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An outbreak of the highly contagious Norovirus has closed two wards at Royal Columbian Hospital. Officials say 16 patients and an unknown number of medical staff have been infected with the stomach flu. The outbreak at RCH began on Dec. 24.

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.

The Lower Mainland transgender community will be hosting a Justice for January rally this Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. at New Westminster city hall.

A 21-year-old Delta man with an extensive criminal record and an outstanding warrant for breaching parole was arrested Thursday night after a chase that started in Surrey ended in the garage of a New Westminster home. Just before 8:30 p.m.

Remember when you were a kid and you used to imagine what the future would be like? Maybe there'd be flying cars, a robot to clean your house, manned space missions to the other side of the galaxy? If you grew up in New West, perhaps you simply fanta

Hundreds of residents were evacuated in New Westminster early Friday morning after a car fire in a residential parkade.

It's time to wind down from the Christmas holidays - and gear up for the new year. We're continuing our popular feature, Our Top Five (or More) Things to Do This Weekend. Here are The Record staff's suggestions for the Dec. 28 to 30 weekend.

Good food, good friends and good music - our video of the "dance for your soup" day at Greens and Beans deli had it all.

New Year's Eve is fast approaching - and for those of us in the newsroom, what better time to pause, reflect and remember all that's happened in New Westminster in 2012.

Another great year has flown by. It seems only a short time ago we were all worrying about the new millennium and its scary implications and now here we are, heading into 2013.