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The Burnaby office of an intergovernmental program that helps protect the Fraser River and Burrard Inlet is closing its doors on March 31.

The Fraser Institute released its annual ranking of B.C. elementary schools, and Burnaby's top six are all private schools. Our Lady of Mercy ranked 13th in the province and first in Burnaby. Holy Cross, John Knox Christian school, St. Michaels, St.

The Burnaby Artists Guild and Edmond's Community Centre want to thank those who came out to help paint murals for the B.C. Children's Hospital last September to support the 2012 Culture Days celebrations.

The NDP is raising questions about Burnaby MLA Harry Bloy's involvement in a leaked strategy to target the ethnic vote, a plan that has left the Liberals mired in controversy as the election approaches.

They are the best Cuban salsa dancers in the world, and they hail not from Havana, but from a dance studio just a few steps from Metrotown.

We're already through the first two months of 2013, and the first weekend of March means spring can't be far away. It's time to get out and enjoy some new things to do in Burnaby.

Burnaby resident Vivian Liu knows how to handle a violin. The 14-year-old won a national gold medal for getting the top mark in Canada on the Royal Conservatorys graduate-level exam in violin performance.

In one of the grand lobbies of one of America's top hospitals is the slogan, "Patients First." Last month, I toured the sprawling state-of-the-art main campus of the Cleveland Clinic with medical colleagues from B.C.

Simon Fraser University has done the seemingly impossible by turning what would normally be considered the epitome of a boring academic presentation into an entertaining and enlightening experience.

Sea life: The Vancouver Public Aquarium's AquaVan made a house call to Forest Grove elementary school recently, delighting students. The tour included several live creatures and a demonstration by an aquarium employee.