Local News

More people were caught running red lights in Metro Vancouver last year, but New Westminster seems to have bucked the trend.

A student-teacher at Queensborough Middle School is using a poster campaign to help kids swallow the dangers of energy drinks.

The New Democrats have chosen Thomas Mulcair as their new leader, positioning the party to shore up support in Quebec, according to one SFU pundit. But New Westminster Conservative Paul Forseth has a very different take on the situation.

In the grand story of the Titanic, it may seem that all that can be said has been said already: the sinking of the great ship has held the collective interest of the world for a century now, its story being told and retold through films, books and re

New Westminster city council has approved a 3.91 per cent increase to electrical utility rates effective April 1. A staff report states that the rates reflect the 3.91 per cent increase that the city will pay to purchase electricity from B.C. Hydro.

Barb Webster remembers sitting in the parking lot looking up the eight steps it would take to enter the lesbian dance, thinking, "How can I do that? It's like the whole world is going to know when I walk up those stairs.

Lila Wood has lived in a suite at 31 Elliot St. for more than two decades, and she has some great memories. But she's concerned that her future will not be so memorable with the future opening of the new Northbank highrise at 125 Columbia St.

A local daycare provider is seeking to add 20 licensed before-and after-school care spaces to her facility. Edith Ziolkiewicz, owner of Fraser Montessori Daycare at 1408 Fifth Ave.

A 23-year-old Surrey man now faces four charges after a Saturday morning incident in the 700 block of Fourth Avenue. At approximately 2 a.m.

UNTIL MARCH 31 Art displays at the New Westminster Public Library, 716 Sixth Ave.