In the Community

As the lone Canadian to be selected as a 2012 Build-A-Bear Workshop Huggable Hero, New Westminster's Ceilidh Millar will soon be heading to world bearquarters.

Corvette owner says he got bitten by the car bug at early age

The ongoing effort to raise funds for the multipurpose interventional suite at Royal Columbian Hospital got another big boost recently.

A local bakery donated some of its Sunday sales to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Sheila Comer, owner of Pink Ribbon Bakery, held a fundraiser for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation on Sunday, June 24.

The Royal City Farmers Market got a recent bounty of support to help it grow. Vancity donated $10,000 to the local organization. The funds are from a $250,000 pool to boost 21 farmers' markets in Metro Vancouver through Vancity's Visa enviroFund.

Summer Reading for Adults is coming back to the New Westminster Public Library. It starts July 3, and we'll celebrate reading all summer long. Read Around the World with us this summer. Start by picking up your Reading Passport at the library.

Uzbekistan native opens bakery and bistro in uptown New Westminster

This holiday weekend centres on Canada Day, July 1. In 1862, this was a time for celebration in New Westminster as well. But it was not "Canada Day" or "Dominion Day" or even July 1. Canada was still five years away (1867), and B.C.