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Hope to direct emotion of losing Coach Kully 'in a positive way'

Freshman Bianca Te of Burnaby, a graduate of St. Thomas More Collegiate, had five digs and an assist in both matches as Simon Fraser University’s women’s volleyball team racked up a pair of wins last week.

The Grandview Steelers were on a three-game win streak after scoring a pair of Pacific Junior B Hockey League victories last week.

The next federal election in 2019 will be one to watch with Jagmeet Singh now at the helm of the NDP, according to New Westminster-Burnaby MP Peter Julian. Singh claimed victory on Sunday on first ballot with 35,266 votes, or 53.8 per cent.

The detailed route hearings for the segment of the Trans Mountain pipeline that will go through Burnaby will begin in January 2018, the National Energy Board announced on Thursday. The exact dates will be made available after Nov. 14.

Life’s good if you’re a cat living in Burnaby. The city is home to the most pampered cats in Canada, according to Amazon Canada. The accolade is part of Amazon Canada’s annual list of the top cities in Canada with the most pampered pets.

Metro Vancouver saw an overall 30 per cent increase in homelessness in 2017 when compared to 2014, and Burnaby was no exception.

A gondola up Burnaby Mountain is back on the front burner. It was included as one of the “major projects” in the Mayors’ Council’s 10-year vision update for transit and transportation, released on Sept. 21.

Going to the vice-principal’s office isn’t usually a good thing, except if you’re the vice-principal, and in the case of Curtis Hodgson it’s the Vancouver Stealth that is getting punished.

A lawsuit that has the potential to stop Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion project started on Monday in the Federal Court of Appeal.