Local News

The New Westminster Salmonbellies traded three players for lefthander Johnny Pearson in a junior A lacrosse trade on Jan. 6

A three-minute blast from a train is no laughing matter for New Westminster residents who’ve become all too familiar with rail derailments across Canada. A lengthy train whistle sounded at 5:05 a.m. on Dec.

New Westminster firefighters traded in their fire trucks for tree chippers to raise funds for causes around town. The New Westminster Firefighters’ Charitable Society held its annual tree-chipping event on Jan.

Family members of two New Westminster women killed in August listened quietly as police announced first-degree murder charges against a Surrey man at a press conference on Jan. 6.

This year’s Columbia Street food truck festival is expected to attract even more hungry visitors to the city’s downtown core.

Opening one new civic facility – and planning for a new one – will be priorities for the parks, culture and recreation department in 2014.

Columbia Street will soon be trying a swag lighting display on for size.

Planning is underway to fill a vacancy in New Westminster city hall created by a promotion in 2013. Bev Grieve was promoted to the city’s development services director position in October 2013, after having served as planning director for six years.

The president of the Queen’s Park Residents’ Association took to the airwaves to chat about the “off the charts” increase of truck traffic seen in New Westminster since tolls were introduced on the new Port Mann Bridge.

Rubble remaining at the site of a devastating fire on Columbia Street will soon be hauled away.