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The busy summer season is in the books for the River Market on New Westminster Quay, but the best may be yet to come as organizers are preparing for several new additions to the market in the coming weeks.

Vance McFadyen doesn't want to leave any doubt what his intentions are. "I want to be mayor of New Westminster," said the longtime Royal City resident who surprised many by throwing his hat into the mayoral race on Oct. 14.

Douglas College is joining a four-school effort to offer a bachelor of performing arts degree - the first of its kind in Canada.

Two feet encased in sneakers that washed ashore separately in Richmond in 2008 belonged to a New Westminster woman who committed suicide by jumping from the Pattulo Bridge into the Fraser River in April 2004, a B.C. coroner said Wednesday.

Construction of a presentation centre for a Sixth Street development was temporarily halted but is now proceeding. Frank Durante, the city's manager of building inspections, said a sales centre is being constructed at 258 Sixth St.

The New Westminster District and Labour Council is endorsing eight New Westminster candidates for the Nov. 19 municipal election.

New Westminster police responded to a robbery in Columbia Square Sunday night, but the suspects are still at large. According to Sgt. Gary Weishaar, police responded to the Marketplace IGA around 8: 30 p.m. after a report of a robbery in progress.

Thirty-four candidates will be vying for the 14 positions on New Westminster city council and school board in the 2011 civic election. Three candidates are hoping to topple incumbent mayor Wayne Wright from the position he's held since 2002.

Determining the cause and contributing factors of the June 28 crash between a gravel barge and the New Westminster rail bridge could take upwards of a year, officials say.

After six nights in the cold and without food, New Westminster activist Paul Mulangu says he's dizzy but determined.