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A city councillor believes it's time to modernize one of the Royal City's longstanding traditions. Coun.

Fraser Health is beginning $5 million in renovations to the emergency department at Royal Columbian Hospital. Work on three projects at Royal Columbian Hospital got underway on July 8 and are expected to be compete by early 2015.

Water conservation initiatives will be considered as the City of New Westminster works on its 2014 to 2018 financial plan.

A developer is hoping a 20-unit proposal in the Brow of the Hill neighourhood will get a better response than a previous proposal. Staff presented council with a preliminary report about a proposed rezoning of 1015, 1020 and 1022 Fourth Ave.

'There was a lot of years, specifically in the '80s and well into the '90s, I believe, it was very tough down here' - Kendra Johnston

The City of New Westminster is aiming to create a more pedestrian and cyclist friendly area on lower 12th Street. Council recently reviewed new street design guidelines for the lower 12th Street area, which were developed using community feedback.

Gabrielle Bayona is excited about her upcoming tour of the Columbia Theatre in downtown New Westminster because she's heard stories about the place. "Apparently, the basement is really scary," she says, smiling.

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

The Grooveyard was the place to be if you were a local music-loving teenager in the late 1960s, especially on the night the Ike and Tina Turner Revue turned up.

Downtown New Westminster has had as many ups and downs as the water levels of the Fraser River. These days, the tide - of business, development and investment - has risen again.