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A New Westminster school trustee wants the board of education to adopt a "bill of rights" for parents and caregivers of students in the district.

Master butcher Karsten Schelhas recently visited New Westminster Secondary School to show cooking students the finer points of how to chop up half a pig from snout to tail.

Business leaders in New Westminster and Surrey will be holding discussions about the plans to replace the Pattullo Bridge. Some New Westminster residents have proposed that the Pattullo Bridge should be demolished and not replaced.

We're continuing with our popular feature - our staff's Top 5 (Or More) Things To Do This Weekend. This issue, we have the Hyack Festival kick off celebration, a multicultural fest at the quay, two gatherings for writers and a tap dancing show.

Following the Hyack Festival parade on Saturday, May 26, the streets of New Westminster will be alive with music, food and lots of entertainment for the whole family. The City of New Westminster is joining in the giant block party.

Trustee David Phelan wants he board of education to forally oppose a six-lane Pattullo ridge proposal, which he believes would increase traffic in he city.

There are infinite sources of stress in our days: the competing demands of home, work or school; conflicts with others; illness, injury and addiction; financial stress and debt; suffering from the past, worries about the future; mean bosses, bullies

The Soup Nazi is back in town this weekend to dish out some soup for a local fundraiser. Larry Thomas, who played the iconic Soup Nazi character on Seinfeld, is returning to Greens and Beans Deli on Saturday, May 19.

Business leaders in New Westminster and Surrey will be holding discussions about the plans to replace the Pattullo Bridge. Some New Westminster have proposed that the Pattullo Bridge should be demolished and not replaced.

A 38-year-old man is in hospital in serious condition after an early-morning stabbing in Queensborough. New Westminster police officers attended a residence in the 1300 block of Dan Lee Avenue about 3 a.m.