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A cluster of fires kept Burnaby firefighters busy recently. On Monday, crews were called to 8051 10th Ave. at around 1:40 a.m. for a fire that broke out in a two-storey, single-family home and sent seven people to hospital.

Burnaby RCMP is investigating two suspected arsons within 48-hours aimed at a North Burnaby business last week. Police were called to the first incident at Capitol Hill Athletics on Feb. 23 at about 7:30 a.m.

The Burnaby school district will pay less on teachers than projected this year despite also adding 12 more full-time teaching positions than anticipated.

MP for New Westminster-Burnaby looking to replace outgoing NDP leader Tom Mulcair

A charge of second degree murder has been laid in the killing of a 45-year-old woman in Burnaby Thursday afternoon. Burnaby RCMP attended a residence in the 7900 block of 18th Avenue at about 1 p.m. after getting reports of a domestic dispute.

Burnaby RCMP is warning the public after a woman was sexually assaulted on her way back to her car at SFU’s Burnaby Mountain campus Wednesday night. The woman was walking from her classroom towards the parking lot at about 7:30 p.m.

Burnaby Mounties were pretty in pink this week as they took on Burnaby Central students and staff in a friendly game of floor hockey ahead of anti-bullying day Feb. 22.

Burnaby landowners whose property will be crossed by the Trans Mountain expansion project should expect some mail this Friday. It’s all part of the next step in the routing process. On Feb.

The NDP MLA for Burnaby-Edmonds is calling the Liberals’ pre-election budget a “forget everything budget.” Raj Chouhan made the comments shortly after B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong gave his budget speech Tuesday afternoon.

One person is dead after an early morning crash in Burnaby Wednesday. Burnaby RCMP were called to the 8300 block of Lougheed Highway, near the Production Way SkyTrain station, at about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to RCMP Staff Sgt. Maj. John Buis.