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Jurors handed down 16 recommendations following the coroner's inquest into a 2012 shooting death in Queensborough. Richmond resident Mehrdad Bayrami was shot on Nov.

Coun. Patrick Johnstone wants the city to explore the idea of introducing 30 kilometres per hour speed limits on residential roads to make them safer for pedestrians.

More traffic headaches are heading for New Westminster this spring. In order to carry out rehabilitation work on the deck of the Pattullo Bridge, a number of closures are planned for the bridge between late April and September.

The lice ladies have arrived at Lord Kelvin Elementary School.

Convicted animal killer Kayla Bourque may have been granted an order for unsupervised trips into the community, but that doesn’t mean her activities will be any less monitored, according to New Westminster Police.

A three-month joint investigation into a drug trafficking ring by New Westminster police and Burnaby RCMP has netted charges against five people. New Westminster Police Department’s street crime unit started the investigation back in October 2015.

For the second time this year, there’s been a fatality on the roads in New Westminster. A cyclist from Vancouver was killed last Friday (Feb. 5) after colliding with a semi-truck at Brunette Avenue and Sherbrooke Street.

The city is working to answer the “million-dollar question” of how to reconcile the needs of residents, cyclists and marine carriers and still accomplish its goal of building a pedestrian bridge from the Quay to Queensborough, says Mayor Jonathan Cot

New West native Justin Morneau may be playing in the big leagues, but he hasn’t forgotten his hometown. Morneau, a free agent who most recently played with the Colorado Rockies, has made a $35,000 donation to the New Westminster chapter of KidSport.

City budget 2016