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"Minimal" damage to arena after thousands flock to lacrosse games

An application considered by city council appears to be a sign of things to come at Royal City Centre. Wensley Architecture Ltd. submitted an application to the city on behalf of Winners related to signage it wants to erect at Royal City Centre.

The city will explore whether public art can pretty up a staircase on Front Street. The staircase, dubbed by some folks to be “the stairway to nowhere” as it doesn’t yet connect to the building at 642 Columbia St.

New West screens part of big deal

Police are looking for witnesses after a New Westminster youth was allegedly beaten with a metal baseball bat in the West End Friday. Four youths were walking home in the 700 block of 20th Street at about 8 p.m.

A man was arrested in Queensborough Monday afternoon after a seven-hour standoff with New Westminster police and the Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team. Police were called to a residence at the north end of Jardine Street at about 5 a.m.

Geofoam to be used to replace peat, contaminated soil on project’s final phase

Final phase was estimated to cost $7.5 million – now it’s jumping to $12.8 million, if the city can even find a contractor

Major changes such as laneway houses are part of proposed new OCP

Wants utility not to use ‘dangerous’ herbicide in New West