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The cash-strapped New Westminster school district has given a senior administrator a $13,000 raise at a time when it owes approximately $4.3 million to the province for ongoing budget shortfalls.

The City of New Westminster didn’t have to go too far to find its new director of development services. After a nationwide search, the city concluded that Beverly Grieve was the best person for the job.

The City of New Westminster has more municipal company in its opposition to a proposed coal facility at Fraser Surrey Docks.

A 55-year-old woman on a scooter died after being struck by a pickup truck in the Brow of the Hill neighbourhood on Wednesday night. The New Westminster Police Department is investigating a fatal collision that occurred around 10:30 p.m. on Oct.

Trustees are divided on whether the New Westminster school district should spend money to bring in a consultant to help implement a plan to define the district’s direction and goals.

A cloud of white dust billowed above the Fraser Surrey Docks site as hundreds of people gathered at Westminster Quay to protest a proposed coal transfer facility at the site.

New Westminster’s Citizen of the Year no longer has to be a citizen of the city – but the recipient of the Bernie Legge Cultural award must still reside in the Royal City.

A tour of the local transportation network drove home the need for regional planning for Claire Trevena. Trevena, the B.C.

Beedie Development Group and Damco Distribution are unveiling the first phase of the Queensborough Logistics Centre, a 45,620-square-foot cross-dock facility. The centre is located at 549 Duncan St. in New Westminster.

Attention all Thrifty Foods shoppers: There’s a petition in aisle 1. Frustrated Thrifty Foods shoppers have launched an online petition to save the store’s Sapperton location at the Brewery District on Columbia Street.