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It’s been more than a month since a City of Vancouver worker was shot and killed outside his home in Burnaby, and the public is no closer to finding out the motive behind the violent attack.

The Simon Fraser University Pipe Band finished in fifth place at the world championships in Scotland on Aug. 15. That’s better than last year when the local pipers placed sixth overall.

A former peace officer with the Burnaby RCMP is serving a 14-month jail sentence for stealing a kilogram of cocaine from a police exhibit locker in the spring of 2011.

But former Burnaby resident's wife and son stay behind

A blaze at a local auto body shop could have been much worse had firefighters not responded so quickly, according to an assistant fire chief with the Burnaby Fire Department.

The Burnaby Fire Department reported one death in its most recent quarterly report – the first fatality in several years. Firefighters were called to a home on 10th Avenue on April 29 after a fire broke out inside.

Water, water, everywhere but not enough to drink – that seems to be the Lower Mainland’s big problem this summer.

The City of Burnaby has approved changes to the hours the Grand Villa Casino can serve liquor. While the city didn’t give the casino exactly what it wanted – the casino’s application proposed liquor service from 9 a.m. to 4 a.m.

This year’s building permits to date have brought in more money than in the previous three years, according to a city staff report. As of July, the city had received $448 million from the 897 permits it has issued.

A business man based in Surrey is hoping residents in Burnaby can help him find a missing member of his flock.