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While many families are celebrating Thanksgiving dinner at home, ex-KGB agent Mikhail Lennikov will spend the holiday in Vancouver's First Lutheran Church, avoiding deportation.

The victim in New Westminster's first homicide of 2012 has now been identified. January Marie Lapuz is the name of the person who was stabbed to death last week.

A large digital sign is being proposed to draw customers into The Plaza at New Westminster Station retail development in downtown New Westminster.

The New Westminster school district has a hefty deficit from last year, but this isn't the first time it has faced a shortfall, and the chair of the district parent advisory council says the district should look at the past to learn about the present

It's 1862 and New Westminster is booming with all the trappings of modern life - the population has surpassed 1,000, there's a Masonic Lodge, three churches and a newspaper (the only one in the province, in fact) publishing twice a week.

Monday, October 8 Codependents Anonymous, Freedom group, 12-step program for men and women who want healthier, more functional relationships with themselves and others. Meeting is at 7:30 p.m. at Royal Columbian Hospital, 330 East Columbia St.

The victim in New Westminster's first homicide of 2012 has now been identified. January Marie Lapuz is the name of the person who was stabbed to death last week.

The City of New Westminster and the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce honoured the best in local development last night at the 41st annual Royal City Builders' Awards.

An advisory committee to city council supports the breed-specific wording that's contained in the city's current animal control bylaw.

But Elizabeth Fry Society still faces opposition from Sapperton neighbours