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What started as a grassroots event in Tipperary Park six years ago with a few hundred people has grown into a weeklong festival. New West Pride kicks off this weekend, Saturday, Aug.

A Surrey man was taken to hospital after he was found suffering from stab wounds in New Westminster Sunday afternoon. New Westminster police were called to the 600 block of Clarkson Street around 4:15 p.m. on Aug. 2.

Drug use of any kind at any time is not OK. That’s a message from the New Westminster Police Department, which dealt with three suspected drug overdoses in the last week alone. One incident on July 30 proved to be fatal.

Twelve years ago, Trudy Van Dop put a small advertisement in the Record about an art walk. There were seven or eight venues on the list, she recalls, and roughly 30 to 50 people came out.

Record reporter Theresa McManus is on the job to offer up your best picks for fun in the city, all summer long

A New West senior is under investigation after witnesses say they saw him pour white paint on the newly-installed Pride crosswalk Monday night. The incident happened just after 8 p.m.

Pedestrians crossing Columbia Street now have a rainbow connection. City crews installed a rainbow-coloured panel in front of Heritage Grill on Sunday night when traffic was light, prompting passersby to post before-and-after photos on social media.

The Blues Brothers Too concert at the Anvil Centre has been cancelled due to low ticket sales. Organizers say the June 29 show shouldn’t have been scheduled in the summer when the weather is hot.

Two local residents are in hospital after a dog attacked them this morning. Just before 3 a.m., the New Westminster Police Department received a call about a male and female yelling in their apartment, and a dog barking.

Popular Uptown music and street festival postponed until 2016 because city grant decisions were made too late, say organizers