S p e c i a l F e a t u r e
manufactured and marketed worldwide.
The lm/digital entertainment/new
media sector is arguably Burnaby's most
famous industry, and since 1987 its most
famous facility, Bridge Studios, has hosted
over 100 productions thanks to having
North America's largest ežects stage and six
sound stages.
Local media production is well
represented in Burnaby by a number
of facilities, including Global BC, the
province's leading television station with its
œagship News Hour broadcast, and BC1, the
only provincial 24-hour news channel. In
addition to its broadcasting duties, Global
W Bridge Studios derives its name from the lot's use by Dominion
Bridge Company, which built infrastructure across Canada from
1930 until the mid-1970s. The site was first used for filming after the
departure of the company, and the B.C. government financed the
conversion of the lot to permanent studios in 1987.
W BCIT provides the majority of apprenticeship training in the
province of British Columbia, and the annual starting salary of
graduates is $35,360 for certificate and diploma programs and
$64,480 for degree programs.
DID YOU KNOW?
Various sculptures sprinkled
throughout the city are some
examples of Burnaby's com-
mitment to arts and culture
