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Burnaby stalls on emergency notification system update

It seems a group of North Burnaby residents who've been waiting 14 years for a city-wide emergency notification system will have to wait a bit longer.

Burnaby piper searching for stolen pipes

Junior bagpiper Tyentyen Chen has been without her bagpipes - worth about $2,000 - for almost three weeks, after they were stolen from outside Simon Fraser University's Cornerstone food court on June 25.

Get your drink on at Canada Cup of Beer

Canada Cup of Beer is coming to Burnaby this weekend, and its bringing 15 different breweries to help quench the city's thirst.

Burnaby teen wins puppy-naming contest

Fifteen-year-old Maya Garlick is among 10 lucky winners of the RCMP's "Name the Puppy" contest announced last week. Garlick was among 5,000 people who entered the national contest to choose names for 10 future police dogs.

Burnaby has a new director of engineering

When you first walk into Leon Gous's office in the engineering department, immediately hanging on the left wall is the famous 1990 Voyager photograph where for a fraction of a second the camera captures blue light reflecting from Earth - a tiny spec

Burnaby seniors want wheelchair fees scrapped

A group of Burnaby seniors is upset about the provincial government's plan to charge user fees for wheelchairs in residential care homes.

Cyclist killed in weekend hit and run

Burnaby RCMP is searching for a driver who fled the scene of a fatal accident involving a cyclist on Sunday night. The cyclist was struck and killed by a passing vehicle near 13th Avenue and Wright Street at about 8: 30 p.m.

Ex-midget goes to Oilers in fourth round

Former major midget Northwest Giants winger Jackson Houck was drafted in the fourth round by the Edmonton Oilers at the NHL entry draft last weekend.

Junior Lakers pelted by 'Rocks in Sunday defeat

Tyler Buchan and Quinton Bradley both scored their last goals with the Burnaby Lakers in a 23-6 loss to Victoria on Sunday before being traded away at the B.C. Junior Lacrosse League deadline.

Resident takes healing walk to tar sands

Burnaby residents concerned about the Kinder Morgan pipeline need to see beyond their backyards and support the indigenous communities impacted by tar sands development.