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Emerging young opera talent was in the spotlight at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts on Oct. 16. The Clef Society of Burnaby held its October concert on Sunday, featuring students from the UBC Opera Ensemble.

We're continuing with our popular feature - our staff's Top 5 (Or More) Things To Do This Weekend. We've moved publication to our Friday editions.

The results of Burnaby-Douglas MP Kennedy Stewart's telephone survey on the Burnaby Mountain gondola are in. Direct Leap Technologies Incorporated surveyed more than 1,000 area residents on behalf of Stewart's office.

The Burnaby Board of Trade's annual Business Excellence Awards gala took place Wednesday night at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown. The theme of the 12th annual awards gala, which honoured the nominees and winners, was the Roaring Twenties.

A 26-year-old Burnaby man may be facing manslaughter charges after Vancouver police announced Wednesday that they are investigating the city's 12th homicide of the year.

The Burnaby Board of Trade's annual Business Excellence Awards gala took place Wednesday night at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown. The theme of the 12th annual awards gala, which honoured the nominees and winners, was the Roaring Twenties.

A judge has dismissed the claims of negligence against police by a former NHL and WLA player who was assaulted at the Cheers nightclub in Delta five years ago.

Two men suspected in a spate of Lower Mainland bank robberies were arrested in Burnaby recently. Joseph Pouliout, 25, and Trevor Yokubouskis, 29, were arrested in Burnaby on Sept. 27 by the Surrey RCMP's robbery unit.

Construction on Burnaby's premier sports centre could be finished by the end of next year, thanks in part to a large donation from the centre foundation's chair. The final phase of construction of the Multisport Centre of Excellence began Aug.