It's been a few weeks since the Burnaby Now, Tri-City News and New Westminster Record shuttered. The lack of local reporting is already being felt. https://t.co/erJy16HO8S

From its first edition on Nov 21, 1983, to its final online article on Apr 17, 2025 — a quiet farewell to a #Burnaby institution that reflected aspects of the city for over 40 years.

here's a fun one: i interviewed a guy who built a scale model seabus entirely out of lego https://t.co/C3EnIsyAQQ

go to blsky for the rest 😉

Hi!! Burnaby council meeting tonight!!! The agenda is VERY exciting: 🌇FINAL stage of Official Community Plan!!! 🏙️Changes to inclusionary rental policy ⚡️BC Hydro updates on energy infrastructure Note: This’ll be my last council meeting — don’t let me get emotional

a reader sent in this trekkie april fool's joke... burnaby unicomplex incoming?

The Slido giveth and the Slido taketh

A man interrupted the fireside chat w a question for Ravi Kahlon. A Slido q gave him the floor again… and then when he kept talking, the Slido asked him to cede the floor. Slido the new chair of this showcase.

Time to hear what some folks think about multiplex housing in Burnaby.

There’ll be a couple notes from Burnaby City Hall on the 🦋 app but no full live tweets.

Here’s my cute lil feature on the history of the No. 49 bus from Metrotown to UBC, which celebrates its 50th birthday today! Read about a group of residents who opposed the route half a century ago, declaring the bus service “is not going to be used.” https://t.co/rTsyGyVzQu

Here’s my cute lil feature on the history of the No. 49 bus from Metrotown to UBC, which celebrates its 50th birthday today! Read about a group of residents who opposed the route half a century ago, declaring the bus service “is not going to be used.” https://t.co/rTsyGyVzQu

@lauvande I expect the Concord development on part of the Metrotown site will also be an asset, because they'll put some design thought into the ground plane around the towers.

@lauvande Brentwood has done a nice job creating plazas and a very walkable/interesting connection to transit. The Anthem Station Square development, with its creation of the pedestrian-focused Silver Street, is also a pleasant addition.

@lauvande I hate to be gratuitously negative, but it's hard to look at how a lot of the new high-rise development has been planned in Burnaby and not be dismayed. The best ones seem to be where the developer has taken the initiative to do something besides just stick up a tower in a field

"For years that's what several areas of Burnaby felt like, as the city allowed builders to slap up generic concrete towers along Lougheed Highway or near Metrotown, with little at the ground level to make these areas a place any sentient being would want to spend time in."

Ooof - Burnaby roasted here as a "downer" urban experience "where it's obvious that little care was taken to make new building developments human-friendly."

Little bonus... there's almost never fellow journalists in council chambers with me. Tonight, there's six here from @BCIT_Journalism !

Burnaby council meeting live tweets coming up on 🦋

IT'S BUDGET DAY IN BURNABY!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🎆🎆🎆 It's gonna be a long one. $2-billion capital plan, 5.37% tax increase on the proposed agenda for the day. Burnaby's reserves are also expected to decrease from $2.3b to $1.1b by 2029. (52%⬇️) Go to 🦋 for more. @lauvande there.