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TransLink could adopt New Westminster resident's proposal to repair Pattullo

As previously reported in The Record, New Westminster resident Justin Ball has a proposal for a way to repair the Pattullo Bridge and avoid the cost of building a new one.

Health survey underway

Royal City residents are being encouraged to complete the My Health My Community questionnaire. The City of New Westminster will make questionnaire information available at civic facilities. The questionnaire is being done in the region until Dec.

B.C. crisis line saved - for now

A suicide hotline that directs calls to crisis lines throughout the province will not be shut down after all. The Crisis Line Association of B.C.

Hyack Festival Association fires its executive director

New Westminster's Hyack Festival Association is on the lookout for a new executive director after announcing that Douglas Smith was let go effective July 31.

Artists named for war memorial statue

Claude P. Dettloff was a humble man, but it's safe to say he'd be pleased to see his iconic Wait For Me, Daddy photograph immortalized in a war memorial.

Local event caters to the goddess within

Goddess Within You invites Royal City residents to attend the Abundantia Festival and fundraiser that's taking place this weekend at River Market.

Memories of days gone by in Massey Victory Heights

The Second World War ended in May 1945, and everywhere across North America people could be seen flashing the V for victory sign on the streets that summer.

Top 5 things to do this weekend in New West

We're continuing with our popular feature, The Record's Top Five (or More) Things to Do This Weekend and offer the following suggestions for the July 26 to 28 weekend.

Former mayor at home in Massey

Helen Sparkes, ex New Westminster mayor, raised her family in the massey victory heights area after first moving there in 1977

A look at what makes our neighbourhoods unique

What is a neighbourhood? An area determined by streets, a community bound together by a common tax roll, a mix of homes and businesses with a shared history? Some of the above, all of the above? The Record is taking a closer look at the city's 11 uni