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The Lookout Emergency Aid Society is on the hunt for volunteers to help with Toque Tuesday. The annual Toque Tuesday fundraiser will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at locations around the Royal City.

Music, sports and free cake are all on this weekend's menu in the Royal City. We're continuing with our popular feature, The Record's Top Five (or More) Things to Do this weekend. Here are our staff's suggestions for the Feb. 1 to 3 weekend.

The Electoral Boundaries Commission is recommending that all of New Westminster be merged into one federal riding that includes Queensborough. Last summer, the commissioner released new electoral maps for Canadians consideration at public hearings.

Best Buy Canada is closing down 15 stores across the country, including the New Westminster location in Queensborough.

Theatre society was seeking $14,000 from city

The New Westminster Chamber of Commerce is celebrating 130 years of helping business in the Royal City with a birthday party celebration on Feb. 1 that will feature local boy Terry David Mulligan.

It's another feather in her cap. Candice James, New Westminster's poet laureate and president of the Federation of B.C.

At last Monday night's district parent advisory council (DPAC) meeting, the McBride Elementary PAC brought forward a motion to replace New Westminster secretary-treasurer Brian Sommerfeldt.

Young men between the ages of 12 and 20 are invited to join the Chor Leoni MyVoice choir program, going into its third year this year.

New Westminster employees sucker punched and spat on