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David Cobb, owner of the Chief Skugaid, has been given an extension by the Supreme Court of British Columbia to find a new home for his 93-foot wooden fishing boat.

The New Westminster Police Department's street crime unit spent last Wednesday night combing through the contents of an apartment in the city's downtown core.

It was only a cellphone, - but on Friday night, the New Westminster Police Department had to be sure - after receiving a report of a man carrying a gun at the Landmark Cinemas at Plaza 88 on Eighth Street. At about 7:18 p.m.

For hours, the rain pelted down. And when it mercifully stopped, the last thing on the minds of 45 hikers with Nature Vancouver was that further down the mountain, mudslides had severed their vehicle access back to civilization.

New Westminster police arrested a Surrey man Tuesday afternoon after a series of 911 calls alerted them of an assault happening on 16th Street. At about 4:20 p.m.

New Westminster city council wants more time to contemplate changes to its existing procurement policy. City council was set to consider revisions to several areas of the 2007 procurement policy on July 8 but tabled the report until Aug. 26.

The Canadian Transportation Agency doesn't have a time frame for dealing with a decision about train noise in the rail yard at Westminster Quay.

The report is in regarding the deadly shooting that happened last fall at the Starlight Casino in New Westminster, but the public won't see it, according to the Independent Investigations Office.

In the article "Making memories in the West End," published in The Record on July 19, Sharmeen Ritchie's name was spelled incorrectly. The name was taken from the book Memories are Made of This. The Record regrets the error.

The recent move to Sapperton's brewery district may be costing Transit Police an extra $1.5 million, but Chief Neil Dubord said the move comes with some major benefits. "It allows us to be able to amalgamate (TransLink) operations into one building.