Lauren Vanderdeen
@lauvande.bsky.social
Reporter 📰
Can talk cities, suburbs and CP style till the cows come home.
journolau@gmail.com
Can talk cities, suburbs and CP style till the cows come home.
journolau@gmail.com
EXTREME TRAIN GLEE AFTER AN HOUR-PLUS IN THE RAIN
November 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
EXTREME TRAIN GLEE AFTER AN HOUR-PLUS IN THE RAIN
HEY BURNABY, NEW WEST AND TRICITIES!!!!!
My former colleagues have launched a non-profit, co-op community news outlet!
These four are real pros and have been wonderful mentors to me. Can’t wait to see where this goes.
Read and share 🗞️🗞️🗞️ www.freshetnews.ca
My former colleagues have launched a non-profit, co-op community news outlet!
These four are real pros and have been wonderful mentors to me. Can’t wait to see where this goes.
Read and share 🗞️🗞️🗞️ www.freshetnews.ca
Freshet News
Top Stories Burnaby New Westminster Tri-Cities All
www.freshetnews.ca
October 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
HEY BURNABY, NEW WEST AND TRICITIES!!!!!
My former colleagues have launched a non-profit, co-op community news outlet!
These four are real pros and have been wonderful mentors to me. Can’t wait to see where this goes.
Read and share 🗞️🗞️🗞️ www.freshetnews.ca
My former colleagues have launched a non-profit, co-op community news outlet!
These four are real pros and have been wonderful mentors to me. Can’t wait to see where this goes.
Read and share 🗞️🗞️🗞️ www.freshetnews.ca
Reposted by Lauren Vanderdeen
It was gold in Community Written Feature for this story btw. My brain isnt working at the moment because emotions. www.nelsonstar.com/home/in-ever...
In every Nelson he visits, Jeff Truesdell finds the man he loved
How do you live with the loss of a loved one? For Truesdell, it means visiting every Nelson in North America
www.nelsonstar.com
June 1, 2025 at 4:46 AM
It was gold in Community Written Feature for this story btw. My brain isnt working at the moment because emotions. www.nelsonstar.com/home/in-ever...
This story has completely burrowed into my brain because it reaches deeply into so many aspects of how cities and communities are built. Grateful I could work on it.
7 years ago, Burnaby had more than a billion dollars in reserve for capital projects, and a big question was what they would do with it.
Now, their infrastructure projects underway are $300 million over initial budgets, and the way they built up that reserve is no longer viable.
Now, their infrastructure projects underway are $300 million over initial budgets, and the way they built up that reserve is no longer viable.
Burnaby's $1.2B capital reserve 'basically exhausted.' What happened and what's next? | CBC News
The city's $1.2-billion in capital reserves won't stretch as far as planned due to soaring construction costs, and city officials say new provincial legislation could make it harder to replenish its c...
www.cbc.ca
May 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This story has completely burrowed into my brain because it reaches deeply into so many aspects of how cities and communities are built. Grateful I could work on it.
this is my roman empire
seeing the world is amazing but you know what's even more amazing?
talking about municipal financial reserves and the tradeoffs between different forms of developer benefits
i'll have that story about burnaby with @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social on the early edition next
wait where are you going
talking about municipal financial reserves and the tradeoffs between different forms of developer benefits
i'll have that story about burnaby with @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social on the early edition next
wait where are you going
May 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
this is my roman empire
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
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
April 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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
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
!!!
Chris has written some of the best Burnaby journalism out there.
Just a sampling: Who’s Afraid of Metrotown?
thetyee.ca/News/2024/01...
Chris has written some of the best Burnaby journalism out there.
Just a sampling: Who’s Afraid of Metrotown?
thetyee.ca/News/2024/01...
April 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
!!!
Chris has written some of the best Burnaby journalism out there.
Just a sampling: Who’s Afraid of Metrotown?
thetyee.ca/News/2024/01...
Chris has written some of the best Burnaby journalism out there.
Just a sampling: Who’s Afraid of Metrotown?
thetyee.ca/News/2024/01...
Reposted by Lauren Vanderdeen
@lauvande.bsky.social Thanks for covering this. I had no idea Deer Lake used to be a popular swimming spot; Great to hear Burnaby's Civic Innovation Lab and #SFU researchers are exploring ways to improve its health.
