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Burnaby-Deer Lake MLA Kathy Corrigan hasn't seen the document that will be signed today in Surrey, but her husband has.

Burnaby's Byrne Creek Secondary is the first Canadian school to receive a special award for going beyond the classroom and nurturing the "whole child.

Cost of running city attraction breaks the $2 million mark in 2011

A two-alarm fire broke out in an apartment in a highrise at Sanders Street and Nelson Avenue on Thursday night. The Burnaby Fire Department was called to the building at 4960 Sanders St. just after 9: 30 p.m., according to fire chief Shaun Redmond.

The provincial government and municipalities will have more say in how the RCMP is run in B.C. now that a new 20-year contract with the Mounties has been signed. The federal and provincial governments renewed the RCMP's B.C.

St. Mary's University student earns top award for excellence in health research

Are you up to something fun for spring break? Take some photos of what your family is doing with the time off, and share them with readers in our online photo galleries. You can email photos to cmyers@ burnabynow.com.

B.C. teachers could be considering an illegal strike in the face of government's Bill 22, which prohibits them from walking off the job and imposes hefty fines if they do. Susan Lambert, the newly re-elected president of the B.C.

Burnaby's world renowned rivers advocate is expressing concerns over leaked information suggesting the federal government is quietly rewriting the rules on protecting fish habitat.

Members of the B.C. Teachers' Federation are mulling over their next step in response to new government legislation that prohibits them from striking, but a vote won't likely happen until after Easter, when spring break concludes.