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A trip back in time
Wednesday, May 7th, 2003 by GetawayBC.com
May 9
Mother’s Day
Make a card for Mother, try out the freshly-baked cookies in the Farmhouse and stay on for the 4pm prize draw. The Ice Cream Parlour has special treats at special prices.
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Trails to explore
Wednesday, May 7th, 2003 by GetawayBC.com
If you’re a cyclist, runner or walker, Burnaby is the place to be, with hundreds of kilometers of trails and pathways to explore. The city has one of the most elaborate networks of trails and paths in
Burnaby’s crowning jewel
Thursday, April 25th, 2002 by GetawayBC.com
Change is coming to Burnaby Mountain, although the hikers, mountain bikers and equestrians who play there aren’t likely to notice the effects of it this season.
Burnaby council approved a new bluep
A tour that keeps you in the know
Thursday, April 25th, 2002 by GetawayBC.com
The summer months are usually a time to give your mind a rest. Light romance novels and magazines replace heavy Russian tomes on the bedside or beach-side table and Hollywood movies get even lighter a
History a part of Barnet Marine Park
Thursday, April 25th, 2002 by GetawayBC.com
Walking the path through Barnet Marine Park, it’s hard to believe that a village of almost 1,000 sawmill workers and their families once thrived nearby.
Few visible traces remain of that village ca
Burnaby’s field of dreams
Thursday, April 25th, 2002 by GetawayBC.com
Lacrosse, field hockey, soccer and football players are revelling in the extra hours and prime conditions available to them since last fall’s installation of three new artificial turf fields at the Bu
A trip back to another time
Thursday, April 25th, 2002 by GetawayBC.com
If you are looking for a walk through the past, you have no farther to travel than the Burnaby Village Museum.
Nestled in the outskirts of Deer Lake Park is a four-hectare open air museum, featurin
Discover shopping
Thursday, April 25th, 2002 by GetawayBC.com
Burnaby offers the ultimate in shopping variety – from the tourist-destination trio of malls that make up Metrotown to the neighborhood shops and services of Hastings Heights.
METROTOWN
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A walk through Burnaby
Thursday, April 25th, 2002 by GetawayBC.com
A walk is one of the most pleasant ways to ease stress and experience nature. Burnaby offers such a range of trails, that everyone from casual strollers to seasoned hikers will find something that app
Hitting the Heights
Thursday, April 25th, 2002 by GetawayBC.com
The Heights commercial strip in North Burnaby offers visitors and residents an old-time shopping experience.
The Heights area, which still boasts a few buildings from the era, was created when Hast