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Local business operators and city staff are waiting to see what the recent recommendations to loosen up British Columbia's antiquated liquor laws will mean for New Westminster.

The first part of her life was spent in little mining towns in the United States. Kathy Brandon was born in Silver City, New Mexico and grew up Silver Valley, Idaho, where her father mined silver for the Sunshine Silver Mine.

As cleanup of a Brow of the Hill apartment gutted by fire continues, the community continues to rally around the victims. The three-storey apartment at 404 Ash St. was destroyed by fire on the morning of Jan. 31.

A familiar face is back at the helm of the Uptown Live event in New Westminster. The Uptown Business Association has hired Douglas Smith, the former executive director of the Hyack Festival Association, to organize this year’s Uptown Live.

New Westminster firefighters quickly quashed a couple of fires before they got out of control.

New Westminster police are asking for the public's help in identifying the suspect in a number of attempted car-jackings.

With fewer than 50 days until new recycling regulations kick in, the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce is hoping the province will step up and make some changes before it’s too late.

For 10 years police officers across the province have been using bait cars to trap car thieves - this month they are celebrating the program's success.

New West police got a surprise when two injured men showed up at the department’s back door shortly after midnight on Friday. The unusual incident started after police were called to Royal Avenue and First Street following reports of shots fired.

Nurse was killed in a hostage-taking at the old B.C. Penitentiary in 1975