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Burnaby, British Columbia
Burnaby is a city in British Columbia, Canada, located immediately to the east of Vancouver. It is the third-largest city in British Columbia by population, surpassed only by nearby Surrey and Vancouver.
It was incorporated in 1892 and achieved City status in 1992, one hundred years after incorporation. It is the seat of the Greater Vancouver Regional District's government, the board of which calls itself Metro Vancouver.
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Burnaby Now
April 27, 2018
SAVING THE SALMON: Kids and families turned out in droves under sunny skies to join the Eagle Creek Streamkeepers and Fishers and Oceans Canada in releasing 50,000 chum salmon fry into Eagle Creek. The annual event – which gives kids a chance to release their own bag of salmon into the creekÃâà...
Burnaby Now
April 27, 2018
She couldn't find her voice until she lost it first. Linda Baird was a teacher at Cameron Elementary in Burnaby when the physical demands of her job caused nodes to form on the vocal folds of her throat. “It's a common thing that school teachers get,” Baird told the NOW. It was so bad that she couldn't speak.
Burnaby Now
April 27, 2018
In its statement of opposition, the City of Burnaby discussed six sections of land, including through the Brunette River Conservation Area, around the existing tank farm on Burnaby Mountain, near Lougheed Highway and Government Road, near Lougheed Highway and Gaglardi Way, along Eastlake Drive,Ãâà...
Burnaby Now
April 26, 2018
In 2010, after Gordon moved into the St. Michael's Centre long-term care facility, Ohori says she told him she didn't want UBC to have her Burnaby house but instead wanted it to go to Ohori and his wife because they were “like a son and daughter to her.” After prompting from Ohori, Carlos Bernardino,Ãâà...
Burnaby Now
April 26, 2018
Burnaby residents in denial about living in bear country need to take a look at the stats – and the body count – according to the B.C. Conservation Service. Bears have barely begun to emerge from hibernation, and one garbage-habituated bear has already had to be destroyed in the city, according to theÃâà...
Burnaby Now
April 25, 2018
Water samples, too, met B.C. water quality guidelines, and the City of Burnaby found the streams clear shortly after the report was made, they said. Trans Mountain is also evaluating its erosion and sediment control plan following the report. The company says no problems were identified by the inspection,Ãâà...
Burnaby Now
April 25, 2018
Homicide investigators have released a criminal profile of the person believed to have killed Burnaby teenager Marrisa Shen. Shen was reported missing by her family on July 18, 2017 and was later found dead in Burnaby's Central Park. article continues belowÃâà...
Toronto Star
December 31, 1999
Housing advocates on Saturday staged a rally in Burnaby to protest decisions made by Metro Vancouver city officials they say will push thousands of vulnerable renters out of their homes. A number of protestors – many of them Burnaby residents – have been periodically rallying for months in opposition toÃâà...
CBC.ca
December 31, 1999
A workshop specializing in metal and wood fabrication has damage after an overnight fire in Burnaby. 'We were stretched very thin:' Burnaby firefighters kept busy overnight with multiple incidents Ãâ÷ RCMP investigate suspicious fire in North Burnaby. The fire was called in around 2:40 a.m. Sunday by theÃâà...
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