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The much-anticipated Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival is just around the corner, and this year it features top-notch headliners such as Western Canada's own k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang. On Aug.

If you're planning on running for city council - and getting elected - you should mark Dec. 5, 2011 on your calendar. New Westminster city council has amended its 2011 meeting schedule to set Dec. 5 as the inaugural meeting of the new city council.

Although oral cancer is not as widespread as its cousins, breast, prostrate and skin cancers, it can be just as devastating if it's not first tracked in the earliest stage.

An argument between two New Westminster men ended in gunplay late Monday night. According to a New Westminster Police press release, a verbal argument escalated to a physical altercation and, eventually, one man being shot.

In an exclusive interview with The Record yesterday, MLA Dawn Black announces plan to step aside at next election

Belated birthday wishes to longtime New Westminster resident Freda Hogg, who recently turned 95. Hogg celebrated her birthday on July 16 with a wonderful family dinner at the Boathouse restaurant.

Bill McArthur still has nightmares about Woodlands.

A New Westminster Police Service officer had to be treated for facial lacerations after a man slashed him with a knife on Saturday night.