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Burnaby's Hindu temple is celebrating Diwali with a special event this Saturday at the Michael J Fox Theatre. This year is the 41st annual Diwali cultural show for the temple, which is celebrating with a vegetarian feast and live entertainment.

City steps in and razes neighbourhood garden after receiving complaints

Burnaby's Hindu Temple is hosting a multi-day festival this coming weekend, celebrating the triumph of good over evil. The celebration is called Shri Durga Puja and also known as Navratri, or "nine nights" in certain regions of India.

"Unfortunately, you see, the eyes go first. The birds get them," says stream-keeper Paul Cipywnyk, standing over two dead salmon in the Burnaby's Byrne Creek habitat area.

The Burnaby school district has been dealing with a "spike" in high-risk behaviour related to the case of Amanda Todd, the Port Coquitlam teen who recently took her life after years of bullying and sexualized attacks online.

Mayor Derek Corrigan and Burnaby councillors overcame their issues with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business to listen and provide input during a presentation on Small Business Saturday - for the most part.

Local singer and winner of the 2009 Burnaby's Got Talent Competition, Stephen Scaccia's star keeps rising. Tomorrow, (Oct. 19) Scaccia will sing the national anthem and also perform during the B.C.

Premier Christy Clark's proposition to strike a 10-year period of "labour peace" with the B.C. teachers seems like a high-stakes poker game to the president of the Burnaby Teachers' Association.

Captain Lindsey Butterworth led the Simon Fraser University women's cross-country team to the aggregate title at the Emerald City Open in Seattle on Saturday. Butterworth finished fourth in a time of 22.35.

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