In the Community

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In the early decades of New Westminster, transportation was either on land by foot, horseback or horse-drawn wagon, or on the river by some form of water transport.

Enjoy a New West tradition at Easter in Queen’s Park, which features entertainment, a petting farm, kids’ activities and crafts, face painting and photos with the Easter bunnies (for a suggested donation of $2).

The New Westminster school district is reaching out to help local preschoolers get ready for kindergarten. All three- to five-year-olds are invited to take part in upcoming Ready, Set, Learn sessions.

Question: I am in a seniors’ residence with a very large patio. There is talk of doing container gardening here. But no one really knows how to create this.

Aslaug Strom celebrates her 106th birthday next month.

Congrats to the health-care assistant and practical nursing students who organized their first free community blood pressure clinic earlier this month.

Now he's giving back at the fifth annual Transplant Trot at Burnaby Lake Regional Park next month.

Those living with Parkinson’s will get a chance to improve their confidence and mobility with an exercise program coming to New Westminster this April.