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Adventure-based alternate education program for at-risk high school students wraps up first year in Burnaby

The city is making a pretty penny on two properties it recently put up for bid. Two Metrotown lots – 5587 Chaffey Ave. and 5596 Halley Ave. – are going to the highest bidders now that council has approved the sale.

Burnaby is having a family reunion next week. The city is celebrating the golden jubilee anniversary of its sister-city relationship with Kushiro, Japan.

The Giro di Burnaby has always been a family event, but this year, there’s even more in store for the kidlets.

The Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion plan may have a few more hoops to jump through if Justin Trudeau is elected prime minister.

Mounties in Burnaby are investigating after shots were fired on Eton Street last week. According to police, the department received several calls reporting shots fired in the 4100 block of Eton Street at about 7:20 p.m. on June 23.

Mounties are looking for witnesses who may have seen what caused the driver of a motorized scooter to lose control and crash Sunday evening. Burnaby RCMP were called to the area of Union Street near Kensington Avenue, shortly before 7 p.m.

A man is recovering in hospital after he was stabbed during an altercation at Metropolis at Metrotown on Saturday. Burnaby RCMP were called to the shopping centre at about 5:30 p.m. on June 27.

Dozens gather in Rebagliati Park to honour teen who was slain on May long weekend

The theft of about 80 tires from a local tire shop on Edmonds Street led to the arrest of a prolific offender by Burnaby RCMP earlier this month.