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Retired Burnaby fire captain Eoin White has gathered more than $13,000 online to help Nepalese families

A New Westminster resident wants the City of Burnaby to turn an old interurban railway line into a paved bike path when it reviews its master transportation plan this fall.

When Burnaby’s Flor Padilla signed up for an evening ukulele class at Edmonds Community Centre, she sensed trouble. She had planned to bring her two young children to sit on the sidelines, since there was no child-minding beyond noon at Edmonds.

Burnaby MP Kennedy Stewart is renewing his call for Statistics Canada and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to conduct a housing study, which would include data on foreign property ownership.

While Albertans are basking in an orange glow, following the NDP’s historic victory, Burnaby MP Kennedy Stewart is weighing premier-designate Rachel Notley’s words on the Kinder Morgan pipeline.

The city’s newest community centre is receiving accolades for its design. The B.C. Recreation and Parks Association presented a 2015 facility excellence award to the City of Burnaby for Edmonds Community Centre and Fred Randall Pool on May 8. Coun.

Three Royal Oak Avenue lots – including one owned by the city – are currently up for rezoning. The rezoning application from SVM Developments LLP is going to public hearing on May 26, according to a city staff report.

Number of factors at play in plebiscite ballot return numbers.

Burnaby council blasted the provincial government on Monday for not increasing the B.C. homeowners’ grant threshold for 2015.

The inaugural Burnaby Quantum Leaps conference was big success this spring.