Local News

New Westminster city council is contemplating a tax hike of up to two per cent in 2013.

Two men accused of killing a Vancouver man and leaving his body in the trunk of a car that was left in New Westminster have pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Tuesday, January 22 Canadian Club of New Westminster and the Fraser Valley, meet and greet at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m., and guest speaker at 8 p.m., Justice Institute of B.C, 715 McBride Blvd.

The IGA at Columbia Square is closing after 14 years in New Westminster because of dwindling sales coupled with labour costs, the company says. Scott Coburn, vice-president of human resources for H.Y. Louie Co.

Due to a production error, a page in our Jan. 16 edition was inadvertently replaced with an incorrect one. The story scheduled to be published, profiling the upcoming Pecha Kucha event, has since appeared on our website at www. royalcityrecord.

Live poetry continues to be a staple of the New Westminster cultural scene. The Poetic Justice series at the Heritage Grill backroom resumes this Sunday, Jan.

First-ever sighting brings birders to the city in droves

No money in budget for wage increases for support staff

Cathy Johnstone is disturbed that her 93-year-old neighbour has to walk on the road during her daily outings.

The New Westminster Public Library has recently acquired five software courses of particular interest to job seekers and English learners. They can be used on computers in the reference department.