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New Westminster May Queens are on a mission to save the Royal Lancers’ dance after city council voted to axe it

A coalition working to save New Westminster's downtown parkade is demanding Mayor Jonathan Cote hold a public forum this Saturday to explain what Front Street will look like once the structure comes down.

No one was injured after several CN Rail freight cars ran off the tracks in New Westminster early Sunday morning. The incident, which involved three empty grain cars, happened around 3:45 a.m.

Want to give back in your community but don’t know how? Well, the New Westminster Police Department is looking for volunteers for its crime prevention unit and applications are due soon.

NWSS students heading into Grade 9 next year will have the option of taking a class that combines the four core subjects - math, science, English and social studies - into one.

The man accused of killing two New Westminster women in August 2013 plead guilty Thursday in provincial court. Thirty-four-year-old Sarbjit Bains was charged with two counts of second-degree murder for the deaths of Jill Lyons and Karen Nabors.

A deft play by the city ensured that treasured lacrosse history will stay on the West Coast – and in New Westminster.

A 10-year-old New Westminster boy was all smiles as he was handed a shiny new lacrosse stick from the school board on Tuesday night. Adam Guthrie received the gift as a token of appreciation for stringing 240 lacrosse sticks over the Christmas break.

From Billy Miner’s tracks, to a historic journey spanning 250 million years to pedestrian dreams of the future – it’s all here. This is part two of a two-part series showcasing a global movement known as Jane’s Walk and how it’s grown.

City hall accepting input until April 8