When it comes to trash, Austria–the land of skiing, Mozart and The Sound of Music–is the world leader in the amount it diverts from landfills.
Metro Vancouver wants to be right up there with them by 2015, when it plans to divert at least 70 per cent of the region’s garbage through recycling programs, according to its new Integrated Solid Waste and Resource Management Plan announced last week.
READThe first game the BC Lions played at the new Empire Field, staff at Burgers Etc. BBQ House didn’t know what hit them.
READAndrew Petter, the new President of Simon Fraser University, carries his orientation package back to his seat as he gets a rousing ovation after greeting more than 1,500 new students at the kick-off to Orientation festivities in Convocation Mall on Wednesday.
READA 16-year-old Burnaby girl has died and three others injured after a single-vehicle collision Thursday night near Port Moody’s White Pine Beach.
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It’s a new era for Simon Fraser University's Clan football team. They’re playing in a new league, under new rules, against a slate of new opponents. And they’ll have a whole new look of their own.
READSteve McRea pitched seven innings of shutout ball, giving up only three hits, to lead the Burnaby Bulldogs to the Canadian Senior Men’s Baseball championship. They beat host Dartmouth 1-0 in Sunday’s final.
READBurnaby's Sumie Francois will have to wait a little longer to meet one of her competitive golfing goals.
READThe federal government is funding a project to make it easier for internationally-trained accountants to find work in their field.
READResidents report higher costs, reduced spending
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