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The Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner will not be pursuing an investigation of the New Westminster Police Service on accusations of racism.

The number of people signing up for classes at Douglas College in New Westminster is going up and up, as the post-secondary school has hit a new enrolment record for the second year in a row.

City man reunites with long-lost friend from Woodlands School

The City of New Westminster wants to open the lines of communication with the city's 11 residents' associations.

- The institution opened in May 1878 as the Provincial Asylum for the Insane and housed anyone with a mental illness. Its name was changed to the Public Hospital for the Insane in 1897. - At the turn of the century, its capacity was 310 people.

Vance McFadyen and Francois Nantel fill the ballot

New Westminster immigrant activist and city council candidate Paul Mulangu is now six days into an outdoor hunger strike to protest closure of the Centre of Integration for African Immigrants.

New Westminster police responded to 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.

Three-term New Westminster school trustee Lori Watt announced Friday afternoon that she won't be seeking a fourth term in office. Watt sent a message to The Record from Los Angeles, where was on vacation, with notice of her intentions.

When the industry you work in begins to shrink and move away, you can try to change with it, or follow it wherever it goes, or you can be like Joanne Leblanc and use your industry skills in a new business entirely.