Local News

When clock is ticking down to 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve when this year's annual Salvation Army kettle campaign comes to an end. In Burnaby, both the Metrotown and Salvation Army citadels will have volunteers manning kettles all throughout the city.

With just a few days left, the Burnaby Christmas Bureau is still short almost $50,000 in reaching this year's campaign goal. As of late Wednesday, the bureau's efforts had garnered about $160,000; in all, they need $210,000 to make this year's goal.

Jarid Lukosevicius and Eric Margo both scored two goals to lead the Northwest Giants to a 6-2 win over the Cariboo Cougars in the first game of a two-game B.C. major midget hockey series on Saturday.

It's hard to be No. 1, but the Douglas College badminton program has made it look rather easy.

A recent spate of 120 tire slash-ings in the Barnet Road area and at two Burnaby car dealerships mirrors a similar pattern of activity which occurred in the city this past April and May.

The eighth Christmas celebration at the Overlynn Mansion raised approximately $14,000 for Seton Villa, a Burnaby seniors' home.

Would you like to be featured in Paper Postcards? Take a copy of the Burnaby NOW along with you on your next trip. Take a photo of yourself in front of a scenic backdrop or landmark, holding the newspaper.

The Burnaby Central Grade 9 boys' and Grade 10 girls' basketball teams are holding an after-Christmas bottle drive. Please contact the school at bcss.lss@ gmail.com with an address and phone number for pickup of your discarded bottles and cans.

The provincial Education Ministry is asking school districts across B.C.

It took the removal of just one word to change the scope of one part of the City of Burnaby's new contract with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 23. "It was a fairly tiny change," Bob Moncur, Burnaby's city manager, said.