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May 13	Target not coming to Brentwood Mall?: I've been hearing through the grape vine that Zellers will be closing down in 2013. It's also been said that Target will not be going in to replace the outgoing Zellers. Last year, Target Corp. purchased the leases of all Zellers locations across Canada and announced its intention to expand into...
May 13	Solo District Sign: A large sign advertising the Solo District development has been erected on Willingdon Ave in front of the sales presentation centre which should open shortly. The project has already signed a major tenant in Whole Foods which should open in late 2014 early 2015.
May 12	City to update transportation plan: Current and future traffic concerns in the Brentwood area have factored into the City of Burnaby's recently-expressed intention to consider updating its transportation plan. According to the following Burnaby Now article, Mayor Derek Corrigan is primarily concerned with increased traffic result...

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East of Boundary

Apr 13	McBlunder of the week: At the end of March I hurried back from my at-home vacation with a story – the McBarge was no longer in Burnaby waters. I had written a story in 2010 on developer Howard Meakin’s struggle to get approval from Mission city council for his restaurant development, Sturgeon’s on the River, which incl...
Mar 5	T’was the day of the council meeting…: and all through the Internet, not a blog was stirring, not even…. with…. ethernet… cables? This is why I didn’t become a poet. Well, one of the reasons. What my vague and terribly rhymed message meant to convey is that I will not be blogging or tweeting tonight’s council meeting. In fact, I need ...
Feb 21	Magical myster council meeting: I’m back and tweeting tonight, Burnaby. And we’ve got a bunch of interesting people visiting council tonight – Cliff Ave. soccer club, BC Hydro and Stephen Rowe, who has some ideas of how 65-acres in the city could be used. What will his proposal be? Tune in and find out….

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Matthew’s Burnaby Blog

Dec 12	Consumer Culture – Now With Extended Hours!: ‘Tis truly the season to shop. As the holidays approach our stress over gift buying increases (mine does especially come Dec. 23rd when my entire list is still needing to be checked off.). But fear not consumer, our retail outlets have you covered. In case you haven’t noticed all of our ‘big bo...
Dec 9	Transition in Burnaby: Something I heard often in the last municipal election campaign was people were looking for real ways to connect with their city. They wanted to do something non-partisan that would make a positive change in their neighbourhood, and the community at large. I have thought about this lots of late....

Burnaby interviews on Filibuster cartoons

2011 Oct	Interview with Derek Corrigan: With over a quarter-century of experience on the Burnaby City Council, the outspoken and left-leaning Derek Corrigan has long been a familiar face in Lower Mainland municipal politics. First elected mayor in 2002, he is now seeking his fourth term.
2011 Mar	Interview with Adrian Dix: Best-known for his high-profile role as the BC NDP's passionate health critic, Adrian Dix has served as a Lower Mainland MLA since 2005, representing the riding of Vancouver-Kingsway. Prior to getting involved in elected politics, Dix spent thee years as chief of staff to former premier Glen Cla...

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Type of community: Municipal Headquarters: Burnaby B.C. Canada

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