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There are no dog days of summer for Burnaby’s Vanessa McKinley.

Call it 30-love. The City of Burnaby is partnering with Tennis Canada to create the Western Canada Tennis Centre at Burnaby Lake.

At 85, Al Ores isn’t about to put it in park. The Burnaby auto racing enthusiast could fill a warehouse of his racing awards and honours, collected over a career that began in 1968. Right now, he still looks forward to every turn of the wheel.

Burnaby ties bind a number of players who were named to the National Lacrosse League’s All-Pro and All-Rookie teams last week.

A new year presents new opportunities. The Grandview Steelers’ braintrust is eager to see what the kids rushing onto the ice can do with them.

Burnaby’s Katherine Liu helped B.C. capture the national female bantam boxla title two weeks ago in Halifax, N.S. Liu scored once and set up four others over the seven-game schedule, which saw B.C. go 5-2.

You could call it a breakthrough summer for Burnaby’s Ilirian Zalli. Or it’s been a natural progression, building on the previous year’s strong signs of growth.

Call it 40-love. The City of Burnaby is partnering with Tennis Canada to create the Western Canada Tennis Centre (WCTC) at Burnaby Lake.

Put another gold medal around the neck of a pair of Burnaby Lake rowers. Stephanie Grauer and Madison Mailey added to their medal pile last week as part of Team Canada’s under-23 women’s eight squad at the world championships in Poznan, Poland.

Standing in the box, Josh Marchese brings a flexible approach to his role. A batter’s box isn’t very large, but the six-foot-two Marchese can flip his strategy in the matter of seconds, depending upon pitch and the count.