Burnaby City Council

• Burnaby city council sends organics plant proposed for park back to drawing board

  Monday's vote means the city will now look for an alternate location for the controversial Green Recycling and Organics plant, rather than the proposed Fraser Foreshore Park.

  Politics

  Mar 20, 2023
  
• Students’ group urges Burnaby council to back SFU gondola with shortest route

  TransLink finished a second phase of public consultation on the proposal in December, and is preparing to present a preferred route.  

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  Feb 6, 2021
  
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• B.C. city councillor Nick Volkow dies after lengthy battle with brain cancer

  Volkow had served on council since he was first elected in 1996.

  Politics

  Jun 21, 2020
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• Burnaby becomes latest B.C. city to declare a climate emergency

  British Columbia's third-largest city has become the latest municipality to declare a climate emergency. 

  Environment

  Sep 10, 2019
• Burnaby council approves further study into SFU gondola

  The possibility of the gondola has been studied by TransLink in the past, but this is the first time a Burnaby city council has endorsed the idea.

  Canada

  May 28, 2019
• Proposed Burnaby bylaw protecting renters from demovictions passes 1st reading

  The City of Burnaby has passed first reading of a proposed new bylaw that would protect renters from being demovicted.

  Canada

  May 28, 2019
• Will Burnaby back a gondola to SFU? Council to vote on concept Monday

  A report going to council argues a gondola could cut travel times and emissions while helping avoid Burnaby Mountain's annual winter transit woes.

  May 27, 2019
• Burnaby councillors’ free recreation pass for life removed

  “The mayor and council are well paid by the city – by the citizens, the taxpayers – to do their jobs. And getting extra perks like this was not necessary.”

  Politics

  Apr 9, 2019
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• Burnaby council to receive recommendations this summer on how to address housing crisis

  Recommendations will be going to the Mayor's Task Force on Housing and Burnaby City Council in July.

  Politics

  Apr 9, 2019
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• Burnaby gives the green light to develop bike share pilot project

  Council is now looking to potential operators for an 18-month bike share trial.

  Mar 12, 2019