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A former Burnaby city councillor with Alzheimer's disease, who was in hospital for four months, was placed at Normanna, a local seniors' care facility last Thursday. "We think it's too good to be true after going through the hospital.

The City of Burnaby approved a grant of $100,000 to the Burnaby Board of Trade at Monday night's council meeting.

Burnaby mayor and council mourned former alderman Jim Lorimer at Monday night's meeting. Lorimer, who was 89, passed away on Oct. 25, according to his obituary in The Vancouver Sun.

Progress on the new Edmonds pool and community centre has fallen behind again, with an expected completion date for a "substantial" amount of the project now set for February.

Burnaby could be sharing wind power with Taiwan one day.

We sometimes take better care of our cars than our bodies. Of course, a new car comes with an owner's manual, which details what you need checked and serviced at regular intervals.

Though building permit backlogs grew throughout the region over the spring and summer, Burnaby's director of planning and building, Lou Pelletier, says the turnaround time in Burnaby is now back on track.

A woman sustained minor injuries after being hit by a car near the intersection of Griffiths Drive and Edmonds Street on Sunday evening. According to Cpl. Rick Skolrood of the Burnaby RCMP, the accident occurred around 6 p.m.

A former Burnaby city councillor with Alzheimer's disease who was in hospital for four months was placed in a seniors' care facility last Thursday. "We think it's too good to be true after going through the hospital.