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Kingsley Bailey's wife Debbie didn't appreciate the timing of the text he received at 5 a.m. Sunday morning. "Who the heck is texting you at this time?" Debbie asked Burnaby's best-known ticket broker.

Overlooking Burnaby and Vancouver from its vantage point at 3755 McGill St., Seton Villa provides its more than 200 residents with a broad view of the surrounding world from the 19th floor common area.

As Burnaby businesses prepare to return to the provincial sales tax and goods and services tax on April 1, there is an air of philosophical resignation, even from business owners who were highly critical of the HST referendum results.

For the second time, Dave Nonis will be picking up where Brian Burke left off. Nonis, a Burnaby native who is scheduled to be inducted into the Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame on Feb.

Within a two-hour span on Saturday evening, the Burnaby Fire Department responded to three fires in different locations throughout the city. "It was a busy night on Saturday night," Fire Chief Shaun Redmond said. "Basically, it started at 5: 30 p.m.

Zellers at Brentwood Centre is set to close as of March 14.

It's hard to say if Madeline Lord is happy because she tap dances, or if she tap dances because she's happy.

Babak Sedehi doesn't know what the two people who stole 10 telescopes worth $20,000 from his Burnaby store are going to do. "You can't sell these because this is not a general consumer item," said Sedehi.

Yvette Lu never had to choose between her love of acting and her talent for science. The Burnaby woman pursued both interests simultaneously throughout her youth and kept up her theatre training while studying for her medical degree.

Dear Editor: Re: No more city taxes, Letter to the Editor, Burnaby NOW, Jan. 4. I agree with Mr. Evans that property taxes are high. What Mr.