Burnaby News

When John Fluevog sent pop goddess Madonna a pair of his handcrafted shoes back in 1990, he never expected she would pay her respects by whipping them out of the box and putting them on during a scene in her infamous, sex-fuelled film Truth or Dare.

They came to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, the knighted celebrity entrepreneur and the Canadian Glee dreamboat, with money to give and a story to tell, respectively.

A 74-year-old woman was hit at Robson and Howe downtown in broad daylight by an SUV on March 6 and died later that afternoon.

Burnaby resident Cassie Walde is lobbying the Ministry of Health to help pay to have missing teeth replaced.

By Jeff Nagel - Surrey North Delta Leader Published: May 25, 2012 11:00 AM Updated: May 25, 2012 11:54 AM BC Hydro officials say more than 720,000 meters are now installed in the region with close to 300,000 homes still to go.

The Vancouver Sun has turned 100 years old, and reporter John Mackie has been scouring the files to find some of the best writing to grace its pages.

If there's one thing federal Tories hate more than Thomas Mulcair's facial foliage, it's a carbon tax.

When Aziz Khaki entered a room, it didn't matter if there were five or 1,000 people present: he was always the centre of attention.

By Alistair Waters - Kelowna Capital News Published: May 24, 2012 4:00 PM Updated: May 24, 2012 4:14 PM The head of the radiation department at the B.C. Cancer Agency's Sindi Ahluwalia Centre for the Southern Interior says the biggest donation ever to a single organization in B.C may have occurred in Vancouver Thursday, but it's good news for ... (more)

The Burnaby Value Village site at Kingsway and Edmonds Street has been sold to a developer, the latest step in the area's revitalization.

While the number of calls was up over last year, Staff Sergeant Steve LeClair believes that the resort is continuing to move in the right direction when it comes to curbing violence and rowdy behaviour during the once infamous May long weekend.

The hunt for a snakehead fish believed to be in a pond at a Metro Vancouver park has failed so far to turn up any sign of the invasive and predatory species.

One-tank trips. These are the buzz words for summer travellers bent on explorations closer to home than in past years.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's released its better life index, which provides a guide to some of the happiest countries in the world.

The Burnaby Task Force on Homelessness is backing a proposal to turn a local motel into a social housing project.

With fare gates coming into operation at SkyTrain and Canada Line stations next year, TransLink has yet to smooth out potential wrinkles in the new system.

Kinder Morgan hopes to increase the amount of crude it sends from Alberta to its terminal in Burnaby, and subsequently, increase tanker traffic in Vancouver waters.

CBC is launching a nationwide search for a "Dorothy" to star in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Canadian production of The Wizard of Oz.

This is home to Dyson Baidarka & Company, where a renowned boat builder creates crafts of an ancient lineage from modern materials.

The Los Angeles Kings will get a second shot at earning their first Stanley Cup Finals berth since 1993 when they visit the Phoenix Coyotes tonight for Game 5 of the Western Conference finals.