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A Vancouver man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for his role in an alleged sexual assault at the Edmonds SkyTrain station this past February was arrested in Montreal this week.

Burnaby teachers and their supporters rallied outside of Richard Lee's Burnaby North office on Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to put pressure on the provincial government to opt for a negotiated settlement to the ongoing labour dispute.

The lower Fraser River water level is expected to hit 6.5 metres at the Mission area gauge as of tomorrow. The City of Burnaby is taking precautions as the river levels rise, according to the city's director of engineering, Lambert Chu.

A 43-year-old Burnaby man has now been charged in connection with the April 2011 car accident where a cement truck collided with a car driven by 26-year-old Mark Holmes of Coquitlam. Holmes, a new father, died at the scene.

Burnaby's Ryan Nugent-Hopkins lost an apparent tiebreaker to Colorado Avalanche forward Gabriel Landeskog in Calder Memorial Trophy voting on Wednesday. According to NHL.

One day after Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan told the Burnaby NOW that he would be signing off on the new 20-year RCMP contract "under protest" and "under duress," Justice Minister Shirley Bond is presenting the government's side of the story.

The City of Burnaby has issued 780 building permits thus far for 2012, according to a staff report by Lou Pelletier, acting director of Burnaby's planning and building department.

Burnaby council has approved plans to control the city's knotweed problem with an herbicide stem injection trial.

Love is the core of our lives. It is the purpose, passion and meaning of life. To love and be loved is the point of it all. Yet love is a complex experience and a confusing word.

Burnaby will once again host Korean War veterans at a special event at Central Park this Saturday at 11 a.m.