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Coal opposition is heating up

Quayside residents organize rally

Support for homeless cut

Fraser Health cuts could impact up to 400 people 'in the big picture'

Businesses support new road to solve Bailey jam

The Braid Business Association is urging the City of New Westminster to show leadership and push for a regional resolution to the address transportation woes in the vicinity of the Bailey Bridge.

Easing up on permit fees

The City of New Westminster is attempting to make it more affordable for developers to build affordable housing.

'Boro centre reopening set

The official reopening celebrations of Queensborough Community Centre are set for June 7 and 9.

Pink shirt founder visits New Westminster schools

The young man behind the worldwide Pink Shirt Day movement is visiting two New Westminster schools on Friday. Travis Price and his friends organized a high-school protest to wear pink in sympathy with a Grade 9 boy who was being bullied.

Honouring river advocate

New Westminster's Fraser River Discovery Centre Society recently announced plans to induct Michael Owen into its Hall of Fame for his "pioneering spirit and decades of advocacy for the river.

School district shuffles administration in time for September

The New Westminster School District announced a number New Westminster schools will be getting a new principal or vice-principal come September, including Lord Kelvin Elementary School.

No Coal rally Sunday

The Quayside Community Board is holding a Say No Coal rally in an attempt to encourage the Fraser Port Authority to reject a proposed coal facility at Fraser Surrey Docks.

'People were hysterical ... It is scary'

A New Westminster family embraced at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday - in the very spot where one of two bombs soon exploded.