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Longtime city staffers honoured for years of service

Burnaby's city manager, Bob Moncur, and deputy city manager Chad Turpin were both honoured for their long years of service by the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators.

Resident believes Moscrop area is dangerous

There are fewer students making their way across Willingdon Avenue and Moscrop Street to Moscrop Secondary School these days, as the school year ends.

Youth film camps at SFU this summer

For kids whose three favourite words are "lights," "camera" and "action," there's a summer camp with spaces still available in Burnaby.

SFU support staff vote for strike action

The teaching support staff at Simon Fraser University voted 90 per cent in favour of strike action today, according to preliminary ballot results.

Pipeline expansion forum packs local church

It was a full house at St. Timothy Anglican Church on Wednesday evening, as residents packed the building for Burnaby's first public forum on the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion.

Former Green candidate holds MAGIC community cleanup this weekend

Former Burnaby Municipal Green Party candidate, Rick McGowan, is trying to bring some magic to his Metrotown neighbourhood.

North Burnaby resident reports bear sighting

Burnaby NOW reader Thomas Tricarico got an unexpected visitor just after 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon.

Hate graffiti reported at Burnaby school

The Burnaby RCMP announced Wednesday that they are investigating an incident at Burnaby's Byrne Creek Secondary school, where symbols of hate, including Nazi swastikas, were painted on the school.

Burnaby man sentenced to jail for running 'credit card factory' out of apartment

A Burnaby man who had turned his rental apartment into a credit card factory where he stored thousands of stolen identity documents and cards, forgery equipment and faked cards has been jailed for 15 months.

ICBC workers issue 72-hour job action notice

ICBC's union, COPE 378, has issued 72-hour job action notice for next week. The members of the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, Local 378 - which is based in Burnaby - voted 87 per cent in favour of job action on April 24.