Local News

Jacob Chiu's last-minute goal gave the New Westminster Royals a come-from-behind 5-4 win over the Oceanside Generals in the bronze-medal final at the Alberni Valley Tier 2/3 bantam hockey tournament on Sunday.

Kingsley Bailey's wife Debbie didn't appreciate the timing of the text he received at 5 a.m. Sunday morning. "Who the heck is texting you at this time?" Debbie asked Burnaby's best-known ticket broker.

Burnaby's Kimberly Newell gave Canadian hockey a gold medal to cheer about, backstopping the under-18 women's national hockey team to a world title in Finland on Saturday.

There will be a new, but familiar face at Lord Kelvin Elementary in the new year. Sandra Pace, the New Westminster school district's director of instruction, is taking over as principal at the Moody Park school for the duration of the school year.

New Westminster school district's superintendent presented his annual report on student achievement in the district, which highlighted that writing is solid, reading is decent, but math at some schools has declined in grades 4 and 7.

She shares the same name, age and hometown as Kayla Bourque - but is nothing like the convicted animal killer who was released this week to live in Vancouver. Instead, it's a very unfortunate case of mistaken identity.

A local parent is questioning why a New Westminster school trustee expensed a $238 trip to Victoria to meet with New Westminster MLA Dawn Black on the same day thousands of striking teachers marched on the front lawn of the legislature to protest bac

A number of casino-funded capital projects will be considered, completed or constructed in 2013.

Congratulations to Candice James, whose latest book has been nominated for the Griffin Awards for Excellence in Poetry Prize 2013. The Royal City resident's book, Midnight Embers, has been nominated for the prestigious award.

Wait for me, daddy, soldiers' march could be reenacted in 2015