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More than 223,000 people call Burnaby home, and the wide variety of services available boggles the mind. In the fast-paced world we live in, it’s easy to forget all the amenities that are yours to discover.

From being able to see concerts at Deer Lake Park to being able to dine at critically acclaimed restaurants such as Hart House and the Pear Tree, Burnaby residents live in a world-class city with world-class amenities.

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Residents who haven’t had a chance to explore everything that the city has to offer can look through this guide and discover what is “discover BURNABY”.

For a number of years, Burnaby has been undergoing a development boom, with new residential growth springing up in many areas of the city.

Burnaby boasts several ‘town centre’ areas Metrotown, Edmonds, The Heights, Lougheed and Brentwood - that serve as a focus for business and shopping.

A growing and thriving UniverCity neighbourhood has also developed,

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adjacent to Simon Fraser University. In South Burnaby, the Market Crossing area is home to a large number of newly opened big-box retailers. Soon, residential units will also go up in the area and Burnaby will have another city centre.

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Burnaby Lake and Deer Lake:

Burnaby Lake Regional Nature Park features 19 km of walking/hiking trails and six km of horse riding trails, picnic areas plus opportunities for canoeing and kayaking. It is a wildlife sanctuary and bird-watcher’s delight. Check out the new boardwalk and viewing tower to get your own bird’s eye view of the lake.

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Metrotown:

Metropolis at Metrotown is British Columbia’s biggest mall. If you want it - it’s probably here. The mall has more than 370 stores, is accessible by SkyTrain and has one of the biggest food fairs in the Lower Mainland. There’s also a cinema with 10 state-of-the-art theatres, including Cineplex’s newest attraction, D-BOX.

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Blues and Roots Festival:

This year marks the 15th annual Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival - and it’s not one to miss. Big Sugar is headlining this year’s festival and with their unique blend of roots, rock and reggae they’re sure to win new fans. Roll out a blanket, grab a bite to eat and enjoy outdoor entertainment at its best. For ticket info go to www.burnabybluesfestival.com

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Burnaby Village Museum:

Stroll into the past in this authentic 1920s village, complete with homes and schools that were constructed by Burnaby’s pioneers. Children can take part in old-time games or ride on the authentic 1912 C.W. Parker carousel. Costumed townsfolk provide fun and a history lesson and gate admission is free for everyone!

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Grand Villa Casino Hotel And Conference Centre:

Located directly off the Trans-Canada Highway at 4331 Dominion St., near the Willingdon south exit, this is a great place to catch a show, have a drink and enjoy a night out (or two).

The Grand Villa features more than 40 gaming tables, a state-of-theart poker room with 12 tables, 1,000 slot machines and 100,000 square feet of gaming space spread over two levels, and with seven restaurants to choose from, finding good quality food won’t be a problem.

The Grand Villa’s newest restaurant Personas is the place to check out all your favourite sporting events, including UFC.

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Riverway Golf Course:

One of Burnaby’s premier golf courses, this 18-hole course is nestled into Burnaby’s Riverside neighbourhood. With a diverse yardage of 5,400 to 7,000, this course appeals to a large range of golfers. The pro shop provides a full rental service, including clubs, in case you couldn’t pack your own. Play a round of golf on this championship course and then end the day at the clubhouse, one of the city’s finest restaurants.

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Central Park:

This 90-hectare urban park is one of Burnaby’s true gems. The park, which is mostly covered by trees, including douglas fir, western hemlock, cedar, poplar and maple groves, is known for its recreation facilities. In addition to tennis courts, outdoor swimming pool, horseshoe pitch, a pitchand-putt golf course and Swangard Stadium, the City of Burnaby recently installed 12 outdoor fitness stations along the Trail of Hope, a 2.5-kilometer circuit around the park.

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Burnaby Mountain:

The highest point in the city, and home to Simon Fraser University, Burnaby Mountain is known for its mountain biking trails and obstacles. The area attracts riders of all skill levels from the entire Lower Mainland.

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Confederation Park:

One of Burnaby’s best-kept secrets, Confederation Park boasts everything you could want in a recreation area. Enjoy a picnic outside then take a ride on the Model Steam Railway that runs every weekend in the summer. If the sun is shining why not cool off in the spray pool or go swimming at the Eileen Dailly Leisure Pool.

