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It may be the dog days of summer, but it's not too early to start planning for your Thanksgiving weekend.

The B.C. Penitentiary may be long gone in New Westminster, but it's not forgotten. The British Columbia Penitentiary opened in New Westminster in 1878, on a site overlooking the Fraser River.

Jim Johnston has seen more changes in his lifetime than most folks will ever see, but he has had no trouble keeping up with the times. Johnston, 94, was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in March 1917.

Feds will offer a low-cost loan to city for new park

Royal City resident in search of B.C. Ambassador title

Wal-Mart Canada is running a campaign to raise money for the Red Cross at its stores until Aug. 31. The Canadian Red Cross provides disaster management and emergency relief across the country and throughout the world.

Popular '(b)unofficial' polling at local burger joint has final tally

The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered that the City of New Westminster turn over any documents that might assist a pawnshop manager with his claim that he was wrongfully arrested and maliciously prosecuted.

The City of New Westminster will be saving a sizable chunk of change on its ambitious Westminster Pier Park project following the city's approval for a low-cost loan from the federal government.

A New Westminster man's decision not to answer his door last June kept him out of harm's way.