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Getting a head: Bradley Wade checks out some of the items for sale at the city's annual car trunk sale on Saturday.

Three bears that were spotted last week in Burnaby's Cariboo Heights neighbourhood have made a second appearance, this time on Burnaby Mountain near the secondary school.

The Institute for the Reduction of Youth Violence will soon be established at Simon Fraser University's Burnaby campus, thanks to a $250,000 grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

Convicted sex offender Ronald Currie Miljure is back in custody now, after Burnaby Mounties arrested him outside a home in Surrey last night. Burnaby RCMP Cpl.

Burnaby council has approved the route for the annual Aadi Pooram, Ther Thiruvizcha (Chariot) Festival on Friday, Aug. 9. The Arul Migu Thurkadevi Hindu Society will pull a small, six-foot wide chariot in a loop starting at 7468 Edmonds St.

Mayor Derek Corrigan had his usual three per cent wage increase last year, but travel expenses were particularly high due to the sister city visit to China in September.

Slowly but surely, more people are taking the bus in New Westminster and Burnaby. TransLink's 2012 bus service performance review shows ridership has increased over the past four years in Burnaby and New Westminster.

Burnaby residents who feed wild birds are indirectly adding to the ever-growing rat population, according to Craig Wilson.

One of Burnaby's very own tech companies has been ranked in Canada's top 500 fastest growing businesses of 2013.

Proposed changes would close some loopholes