Civic reporting

How this civic lottery will shape decision making in Burnaby over 25 years (Dec. 28, 2024)

It's the end of days for single-family zoning in Burnaby (June 14, 2024)

Demovicted Burnaby renters to move into new apartments at old rents (May 14, 2024)

How will Burnaby pay for infrastructure required by B.C.'s new housing plan? (April 11, 2024)

❧ The Burnaby Community Assembly used this story as an accessible reference to explain “development cost charges” and “amenity cost charges.”

'I'm extremely shocked': How Burnaby almost paved over 21 acres of wetlands despite internal red flags (March 20, 2024)

❧ This story reviews more than 1,000 pages of emails and reports obtained through a Freedom of Information request, showing staff concerns about building a compost facility on an environmentally sensitive park were quietly sidelined.

Burnaby is developing massive civic projects amid soaring construction costs (Sept. 20, 2023)

Burnaby wants to add 3,000 rentals by 2025. It's losing them instead (June 13, 2023)

Mayor Q&A: Burnaby plan to build waste facility on wetlands a 'tough decision' — but necessary (Feb. 25, 2023)

‘Fighting for scraps’: Burnaby mom wants city to increase childminding services (Aug. 11, 2022)

Vancouver school at risk of closing – again – despite coming housing infusion (Globe and Mail, April 19, 2022)

Community features

'Electric' crowds, random Americans make for thrilling beer league hockey game in Burnaby (Jan. 26, 2024)

❧ Preview: Why these Americans are travelling 3,800 km to watch a 'random' Burnaby beer league team play (Jan. 22, 2024)

This Burnaby resident is tracking the city’s growth through the sound of songbirds (Dec. 16, 2023)

Starry Nights: Canada’s ‘largest star party’ lights up Burnaby Mountain every Friday (Aug. 11, 2023)

'A perfect storm': Synchronized swimmers are out in the cold in Burnaby (March 11, 2023)

Burnaby's quirkiest motorbike repair shop meets party hub is leaving town (June 17, 2022)

Blind, flightless falcon named Betty White guards Burnaby dump (June 14, 2022)

Data dives

Document reveals how much developer paid to demovicted Burnaby renters (Sept. 19, 2024)

Burnaby mayor vows never to use controversial voting process again (March 21, 2023)

❧ This story digs into the use of the “alternative approval process,”a cheaper and quicker version of a referendum, in Burnaby and five neighbouring cities after Burnaby attempted to use it to remove 21 acres of parkland.

History snippets

This bus route (both detested and beloved) from Burnaby to UBC celebrates 50 years (March 21, 2025)

End of an era: The first mall-based Hudson’s Bay is shutting down in Burnaby (Aug. 1, 2023)