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Park Orca still under discussion

An article in the Feb. 8 issue of The Record (Orca finds new home at Moody Park) stated that city council had approved a recommendation from the city's public arts advisory committee to locate an orca whale sculpture at the Moody Park Outdoor Pool.

Overcrowding a hospital-wide concern

How can royal columbian solve its emergency room issues?

Who is the prettiest rat in the city?

The annual Ratstravaganza is returning to the Royal City. RatsPacNW, a pet rat club that includes members from B.C.

New Westminster anti-crime groups may get access to criminals' cash

The province is using criminals' ill-gotten gains against them at a whole new level this year, as the money and property seized as proceeds of crime hit a record high, and that money is being used to fight crime.

Whooping cough numbers on the rise

But isolated cases in the region may be normal annual occurrences, not a spread of the outbreak

New Westminster's business BIAs aplenty

Annual general meeting season is upon us, and the Downtown New Westminster Business Improvement Association is the first one out of the gate. The BIA held its AGM on Tuesday.

New Westminster MP introduces anti-rail yard noise bill

Those in New Westminster fighting to reduce the noise coming from rail yards may soon have some legislation in their corner.

Memoir recalls South Africa in the '70s

A local man's memoir about life in South Africa in the 1960s and 1970s has been getting critical acclaim from some of that country's newspapers and websites.

New Westminster's population up 12.7 per cent according to latest census numbers

If the Royal City seemed just a bit more crowded in the last five years, those suspicions were confirmed with Wednesday morning's release of Stats Canada's 2011 Census of Population.

City opts out of TransLink's Pattullo process

The City of New Westminster will be exploring the replacement of the Pattullo Bridge within its own master transportation plan rather than taking part in TransLink's planning process.