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The City of Burnaby received 64 candidate nominations for its 2026 general local election, which will fill the mayor’s office, eight council seats and seven school trustee positions.
New Westminster police say a man was arrested after officers found him in a crawlspace above a restaurant kitchen following a reported break-in Sept. 5.
Police say a man was arrested after officers responding to a suspected restaurant break-in found him in a crawl space above the kitchen.
Glenburn Soda Fountain and Confectionery says a man damaged its door and two neighbouring businesses in Burnaby Heights early Sept. 6, leaving the shop with a $1,000 replacement bill.
A commercial cube van loaded with butane canisters caught fire at a Burnaby auto repair shop Wednesday evening, sending canisters flying but causing no reported injuries.
The City of Burnaby has launched Taste of Burnaby, a monthly social-media video series featuring local restaurants, cafés, food businesses and the people behind them.
The family of 85-year-old Chang Yong Cho is urging anyone with information about the Aug. 30 shooting to contact IHIT.
Chang Yong Cho, 85, was found shot in his Kingsway apartment on Aug. 30, hours after gunfire was reported nearby in Burnaby.
The death of 85-year-old Chang Yong Cho in his Burnaby home is the latest in more than 30 Canadian stray-bullet cases since the 1990s, at least 16 of them fatal.
The exhibition runs Sept. 11 to Nov. 15, 2026, bringing together four artists’ works and public programs on resistance, memory and creative practice.
No injuries have been reported after a Sunday afternoon house fire near 5th Street and 3rd Avenue in New Westminster, fire officials say.
IHIT says all four people convicted of manslaughter in Ryan Nagy’s 2023 death have now been sentenced, with Rhoda Diabikulu receiving seven years in prison.
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