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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.

Canada's most recent census data showed a spike in the number of children born in the mid-to late 2000s, a phenomenon dubbed a "baby boomlet" at the time.

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Burnaby residents opposed to Kinder Morgan's pipeline expansion plan are upset that Port Metro Vancouver was participating in the company's public information session at Stoney Creek Community School recently.