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We sometimes take better care of our cars than our bodies. Of course, a new car comes with an owner's manual, which details what you need checked and serviced at regular intervals.

Though building permit backlogs grew throughout the region over the spring and summer, Burnaby's director of planning and building, Lou Pelletier, says the turnaround time in Burnaby is now back on track.

A woman sustained minor injuries after being hit by a car near the intersection of Griffiths Drive and Edmonds Street on Sunday evening. According to Cpl. Rick Skolrood of the Burnaby RCMP, the accident occurred around 6 p.m.

A former Burnaby city councillor with Alzheimer's disease who was in hospital for four months was placed in a seniors' care facility last Thursday. "We think it's too good to be true after going through the hospital.

Burnaby and New Westminster are now part of Operation Red Nose. At a media event at Metrotown on Nov. 2, the two cities announced they are now part of the program where volunteers pick you up and drive you and your vehicle home.

The Burnaby school district is hoping to secure additional funding from the B.C. Education Ministry to make local schools more earthquake-proof.

Nazuri Awale has lived at the Avalon Coop at Cumberland Place and 16th Avenue for the past decade, and it hasn't always been easy.

Ford Escape comes to 2013 with a makeover

There are many lessons learned at Parkcrest Children's Centre in Burnaby. The children there learn their A, B, C's and 1, 2, 3's; they learn how to hold a crayon, and how to wash their hands before snack.