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Burnaby's Chevron refinery had a gasoline leak early last Thursday morning. Chevron spokesperson Ray Lord told the Burnaby NOW that it was a rare event and that the leaked gasoline was contained in the refinery's catchment basin.

Local school board chair Larry Hayes wants Education Minister George Abbott to visit Burnaby to get a sense of how needy the school district is.

Four of the province's former attorneys general want marijuana legalized to curb gang activity associated with the illegal drug trade.

But isolated cases throughout the region may not mean that an outbreak has spread

Some New Westminster students learned a lesson in community service by helping to clean up a church sprayed with obscene graffiti.

A local MP wants to modernize how the House of Commons handles petitions. Burnaby-Douglas MP Kennedy Stewart brought forward a motion on Thursday, Feb. 16, urging the House to accept electronic petitions. "It brings us into the 21st century.

The heritage gate and wall from the W. J. Mathers estate near the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is on the move.

A local MP wants to modernize how the House of Commons handles petitions. Burnaby-Douglas MP Kennedy Stewart brought forward a motion on Thursday, Feb. 16, urging the House to accept electronic petitions. "It brings us into the 21st century.

A former Burnaby basketball star-turned-hired-hitman should have nine to 10 years tacked on to an earlier sentence after admitting he trafficked dozens of firearms in 2006, B.C. Supreme Court was told Wednesday.