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Burnaby seniors' priorities identified

Information, community services and income and affordability are the top issues for local seniors, following two community meetings hosted by Voice of Burnaby Seniors.

Seniors' planning tables losing paid coordinator

The seniors' planning tables for Burnaby and New Westminster will have to continue without their lead coordinator, now that United Way funding for the post is coming to an end this April.
Elderly couple face eviction

Elderly couple face eviction

‘It’s not fair. The whole family is being affected – their children, grandchildren, everybody is worried’

Burnaby school district braces for administrative cuts

The Burnaby school district is bracing for the fallout from last Tuesday’s provincial budget announcement.

MP: Will Burnaby mayor be considered a terrorist?

Kennedy Stewart raising questions about Conservatives' proposed anti-terrorism legislation
Burnaby school welcomes totem-pole log

Burnaby school welcomes totem-pole log

Brentwood Park Elementary celebrated the arrival of a seven-foot, 1,500-pound log at the school last week with First Nations drumming, singing and prayer.

Kinder Morgan won't budge when it comes to releasing full emergency response plan

The president of Kinder Morgan Canada is defending his company's decision not to release the oil spill emergency response plans related to the Trans Mountain pipeline to the public.
SFU researcher and co. reveal massive scientific road map

SFU researcher and co. reveal massive scientific road map

SFU researchers could be making headway into new cancer therapies soon, thanks to a new scientific road map. For the last five years, biology professor Steven Jones and a group of global scientists have been mapping epigenomes.
BBOT supports 2015 B.C. budget

BBOT supports 2015 B.C. budget

The Burnaby Board of Trade is backing the B.C. Liberals’ “stay the course” 2015 budget.
Mounties looking for witnesses to two incidents

Mounties looking for witnesses to two incidents

Burnaby RCMP is looking to speak with witnesses of a robbery and a hit-and-run last week. According to Burnaby RCMP, the two separate incidents happened last Thursday afternoon. The first incident, a robbery, took place at about 4:45 p.m.