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Shadbolt Centre For The Arts:

Burnaby’s award-winning community arts centre, the Shadbolt is known for putting on high-quality productions and providing an excellent space for fine and performing arts. The 2013/2014 season features a diverse batch of performances, including captivating original theatre, musical performances, innovative dance routines, and classic theatre brought to Burnaby through the Arts Club on Tour.

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Regarded as North America’s premier coffeehouse chain, Caffè Artigiano launched in Vancouver in December 1999 with a vision of an Italian-style coffee house and bistro that offered superior coffee, excellent food and a warm atmosphere rich with rustic-meetscontemporary Italian flare.

From sourcing exceptional green beans, to roasting them to perfection, to delivering a great cup of coffee, its attention to standards and quality is what ultimately defines Caffè Artigiano.

www.caffeartigiano.com Caffè Artigiano 4359 East Hastings Street Burnaby BC, V5C 2J7 Phone: 604.473.2180

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Burnaby in 1908. With population growth, the first merchants soon appeared.

Many Italians called the Heights home, joining the English and Irish immigrants who had come before.

Formed as an official business improvement area in 1994, the Heights Merchants Association focuses on issues affecting the area.

The Heights It can be argued that no area in Burnaby has a more interesting history than the Heights.

The Heights is one of three hills - Capitol Hill and Burnaby Mountain are the others, each successively higher as you go east - that face Burrard Inlet.

Thousands of immigrants came to the area with the opening of Hastings Street in 1902 and the arrival of the streetcar in North

The association is involved in activities such as: street beautification efforts, street cleaning, the installation of street banners, the annual Heights business directory, member advocacy, branding the area, decorative street signs and seasonal events, including Hats Off Day.

Many of the stores in the Heights are owned by second and third generation merchants.

This is balanced by a wide range of newer stores and services, some run by new immigrants from diverse cultures.

This diversity makes the Heights an area that truly feels like a small town with a big heart.

For information, go to burnabyheights.com

Hats Off Day celebrated its 30th anniversary this year in totally awesome 80s fashion.

The daylong event kicks off with a parade down Hastings Street while businesses “tip their hats” to customers with activities, food and entertainment throughout the remainder of the day.

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shop Edmonds The history of Burnaby goes back more than 100 years to 1892, and the Edmonds neighbourhood was at the heart of that history because the city’s first municipal hall was located at the corner of Kingsway and Edmonds.

Much has changed since then, but Kingsway is still a major commuter route and with more residential and commercial buildings being built, Edmonds is one of the fastest-growing regions in the city.

The big news in recent years was the official opening of the Edmonds Community Centre, which opened last summer.

The facility, the first community centre to be built in the city in more than 20 years, is double the size of the Bonsor Recreation Complex and includes 90,000 square feet of space, including a double gymnasium, a six-lane 25-metre lap pool, leisure pool, hot tub and sauna.

The double gym provides space for badminton, basketball and floor hockey, and there is also

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a multipurpose area, a child care area, studio space, a youth centre, martial arts, and space for seniors. A fitness centre, along with 200 parking spaces, is also included in the state-of-the-art centre.

The area has undergone a multitude of new developments in the last decade. It all began with the redevelopment of the old Middlegate Mall into the state-of-the-art HighGate Village.

Soon afterwards, the new Tommy Douglas Library opened in the heart of Edmonds and it is already being lauded as one of the best libraries in the Lower Mainland.

Edmonds is also home to the Nikkei Place, which includes the National Nikkei Heritage Centre and the Japanese Canadian National Museum.

Edmonds is also known for its multicultural mix of residents, with many Eastern European and African immigrants happy to call Edmonds home.

The benefit for gourmands is that Edmonds has one of the most varied mixes of restaurants anywhere in the Lower Mainland.

Traditional Italian, Greek and Chinese restaurants are joined

by Thai, Japanese, Vietnamese, Nigerian and Indian restaurants.

