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Transportation minister minces no words about conditions

Residents on First Street say their once peaceful neighbourhood has become the latest commuter thoroughfare thanks to ratrunners using the park street as a shortcut.

Bryn Erin Ward is hoping she won’t be cast in Scarface when the bruises and scratches she’s sporting today fade away.

A 41-year-old man is facing break-and-enter charges following an incident at a New Westminster restaurant. On April 17, police were called to a restaurant at Columbia Square after receiving reports that an alarm was going off at the establishment.

The topic of public art has garnered more discussion for one city councillor this week than traffic, in the buildup to a vote on whether to participate in a public art exhibition that will cost the City of New Westminster up to $90,000.

Organizers of three community-based projects learned today they will receive a $2,000 boost.

New Westminster is becoming a destination for folks in search of treasures at neighbourhood garage sales. Nineteen years after the first Queen’s Park Garage Sale started in New Westminster, several other neighbourhood sales are in on the fun.

The New Westminster school district is holding a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the official start of construction on the $17.6 million École Fraser River Middle School. The event is scheduled for Thursday, May 15, at 3:30 p.m.

Coquitlam mayor open to Surrey to Coquitlam crossing

New Westminster police are seeking assistance in identifying a suspect in a break and enter to a restaurant in February. According to the New Westminster Police Department, a male broke into a restaurant in Columbia Square on Feb. 24 at 2:42 a.m.