Local News

Local violin prodigy Jonathan Chan, 22, is coming home from his studies in London, England next month to perform in two special benefit concerts.

A baby goose is recovering today with a broken leg after it was attacked by a group of children Monday at Barnet Marine Park in Burnaby.

The City of Burnaby is warning residents about aggressive coyotes near the CG Brown Memorial Pool and down to the lower central valley.

The Burnaby NOW ran some incorrect information in a story titled Nailbiters in Burnaby race, in the May 15 provincial election edition. The story states that Liberal MLA Richard Lee beat New Democrat Mondee Redman in the 2009 election by 825 votes.

Two local nurses were recognized for their professional achievements at the recent Nursing Excellence Awards ceremony hosted by the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia.

Newly elected MLA Jane Shin is still missing in action, leaving Liberals and members of the Korean community with many unanswered questions about her credentials.

The National Energy Board approved a tolling application linked to Kinder Morgan's pipeline expansion plan last Thursday. The approval does not mean the pipeline expansion will go forward, per se.

Nova Fitness and Health closed down its centre in Burnaby earlier this spring

For three years, Dave Carlson has been running Burnaby's Common Ground Community Farm, growing a variety of crops for shareholders, but the farm's salad greens will be sprouting up in Choices Markets across the Lower Mainland.

Home monitoring is a growing market that could be worth $60 billion by 2017, according to Juniper Research, and a Burnaby-based company is getting in on it. Founded in 2010, NYCE Control is a global supplier of wireless home sensors.