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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.
City addresses neighbourhood concerns

City addresses neighbourhood concerns

It took some persistence but Riverside residents could soon be getting what they want from the city – a safer community.

SFU Burnaby potty protest mostly well received

A group of university students proclaimed an SFU washroom liberated from “gender policing” for a short time Wednesday.
Witnesses asked to contact homicide police

Witnesses asked to contact homicide police

Homicide police are calling on witnesses of a fatal altercation at Edmonds SkyTrain station early Sunday morning to step forward. Burnaby RCMP responded to the South Burnaby station shortly before 1 a.m.
Dance with a dragon this weekend, among other things

Dance with a dragon this weekend, among other things

1. Celebrate the year of the ram in the Heights. The annual Lunar Year celebration is being hosted by the Heights Merchants Association on Saturday, between noon and 3 p.m.
B.C. budget being carried on the backs of the middle class: Burnaby-Deer Lake MLA

B.C. budget being carried on the backs of the middle class: Burnaby-Deer Lake MLA

The provincial budget unveiled this week in the legislature isn't sitting well with the NDP MLA for Burnaby-Deer Lake.
Burnaby council signs on the Blue Dot line

Burnaby council signs on the Blue Dot line

First, they crossed the Burnaby Mountain injunction line. Now, two 11-year-old girls have lobbied Burnaby city council to sign a grassroots initiative to protect Canada’s environment.