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Jarid Lukosevicius and Eric Margo both scored two goals to lead the Northwest Giants to a 6-2 win over the Cariboo Cougars in the first game of a two-game B.C. major midget hockey series on Saturday.

It's hard to be No. 1, but the Douglas College badminton program has made it look rather easy.

A recent spate of 120 tire slash-ings in the Barnet Road area and at two Burnaby car dealerships mirrors a similar pattern of activity which occurred in the city this past April and May.

The eighth Christmas celebration at the Overlynn Mansion raised approximately $14,000 for Seton Villa, a Burnaby seniors' home.

Would you like to be featured in Paper Postcards? Take a copy of the Burnaby NOW along with you on your next trip. Take a photo of yourself in front of a scenic backdrop or landmark, holding the newspaper.

The Burnaby Central Grade 9 boys' and Grade 10 girls' basketball teams are holding an after-Christmas bottle drive. Please contact the school at bcss.lss@ gmail.com with an address and phone number for pickup of your discarded bottles and cans.

The provincial Education Ministry is asking school districts across B.C.

It took the removal of just one word to change the scope of one part of the City of Burnaby's new contract with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 23. "It was a fairly tiny change," Bob Moncur, Burnaby's city manager, said.

Recently, Telus employees filled up stockings at their Burnaby office for children and seniors throughout Metro Vancouver and Squamish. The demand this year is high, as many families are experiencing economic hardships.

It's the last weekend before Christmas and the pressure is on to get all that Christmas shopping done and all the festivities and parties jammed in before Dec. 25.