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Second annual Saving Our Stones initiative kicks off Aug. 4

A health-care worker getting ready to administer a dose of morphine to a resident at New Westminster’s Queen’s Park Care Centre in 2013 noticed the colour of the drug didn’t look quite right.

The deadline is fast approaching to register students for a bus service from the city’s West End to the new middle school on Eighth Street. The charter service was first proposed in May by a group of parents from the West End.

Two Royal City teen actors are gearing up to perform one of Shakespeare’s best loved comedies this month on Granville Island. Isaac McAndless-Davis and Daisy Hulme play the roles of Benedick and Dogberry, respectively, in Much Ado About Nothing .

Downtown residents now have a place for their pooch to go poop.

Organizers expecting biggest crowd yet

New West Pride Week is just around the bend. The annual event kicks off on Aug. 6 with a dance party at The Brooklyn Bar, following by a host of activities that will get you in the spirit of the LGBTQ+ celebrations.

A New Westminster resident and former federal Conservative candidate has thrown her hat into provincial politics. This week, Chloe Ellis announced she was running for the leadership of the B.C. Conservative Party.

Brenden Kennedy may never recoup the cost of replacing all of his home’s windows, but it’s hard to put a price on comfort.

Lactating New Westminster moms have really poured on the generosity this year. Breast milk donations between January and June were more than five times what they were during the same period last year, according to the Fraser Health Authority.