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New Westminster firefighters are giving folks a chance to dispose of documents and contribute to local charities at their upcoming shred-a-thon.

The Fraser Health Authority is being heavily criticized by the B.C. Nurses Union for its plan to charge residential care home residents a fee for wheelchair use.

Port Metro Vancouver is not a member of the Coal Alliance. Incorrect information appeared in an editorial on page 6 of Friday's June 14 edition.

Is your child an aspiring thespian? Young actors and actresses ages nine to 16 are invited to join a workshop series hosted by the Vagabond Players and Wild Child Theatre this summer.

The Fraser River Discovery Centre Society received a Community Action Grant for $5,000 towards the From Pollution to Solution School Program.

When school trustee Lisa Graham opened her board of education agenda package last week she was surprised to see her motion on targeted funding for special needs students wasn't on it.

Recent and future changes to New Westminster's waterfront have prompted the city to propose a new vision for the Larco site. An application approved by city council in 2005 allows Larco Investments Ltd.

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.

The New Westminster school district superintendent says it was "regretful" that a Grade 2 student at Herbert Spencer Elementary was set apart from his classmates in a school photo because he uses a wheelchair.

New Westminster Secondary School is one of 26 high schools across the province where academic performance has improved over the past five years, according to the Fraser Institute's controversial rankings.