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New Westminster city council isn’t encountering a lot of opposition for its proposed wage hikes. The proposal would see the mayor’s current annual indemnity of $98,868 be increased by 3.2 per cent to $102,017 and councillors’ stipends increase 8.

With only a few days to go before the nomination period closes for school trustee hopefuls, the first candidate has stepped forward. New Westminster resident Dee Beattie filed on Monday for the upcoming byelection, on Saturday, June 11.

Get ready. That’s the message of Emergency Preparedness Week, which is being celebrated in New Westminster May 1 to 7. The week aims to remind citizens of the need to prepare their families and communities for an emergency.

New West native championed organ donation and cystic fibrosis awareness worldwide

The New Westminster school district has a new look. After months of back and forth over designs, fonts and colours, trustees unanimously approved a new logo for the district this week.

A man was uninjured when he lost control of his car and crashed into a boulder outside Royal City Manor last week. When officers and firefighters arrived at the scene around 2 p.m.

Going green is paying off at the New Westminster Police Department. In April, the department announced its green initiatives have helped save the department more than $30,000 in fuel costs.

Last week, the New Westminster Police Department released its 2015 annual report. The document outlines the department’s successes from the past year and some of its goals for the upcoming year.

New West police are once again reminding residents to be wary of callers claiming to work for the Canada Revenue Agency. Scammers posing as CRA employees have been calling people informing them they owe money.

The New Westminster Police Department is bolstering its mental health unit amid rising demand for mental health referrals by patrol officers.