Burnaby Now

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Burnaby Now
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TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s) Glacier Media
PublisherLara Graham
EditorMark Falkenberg
FoundedNovember 23, 1983;39 years ago (1983-11-23)
Language English
Headquarters Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Circulation 44,158(as of 2022) [1]
Website www.burnabynow.com

Burnaby Now is a local tabloid newspaper published weekly [2] by Glacier Media to 47,000 [3] residents and businesses in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. [4]

Contents

The first edition was a 12-page broadsheet format issued on November 23, 1983, which was a week after the final publication of 123-year-old The Columbian newspaper. [2]

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References

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