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B.C. Hydro is planning to adopt Alternative 2 for its Metro North Transmission Project, which will route the transmission line through north Burnaby, instead of more southern routes proposed by Alternatives 1 and 3. In a report released by B.C.

TELUS will begin incorporating 90 per cent of homes and businesses in Burnaby to its fibre optic network this summer. The $150 million investment project is set for completion before the end of 2019.

SFU students on Burnaby Mountain will go through a mock tank farm disaster next summer, the NOW has learned.

Burnaby film and music lovers will have to bid farewell to the media retail giant HMV by the end of April - but collectors of DVDs, CDs and vinyl records needn't be too sad.

Some 10 activists staged a sit-in protest on Tuesday at Anne Kang’s campaign office, and refused to leave until they met with NDP leader John Horgan.

The Brentwood neighbourhood could one day be home to an entertainment venue that includes billiards, a bowling alley, ping pong tables, virtual reality experiences, food and drinks all under one roof.

Burnaby’s homeless population increased by 19 per cent over the last three years, according to preliminary findings from the 2017 homeless count. Volunteers counted 69 homeless people on March 8, up from 58 in 2014.

SFU archeology students and faculty faced off in a hunter-gatherer competition on Burnaby Mountain designed to separate the Homo sapiens from the chimpanzees.

A Burnaby man has been charged with two child-sex offences after an incident in Surrey which might also have involved him being assaulted by a vigilante. Surrey RCMP were called to the 10100-block of King George Boulevard at about 6:40 p.m. Monday.

A teen with a history of drug offences faces more charges after allegedly speeding away from members of B.C.’s anti-gang squad during a routine traffic stop in Burnaby last month.