there’s an easy way to plan for the event – the Giro’s website. The website, at www.girodiburnaby.

The Giro di Burnaby is part of B.C. Superweek and takes place on Thursday, July 16. The women’s race starts at 6 p.m. and the men’s race starts at 7:15 p.m.

Spectators at the Giro di Burnaby can toast the cyclists with much more than a water bottle this year. For the first time, the event will include a beer garden, with libations from Steamworks Brewing Company and Italian sausages from Rocky’s Meats.

Course distance: 1.3 km Date: Thursday, July 16 Time: 6 p.m. race starts Oh, summer – days free of responsibility and full of possibility. It’s when Sundays become sun-daze, and the best stories are left unwritten.

The National Ballet of Canada has chosen one of Burnaby’s very own to be part of its upcoming apprenticeship program.

VSO returns to Deer Lake Park for annual outdoor concert The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra hits the stage at Deer Lake Park on July 12 for its annual free outdoor concert.

Local federal Liberal candidates Terry Beech and Adam Pankratz weighed in on the pipeline issue during a recent visit to Burnaby from their leader, Justin Trudeau.

There’ll be no more wading around in Burnaby this summer. The city is draining its wading pools in local parks as part of the Stage 2 water restrictions present throughout the region right now.