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Resident proposes plan to promote shelter animals on city's new digital billboards

The union representing school support workers in British Columbia recently launched a TV ad campaign to put pressure on the provincial government before the two sides return to the bargaining table next week.

Royal City residents will be able to hit the beach and enjoy beach volleyball at Westminster Pier Park if the sun makes an appearance this Labour Day long weekend.

There's no shortage of entertaining events taking place in New Westminster on the Labour Day long weekend. Here are our top suggestions for Aug. 30 to Sept. 1.

School is almost in session, and Education Minister Peter Fassbender is "optimistic" it will stay that way despite labour unrest between the provincial government and the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

Former New Westminster Salmonbellie junior A player Brett Mydske was named the winner of the Gord Nicholson Trophy as the best defender for the second consecutive season in the Western Lacrosse Association.

The Liberal government introduced legislation in 2002 that made it possible for school districts to sell the B.C. curriculum overseas.. On. Sept.

. From the start, the business company was a controversial endeavour.. Some questioned the ethics of selling public education abroad, while others criticized the amount of time and money that went toward the out-of-country operation. .

During the summer, we spend more time with our kids, and we experience more of their various emotions. When we are on holidays, the kids are with us all day and we get a better sense of the rhythm of their activity, feelings and sense of self.

British Columbia missed out on the gold medal at the Baseball Canada 21-and-under junior championships in Dartmouth, N.S. The B.C.