Burnaby

BY ELLIOT MOFFAT-SHOJANIA TransLink’s proposal to build a bus rapid transit line from Park Royal to Metrotown is frustrating business owners and residents of the Burnaby Heights Area because the line would remove parking spaces…

By SOFIA MOHAMED Burnaby might one day be producing skilled young cyclists as the city looks at building a bike playground to teach road safety.   Coun. Alison Gu proposed the playground idea, with Burnaby council agreeing in January…

By JAMIE MAH Burnaby is aiming to head off a crisis with a new water metering strategy that will cost residents more money in utility bills.  By July 1, all new housing will have to have meters installed. With new  provincial upzoning…

By CALA ALI A new pedestrian and bike overpass in Burnaby over a major highway will be a boost to the city’s cycling infrastructure, says a city cycling advocate. And while Blake Standard, co-chair of Hub Cycling Burnaby, says he’s…

By Tom Eley The PNE has banned the Breakout music festival after a riot ignited last September when the headlining act failed to show up, according to a PNE spokesperson. On Sept. 18, a handful of disgruntled fans caused $300,000 in…

The first emergency responder on the scene of a traffic accident that killed a teenaged girl testified Monday that all he could see at the scene was a hand in front of a face and a body pinned underneath a car.

Reported by Desirée Garcia The previously unseen issue of Burnaby’s drug-overdose crisis is being put in the spotlight this month, as local social-action groups lobby to get more political and public attention brought to it. Ending the…

By Lindsey Lloyd The executive director of a North Burnaby business advocacy group has requested the city install electric vehicle charging stations in the Heights neighbourhood to attract more people who drive zero-emission vehicles.…

Residents of the Crest area in Burnaby are speaking out against a proposal to open a private liquor store in their neighbourhood because they say it will increase crime and be a danger to children.

A Burnaby city councillor is lobbying to bring back controversial photo radar to ensure road safety after three people were hit by cars on a crosswalk in less than a week, with one fatality.