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Residents beware ­­­– that’s the message coming from Burnaby RCMP after a woman was assaulted in the area where a homicide occurred only days before. According to police, at about 1:40 a.m.

Retired Burnaby firefighter Mark Schiebler passed away recently from pancreatic cancer. He was 68. Schiebler, a New Westminster resident, worked for the Burnaby Fire Department for more than three decades.

Free speech Winners of the Burnaby school district’s Grade 7 public speaking challenge got to reprise their winning speeches for the board of education this week.

City co-ops are joining the fight for a national affordable housing strategy. Burnaby-Douglas MP Kennedy Stewart is working with local co-ops on customized petitions that he intends to present in Parliament.

The Burnaby Board of Trade’s sustainability pledge is going global. The board was named a finalist in the 2015 World Chambers Competition in the Best Corporate Social Responsibility Project category.

One local real estate agent now has an award to show just how much he cares about his community.

There could be more ice time for Burnaby athletes this year. Burnaby’s parks, recreation and cultural services department is looking at options for a new ice rink for the city.

A looming $6.4-million shortfall isn’t stopping the Burnaby school district from proposing two new high school programs for next fall.

Chief Dr. Robert Joseph was six years old when they came for him, but the story of his devastating residential school experience was not the main message he brought to Burnaby North Secondary students Tuesday.

Officers are investigating Burnaby's third homicide this year after a fatally injured man was found lying in the middle of the intersection of Moscrop Street and Smith Avenue early Thursday morning.