@danieltetrault.bsky.social @mayorofburnaby.bsky.social @annekangburnaby.bsky.social
@danieltetrault.bsky.social @mayorofburnaby.bsky.social @annekangburnaby.bsky.social
Could Burnaby's Deer Lake be swimmable again? It'll take work — it's in 'rough shape'
Researchers say getting Deer Lake swimmable again will take 'a lot of time and a lot of effort.'
www.burnabynow.com
April 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
@lauvande.bsky.social Thanks for covering this. I had no idea Deer Lake used to be a popular swimming spot; Great to hear Burnaby's Civic Innovation Lab and #SFU researchers are exploring ways to improve its health.
@danieltetrault.bsky.social @mayorofburnaby.bsky.social @annekangburnaby.bsky.social
@danieltetrault.bsky.social @mayorofburnaby.bsky.social @annekangburnaby.bsky.social
a reader sent in this trekkie april fool's joke... burnaby unicomplex incoming?
April 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM
a reader sent in this trekkie april fool's joke... burnaby unicomplex incoming?
weird march '25 over 🖤 to a kinder april
April 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
weird march '25 over 🖤 to a kinder april
Should there be a single report totalling how much city councillors earn by sitting on various government bodies?
One Burnaby city councillor says it's important for transparency.
But fellow councillors shut down the conversation around the table.
www.burnabynow.com/local-news/b...
One Burnaby city councillor says it's important for transparency.
But fellow councillors shut down the conversation around the table.
www.burnabynow.com/local-news/b...
'It's a shame': Burnaby council sidesteps discussion on total politician pay
Councillors refused to second a motion by Coun. Richard Lee on creating a document detailing how much politicians are paid across government bodies.
www.burnabynow.com
March 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Should there be a single report totalling how much city councillors earn by sitting on various government bodies?
One Burnaby city councillor says it's important for transparency.
But fellow councillors shut down the conversation around the table.
www.burnabynow.com/local-news/b...
One Burnaby city councillor says it's important for transparency.
But fellow councillors shut down the conversation around the table.
www.burnabynow.com/local-news/b...
Let's hear what folks have to say about multiplex housing in Burnaby.
March 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Let's hear what folks have to say about multiplex housing in Burnaby.
Couple notes from Burnaby City Hall tonight!
March 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Couple notes from Burnaby City Hall tonight!
Here's my story on the history of the No. 49 bus route 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."
www.burnabynow.com/local-news/t...
Read about a group of residents who opposed the route half a century ago, declaring the bus service "is not going to be used."
www.burnabynow.com/local-news/t...
This bus route (both detested and beloved) from Burnaby to UBC celebrates 50 years
Happy 50th birthday, No. 49!
www.burnabynow.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Here's my story on the history of the No. 49 bus route 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."
www.burnabynow.com/local-news/t...
Read about a group of residents who opposed the route half a century ago, declaring the bus service "is not going to be used."
www.burnabynow.com/local-news/t...
With all the Hudson's Bay news, a reminder of its local importance:
If it weren’t for the Bay, Lougheed Mall wouldn’t have been built.
Plus, some behind-closed-doors real estate dealings from the '60s.
Read it here (from 2023)!
www.burnabynow.com/local-news/h...
If it weren’t for the Bay, Lougheed Mall wouldn’t have been built.
Plus, some behind-closed-doors real estate dealings from the '60s.
Read it here (from 2023)!
www.burnabynow.com/local-news/h...
End of an era: The first mall-based Hudson’s Bay is shutting down in Burnaby
Hudson's Bay Co. shaped Lougheed Town Centre as we know it.
www.burnabynow.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
With all the Hudson's Bay news, a reminder of its local importance:
If it weren’t for the Bay, Lougheed Mall wouldn’t have been built.
Plus, some behind-closed-doors real estate dealings from the '60s.
Read it here (from 2023)!
www.burnabynow.com/local-news/h...
If it weren’t for the Bay, Lougheed Mall wouldn’t have been built.
Plus, some behind-closed-doors real estate dealings from the '60s.
Read it here (from 2023)!
www.burnabynow.com/local-news/h...
