Thursday, May 15 edition: Burnaby's mayor charts the city's path forward

Plus: Burnaby receives $400K from the province for emergency preparedness and council discusses new landmark sign for Burnaby

Thursday, May 1 edition: A local mass for Lapu Lapu festival victims

Plus: The election is over, here's how it all went down. And Burnaby students showcase their art.

Election night in Burnaby: Stairwells, sad songs, and a shakeup

Tears, Cheers, and Change on Election Night in Burnaby

Liberals sweep Burnaby with Beech, Chang, Sawatzky and Robertson victorious while NDP leader Singh and long-time NDP stalwart Julian ousted.

Thursday, April 17 edition: Burnaby candidates respond to the Beacon's questions

Plus: Take a ride this weekend on a miniature train and Burnaby RCMP arrests suspects in Metrotown bust

Thursday, April 10 edition: Conservative candidate ejected from race

Plus: BC Cancer ends program offering BC patients treatment in the US and the City of Burnaby unveils its new RCMP building design, renamed the Community Safety Building

Burnaby plans to end nine sister and friendship city relations

Eight of the cities on the chopping block are in China

Buy local, buy Canadian: Burnaby Mayor

In the wake of Trump’s tariff announcement, Burnaby’s mayor is encouraging residents to support Canadian businesses

Burnaby South MP reacts to foreign interference report

In a press conference at his office in Burnaby on Jan. 28, Jagmeet Singh responded to a recent foreign interference report

Burnaby MP Jagmeet Singh reacts to Trudeau resignation

“Liberals have let down Canadians,” Singh said during an online press conference

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

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

Burnaby’s election results are out

Here’s how the different parties fared in Burnaby’s five ridings

Your quick guide to the provincial election in Burnaby

All the Burnaby ridings, candidates, and voting dates, times and locations

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

$1M electric garbage truck coming to Burnaby

Plus: Burnaby tries to recover cost of emergency response to Parkland Refinery incident, Sheraton YVR workers request Burnaby’s support and a new water metering strategy in the works

Striking Sheraton YVR workers going to Burnaby council in February

The unionized employees, who are in the seventh month of their strike, will be presenting at Burnaby City Council and requesting a boycott of the Vancouver airport hotel

City of Burnaby increases living wage rate

The city has adopted the Living Wage for Families calculation of $25.68 per hour as its lowest wage rate

Council approves 24-hour cold-weather shelter operations

Plus: Burnaby resident Joey Pogoy is recognized at Monday’s council meeting for winning an Emmy Award for animation

City's Housing Choices Program terminated

The province’s changes to zoning rules have “a huge impact” on the plan to fill in the housing gaps in Burnaby neighbourhoods

Burnaby Council returns in 10 days

The first general council meeting of 2024 comes after a six-week break

375 student spaces coming to Burnaby in 2024

The Kitchener Elementary School expansion will take less than half the time of a regular school build and will cost $22.5M

How will the new PRC facility allocation policy affect Burnaby residents? Find out.

The new interim policy will prioritize access for people with disabilities, historically underserved and emerging groups

The progress of Chinese-Canadian reconciliation in Burnaby

The city launched its first Chinese-Canadian reconciliation community engagement event, with more to follow