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New app to help mental health patients launches in Port Moody

New app to help mental health patients launches in Port Moody

The HealthIM platform will allow police and healthcare professionals to "talk the same language" for mental health patients in crisis.
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B.C. man wanted for trafficking has a New West connection

B.C. man wanted for trafficking has a New West connection

Have you seen Kurt Bye? Crime Stoppers are appealing to the public to find the 39-year-old.
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Details to come on hydro rebate for New West utility customers

Details to come on hydro rebate for New West utility customers

Provincial budget includes a rebate to BC Hydro customers – and expected to be passed along to New Westminster.
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7.7% tax increase in New West – now it’s time to work on the 2025 budget

7.7% tax increase in New West – now it’s time to work on the 2025 budget

How do New Westminster’s property taxes stack up to other Metro Vancouver cities? City councillor wants to know
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New West announces winning designs from reGENERATE ideas challenge

New West announces winning designs from reGENERATE ideas challenge

Check out the winning designs in the 22nd Street station visioning process this Thursday at New Westminster City Hall.
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Toxic drug supply claims another life in New Westminster

Toxic drug supply claims another life in New Westminster

BC Coroners Service: “No area of the province has been spared the impacts of the toxic-drug crisis.”
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New West council supports efforts to save B.C. restaurants

New West council supports efforts to save B.C. restaurants

With “unhappy hour” declared in the Save BC Restaurants’ campaign, New Westminster city council supports the creation of a Ministry of Hospitality.
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New West police partnering with local businesses to arrests shoplifters

New West police partnering with local businesses to arrests shoplifters

New Westminster Police Department is teaming up with the Uptown and Downtown business associations to tackle shoplifting – including threats of injury to staff.
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Baldrey: Will B.C.'s new patient ratio system help ease health care pressures?

Baldrey: Will B.C.'s new patient ratio system help ease health care pressures?

Columnist Keith Baldrey believes the province's recent policy announcement regarding nurses have promising potential.
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This Week in New Westminster: What's happening March 4 to 10

This Week in New Westminster: What's happening March 4 to 10

22nd Street bold vision, live entertainment and International Women's Day events are among the happenings in New West this week
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