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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.

Burnaby and New Westminster are now part of Operation Red Nose. At a media event at Metrotown on Nov. 2, the two cities announced they are now part of the program where volunteers pick you up and drive you and your vehicle home.

The Burnaby school district is hoping to secure additional funding from the B.C. Education Ministry to make local schools more earthquake-proof.

Nazuri Awale has lived at the Avalon Coop at Cumberland Place and 16th Avenue for the past decade, and it hasn't always been easy.

Ford Escape comes to 2013 with a makeover

There are many lessons learned at Parkcrest Children's Centre in Burnaby. The children there learn their A, B, C's and 1, 2, 3's; they learn how to hold a crayon, and how to wash their hands before snack.

The Western Swing Music Society is inviting everyone to an afternoon showcase and dance this Sunday, Nov. 4 in Burnaby.

We're into the final two months of 2012, and that means we're heading right into the heart of the holiday season.

Orangutan researcher Birute Galdikas will be at Simon Fraser University next week for a free screening of Born to be Wild, a documentary about orphaned oran-gutans and elephants. The event is on Thursday, Nov.

The Hospital Employees' Union has learned that more than 90 of its unionized health-care workers are getting pink slips at a Burnaby care home for elderly veterans.