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Jane Shin, MLA Burnaby - Lougheed 604-660-5058 jane.shin.mla@leg.bc.ca

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shop Market Crossing Burnaby’s newest shopping mecca is Market Crossing in the Big Bend area.

The area has been transformed into Burnaby’s latest must-stop shopping location, as its mix of stores, restaurants and services is unparalleled in the city.

What was formerly farmland and a quiet, untravelled area is now one of the city’s busiest areas, with stores on both sides of Marine Way near Byrne Road.

Market Crossing has transformed the Big Bend area with its commercial outlets and may soon be adding more residential units.

The area also includes pristine parkland, river views and the Riverway Golf Course, which is amongst the toughest and best courses in the Lower Mainland.

With anchors Canadian Tire, London Drugs and PriceSmart Foods, the shopping centre also includes

specialty stores such as Addition Elle, Adidas Outlet, Daniadown, FISH, George Richards Big and Tall, Home Sense, Kin’s Farm Market, M&M Meats, Mark’s Work Warehouse, Michael’s, Nygard Outlet, Reitman’s, Staples, The Shoe Company, The Running Room, Homesense and Winners.

If you’re looking for great food, the Cactus Club is already one of the most popular meeting places in the area. But your food options also include Boston Pizza, Flying Wedge Pizza, Genji Sushi, Marble Slab Creamery, Mucho Burrito, Starbucks, Subway, Tim Hortons, White Spot, and HealthFare Restaurant.

There’s also a wide variety of service providers, including Marine Way Dental, Purolator, TD Bank and First Western Insurance.

Market Crossing is proving popular for Burnaby, New Westminster and South Vancouver residents, who find it easily accessible by car, with ample free parking on both sides of Marine Way.

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Lougheed Town Centre Lougheed Town Centre is only getting better. The popular shopping mall is home to the city’s only Wal-Mart Supercenter, which after a recent renovation, now features a full grocery section complete with fresh produce and meat. Wal-Mart is open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. seven days a week and is your one-stop shop at Lougheed Town Centre.

Also new is the wireless lounge located on the upper level, the comfortable chairs, HD TVs and wireless Internet make any visit to Lougheed Town Centre a special one.

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Lougheed Town Centre takes its role as a community gathering place seriously. For example, the recent Rotary Wine, Food and Music Festival was one of the biggest local fundraising events of the year.

Lougheed Town Centre is located at the corner of North Road & Austin Avenue and is easily accessible by SkyTrain, bus and car.

Soon people from the neighbouring Tri-Cities will be able to access the Burnaby mall with ease when the new Evergreen SkyTrain line is complete.

For more information on events and activities, go to lougheedtowncentre.com.

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shop Burnaby North Road Burnaby North Road is a vibrant multi-cultural melting pot of shopping and dining experiences.

Conveniently located near the Lougheed Skytrain station and Lougheed Highway, Burnaby’s North Road is home to a wide variety of international shopping and dining spots.

Visit soon for a leisurely lunch or dine at one of the many award winning international restaurants. Get a refreshing cup of coffee at one of the Tim Hortons or enjoy a rich Italian roast served in china cups at Coffee Myung Ga in the Korean Mall.

Many wonderful shopping opportunities abound, from the exciting Persian quarter, Sears Outlet, and treasure hunting at North Road Centre mall - the largest Korean shopping district in the lower mainland.

The Burnaby North Road Business Improvement Association runs various events throughout the year.

Learn more at burnabynorthroadbia.ca

Metropolis at Metrotown With 450 stores, Metropolis at Metrotown is British Columbia’s largest shopping centre. Hundreds of thousands of individual shoppers find what they’re looking for and have a great time doing it.

It’s a destination in itself with must-see attractions like one-of-a-kind events, world-class restaurants and theatres, not to mention great shopping.

