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New West residents invited to experience Stump City Stories

New West residents invited to experience Stump City Stories

The 2009 musical, which celebrates New Westminster's and B.C.'s history, is being brought back for a June 27 livestream by City Stage New West
This New West shop is so busy it's running out of bikes

This New West shop is so busy it's running out of bikes

Business has doubled at Cap's Bicycle Shop during pandemic
TransLink launches mask-wearing campaign for riders

TransLink launches mask-wearing campaign for riders

TransLink has launched a campaign aimed at promoting the use of face coverings and non-medical masks on Metro Vancouver’s transit system.
Here's how to get free books for your New West preschooler

Here's how to get free books for your New West preschooler

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has come to New Westminster, and families are being invited to sign up
$164M of unclaimed cash in B.C. looking for rightful owners

$164M of unclaimed cash in B.C. looking for rightful owners

There is more than $164 million of unclaimed money sitting in B.C. accounts – and some of it could be yours. That’s according to the most recent financial statements released by the non-profit B.C. Unclaimed Property Society (BCUPS).
Eric Akis: A sheet-pan dinner with in-season spot prawns

Eric Akis: A sheet-pan dinner with in-season spot prawns

When it comes to seafood in B.C. we are spoiled. Halibut, salmon, albacore tuna, ling cod, crab, sablefish, oysters, clams and mussels are just some of the tasty choices we have and there’s much to celebrate about that.
Deadly act of domestic violence sparks calls for police to be more open

Deadly act of domestic violence sparks calls for police to be more open

Police secrecy surrounding domestic-violence murder investigations needs to change, says an expert in intimate partner violence, following the murder of a Salt Spring mother of three by her husband, who subsequently killed himself.
They walked every New West shopping area and created virtual versions

They walked every New West shopping area and created virtual versions

Can a small Vancouver company do for New Westminster businesses what a certain “online bookstore” did for offshore manufacturing over 20 years ago? Probably not, but that hasn’t stopped them from trying.
New Westminster MLA appeals to drug users to be safe

New Westminster MLA appeals to drug users to be safe

New Westminster MLA Judy Darcy is appealing to people to take steps to ensure they’re safe if they’re using illicit drugs.
New West project to commemorate lives lost to overdose crisis

New West project to commemorate lives lost to overdose crisis

An overdose memorial is in the works to ensure local folks who have died in the opioid crisis aren’t forgotten.