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Wee wheels: Cindy Twyford, left, and daughter Kaylie Jeffrey check out the displays at the 29th annual model car contest and swap meet, held by the Automotive Model Builders of Vancouver at the Cameron Recreation Complex on Saturday.

It's official. The Burnaby school district is joining the rest of the Lower Mainland and moving to a two-week spring break, starting in the 2013/14 school year. School trustees voted to adopt to a two-week break at the March 26 school board meeting.

Burnaby mayor Derek Corrigan is taking issue with Housing Minister Rich Coleman's comments regarding a piece of B.C. Housing property for sale in the Edmonds neighbourhood.

Olympic Village developer withdraws proposal

ER doctor Joanne Rowell-Wong, head of the emergency department at Burnaby General Hospital, is speaking out about her concerns with overcrowding in the emergency room.

The woman at the centre of a civil suit launched by the Burnaby school district is now facing two criminal counts of fraud.

Burnaby council approved $1.4 million from capital reserves to finance 10 parks, recreation and cultural services projects for 2013.

The Evergreen Line that extends from Burnaby's Lougheed SkyTrain station into Coquitlam was the right decision but one that was made without all the facts, according to a recent report from Auditor General John Doyle.

The bears are back. Conservation officer David Cox is once again warning Burnaby Mountain residents and Simon Fraser University students to keep an eye out for the bruins as recent sightings are on the rise.

Local residents will benefit from the federal government's billion-dollar long-term infrastructure fund, according to Conservative MP James Moore, who spoke in Burnaby about the budget on Friday.