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Even though their ongoing labour dispute has wiped out the first few days of school, public support for B.C. teachers hasn’t waned, according to a group of Burnaby picketers systematically monitoring the situation.

Residents vow to watch over land as Kinder Morgan clears trees in city-owned conservation area

If teachers want to get back to mediation, they’re going to have to move on wages and benefits, B.C. Education Minister Peter Fassbender told the NOW Thursday.

Residents got exactly what they wanted on Monday night as city council approved a full traffic light at the busy intersection of Kincaid Street and Smith Avenue.

Battle over Burnaby Mountain heats up

Burnaby Mounties are investigating the discovery of a badly injured man near the Willingdon Avenue eastbound Highway 1 off-ramp Wednesday morning. Officers with the Port Mann Freeway Patrol contacted the Burnaby RCMP shortly before 1 a.m. on Sept.

Fall fair, new art show, Heights garden tour and more

City forbids Kinder Morgan pipeline crews from cutting and digging, yet company plans to continue work

Nearly 3,000 Burnaby private school students strapped on backpacks for the first day of school Tuesday while their public school counterparts headed off to daycares and other non-school activities.

Metrotown needs a residents association, according to Burnaby First supporter Rick McGowan, and he wants to be the one to start it.