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United Way shortfall is impacting city groups

Volunteer Burnaby is receiving a large community grant from the city this year. The local nonprofit has been granted $14,000 to help with its programming. The grant was approved by council at Monday night's meeting.

Five Burnaby residents have received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for service to Canada. The list includes two local businessmen, two firefighters and a Burnaby streamkeeper, all of whom were nominated by Senator Yonah Martin.

The Burnaby RCMP is warning the public about a possible fraudster cold-calling people in an attempt to gain access to personal financial information. On Sept.

The Burnaby RCMP is asking the public's assistance in locating 33-year-old Dallas Campbell Yurko, who was on parole for property crime offences when he violated the conditions of his parole.

A large-scale marijuana grow op in the South Slope area was dismantled by the Burnaby RCMP during an Aug. 30 raid. The RCMP's drug section executed a search warrant at the home and were assisted by a B.C.

A federal government office has brought Gary Birch, executive director of the Burnaby-based Neil Squire Society, along to New York City to attend a United Nations conference on the rights of people with disabilities.

A 30-year-old woman pushing her bike along the train tracks at Cariboo Road near Government Road was hit and killed by a Rocky Mountaineer train on Thursday afternoon. According to Burnaby Supt.

The South Burnaby Garden Club held its annual fall on Sept. 8 and 9 at Bonsor Recreation Complex. The fair is a judged showing of produce, flowers, plants, photos, wine, baking and canning - all from local gardeners.

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