In the Community

In a special series, reporter Marelle Reid chats with the people who make RCH run

The city's new MLA is hard at work trying to get set for her new job. NDP MLA Judy Darcy joined volunteers at the campaign office after the election to clean it out and have a bit of a celebration. "We gave everyone an orange rose," she said.

New Westminster Block Watch program encourages neighbourhood relations; Block watch program connects local law enforcement with community residents

Lookout Emergency Aid Society clients are drumming up support - so they can keep drumming. Thane Satre, a tenant support worker for the society in New Westminster, experimented with the idea of incorporating his love for drumming into his job.

Const. Arthur Wlodyka, the city's first mental health officer to work with the New Westminster Police Department, has started his new position this week

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There’s a new bike gang in town. But don’t worry, this one is made up of grade schoolers who want to wheel up and down the city’s steep terrain with a group of like-minded riders. Local writer and father-of-two, JJ Lee hatched the bike club plan.

The board of education opposed a plan by district staff to cut the band programs in west side schools until a new middle school is built in the area.

future Special Olympian from New Westminster has inspired an upcoming fundraiser at the AColumbia Theatre. New Westminster Police Const.