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Everything has a price - unless one SFU lecturer has her way. Simon Fraser University senior lecturer Kate Tairyan's pitch to help develop the world's first free university has won her a $100,000 grant and the title of a "Rising Star in Canada.

The picket lines are up now that labour negotiations between the Simon Fraser Student Society and support staff have fallen apart.

"Boondoggle." "Gobbledygook." These were just two of the choice words Burnaby council had for TransLink's business case for its faregate and SmartCard system at Monday night's council meeting.

Accused was at the wheel in a crash that killed a local teen

Forest Grove residents are using chalk art to help get their point across about Burnaby Mountain proposal

Ten months after the crash that killed a 16-year-old Burnaby girl, the man accused of driving the car she rode in appeared in B.C. Provincial Court on Monday for the first time.

A 28-year-old Burnaby construction flag person sustained only minor injuries after being hit by a Burnaby driver in the Edmonds area.

A home and two other buildings at 7872 Willard St. must be torn down, according to Burnaby council. Council approved staff recommendations to demand the demolition of the buildings on the property at the July 11 council meeting.

The City of Burnaby received the Portal of the Year Award from the Americas' SAP Users' Group for its Systems Applications and Products software, also known as SAP.

In the end, Richard Loat ended up more than doubling his goal. The SFU student was trying to collect 20,000 pounds of food for local food banks by playing ball hockey all across the country.