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Derek Lin isn't your average 12-year-old. The Vancouver resident was diagnosed in 2010 with a germ cell brain tumor and has undergone three separate surgeries, plus chemotherapy and radiation.

Annual report card on academic performance once again has B.C.'s private schools in top spots

One week after teachers voted 73 per cent in favour of withdrawing its support for extra-curricular activities, a Burnaby choir has been silenced.

The pilot of a tandem hang-glider involved in a fatal incident Saturday has been charged with obstruction of justice in connection with the investigation into the death of the man's 27-year-old passenger.

A 23-year-old Surrey woman has been charged with second-degree murder in the April 26 death of a 23-year-old Burnaby resident.

Health Minister Mike de Jong visited Burnaby on Friday afternoon to announce planning process; city MLAs Bloy and Lee will act as liaisons

As we celebrate the last weekend of April and May beckons, we're continuing with our popular feature - our staff's Top 5 (Or More) Things To Do This Weekend. This week, we have some great spring options in the city. Here's our Top 5 for this weekend.

Burnaby resident Brittany Palmer was awarded a 2012 youth entrepreneur award recently. Palmer was awarded for her work starting a company that helps students get scholarships.

The Burnaby NOW took home a pair of accolades from Thursday night's Canadian Community Newspaper Awards ceremony in Toronto.

This school year, Capitol Hill Elementary has 312 students - which is about how many people lived in all of Burnaby when the very first school was built in this city in 1894.