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The Burnaby school district is considering cutting the equivalent of nearly 30 jobs to deal with a projected $6.4-million shortfall next year. The bleak financial picture was unveiled at a public budget meeting at Burnaby Central Secondary Thursday.

Burnaby residents now have a place to go if they're having trouble voting in the transit plebiscite. Elections B.C. announced today that it's opening nine plebiscite service offices in the region, including one at Lougheed Town Centre.

Firefighters spent part of Thursday morning dangling off the side of Burnaby Mountain as part of the department's technical rescue training.

Four months into the new year and firefighters are waiting to hear from city hall on whether their aging command vehicle is going to be replaced.

Grand opening slated for April 17

Man fell down elevator shaft at Station Square high rise site

Burnaby-Douglas MP is preparing for one

Burnaby-Douglas MP Kennedy Stewart says the oil spill in Vancouver’s English Bay is a sign of what could happen if Kinder Morgan’s pipeline expansion goes through. The spill was first reported Wednesday, around 5 p.m.

While the first phase of the Brentwood Town Centre development is under construction, Shape Properties is now moving forward with its proposal for Phase 3.

Target at Metropolis at Metrotown is closing this week. Target Canada announced in a press release that all of its remaining Canadian locations would close on April 12. More than half of Target’s Canadian stores were closed by April 2.