Local News

Pedagogy Toys at the River Market in New Westminster announced on its Facebook page this afternoon that it is shutting down at the end of this week. The locally owned toy store has had its share of ups and downs over the last couple of years.

Former New Westminster alderman Wes Janzen passed away Sunday morning at the age of 91. Janzen, who lived in the Moody Park area, was also a teacher and volunteer who gave back to his community.

Byrne Creek was the better team in the BurWest district high school boys' basketball final but not by much.

The strata council for the Westminster Building on Columbia Street held a special flag-raising ceremony on Feb. 15. The building's flagpole was recently replaced, and the council invited local dignitaries for the flag raising.

Four of the province's former attorneys general want marijuana legalized to curb gang activity associated with the illegal drug trade.

A two-year study into the air quality at New Westminster's Front Street parkade has Coun. Chuck Puchmayr wondering about truck traffic.

Some New Westminster students learned a lesson in community service by helping to clean up a church sprayed with obscene graffiti.

It seems only fitting that Paul Michael Kloepfer's business card has a fancy title and his signature. Kloepfer, who is known as Doc to his friends, has been collecting business cards since he was a child.

The New Westminster Police Service announced Thursday that in the past week, officers have noticed an increase in the number of residential break-and-enters in various areas throughout the city.

The Burnaby-based Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C. is calling on people to clean their birdfeeders following a suspected salmonella outbreak that could be killing large numbers of pine siskins around the Lower Mainland.