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Parents say teacher fails 70 per cent of students

Union says concerns around safe staffing levels highlighted by recent "hallway care" incidents

New Westminster Teachers' Union president Grant Osborne calls it a "significant movement on behalf of teachers to try and get a negotiated settlement.

Local parents who are concerned with their children's low grades in a Fundamentals of Math 11 class at New Westminster Secondary School will now have the next two weeks to share their concerns with district administrators. According to a Jan.

The Record recently had a sit-down with Cori-Lynn Germiquet, new executive director of the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce. Germiquet replaced David Brennan who retired in December after running the chamber for 10 years.

The province's teachers are willing to settle for a modest pay increase costing approximately $300 million over three years, but that still may not be enough as they try to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement with the B.C.

The latest intended victim in a series of attacks targeting people connected to the Justice Institute of B.C. appears to be former West Vancouver police chief Scott Armstrong.

The Record recently caught up with Kendra Johnston, who has been running the Downtown New Westminster Business Improvement Association since late November, for a Question and Answer session. Answers have been edited for clarity and length.

The salmon that come to spawn in local waters have probably considered him one for years, but local conservationist Elmer Rudolph has now been given the title of "Salmon Hero" by his peers.

The City of New Westminster has high hopes for the Wait for Me, Daddy memorial that's being planned.