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Metro Vancouver is reminding New Westminster residents to be water-conscious this summer. According to a Metro Vancouver press release, demand for water doubles during the summer, especially on hot days.

Residents of the Queen's Park neighbourhood who live near 221 Third Ave. are lamenting the loss of what they say was a heritage home that should have been preserved.

At just 27, Cait Flanders knows what it's like to be buried in debt and to dig your way out of it. The New Westminster resident chronicled her two-year journey, which started with a $28,115 debt load, on her Blonde on a Budget blog.

Premier Christy Clark's government recently ramped up its election promise to hammer out a 10-year collective agreement between the British Columbia Teachers' Federation and the B.C.

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After more than five hours of delegations - as well as a hearty debate among directors and a break to go into closed session to get legal advice - Metro Vancouver's board voted against the proposed coal facility at Fraser Surrey Docks.

Rookie MLA Judy Darcy has been given a plum posting in the NDP caucus. NDP leader Adrian Dix named the New Westminster MLA as the party's health critic. "I am so up for it," Darcy told The Record. "I am really excited about it.

Escape Velocity will once again be offering a four-week cycling camp for young women riders in Burnaby.

Seventeen-year-old Royal City native Mia Hargrave is going to Ecuador this summer on a mission to help others.

Right Rev. Michael Ingham, Anglican bishop of the Diocese of New Westminster, will receive an honorary degree from Simon Fraser University today (June 14) - two months before he retires.