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A New Westminster man was arrested Wednesday and police are recommending a robbery charge against him in relation to a May 10 incident at the Metrotown SkyTrain station where a wheelchair-bound woman with cerebral palsy had her iPad taken from her.

The only way to increase athletic performance is to isolate your weaknesses and work diligently to improve. This may seem like advice for high-level athletes, but what works for them will work for you, too.

The provincial government announced last week that diners can now bring their own bottle of wine into participating restaurants and enjoy it with their meals.

A First Nation with traditional territory in Burnaby is disappointed with the provincial government's plan to handle new oil pipelines in B.C.

I chair a non-profit organization, the Burnaby Division of Family Practice. It is supported by the general practice services committee, which is jointly run by the BCMA and the provincial Ministry of Health.

Thousands of people turned out for the Edmonds City Fair on Sunday, despite the rain.

Burnaby MP Kennedy Stewart wants the National Energy Board to hold public hearings on Kinder Morgan's commercial tolling application in connection to a major pipeline expansion plan.

Five Burnaby RCMP officers will be riding in the Cops for Cancer bike ride later this year. Cpl. Michel Ling, Const. Sebastien Simard, Sgt. Stephane Brossard, Const. Iain Thomson and Const.

Grace the stage: British singer Florence Welch, front woman for Florence and the Machine, glows in the stage lights at Deer Lake Park last weekend. The concert was opened by New York-based band The Watchmen.

Ticket sales for the upcoming Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival are humming along though not at the same rate they were time last year, say festival organizers.