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There are more City of Burnaby staffers being paid more than $100,000 compared to 2011, with plenty hitting the $150,000 and $200,000 mark. In 2012, 144 staffers made more than $100,000, which is up from the 106 who surpassed that mark in 2011.

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.

It was an emotional release. Volunteers and staff from the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society gathered in Burnaby's Central Park on Tuesday to release an adult bald eagle that's been in rehabilitation for months.

Proposed changes include increasing the maximum penalty by five times

There are more City of Burnaby staffers being paid more than $100,000 compared to 2011, with plenty hitting the $150,000 and $200,000 mark. In 2012, 144 staffers made more than $100,000, which is up from the 106 who surpassed that mark in 2011.

A moment of New Westminster's history will be immortalized in a postage stamp. The City of New Westminster received a letter from Canada Post stating that the Wait for Me Daddy photograph will be one of the subjects to be featured on stamps in 2014.

Annual remuneration report from city hall shows high travel expenses due to China visit

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 Mounties spent Friday morning playing Goldilocks with three bears that were roaming around the Cariboo Heights neighbourhood, near the border of New Westminster.

The Burnaby Task Force on Homelessness is teaming up with a local business to help people sleeping on the streets. On June 21, Burnaby's Quilts Etc.