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Solo development part of creating a more public and pedestrian-friendly area

TransLink and municipalities throughout the Lower Mainland have made transit more accessible for people with disabilities in the past three years, according to the B.C. Paraplegic Association.

The Japanese Canadian National Museum is continuing its speakers' series on Saturday, Feb. 18 with a talk by Andrea Geiger. Geiger is the author of Subverting Exclusion: Transpacific Encounters with Race, Caste and Borders, 1885-1928.

Grade 7 students at Armstrong Elementary are appealing to Premier Christy Clark, the school board and the B.C. Teachers' Federation to try to reverse their teachers' decision to cancel a field trip because of the job action.

A prominent Canadian economist is raising concerns about the future of Burnaby's Chevron refinery as oil companies try to meet rising demand for Canadian crude in Asia. Chevron's North Burnaby refinery is one of two remaining in B.C.

Stoney Creek, Maywood, Morley land on bottom of list

The Burnaby Board of Trade has hosted events featuring many federal and provincial movers and shakers, but the board's breakfast guest on Feb. 23 might be the highest profile one yet.

A prostitute was gunned down after begging for her life during a botched Burnaby brothel robbery, a jury was told Monday.

A Port Moody man has been arrested and charged for an alleged iPhone robbery in September. On Sept. 10 at about 4 a.m., an 18-year-old man went to McDonald's on North Road near Austin Avenue, listening to music on his black iPhone 4.