A local business is hoping to help kids stay active this summer.
ZHOOSH Fitness Garage is offering youth boxing for kids aged eight to 15, boxing for teens aged 16 and up, abada capoeira for kids aged four to 9 and karate for kids aged four to six.
For details on times and prices, visit www.zhooshfitness.com.
Internet providers join New Westminster fibre optic network
Four internet service providers are signed up to BridgeNet – the new city-owned open-access fibre network that’s being installed in commercial districts of the city.
Novus, AEBC, Uniserve and Urban Fibre will lease fibre from BridgeNet and sell the high-speed service to customers. The city expects that competitively priced high-speed broadband service will be available in September.
“We are thrilled to celebrate the launch of BridgeNet,” said Mayor Jonathan Cote. “This is a key part of our Intelligent City initiative, and with it we hope to attract employment and investment in the city’s knowledge sector.”
The city launched BridgeNet at a June 21 event that featured a panel of speakers including: Michael Hrybyk, former CEO BCNET and co-chair of the city’s Intelligent City advisory committee; Nicholas Boughen, cofounder and director of education at CG Masters school of 3D Animation and VFX; Judy Hamilton, cofounder and CEO of Terratap Technologies; Mark Shieh, director of the River Market at the Quay; and Coun. Bill Harper, co-chair of the city’s Intelligent City advisory committee.
“With the expansion of the Royal Columbian Hospital underway we will see more health and technology companies move into New Westminster,” Harper said in a press release. “The creation of BridgeNet provides a platform for companies such as these.”
AEBC, Novus, Uniserve and Urban Fibre will be approaching businesses, property managers and multi-family residences in the coming weeks to market their offerings. High-speed broadband service will be available in downtown and uptown New Westminster this September, and in Sapperton and Quayside in 2017.
More information is available at www.bridgenetnw.ca.New West business wants to get kids active
