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Vehicle and pedestrian traffic was shut down on Central Boulevard Tuesday afternoon as emergency crews rescued a man who had jumped from the Metrotown SkyTrain station. → Read More
Courtney Leslie Grey, 54, has been handed a four-month conditional sentence and one year of probation for punching a Bonny's Taxi driver in the head at Burnaby Hospital last March. → Read More
Doug Zoehner was president of Burnaby-based Algo Communication Products Ltd. until his brothers voted to fire him. Last week, a judge ruled he was wrongfully dismissed. → Read More
It's been five years since Ken Carrusca's heart stopped during an Adult Safe Hockey League game at Burnaby 8 Rinks; now he's telling his story to provincial politicians to raise awareness about the life-saving equipment and training that saved him. → Read More
Emergency crews were called to the Sperling-Burnaby Lake Skytrain Station just after 6 p.m. Thursday and found a man trapped under a transit bus, according to police. → Read More
Samif Namier and Bati Ahmed Mohamed have been charged with aggravated assault for a stabbing outside a Calgary library Monday that left a 46-year-old man in 'serious, life-threatening condition.' → Read More
Shawn Richard Dalziel's lawyer said his client 'was just getting a ride' in the U-Haul, but Dalziel and his co-accused, Timothy Dwayne Mowery, have both been charged with multiple firearms offences and one count of possession of stolen property. → Read More
A BC provincial court judge declined to grant North Vancouver Save Old Growth organizer Ben Holt, 52, a conditional discharge. Judge Gregory Rideout said it was a "significant aggravating factor" that Holt continued with the protests despite bail conditions banning him from blocking traffic. → Read More
A protester involved in four anti-logging demonstrations that disrupted traffic in Burnaby, Vancouver and the North Shore has been handed a conditional sentence with house arrest and a curfew to be followed by six months of probation. → Read More
The CN Police Service and BC Highway Patrol are looking for witnesses after a truck driver reportedly sheared a rail crossing signal at the intersection of Cariboo and Government roads Monday. → Read More
Former Freshslice Pizza bookkeeper Fatemeh Kazemzadeh Jartoudeh, 56, faces multiple counts of fraud for alleged offences dating back to 2017. → Read More
Police are cautioning buyers about purchasing luxury watches through online marketplace websites after a Burnaby man was allegedly scammed into paying $10,000 for a phony Rolex Wimbledon. → Read More
A man jogging along Edmonds Street allegedly pushed a 29-year-old woman who broke her arm when she fell to the ground, according to police. → Read More
Brent William Van Buskirk, 35, was arrested during Project Juliet, a combined forces operation targeting an 'organized crime group' operating in Victoria and the Lower Mainland, according to police. Search warrants turned up 20 firearms and $30M worth of fentanyl and other drugs. → Read More
Lok Fai Fung claims a Burnaby McDonald's employee handing a cup of 'scalding hot coffee' out of a drive-thru window failed to secure the lid and let go before Fung could take hold of it. The coffee spilled, causing burns, according to a lawsuit filed in BC Supreme Court this month. → Read More
Twelve years ago, Sherry Michell was 16 and had a newborn baby. They had no place to live, so Michell agreed to go Aunt Leah's House. She says her stay there with her infant daughter changed her life. → Read More
WorkSafeBC has fined Vitacore Industries Inc. for 'repeated violations' at its Burnaby manufacturing plants. Seven workers have been injured after being caught in machines that WorkSafe says weren't properly safeguarded. → Read More
Justin Edward Groshok, 39, was charged after the Canada Border Services Agency raided a home in Burnaby and found a loaded restricted handgun, 17 prohibited weapons, 12 Taser cartridges and 248 grams of methamphetamine. → Read More
Burnaby massage therapist Najia Xu held her phone in one hand while massaging a client with the other, according to the College of Massage Therapists of B.C. → Read More
Single-detached homes and strata properties in Burnaby are up by 10 per cent and 12 per cent respectively, according to BC Assessment's latest numbers. → Read More