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There are six names up for the prized Citizen of the Year Award this year.

A steel recycling company that has drawn noise complaints in at least one other B.C. community, is now keeping New Westminster residents awake with its racket, according to one local couple.

The man who killed a New Westminster woman more than two years ago was sentenced to eight years in prison on Thursday. Charles Neel was sentenced to eight years in prison minus time served for killing January Marie Lapuz on Sept. 29, 2012.

New Westminster has given the green light to its master transportation plan. After more than two years of studies and public consultation, New Westminster City Council has adopted the final version of its new master transportation plan.

A new public hearing is being scheduled for a mixed-use development on New Westminster’s waterfront. Council has closed the Sept. 29 public hearing and forwarded the zoning amendment bylaw to a new public hearing, which will be held on Oct. 27.

An auto extrication and a high-angle rescue demonstration will be featured during the New Westminster Fire and Rescue Service’s open house. The fire department is holding its annual open house on Sunday, Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Wait For Me Daddy monument being unveiled on Saturday

The Hyacks want the grown-ups to take the night off and head on over to the annual Hyack Football Tailgate Auction at La Perla Ballroom on Oct. 18.

NDP motion would have given the House Speaker more powers to stop irrelevant answers during question period

New Westminster police are searching for the identity of an unknown suspect who allegedly broke into an apartment building last month.