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Parent complained after Grade 3 teacher allegedly force-fed fruit to a student

Committee now booking times for presentations from residents, health groups, unions and more to share ideas and concerns

Lunch-hour traffic tied up, but no threat to public safety from excavator incident

The Burnaby school district has filed a civil claim with the Supreme Court of B.C., alleging a former bookkeeper at Alpha Secondary defrauded the district of $100,000 over a period of three years.

Burnaby's Michael J. Fox recognized by local institute

It's a Canadian classic - and it's coming to life as a benefit for the Burnaby Camping Bureau. The Burnaby Public Library is presenting a special celebratory reading of Stephen Leacock's Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town.

We all seek to be understood, but sometimes we can be so intent on expressing our own points of view that we stop listening ourselves.

We're getting older and living longer. There were 5,825 people aged 100 years or older in Canada last year, according to recent data from the last census. The number of centenarians increased 25.7 per cent between 2006 and 2011.

SUCCESS, a local social service agency, is setting up a trust account to collect donations to help the family of Huong (Andy) Tran, the Royal Oak Sushi House owner who was killed two weeks ago.