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New Westminster school district's three biggest earners exceed $130K

On the same night the board of education was discussing its $2.8 million budget deficit, the school district released the annual salary of the school district's three biggest earners - all had a base salary of $130,000 and higher.
Rally in Burnaby demands increase to disability rates

Rally in Burnaby demands increase to disability rates

Crime is up in the Royal City

New Westminster has seen a three per cent increase in Criminal Code offences in the first eight months of the year and is on track to have its first increase in raw numbers in the last four years.

Former New Westminster MP Paul Forseth falls short in presidency bid

Former New Westminster MP Paul Forseth won't be the new president of the B.C. Conservative Party. At the party's Sept.

New Westminster highlights Mighty Fraser during RiverFest

Fraser River Discovery Centre is highlighting the beauty of the Mighty Fraser - and the devastation of the Pacific Garbage Patch as part of World Rivers Day.

New Westminster school district business company holds AGM

The New Westminster school district's controversial business company, which runs a school in China, is holding its annual general meeting tomorrow.

Nominees announced

Buildings in neighbourhoods from Queensborough to Sapperton are in the running for Royal City Builders' Awards.

Tainted beef recall expands

Local residents should take a moment before biting into that homemade burger to check the packaging. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced a beef recall on Sunday spanning many provinces.

Open for business - but there's no pot

The doors at the N.I.C.E. Dispensary are open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., though you won't yet find a whiff of cannabis on site.

Mysterious city author to speak at Burnaby event

What happens when you put a hypochondriac, chain-smoking crime reporter in the same room as a lawyer-turned-teacher sleuth and a criminal profiling prof? The answer is a mystery- The only way to solve it is to catch "And Then There Were Three" at the