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City’s recreation centres lack accessible equipment or trained staff: disability advocates

Burnaby residents with disabilities say the city needs to do more to make recreation centres fully accessible and train staff to assist

Lubna El Elaimy, Local Journalism Initiative

News

Burnaby council approves new food systems strategy

Nov 8, 2024

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8 min read

Burnaby council approves new food systems strategy

The new strategy involves tackling food insecurity using short, medium and long-term measures and addressing issues like poverty and cost of living

Lubna El Elaimy, Local Journalism Initiative

Thursday, Nov. 7 edition: Sewage services bill to increase by 20% in 2025

Nov 7, 2024

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11 min read

Thursday, Nov. 7 edition: Sewage services bill to increase by 20% in 2025

Plus, a new earthquake strategy, improved pedestrian safety and more

Eva Rasciauskas

Community

Protests in Vancouver against Israel’s killing of journalists

Nov 6, 2024

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6 min read

Protests in Vancouver against Israel’s killing of journalists

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

Lubna El Elaimy, Local Journalism Initiative

News

Burnaby is developing a new earthquake strategy

Nov 6, 2024

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5 min read

Burnaby is developing a new earthquake strategy

The new Burnaby Strategies and Actions for Earthquake Resilience project will be completed by 2026

Lubna El Elaimy, Local Journalism Initiative

News

Sewage services bill to increase by 20% in 2025

Nov 6, 2024

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7 min read

Sewage services bill to increase by 20% in 2025

Plus: Council approves new pedestrian safety measures in 17 Burnaby intersections

Lubna El Elaimy, Local Journalism Initiative

Oct 31, 2024

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12 min read

Thurs. Oct. 31, 2024 edition: Burnaby needs 74,051 new homes by 2041

Plus, an increasing number of bear spray attacks, a new day camp for Indigenous children and yet another attack at a Burnaby golf course

Eva Rasciauskas

Development

Oct 30, 2024

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5 min read

Burnaby needs 74,051 new homes by 2041

The city’s 2024 housing needs report provides a much higher estimate than the 2021 report

Lubna El Elaimy, Local Journalism Initiative

News

Bear spray attacks on the rise in Burnaby: RCMP

Oct 30, 2024

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6 min read

Bear spray attacks on the rise in Burnaby: RCMP

The City of Burnaby is considering new bylaws to tighten regulations for bear spray sales after a series of attacks by youths using bear spray

Lubna El Elaimy, Local Journalism Initiative

Community

Stream of Dreams organizes day camps for Indigenous children

Oct 29, 2024

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4 min read

Stream of Dreams organizes day camps for Indigenous children

Indigenous educators and Knowledge Keepers will teach children about the environment and traditional knowledge through play and activities

Lubna El Elaimy, Local Journalism Initiative

News

Burnaby receives national award for music program

Oct 24, 2024

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6 min read

Burnaby receives national award for music program

The city’s Harmony for All program received the Creative City Network of Canada’s I.D.E.A. award

Lubna El Elaimy, Local Journalism Initiative

Double your impact: Donations matched up to $1 million for Burnaby BC Cancer Centre

Oct 24, 2024

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2 min read

Double your impact: Donations matched up to $1 million for Burnaby BC Cancer Centre

Support local families with life-saving cancer care close to home

City’s recreation centres lack accessible equipment or trained staff: disability advocates

Burnaby council approves new food systems strategy

Thursday, Nov. 7 edition: Sewage services bill to increase by 20% in 2025

Protests in Vancouver against Israel’s killing of journalists

Burnaby is developing a new earthquake strategy

Sewage services bill to increase by 20% in 2025

Thurs. Oct. 31, 2024 edition: Burnaby needs 74,051 new homes by 2041

Burnaby needs 74,051 new homes by 2041

Bear spray attacks on the rise in Burnaby: RCMP

Stream of Dreams organizes day camps for Indigenous children

Burnaby receives national award for music program

Double your impact: Donations matched up to $1 million for Burnaby BC Cancer Centre

Burnaby Beacon

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