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Burnaby dancer Joanna Hsieh is on stage this month with the Coastal City Ballet, in a newly commissioned premiere of A Midsummer Night's Dream, choreographed by Irene Schneider, who is the former artistic director of Germany's Magdeburg Ballet.

The Burnaby Task Force on Homelessness has surveyed Burnaby's provincial candidates to see what they would do to help local people living on the streets.

A festival of photos, talks and activities showcasing Nordic immigrant life in North America until 1960 took place in Burnaby recently. There were talks on Viking-age archeology, Norse shipbuilding, Nordic design, Norse mythology and more.

Burnaby-North Conservative Party of B.C.

New Westminster's Tony Eberts, a longtime letter-to-the-editor writer and Province reporter, has passed away at age 81.

Make no mistake, the Liberals and New Democrats have their eyes on this city, and the Burnaby-Lougheed race will be a hotly contested seat.

In a creative effort to encourage multigenerational meal preparation, the B.C. Ministry of Health and the B.C. Dairy Foundation are co-sponsoring a video contest this spring and Burnaby residents are invited to participate.

On Saturday, May 4 at 10 a.m., the doctors of Vancouver are inviting everyone to join them for a fun and easy one-to-two kilometre Walk With Your Doc around Kitsilano Beach. Register at www.walk withyourdoc.

Students at Burnaby Central Secondary can learn the fine art of cooking, while earning credits towards graduation.

Election 2013: focus on the burnaby-lougheed riding, by jennifer moreau, reporter