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Claudio Magagnin was both happy and disappointed when he found out that the HST will soon be extinguished.

Spending millions on establishing a Municipal Auditor General office is a waste of money, according to Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan.

A young Burnaby man found success at last week's Sunshine Nation 2011 competition. Kevin Fang, 22, beat out dozens of hopefuls to be part of the group of eight finalists and was given the Friendship Award in the annual talent search event.

One man has been arrested after a residence in the 8300 block of 12th Avenue in the Edmonds area was investigated on Saturday for being a synthetic drug lab.

Burnaby firefighters are responding to a Monday afternoon fire in the Big Bend area of South Burnaby. According to numerous Tweets on the Twitter social media site, the fire is near the corner of Byrne Road and Marine Way.

We're continuing with our popular feature - our staff's Top 5 (Or More) Things To Do This Weekend. We've moved publication to our Friday editions. For this week's feature, we have family fun, armchair travelling, shopping and some sports.