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Council in brief

Why it’s in the news? Council has approved a new brand for the economic health-care cluster to help create an identity for the cluster that will be developed around Royal Columbian Hospital and to raise awareness about opportunities in the cluster.

A 25-year-old New Westminster woman is dead after a crash near Valemount this week. The fatal collision happened on Wednesday at about 8:30 a.m.

New Westminster is alerting provincial and federal housing authorities about a shortage of rental properties for refugees.

Cops in New West are searching for witnesses following two sexual offences in Queensborough Thursday night. In the first incident, a man pulled down a woman’s pants at a bus stop on Howes Street near Ewen Avenue. This was at about 5:30 p.m.

Anvil Centre is becoming a cultural hub for the Royal City but it comes with a cost. The city’s budget forecasts that Anvil Centre’s operating budget for 2016 will require a $2.

Royal City residents will soon be opening up their wallets as they’ll be paying more on this year’s property taxes.

The collapse of part of the roof of the 1886 Gas Works building on 12th Street is highlighting the need to hammer out a plan for the first gas plant building in B.C. The building at 231 12th St.

It’s a familiar tale in Queensborough. A family buys a home in the ‘Boro on the promise a pedestrian bridge is in the works to connect Queensborough to Quayside – the Q2Q bridge. The Tomkins family is no different.

Police need the public’s help after more than 50 iPads were stolen from a shop at Royal City Centre in January. The theft happened on Jan. 28 around 3:30 p.m.