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$60,000 raised during last week of campaign enables bureau to help 5,000 individuals in Burnaby

We're continuing with our popular feature - our staff's Top 5 (Or More) Things To Do This Weekend. For this weekend, we have: 1 Get stimulated on Friday, Jan. 6 with The January Series, a live Internet video feed of 15-day speakers' series.

Burnaby and other Lower Mainland municipalities are paying more this year to dump garbage at waste transfer and disposal stations.

Burnaby homeowners will likely see an increase to their property values when they receive their assessment notices this week.

Missed the Boxing Day sales? No problem - a pair of local parent-focused businesses are helping to keep the post-holiday savings going into January. And they're hoping to raise some funds for a good cause at the same time.

Burnaby council has approved the installation of a crosswalk for the 4300 block of Still Creek Drive. An overhead signed crosswalk with down lighting is slated to be installed in front of 4321 Still Creek Dr. next spring.

When they mayor's away, the councillors don't play - they take his place. Each councillor gets a turn in the big seat as acting mayor, appearing at events when Mayor Derek Corrigan is unavailable.

An eight-year-old girl was severely injured after being hit by a truck on the Island Highway West in Bowser, north of Qualicum Bay. The incident happened around 1: 48 p.m. on Boxing Day on the highway near Fisheries Road.

A 36-year-old Burnaby woman and her four-and six-year-old daughters died in a Dec. 21 car crash on the Trans-Canada Highway just west of Rogers Pass. The three were coming from Calgary back to their Burnaby home.

Salmon in Burnaby's Byrne Creek appear to be making a comeback after years of chemical spills.