Local News

Burnaby resident and SFU psychology professor is alive but a bit shaken, after a close call at Monday's Boston Marathon.

Forty-eight acres of land in Burnaby's Southgate neighbourhood is up for public comment in an open house tonight.

Environmental and social sustainability, urban development in town centres and citizen engagement were the focal points of Mayor Derek Corrigan's state of the city speech on April 17, at the Hilton-Vancouver Metrotown.

Health authority calls CBC online report 'misleading'

Two Burnaby childcare centres for children with developmental disabilities have apparently been robbed of their playground toys.

"Disgrace," "sham," and "appalling" were some of the words used by Burnaby councillors to describe the Royal Bank of Canada's use of temporary foreign workers to replace 45 jobs for Canadian workers.

Burnaby RCMP are looking for witnesses after a man was shot several times in the leg outside a local Edmonds Street restaurant April 12. Police responded to the shooting early Friday morning in the 7600-block of Edmonds Street.

Burnaby council was relieved to hear it will receive $2.9 million in 2013 from its share of traffic fine revenue from the province instead of $448,541 - a prospect that concerned councillors when it was suggested at a previous meeting.

TransLink says it will save $2.6 million per year by moving its headquarters

Burnaby RCMP are investigating a shooting that happened Tuesday evening in the Old Orchard shopping complex on Kingsway Avenue and Willingdon Avenue. According to a press release, witnesses saw three men sitting in a silver BMW parked in the lot.