Hundreds of shops, including clothing boutiques for men and women, electronics, jewellery, home furnishings, and specialty foods, are located on three sprawling levels. There are also events happening all year ‘round. The Grand Court features unique events all year like Cirque du Soleil performances, pop/rock idol competitions, and a gigantic rocking horse. And Famous Players SilverCity offers the latest box office hits on the big screen with big sound. For quick bites or sit-down meals, the international food court and wide variety of restaurants cater to all tastes and diets. There are also two Customer Service Centres to help visitors find exactly what they’re looking for. More info metropolisatmetrotown.com

shop BrentwoodTown Centre Not only does it have the best bathrooms, Brentwood Town Centre is a pretty cool place to get all your shopping done. In 2006, more than $1 million was invested into the mall’s washrooms, which earned them the title Best Washrooms in the Province. And in 2008, the awards for Brentwood Town Centre continued coming when it received the Burnaby Board of Trade Business Excellence Award for Best Community Spirit.

Today, Brentwood is undergoing a major face-lift as city council prepares to approve several new developments, including what will soon become one of the tallest residential towers in the city.

Daily, Brentwood offers children’s services that are almost unparalleled amongst shopping centres. On the shopping front, customers are spoiled for choice. Anchor tenants such as Sears, London Drugs and Kin’s Farm Market, are buffeted by specialty stores in every sector, from pets to travel to cellphones and food.

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N BEHALF OF CITY COUNCIL, I’d like to welcome everyone to explore the wonderful recreational and cultural opportunities that Burnaby has to offer.

We are very proud of our parks, heritage sites and recreational facilities. More than 25 per cent of our city is dedicated to green space; dozens of cultural and heritage sites enliven our City; and we have Western Canada’s second largest shopping mall. We’ve got it all.

Visit Burnaby Village Museum and the Parker Carousel, ride the miniature train at Confederation Park, watch a parade, take in the Roots and Blues festival, or catch a sporting event at Swangard Stadium. This guide has great suggestions for fun and exciting things to do and see in Burnaby. Please use it to help you enjoy our wonderful city!

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Antons Pasta........................................................ 604-299-6636 Big Bend Crossing................................................ 604-433-8438 Burnaby North Road BIA...................................... 604-415-4779 Burnaby Mtn. Golf Course & Driving Range......... 604-280-7355 Burnaby Public Library........................................ 604-436-5400 Burnaby Village Museum..................................... 604-297-4565 Caffe` Artigiano.................................................... 604-473-2180 Cap’s Westwod Cycle........................................... 604-439-2453 Central Park Pitch & Putt..................................... 604-434-2727 Cockney Kings Fish & Chips................................ 604-291-1323 City of Burnaby..................................................... 604-294-7944 Firefighters Public House..................................... 604-437-4347 Fortius Sport & Health.......................................... 604-292-2500 Grande Villa Casino.............................................. 604-436-2211 iThai Restaurant................................................... 604-553-1139 Kensington Park Pitch & Putt............................... 604-291-9525

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Michael J Fox Theatre.......................................... 604-664-8875 Nando’s Flamed Grilled Chicken.......................... 604-434-6220 Riverway Golf Course & Driving Range................ 604-280-4653 SFU Conference and Guest Accommodations...... 778-782-4503 SFU Galleries........................................................ 778-782-4266 Socrates Greek Taverna....................................... 604-299-3777 Solo District.......................................................... 604-298-8800 Tourism Burnaby.................................................. 604-419-0377 Vassilis Souvlaki Greek Taverna.......................... 604-434-0626 White Spot - Gilmore............................................ 604-299-4423 White Spot - Metrotown....................................... 604-434-6668 White Spot – Market Crossing............................. 604-431-5100 White Spot – North Road...................................... 604-421-4620 White Spot – North Burnaby................................ 604-299-2214 Westwood Cycle................................................... 604-439-2453 Yo Sushi................................................................ 604-299-2500

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I’m a Business Admin student with a real passion for bikes and I’m proud to be your Manager at Westwood Cycle in Burnaby!

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Westwood Cycle is unforgettable!

Cap’s Westwood Cycle is part of a local legacy and proud to be a leading Canadian Independent BicycleRetailer with four stores in your local communities of Burnaby, Maple Ridge, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody. For more than 80 years, we’ve been a part of your family’s most memorable cycling moments. Since the first store opened in Burquitalm in 1932, it has been our family’s dream to make yours come true—whether it was your very first bike, training with us for your first road race, or discovering the beautiful trails in your own backyard. When Cap passed away in 1995 the brothers and cousins separated the business and became independent of each other. Westwood Cycle is the passion of Glen and Kelly (Cap’s son & daughter-in-law) who continue to add to the tradition and pedal it forward We invite you to visit us seven days a week at all four locations, or picture yourself on the bike of your dreams in our full online catalogue!

