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The New Westminster Police Department, the Surrey RCMP, the RCMP Air 1 helicopter and the Coast Guard were all on scene at the Fraser River after a Thursday morning incident where a tugboat towing a barge sank.

The City of New Westminster is planning to send a delegation to China this fall on a business trip. City council has approved a recommendation from the city's international relations committee to send a business delegation to China in 2012.

New Westminster supports 'collaborative process' on bridge replacement project

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The New Westminster Police Department, the Surrey RCMP, the RCMP Air 1 helicopter and the Coast Guard are on scene at the Fraser River after a Thursday morning incident where a tugboat towing a barge sunk. The incident occurred at approximately 9 a.

B.C.'s long-running labour dispute with teachers may finally be coming to an end. On Tuesday night, the B.C. Teachers' Federation and the B.C. Public School Employers' Association reached a tentative deal.

River Market hosts events to help Royal Columbian Hospital

A 43-year-old Burnaby man has now been charged in connection with the April 2011 accident where a cement truck collided with a car driven by 26-year-old Mark Holmes of Coquitlam. Holmes, a new father, died at the scene.

New Westminster will soon have 12 new reserve constables. The police department is hosting a graduation ceremony on Thursday evening at City Hall to celebrate the 12 reserve constables, the first in the city since the program was phased out in 2000.