We're Burnaby council watching remotely tonight bc it's been a chaotic month on my end.
There's some updates to Burnaby's density bonus policy and inclusionary zoning so... Nerds get ready. Posts will be sporadic tho.
There's some updates to Burnaby's density bonus policy and inclusionary zoning so... Nerds get ready. Posts will be sporadic tho.
March 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
We're Burnaby council watching remotely tonight bc it's been a chaotic month on my end.
There's some updates to Burnaby's density bonus policy and inclusionary zoning so... Nerds get ready. Posts will be sporadic tho.
There's some updates to Burnaby's density bonus policy and inclusionary zoning so... Nerds get ready. Posts will be sporadic tho.
We're at Burnaby City Hall for tonight's council meeting and guess what... I have journo colleagues!
There's usually never anyone here, but today there's six students sitting in from BCIT Journalism.
"I'm glad you're here to pay some attention to your local government," says Mayor Mike Hurley.
There's usually never anyone here, but today there's six students sitting in from BCIT Journalism.
"I'm glad you're here to pay some attention to your local government," says Mayor Mike Hurley.
February 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
We're at Burnaby City Hall for tonight's council meeting and guess what... I have journo colleagues!
There's usually never anyone here, but today there's six students sitting in from BCIT Journalism.
"I'm glad you're here to pay some attention to your local government," says Mayor Mike Hurley.
There's usually never anyone here, but today there's six students sitting in from BCIT Journalism.
"I'm glad you're here to pay some attention to your local government," says Mayor Mike Hurley.
Starting a new budget thread because my computer is glitching out.
February 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Starting a new budget thread because my computer is glitching out.
The menu at "City Hall Cafe"
February 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The menu at "City Hall Cafe"
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% ⬇️)
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% ⬇️)
February 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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% ⬇️)
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% ⬇️)
IT'S BUDGET DAY IN BURNABY!!!!!!!!!!!! 🎆🎆🎆
It's gonna be a long one.
$2-billion capital plan, 5.37% tax increase for this year proposed on the agenda.
The city's reserves are expected to decrease from $2.3b to $1.1b by 2029.
It's gonna be a long one.
$2-billion capital plan, 5.37% tax increase for this year proposed on the agenda.
The city's reserves are expected to decrease from $2.3b to $1.1b by 2029.
February 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
IT'S BUDGET DAY IN BURNABY!!!!!!!!!!!! 🎆🎆🎆
It's gonna be a long one.
$2-billion capital plan, 5.37% tax increase for this year proposed on the agenda.
The city's reserves are expected to decrease from $2.3b to $1.1b by 2029.
It's gonna be a long one.
$2-billion capital plan, 5.37% tax increase for this year proposed on the agenda.
The city's reserves are expected to decrease from $2.3b to $1.1b by 2029.
It's my birthday. The Burnaby Now is shutting down in two months. Can I be a little maudlin?
You go into journalism knowing you're gonna get laid off, it's just a matter of time.
www.burnabynow.com/local-news/b...
You go into journalism knowing you're gonna get laid off, it's just a matter of time.
www.burnabynow.com/local-news/b...
Burnaby Now, New Westminster Record, Tri-City News to close
Challenging economic conditions cited as reason for closure.
www.burnabynow.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's my birthday. The Burnaby Now is shutting down in two months. Can I be a little maudlin?
You go into journalism knowing you're gonna get laid off, it's just a matter of time.
www.burnabynow.com/local-news/b...
You go into journalism knowing you're gonna get laid off, it's just a matter of time.
www.burnabynow.com/local-news/b...
Burnaby's mayor wants a 'Buy Local and Buy Canadian' campaign in place for municipal procurement - and he's hoping residents will follow suit.
www.burnabynow.com/local-news/r...
www.burnabynow.com/local-news/r...
'Ready to stand up against bullies': Burnaby mayor urges residents to 'Buy Canadian'
Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley wants residents to take a 'buy local and buy Canadian' approach.
www.burnabynow.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Burnaby's mayor wants a 'Buy Local and Buy Canadian' campaign in place for municipal procurement - and he's hoping residents will follow suit.
www.burnabynow.com/local-news/r...
www.burnabynow.com/local-news/r...