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As a lifelong Port Moody resident I grew up with Cap’s bike stores. It was almost 10 years ago, while I was still in High School, that I began building bikes at the back of the Westwood Cycle store in Port Coquitlam. I spent most of my childhood as a competitive swimmer but as my love for riding bikes outgrew my love for swimming, it was only a matter of time before I would become part to the Cap’s shop I had remembered as a kid.

I started out as a mountain biker, but after some injuries I began road riding, which led to my love of bikes of all kinds. Today, I really enjoy helping people find the right bike for their ening tto all the individual needs. Listening stories, goals, and experiences people have had helps me to find them the bike they can love as much as I love mine! I’m personally committed to giving each customer a positive, customized experience that leads them to a greener, and healthier lifestyle.

As a company we promise a family-oriented community driven-business model for our local community.

Westwood Cycle gives back in ways that can really make a difference!

I invite you to please help us give back on July 15th at our Burnaby store with our up incoming blood drive.

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The Grand Villa Casino opened to great acclaim in the fall of 2008 and is conveniently located directly adjacent to the TransCanada Highway at 4331 Dominion St., near the Willingdon south exit off Highway 1.

The Grand Villa features more than 40 gaming tables, a state-ofthe-art poker room with 12 tables, 1,000 slot machines and 100,000 square feet of gaming space spread over two levels. It offers an incomparable gaming, dining and entertainment experience.

Lose yourself in a soothing atmosphere created by rustic, golden hues and the majestic marble columns that evoke the sophisticated charm of an Italian Villa.

The facility also features two bars, restaurants such as the exquisite EBO Restaurant and the Scala show lounge.

The Scala lounge also has free shows mixed with unique paid admission shows highlighting a wide range of entertainment acts.

For more information on events at the casino and in the lounge, go to www.grandvillacasino.com.

play Burnaby Village Museum The Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel, located at 6501 Deer Lake Ave., is a place where history comes to life. Stroll down the streets of a 1920s village and explore it at your own pace.

Now in its fourth year of free admission, there’s no reason not to go to this community museum with outdoor collections and exhibit areas, along with an archives, gift shop, gallery, collection storage and community meeting spaces.

The Burnaby Village Museum fosters a shared sense of community identity for the citizens of Burnaby and visitors alike. It encourages understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of and participation in Burnaby’s unique history.

For a small fee, ride the 1912 C.W. Parker Carousel, which celebrated its 100th birthday last year and has been lovingly restored to its former glory by volunteers.

And top it all off with a visit to the Ice Cream Parlour, which not only serves many varieties of ice cream, but serves some great hot food selections at affordable prices.

For more info, go to www.burnabyvillagemuseum.ca.

Arts and Culture The hub of arts and culture is along Deer Lake Avenue.

The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is an awardwinning, multi-purpose community arts facility, which programs a year-round schedule of arts classes, performances, festivals, exhibitions and special events.

The Shadbolt is dedicated to presenting the finest in local, regional and national performing arts. The facility seeks out young, exciting creators and encourages them to share their work with the community.

For people who want to explore their creative side, talented instructors at the Shadbolt offer classes in dance, music, visual arts, ceramics, theatre, and literary arts for all skill levels.

Now is the perfect time to dust off your dance shoes, pull out those paint brushes, and pick up

that old guitar in the corner.

For more info, go to www.shadboltcentre.com.

Next door, the Burnaby Art Gallery stores its collection in an offsite climate-controlled environment. Original hand-pulled prints comprise 80 percent of the collection. Ten percent are drawings and collages and the remaining 10 percent are paintings and objects.

There are approximately 4,250 catalogued works of art that make up the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection and Education Collection.

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eat Dining with a view Burnaby is one of the most picturesque cities in the Lower Mainland, so it’s no surprise that several local restaurants have some of the best views. Here’s our choices for the best places to get a great meal and a great view at the same time.

