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Metrotown SkyTrain station elevator closed

Metrotown SkyTrain station elevator closed

Starting Feb. 26, the lone elevator at Metrotown SkyTrain station will be out of service for one year.

Burnaby school district digs deeper into surpluses in amended budget

The Burnaby school district will dig deeper into reserve funds than anticipated last spring. In its preliminary budget approved in April, the district expected its revenues to fall about $2.
Burnaby Mounties looking for witnesses

Burnaby Mounties looking for witnesses

Investigators are asking witnesses of a fatal car crash last week to contact Burnaby RCMP. The collision happened shortly after 12:30 p.m.
Residents' association raising concerns about protecting Maywood housing

Residents' association raising concerns about protecting Maywood housing

Local resident Rick McGowan is raising concerns about protecting low-cost rental housing in the face of new developments in Burnaby's Maywood area.

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.