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Snagging internationally renowned autistic activist and animal expert Temple Grandin to speak in New Westminster was a big deal for a Douglas College veterinary instructor.

A Business in Vancouver “Forty under 40” award winner will steer the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation through one of the largest hospital redevelopments in Canada. Jeff Norris was announced as the foundation’s new president and CEO Monday.

A local business owner suffered serious injuries Thursday night after an unknown man assaulted him in front of his shop. According to a release from New Westminster police, the incident happened at about 11 p.m. near Sixth Avenue and 12th Street.

The folks at Massey Theatre aren’t worried about competition from the shiny new theatre in town. In fact, they’ll be helping run the new theatre at Anvil Centre.

Tourism New Westminster is excited about moving into Anvil Centre. For the past few years, Tourism New Westminster has operated out of Fraser River Discovery Centre but it’s making a move into a new space on the ground level of Anvil Centre.

A year ago this spring, a New Westminster woman and a Burnaby man met under unusual circumstances in the Kootenays – on the undercarriage of a 2007 Toyota Matrix flipped upside down in an icy, swift-flowing creek.

A festive atmosphere is expected as the city opens the doors to Anvil Centre on Sunday. The grand opening of the city’s first conference and cultural facility is taking place on Sunday, Sept. 14 from noon to 6 p.m. at 777 Columbia St.

It cost more than $40 million, took three years to build and will change the very nature of downtown New Westminster. Reporter Theresa McManus takes us on a tour before the centre’s grand opening on Sunday

One of the Royal City’s newest police officers has been suspended following charges stemming from an alleged domestic assault in Vancouver.

The man accused of killing two New Westminster women last year will stand trial in provincial court in June 2015.