Skip to content

Local News

New West MLA named NDP health critic

Rookie MLA Judy Darcy has been given a plum posting in the NDP caucus. NDP leader Adrian Dix named the New Westminster MLA as the party's health critic. "I am so up for it," Darcy told The Record. "I am really excited about it.

Catch all the classics at show and shine next month

The Show and Shine is going green for this year's big event. The Key West Ford Show and Shine will feature more than 350 cars, trucks and bikes on Columbia Street on Sunday, July 14.

City to get its first parklet

Royal City residents will be able to sit and take in the ambiance of the uptown this summer.

New Westminster approves draft gender policy

Policy recognizes importance of respecting sexual orientation and gender equity among students and staff

New Royal City school calendar takes effect in September

Senior staff presented New Westminster trustees at Tuesday night's meeting with the results of a short consultation process asking elementary school parents, staff and students how they'd like to see the required additional minutes be added to the sc

Weekends will be hopping as Uptown Unplugged gets OK

Royal City streets will be heating up this summer with a busker-type event set to run every weekend throughout July and August.

Dealing with a new, and rising, problem

The New Westminster Police department's "innovative" work on elder abuse cases was recently recognized by Simon Fraser University's gerontology research centre and in a city with more than 8,000 residents aged 65 and over, and climbing, according to

School district ends year with more than a million dollar deficit

Next year's budget projects a small surplus

Moody Park Victorian sells in a month

A Victorian heritage home in New Westminster's Moody Park neighbourhood sold after about a month on the market for a few thousand dollars shy of the asking price. THE BASICS - Location: 1101 Edinburgh St.

New Westminster based centre wades into pipeline debate

The Fraser River Discover Centre is calling on Kinder Morgan to protect the Fraser River.