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The New Westminster Public Library will re-open at noon today after a one-day closure due to the discovery of bedbugs in its collection. Late Monday afternoon, a live bed bug and several dead ones were found in an area of the library's collection.

Two local unions are teaming up to give residents a chance to hear from New Westminster board of education candidates. The New Westminster Teachers Union and CUPE Local 409 are co-hosting an all-candidates meeting for school board candidates.

African immigrant activist Paul Mulangu has extended his hunger strike and protest outside the now-closed Centre of Integration for African Immigrants.

Did New Westminster modular classrooms have working sprinklers before school opened in September? That's the question senior administration and New Westminster school trustees were answering on Monday morning after a radio report intimated that the d

It's one of kids' favourite times of the year, but the excitement, trick-or-treating and not to mention the sugar-high, means both kids and parents need to be more cautious on Halloween night, New Westminster police say.

Library closes on Tuesday while a pest control company examines premises

"There was not one day since the beginning of September that we had students in the modulars when the sprinklers weren't working," New Westminster school board chair Michael Ewen told The Record on Monday morning.

A piece of historic industrial land in New Westminster is back on the market after sitting vacant for more than 40 years. On Oct.

"There was not one day since the beginning of September that we had students in the modulars when the sprinklers weren't working," New Westminster school board chair Michael Ewen told The Record on Monday morning.

The New Westminster Public Library is closed today while steps are taken to deal with bedbugs. Blair Fryer, the city's communications manager, said staff discovered the presence of bedbugs late Monday in the print collection.