Shrouded in mystery: Trans Mountain and City of Burnaby agreement

As residents protest, request answers, and hold rallies, the city and company remain silent and share little about their plans with Burnaby residents

Public engagement for urban forest strategy underway

Burnaby residents can share their thoughts in an online survey until Feb. 10, 2025

Water metering causes controversy in council

Plus: $4.7 million to install signage and road pavement markings, $3.5 million to repair street lights and the city launches a coffee table book celebrating Burnaby’s natural beauty

Burnaby plans for a future of electric vehicles

Almost 100% of vehicles expected to be electric in Burnaby by 2050

Only non-urgent communications to be sent to Trans Mountain ahead of time: City of Burnaby

In an emergency, the city says it will inform the public right away

Burnaby signs agreement with Trans Mountain

The new Community Contribution Agreement will last 21 years and requires Trans Mountain to pay $20.1 million to the city

City to conduct a full-scale emergency exercise

The city aims to conduct the exercise in 2027, but planning has just started

Land defenders seek city help to rehabilitate area damaged by Trans Mountain Pipeline

Volunteers with the Mountain Protectors have been taking on the planting and care of trees in an area cleared by the pipeline project, but they say they can’t do it alone

Green Team kicks off Environment Week with city support

Sixteen people joined on a rainy Sunday to remove invasive species from Central Park and make way for native plants

Burnaby called on to sue “Big Oil”

Delegates at the Environment Committee called on Burnaby to join a class-action suit against oil companies for climate change damages

Burnaby RCMP activated cold weather response

Patrols assisted vulnerable people in the city during the Arctic outflow event of last week

Burnaby youth can help plan the city’s future

The city will select at least a dozen Burnaby students to imagine the future of their city in the decades to come.

Environment week weeds its way into Burnaby

A host of environment-themed activities hits the city this week

Concerned resident plans to go ahead with"Information Day to save Fraser Foreshore Park"

The organizer behind an event planned at Fraser Foreshore Park this weekend, is hoping it will help raise awareness about the possibility of 21-acres of parkland being undedicated to build the city’s Green Recycling and Organics (GRO) facility.

Burnaby city council could go back to the drawing board over location of green waste facility

A special Burnaby council meeting will be held at noon on Monday, March 20, to reconsider the alternative approval process to undedicate 21-acres of parkland at Fraser Foreshore Park in order to build the Green Recycling and Organics (GRO) facility.

More on GRO: Council discusses AAP public engagement and accessibility

The conversation about the GRO site's AAP continued during Monday night’s city council meeting.

Have your say: Burnaby residents can vote on removal of parkland for green waste facility

The City of Burnaby is moving ahead with a process that will allow residents to send in a vote if they oppose the removal of 21 acres of parkland to be developed into the Green Recycling and Organics facility at Fraser Foreshore Park.

‘There's no coming back’: Burnaby resident takes stand against proposed green waste facility at local park

A Burnaby-based realtor is worried that the park he’s loved for years will be gravely impacted due to the city’s proposal to build a massive organic waste recycling facility.

21 acres of Burnaby parkland eyed as future green waste facility site

A big change could be coming to an area of Burnaby’s Fraser Foreshore Park, in the form of a massive organic waste recycling facility.

Hundreds of fish killed in Burnaby's Byrne Creek

City staff found the creek had elevated pH levels the day before the fish were found dead

Burnaby to host open halls for questions on new firehalls

The long-awaited firehalls will serve residents on and around Burnaby Mountain

SFU reduces GHG emissions by 85% with biomass centre on Burnaby Mountain

SFU says its Burnaby Mountain campus has reached its goals for reducing GHG emissions years ahead of schedule.

More trees on Metrotown’s Wilson Avenue to be cut down due to development