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New Westminster Purpose Society gets the nod for child care at Qayqayt

New Westminster Purpose Society gets the nod for child care at Qayqayt

New West’s newest elementary school will have a child-care centre with a familiar name. The Lower Mainland Purpose Society was selected as the child-care operator for the Qayqayt Elementary School Neighbourhood Learning Centre.
Police on the hunt for prolific offenders

Police on the hunt for prolific offenders

New Westminster police are hoping the public can help identify two suspects alleged to have committed more than a dozen robberies in the Lower Mainland. On Feb. 21 around 9:20 p.m.
Police continue to investigate fatal crash

Police continue to investigate fatal crash

New Westminster police are combing through evidence collected from the scene of a deadly car accident last Friday.
Union pushes for more buses

Union pushes for more buses

The local bus union president sat down with TransLink's board chair to discuss cuts and the referendum on Monday.
Soccer groups at odds over Metro affiliation

Soccer groups at odds over Metro affiliation

The Burnaby Selects Soccer Club is worried a move by the Burnaby District Youth Soccer Association will leave it without a league to play in next season
New West mayor says “the price is right” for sale of Merchant Square

New West mayor says “the price is right” for sale of Merchant Square

The City of New Westminster has sold Merchant Square office tower for $36.5 million. “We are really pleased with everything about this deal from beginning to end. It was a tough, hard slog,” said Mayor Wayne Wright. “The price? The price is right.
[UPDATE] Savvy biz leader buys New West tower

[UPDATE] Savvy biz leader buys New West tower

Businessman and philanthropist Joe Segal invests in New West
New West gala to support Gogos in Africa

New West gala to support Gogos in Africa

Good times and good causes are the name of the game at the Royal City Gogos gala this Friday. The group is hosting a gala art auction to highlight the resourceful and heroic roles of African grandmothers in the midst of the AIDS pandemic.
New Westminster man dies in fatal car crash

New Westminster man dies in fatal car crash

A 52-year-old New Westminster man died in a four-vehicle motor vehicle accident on Stewardson Way on Friday afternoon.
Cops investigating shot fired into Queensborough apartment

Cops investigating shot fired into Queensborough apartment

New Westminster police are investigating after a woman came home to find a bullet hole in her patio window.