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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.

Several hundred Burnaby residents are in the process of getting measured, weighed and analyzed - even offering up blood samples - in an effort to create a better picture of the health of Canadians.

November is kicking off with the first of the all-candidates debates for the municipal election. For those who missed the Burnaby NOW's previous article on the debates, there are three taking place this week. The first was held on Tuesday, Nov.

Burnaby is home to a dizzying array of business, from hi-tech to home-based, covering everything from food, to fashion, to film, and everything in between.

If Kinder Morgan wants to expand the Trans Mountain pipeline, which runs oil from Alberta to Burnaby, the company will have to face opposition from a First Nations group with traditional territories around the Burrard Inlet. On Oct.