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Burnaby’s extreme weather shelter is opening tonight, as temperatures are expected to drop below zero. Burnaby’s extreme weather response team issued an alert, calling on people sleeping outdoors to come to the shelter at Westminster Bible Chapel.

Pet sales debate at Monday night's Burnaby council meeting included a silent protest

The city's waterworks and sewer rates have gotten a little thicker to keep up with rising operation costs and old infrastructure. Every year, the city costs more to run. In this case, council approved a 5.

The Burnaby Task Force on Homelessness has launched a new video encouraging people to get involved in community-based efforts to address poverty and homelessness in the city.

Another Burnaby MP is considering a run at the provincial NDP leadership position. Burnaby-Douglas MP Kennedy Stewart told the NOW he's exploring his options, now that MLA John Horgan and MP Nathan Cullen have dropped out of the race.

It's been six months since the last provincial election, and Burnaby's newest MLA has finally found a location for her office. Jane Shin's Burnaby-Lougheed constituency headquarters are at unit 3, 8699 10th Ave.

One man is in hospital this morning after he was allegedly stabbed with a sword multiple times in the back on Sunday night. At 11 p.m. on Nov.

The manhunt for illegal dentist Tung Sheng (David) Wu is over, after he surrendered himself to Toronto police on Saturday. Wu, 62, was found guilty of illegally practising dentistry in Metro Vancouver, including Burnaby, in a B.C.

Jury suggests changes to firearms rules

Burnaby wants to retain its heritage and history, and it intends to do so book by book. Recently, city council approved $50,000 from its gaming funds to go toward upgrading Burnaby's heritage website and a book scanning pilot project.