1. Check out Sapperton Day Street festival on Sunday, June 10 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the 400 block of East Columbia St. Kids activities, live entertainment, marketplace vendors, food trucks, a silent auction and a pancake breakfast (at 10 a.m.) are all part of the fun.
2. Attend the Royal City Literary Arts Society’s The Write on! Where you’ll hear from winners of its literary contest on Saturday, June 9 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Anvil Centre, 777 Columbia St.
3. Get out and play at venues around the city, where the new Live 5210 playboxes have arrived and are filled with toys and equipment for community use,such as balls and sand toys. You’ll find them at Qayqayt Elementary School, Grimston Park, Hume Park and Moody Park. The code for the playboxes, which are locked with a combination lock, is available at www.newwestcity.ca/healthy-community. If you’ve got any good condition items you’d like to contribute to the playboxes, donations are welcome.
4. Take a walk and check out some of the Royal City’s beautiful heritage homes with the New Westminster Heritage Preservation Society’s new digital walking tour of homes featured in the society’s annual Heritage Homes Tour. You’ll find the app at www.newwestheritage.org.
5. Hit the dance floor at Union Jack Public House and Carvery on Friday and Saturday night, when the ShinDiggers take to the stage and perform cover tunes at the pub, at 525 Seventh St.
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