History
Robert Burnaby: The Private Secretary Who Became a City
In 1859, Colonel Richard Moody named a lake after his private secretary. Who was Robert Burnaby, and why does his name still echo across this city?
Artom Butenko · 6 min read
Places
What the Burnaby Mountain Holds: SFU in Winter
Arthur Erickson's mountaintop campus becomes something else in January—a stark landscape of shadows and ice that Hollywood keeps casting as the future.
Ilarion Bohatyrov · 6 min read
History
The Beginning of Burnaby
On September 22, 1892, a scattered collection of farms and logging camps voted to become something more. What changed when Burnaby broke away from New Westminster?
Artom Butenko · 8 min read
People
William Stride: Burnaby's First Reeve and the Work of Starting a Municipality
In 1892, the new city needed someone to lead it. The man they chose was a farmer, a community builder, and a believer in what this place could become.
Artom Butenko · 8 min read
Nature
Still Creek: How Burnaby Brought a Dead Stream Back to Life
For 80 years, Still Creek was dead—poisoned by industry, buried under parking lots. Then, in 2003, the salmon returned. How did Burnaby bring a stream back from extinction?
Artom Butenko · 8 min read
Culture
Bridge Studios: How Burnaby Built the Foundation of BC's Film Industry
Bridge Studios didn't just host TV shows—it built the foundation of BC's film industry. From The X-Files to Supernatural, this is where the Pacific Northwest learned to play other worlds.
Artom Butenko · 8 min read
Places
Boundary Road: The Street That Marks Where the Great Fire Stopped
Boundary Road marks where Burnaby begins and Vancouver ends. But in 1886, it marked something else: the line where the Great Fire burned itself out.
Artom Butenko · 5 min read
Culture
Where Burnaby Learned to Read: The History of Public Libraries in Burnaby
Before the glass towers and the regional library system, there were small rooms, donated books, and volunteers who believed a city needs more than roads and schools—it needs stories.
Ilarion Bohatyrov · 7 min read