About Burnaby Daily

Why this site exists

Burnaby is the third-largest city in British Columbia, but most of what gets written about it is buried inside larger regional outlets, scattered across municipal newsletters, school district bulletins, library calendars and venue pages. Burnaby Daily collapses that work into one page: we summarise stories from trusted publishers, link straight back to the original, and surface upcoming events and local guides for Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed, Edmonds, Burnaby Heights and every neighbourhood in between.

Coverage area

Our editorial focus is the City of Burnaby. We pay close attention to four town centres — Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed and Edmonds — and to the neighbourhoods anchored by their parks, recreation centres, libraries and schools: Burnaby Heights, Capitol Hill, Buckingham Heights, Cariboo, Cascade Heights, Westridge, Government Road, Highgate and others. Region-wide stories are covered when they have a direct, named Burnaby impact (SkyTrain service changes, TransLink fares, Metro Vancouver advisories, Burnaby Schools decisions).

Editorial standards

• Verified sources only. Every news item is summarised from a primary or established secondary source. We do not republish content from social-media rumours or anonymous tips.
• Original source link on every story. Each news card includes a "Read Original Source" button that opens the publisher's page in a new tab.
• Dating and freshness. News articles are sorted by reported event date, not by the time we processed them. Each batch replaces the previous one.
• No invented facts. Hours, prices, addresses, dates and contact information are taken from the linked source.
• Corrections. If you spot a mistake, write to us via the contact page; we fix it within a working day.

How news is selected and summarised

Our news pipeline pulls candidate stories from a curated list of Burnaby-relevant publishers and official feeds. Every candidate is filtered for a clear Burnaby connection (named neighbourhood, named institution, named street, or a direct civic impact) before it reaches the page. Stories that pass the filter are summarised in two to four short paragraphs, categorised (Municipal, Safety, Transportation, Environment, Education, Business, Health, Community, Events), and given a reading-time estimate.

We use AI assistance for the summarisation step, but every summary is constrained to stay close to the original source's facts and language, and the original-source link is always kept intact. AI is a tool here, not the editor; the selection of which sources to trust and what counts as "Burnaby news" is a human decision.

How events are sourced

The Local Events calendar is built from official sources only: the City of Burnaby's events calendar, Burnaby Public Library programming, Burnaby Schools community events, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby Village Museum, Deer Lake Park venues, and major shopping centres' public-event pages. We do not list private parties, paid promotions, or unverified meetups.

How Local Guides are built

The "Things to Do" guides combine open civic data — the City of Burnaby's parks, recreation centres, libraries, arts venues and community spaces — with a curated list of free, family-friendly and near-SkyTrain attractions. Every entry is mapped to a real coordinate. We do not use stock photography on guide pages because it tends to mislead readers about what a place looks like; we use SVG icons and short factual badges instead.

Community Board

The Community Board is a lightweight place for Burnaby residents and neighbourhood groups to post short notices. Submissions are validated for length and stripped of HTML; optional images are capped at 2 MB; dated events sync to the Local Events calendar.

Privacy & advertising

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