Local News

We're continuing with our popular feature - our staff's Top 5 (Or More) Things To Do This Weekend. Mother's Day is approaching, and we have a special event you may want to treat mom to this weekend.

Betty McIntosh would have been second vote against office tower plan

SATURDAY, MAY 12 What's Wriggling in Your Rhubarb?, a free forum about UNIBUG and the biological control of insects in the Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre, fourth floor, Douglas College, 700 Royal Ave. 1 p.m.

First Capital Realty has purchased Plaza 88 from the Degelder Group for $100 million.

The federal Conservatives have gone ahead with a move scientists have feared: removing the term "habitat" from a key section of the Fisheries Act. New Westminster-Coquitlam MP and fisheries critic Fin Donnelly was not surprised.

The New Westminster police department is warning residents to be extra careful after a rash of car thefts in the Royal City over the last two weeks.

Catch up with The Record on mobile, online and print

Wondering how to make Mom's special day on Sunday ultra-special? Here's a suggestion: treat Mom to a nice lunch, then head to Massey Theatre for the New Westminster Symphony Orchestra's Mother's Day concert at 2 p.m.

Artisans, want a chance to display and sell your wares? The Arts Council of New Westminster is hosting its annual spring market as part of the Hyack Festival. The market runs Sunday and Monday, May 20 and 21 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.