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I don't know how important religion is to people in prison. I suspect it depends on a multitude of things. For some, religion might have been what held together a fragile home life.

This 150th anniversary year of the Royal Columbian Hospital has been interesting.

Certain brands of packaged salad and peanut butter are being recalled due to concern they may be contaminated with the salmonella bacteria. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency put out a warning to the public on Oct.

We are reminded of the lyrics, "It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to" every time we hear another criticism of John Cummins' leadership.

A delegation of union members representing special education assistants turned up at a recent board of education meeting urging the school board to pay for an extra 45 minutes a week - not the proposed 30 minutes - which they say is necessary to meet

The quote in the signature line at the bottom of Laurie Kocher's emails is a brief but poignant insight into the passion this Douglas College instructor has for early childhood education. "Many of the things we need can wait. The child cannot.

Don't worry, be happy. That's the gist of what will be taught in a new course being offered by the Canadian Mental Health Association in New Westminster.

A longtime Burnaby resident and devoted Conservative is at the heart of an internal squabble that could threaten the future of the B.C. Conservative Party - and she's not about to back down.

Royal City residents are invited to explore naturopathic medicine at the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine's annual open house.

For New Westminster provincial Conservative candidate Paul Forseth, there's no doubt who he's supporting in the brouhaha surrounding the beleaguered party.