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Coho salmon are now returning to spawn in Burnaby waterways, but their numbers aren't as strong as this season's chum return. "We have a total count of 54 coho, live and dead, so far this year.

The number of residential property sales of detached, attached and apartment properties reached 1,686 on the region's Multiple Listing Service in November, a 28.6 per cent decline compared to the 2,360 sales in November 2011 and a 12.

The city of Burnaby has reached a four-year collective agreement with its union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 23, according to a press release from CUPE B.C.

The Burnaby school board has a new leader at the helm. Baljinder Narang was elected chair at the last board meeting on Dec. 11, replacing Larry Hayes, who served as chair for the last two years.

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Sustainability effort includes representatives from various groups and backgrounds

The countdown to Christmas has officially begun, and with less than two weeks until Santa makes his annual appearance, the pressure is on to get all that Christmas shopping done and all the festivities and parties jammed in before Dec. 25.

Burnaby company Golden Boy Foods Ltd. is voluntarily recalling its Golden Boy brand in-shell mixed nuts because they may be contaminated with salmonella.

While other municipalities throughout Canada may be in dire need of new roads or sewage systems, Burnaby's primary need is affordable housing, according to Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan.

Burnaby residents are taking their concerns about pipelines close to schools to the provincial government.