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Don’t toss that turkey in the trash, put it in the food scraps bin – that’s the message Metro Vancouver wants to get out to residents in the region hit by last week’s windstorm.

Simon Fraser University kicks off a year of 50th anniversary celebrations at its Burnaby campus next week. Festivities take off Wednesday, Sept. 9, with a ceremony from 11:30 a.m. to noon.

After Burnaby residents hunkered down last weekend, taking shelter from the storm in their darkened houses, talk in the media turned to eAfter Burnaby residents hunkered down last weekend, taking shelter from the storm in their darkened houses, talk

Last weekend’s windstorm may have caused havoc, but Burnaby streamkeepers are welcoming the rain and what it will do to help local salmon.

Mitigating factors weren’t enough to lessen the number of years a Burnaby man will spend behind bars after he was convicted of conspiring to import 97 kilograms of cocaine into Canada in 2008, according to a recent B.C. Supreme Court judgement.

A Burnaby Mountie may have committed an offence resulting in the death of a suspect outside a local apartment building last year, according to a report by the province’s police watchdog.

If you think the worst occupational hazard B.C.’s library workers face is paper cuts, their union has news for you.

While Burnaby residents continue to clean up after the weekend’s storm, local Mounties are reminding everyone to use the four-way stop procedure when they come across an intersection without power.

About 15 extra firefighters, two dispatchers and three engines were needed on the weekend to handle the hundreds of calls coming in after the majority of the city lost power.

Deer Lake Gallery showing new exhibit