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Burnaby council agreed at Monday night's meeting to establish a bylaw that would outline and set fees for police services in the city.

Burnaby-Lougheed MLA Harry Bloy is happy with his new post as minister of multiculturalism, something that he said is part of B.C.'s job plan and a better fit for him than the Social Development Ministry.

No one was injured when someone opened fire on a Burnaby apartment building Sunday night. Burnaby RCMP Cpl. Brenda Gresiuk said police were called to the building in the 4300 block of Central Boulevard around 8 p.m.

The RCMP want to know why 19 Subarus have been stolen from the streets of North Vancouver, only to reappear a few days later within a six-block radius of Kingsway and Edmonds in Burnaby.

In Friday's Burnaby NOW article titled $23M donation helps revive multisport centre, Scott Cousens was wrongly identified as Scott Couzens.

The City of Burnaby has approved a grant of $100,000 to the Burnaby Board of Trade. The board receives an annual grant for the operation of the city's economic development program, given in quarterly instalments of $25,000, starting in October.

Burnaby council approved seven grants at the Nov. 28 council meeting, including $7,000 to help with the Charles R. Shaw House heritage restoration project.

Metrotown construction noise keeps nightworker awake

Two Burnaby men are among the first confirmed to be facing charges related to the Stanley Cup riot. The Vancouver Police Department released the names of the first 25 suspected rioters for whom Crown counsel has approved charges on Wednesday.