Horizons Restaurant at Burnaby Mountain has been around for more than two decades and with great food and stunning mountain views, it’s easy to see why. Horizons at 100 Centennial Way is truly fine dining with a

view. For reservations or info, call 604-299-1155 or go to www.horizonsrestaurant.com.

For a spectacular lake view, Hart House at 6664 Deer Lake Ave. can’t be beat. The pastoral setting goes perfectly with the Hart House’s fine dining. For reservations or info, call 604-298-4278 or go to harthouserestaurant.com.

Two underrated fine dining restaurants with a view are the EBO Restaurant & Lounge in the Delta Burnaby Hotel, which offers a great view of the North Shore mountains, and Reflect at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown, which has a patio that offers great views of South

Ethnic Dining Burnaby has no shortage of great ethnic dining options. From Oriental to African to South American, you can literally travel the world with your taste buds in Burnaby.

There are too many great ethnic restaurants to list here, but here are three favourites that take you from Africa to Mexico and then Japan.

The Safari Snack House at 5121 Canada Way is Shairose Shamji-Karmali’s baby and she makes some of the best authentic East African food anywhere. From homemade samosas to spicy meat dishes, Shairose offers up huge portions at affordable prices. For more info, call 604-515-9211.

If Indian food is more your flavour, check out Burnaby’s Agra Tandoori. Their butter chicken is a favourite among online foodies, plus they have a lengthy menu with lots of vegetarian options for anyone who doesn’t eat meat, including aloo ghobi, shahee paneer and malai kofta. Located at 110-3790 Canaday Way, Agra Tandoori is open everyday for both lunch and dinner. Call 604-430-1600 for more info.

Finding good asian food isn’t difficult in Burnaby, but for our money, one of the best is Take Sushi Japanese Restaurant at 4528 East Hastings St. in the Heights. Owner and chef Jason Zhang has spent the past seven years putting together a unique menu that focuses on freshness, affordability and new flavours. Try the tuna and mango salad and you won’t look at salad the same again.

For more info, call 604-291-7241.

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EBO is located at 4331 Dominion St. Call 604453-0788 or go to www.eborestaurant.com for more info.

Reflect at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown is located at 6083 McKay Ave. For more info, call 604-438-1200.

Food on the run Even if you don’t have time to sit, you can still have a great meal in Burnaby. These three spots offer great food that you can take with you.

The Ice Cream Parlour at Burnaby Village Museum at 6501 Deer Lake Ave. is one of the best-kept secrets in the city. The main cook is the effortlessly energetic Mai Dossa and you can get everything from butter chicken to fish and chips to go.

And don’t forget some ice cream as well.

There’s no more iconic takeout food than pizza and Burnaby has its fair share of great pizza joints. Two favourites are Stan’s Pizza Joint at 4527 Hastings St. where business partners Judith Gauge and Stan Reid offer up delicious pizza at great prices. Call 604-298-5711 for more info.

In South Burnaby, Me-n-Eds Pizza at 7110 Hall Ave. has been an institution and no less an authority that Michael J. Fox considers it the best pizza in the city.

Call 604-521-8881 for more info.

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Burnaby Mountain Park is the highest point in the city, with views of Burrard Inlet and the North Shore, New Westminster, the Fraser River, downtown Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.

The highlight is Playground of the Gods, a collection of Ainu totem pole-like carvings which commemorate the goodwill between Burnaby and its sister city, Kushiro, Japan.

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Barnet Marine Park features an ample coastline that offers fun possibilities for swimming, canoeing or kayaking. The beach offers lounging opportunities and the adjacent fishing pier is used by fisherman of all ages and abilities.

Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park is where to go if you love the smells, sights and sounds of the Fraser River. The shoreline trail runs for several kilometres, with benches along the way so you can rest and take in everything at your own pace The City of Burnaby is currently constructing dykes along the river to protect from flooding and improve access to the various surrounding trails.

Deer Lake Park is home of many of the city’s arts facilities and also features walking trails and grassy areas to relax and look out upon the city.

Metro Skate Park at Bonsor Park is one of the city’s most popular recreation facilities for youngsters and teenagers.

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