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Burnaby council awarded the lowest bidder of a construction contract for the 2013 watermain replacement program. Hyland Excavating Ltd.'s bid won for a total cost of more than $2.4 million.

Suncor is cleaning up a spill at its Port Moody plant, on the Burnaby border, where a small amount of material has seeped into the Burrard Inlet. Suncor spokesperson Sneh Seetal said the spill was discovered at about 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 6.

Premier Christy Clark announced another round of funding to make B.C.'s schools more structurally sound in the event of a major earthquake, and three Burnaby schools are now slated for upgrades.

On Monday morning, Transportation Minister Mary Polak made an announcement that the provincial government will work with the Mayors' Council on Regional Transportation to help fix transit - but Burnaby's mayor says it's all politics.

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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.

On April 8, 39-year-old Darryl Keith Bergey was arrested by Transit Police at Metrotown Station following an "unprovoked assault" on a 74-year-old woman. The woman boarded at the Surrey Central Station at 12:40 p.m.

Burnaby's Marlborough Elementary was declared a "champion school" in a challenge that encourages kids to live more healthy, active lives.

A new mural going ahead in the Kingsway Imperial Neighbourhood will be part of the world's largest mural project, according to a city report.