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My goal is to help keep every resident of Burnaby connected, updated, and engaged with the vision and strategy shaping our city’s future. Here, you’ll find my podcast, latest articles, and links to my social media, and e-newsletter—so please follow, subscribe, and get involved. These insights and conversations bring to life the many diverse voices of Burnaby and reflect the inclusive, safe, and thriving city we’re building together.
Mayor Mike Hurley
Podcast: Voices of Burnaby
You can watch and listen to the latest podcast episode below, or on YouTube, Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe, follow, share and let us know what you think.
Homelessness and Community Safety in Burnaby - with Carol-Ann Flanagan
Housing, Affordability and City Planning in Burnaby - with Andy Yan
Articles: Letter from the Mayor
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Five areas of focus for Burnaby as we turn the page into 2026
By signing off 2025 with the 10th anniversary of the Pat Quinn Classic, we’re ending the year in Burnaby as we approached it throughout - working collaboratively, celebrating community, and being the welcoming, active, fun city we are. A late-December minor hockey tournament has been part of Burnaby’s sports calendar since 1962, making this one of the longest-running events of its kind anywhere. -
Why Task Forces work and the plan for Burnaby’s Economic Growth and Resilience
Within three months of becoming Mayor, we formed our first Task Force on housing, and in January, we’ll convene our third. This time to tackle another one of Burnaby’s most critical priorities: ensuring our City’s economic growth and resilience. -
R1 zoning, public hearings and 16 Metro Mayors calling on the Province to pause and reconsider
Public hearings are one of the most fundamental parts of our local democracy. As Mayor, I have sat through hearings that run more than seven hours, and last Monday, over five hours were dedicated to hearing from residents on the updated R1 zoning bylaws in response to new provincial housing legislation. -
How sidelining elected municipalities means more work and higher costs, not less
B.C. Premier David Eby was recently left frustrated on the sidelines as discussions about a major Alberta-to-coast pipeline moved forward without B.C. at the table. It’s not a good feeling - and I can tell you, municipalities feel the same way when decisions about our communities are made without our input.
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