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Four Lower Mainland youth have been charged in connection to the fatal stabbing of a Burnaby teen on Sunday. Around 12:30 a.m. on May 17, Whistler RCMP received reports of an incident near Main Street.

Burnaby college students will soon be riding the rails with a new accessory – their Compass Card.

About 30 firefighters responded to a two-alarm blaze at a warehouse in Burnaby early Tuesday morning. Firefighters were alerted of a fire in the 6500 block of Beresford Street near Conway Avenue around 2:50 a.m.

A distraught Mitch Gordic said he would happily change places with his teenage son, Luka, who was stabbed to death in Whistler over the weekend. “I wish I died and he could have lived,” the tearful Burnaby father of four told The Province.

The Burnaby Board of Trade is launching a website to attract new businesses to Burnaby. Paul Holden, board president and CEO, spoke to Burnaby council at Monday night’s meeting about the business portal, which is nearing completion.

It’s been a bumpy road for Albert Street residents this week, after a sinkhole formed between Gamma and Delta avenues on Monday.

Volunteers keeping their cards close to their chests

In a worst-case oil spill scenario in the Burrard Inlet with no cleanup, 50 to 90 per cent of the oil would reach the shore within hours, endangering human health, the environment and the economy.

Remember the Mother’s Love fundraiser I mentioned in April? Well, it is continuing until the end of June.

Burnaby firefighters who recently returned from recovery work in Nepal appeared at Monday's council meeting to recount their efforts.