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Three Burnaby schools get upgrades - including a playdome for Marlborough

Knowledge and understanding of basic child passenger safety - proper use and installation of child car and booster seats - is the most effective tool for preventing the injury or death of a child in a car crash.

The controversial practice of shale gas fracking is no longer welcome within the boundaries of Burnaby, despite the city being nowhere near Northern B.C.'s wells.

Leaked document cited strategies to encourage ethnic voters to support Liberals

WorkSafe B.C. imposed almost $300,000 in fines against Burnaby construction companies in 2012.

Chevron workers are removing and replacing a five-foot section of thinning pipeline in the 7500 block of Birkdale Place near Burnaby Mountain. The crude supply line runs oil from Kinder Morgan's tank farm to Burnaby's Chevron refinery.

A North Burnaby homeowner says the rustic character of his neighbourhood - and his privacy -is threatened by the development of three-storey homes.

Police have arrested one of their "most wanted" break-and-enter suspects and seized a large quantity of stolen property. The Vancouver Police Department, in partnership with the Burnaby RCMP Break and Enter Task Force, arrested the suspect on Feb.

The Burnaby office of an intergovernmental program that helps protect the environment of the Fraser River and Burrard Inlet is closing its doors on March 31, but a spokesperson for the program says it will continue in a new form.

The Vancouver Resource Society will receive a $95,157 grant from the City of Burnaby to purchase a whole floor for accessible rental housing, after council approved it at Monday night's meeting. The accessible rental housing site at 4555 Hastings St.