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Burnaby resident has unique offerings in his Urban Gypsy shop

The woman behind a local business success story will be in Burnaby this weekend as part of a special event at the Chapters Indigo store in Metropolis at Metrotown.

For New Westminster provincial Conservative candidate Paul Forseth, there's no doubt who he's supporting in the brouhaha surrounding the beleaguered party.

The Burnaby Board of Trade is starting up its Student Access Program this month. The board launched the program with an orientation event at the Electronic Arts facility in Burnaby last Wednesday.

Charlie's Chocolate Factory on Canada Way loses a pair of silver award bowls in theft

A prominent left-wing organization is launching a speaking tour against oil pipelines and tankers in B.C., and the speakers' panel is coming to Burnaby, the terminus for the Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline.

Duck and cover, Burnaby. The third annual B.C. ShakeOut, a province-wide earthquake drill, is taking place on Oct. 18 at 10: 18 a.m., according to a press release from the City of Burnaby's emergency program coordinator, Charmaigne Pflugrath.

A longtime Burnaby resident and devoted Conservative is at the heart of an internal squabble that could threaten the future of the B.C. Conservative Party - and she's not about to back down.

effort to represent the major faiths. But, honestly, wouldn't it be better to spend this money on victim services instead? The total program costs about $6.4 million. That could buy a lot of nonreligious counselling.

Primate encounter: Joanne Smith took a copy of the Burnaby NOW along to Uganda, where she is volunteering using her specialized hand therapist skills to help train doctors and health-care professionals in Africa.