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A 'once in a lifetime' point for the city

The City of New Westminster will use open houses, questionnaires and a telephone survey to get residents' input about the Pattullo Bridge replacement project.

Teachers to stop volunteer activities

District doesn't know what will be affected

Teens work to help stop sex trafficking

A group of youth in a leadership program at the South Burnaby Neighbourhood House is organizing a fundraiser in New Westminster to help sexually exploited trafficking victims.
Photo Gallery: Earth Day celebrations

Photo Gallery: Earth Day celebrations

Modo car share makes a stop at River Market

Surging gas prices and a lean toward going green have driven up the demand for car-sharing services, like Modo, and now the not-for-profit car co-op is branching out in New Westminster.

New Westminster board chair waiting to see impact of job action

New Westminster's school board chair said he is waiting to see the impact of ramped-up job action after teachers voted last week to withdraw voluntary, extra-curricular teaching activities in response to government legislation.

New Westminster Secondary School to host impaired driving talk on April 26

Grade 11 and 12 students at NWSS will get a first-hand look at the dangers of impaired driving this Thursday. ICBC has provided a wrecked vehicle involved in an impaired-related car accident that will be on display in the school's courtyard.

New Westminster police to conduct Terrace investigation

Four members of the New Westminster Police Service's major crime unit are conducting the independent investigation into an incident in Terrace where a man in police custody sustained a head injury. On Friday, April 21, at approximately 6 p.m.

New Westminster's Hyack Festival gets new sponsor

Lowe's Canada is taking steps to put its name on New Westminster's iconic festival. The Hyack Festival Association has announced that Lowe's Canada will be the title sponsor of the New Westminster Hyack Festival, which takes place from May 18 to 27.

Growing a sustainable event in the 'Boro

Close to two decades ago, Queensweep was pretty much just a day to pull tires out of Queensborough ditches and fill garbage bags with the usual mounds of discarded coffee cups and lunch bags.