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It might be the end of the year, but the last public hearing for Burnaby is a big one. Right before the holidays set in, the public will have a chance to voice their support or concerns at a Dec.

B.C. Hydro’s 28 per cent rate increase will cost the Burnaby school district a decent chunk of change. B.C. Hydro is planning to increase electricity rates by 28 per cent over the next five years for all customers.

What do you think about Burnaby’s health-care system? That’s what the Burnaby Division of Family Practice wants to know and intends to find out through its recently launched online survey, part of the A GP for Me initiative.

Burnaby’s Bonsor Recreation Complex is now a lot more dependent on the sun. On Nov. 29, the federal government announced that Bonsor will receive more than $270,000 to retrofit its solar hot water system from the Gas Tax Fund.

The growing immigrant population has become an integral part of Burnaby and some worry the city and police aren’t doing enough to connect with these new Canadians.

Burnaby residents will have to wait a little longer for the Compass Card system rollout – around the same time flip flops and sunglasses will be out of the closet.

Real estate agents trying to slap the sold sign on a house for sale anywhere near an oil pipeline in B.C. are facing a hard sell.

Beavers at Burnaby Lake have been chewing down trees and taking out power lines.

Local resident worried for salmon, herons endangered turtles

Company president talks to Burnaby Board of Trade on benefits for Burnaby if pipeline expansion goes through