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Plus: Burnaby council changes its meeting schedule, meetings will take place on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month starting 2025
The festival comes during a time of financial uncertainty for the Burnaby Arts Council and after the closure of Deer Lake Gallery
A rezoning application is underway to redevelop the site into a residential tower, but locals are petitioning the city to find ways to keep the much-loved historic church and community centre
Plus, council approves a new food systems strategy, Burnaby marks Remembrance Day and a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 1
NDP leader and Burnaby South MP Jagmeet Singh, plus city councillors and newly elected MLAs attended the ceremony in South Burnaby
Burnaby residents with disabilities say the city needs to do more to make recreation centres fully accessible and train staff to assist
The new strategy involves tackling food insecurity using short, medium and long-term measures and addressing issues like poverty and cost of living
Plus, a new earthquake strategy, improved pedestrian safety and more
Journalists, activists, and an SFU associate professor, gathered on the weekend to protest the killing of journalists in Gaza by the Israeli military in the past year
The new Burnaby Strategies and Actions for Earthquake Resilience project will be completed by 2026
Plus: Council approves new pedestrian safety measures in 17 Burnaby intersections
Plus, an increasing number of bear spray attacks, a new day camp for Indigenous children and yet another attack at a Burnaby golf course
