Local Business

Meet Rebecca Glazier, the owner of New Westminster-based Wild West Dye, who sells yarn that's naturally dyed with roots, nuts, and bugs.

Need motivation to run? Join a community of people at Steel and Oak Run Club who follow up their long sweaty runs with a chilled glass of beer every week.  

Are you a New West artist looking for a space to sell your work? Multimedia artist Mishel Arrieta's new downtown studio invites local talent, while also hosting paint nights and art classes.

Five entrepreneurs aim to disrupt B.C.'s wine-cooler market with an innovative product they call SakeBomb – a range of flavoured coolers made with the rice wine, or sake.

Fairy Doors is one of four public space activations funded by Downtown New West BIA

Enjoy the last few days of summer with a picnic outside in the sun. Just pack your mat and hat, and leave the food prep to the professionals — here are five spots in New West where you can order a picnic bundle.

A group of three Turkish friends have built a successful business teaching people how to make mosaic art that they grew up seeing in their households back in Istanbul. Their newest studio opened in New West early this year.

Plus, get your art on at a paint-and-sip evening later this month.

Is flash mob still a thing? Turns out it is — a group of food enthusiasts plans to organize a surprise gathering at a different New Westminster-based small business every month. Their first ‘dessert and coffee flash mob’ was at Coming Home café on Sixth Street.

There are a ton of ways to celebrate British Columbia Day this weekend. But the sweetest way is to nosh on the province's own classic dessert, the Nanaimo bar.