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We're continuing with our popular feature - our staff's Top 5 (Or More) Things To Do This Weekend. Here's our Top 5 for this weekend: 1 Get volunteering on Saturday, Oct.

This could be the last month the Burnaby Mental Wealth Society calls 6112 Sussex Ave. home. The society has enough funding for the month, according to spokesperson Carmina Tinaburri, but has not yet secured core funding to keep the centre running.

Burnaby's Willingdon Park was voted most excellent in the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver's Commercial Building Awards. The business park won an Excellence Award in the office category at the awards, held at the end of September in Vancouver.

The Burnaby Lake Rejuvenation project received recognition from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C last week.

Plenty of space in South Slope home

With Halloween right around the corner, the time-honoured tradition of searching for the perfect costume has no doubt begun for kids of all ages.

Critics of Bill C14 say it's a Conservative political ploy

Two new groups have signed up to help the Rotary Coats for Kids campaign. The BG Urban Café at Metrotown (at 4575 Central Blvd.) is offering a free coffee to anyone who donates a jacket from Oct. 17 to 21.