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Tri-City actor directs musical 'Tick, Tick... Boom!' in New West

Tri-City actor directs musical 'Tick, Tick... Boom!' in New West

Amanda Russell moves from actor to director for Vagabond Players' winter production of "Tick, Tick... Boom!," a musical made famous by Andrew Garfield in the 2021 flick by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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Coquitlam society offers B.C. landowners cash to save their trees

Coquitlam society offers B.C. landowners cash to save their trees

An immigrant from Spain started the Tree Legacy Society last year in Coquitlam, a group that aims to combat climate change in B.C.
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Champagne Taste Home set to close in New West in December

Champagne Taste Home set to close in New West in December

New Westminster home furnishings store “pivot ready” for an entrepreneur able to move part of the business online.
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New West firefighters up with Warming the Homeless to help folks this winter

New West firefighters up with Warming the Homeless to help folks this winter

Warming kits will be dispersed to men and women experiencing homelessness in New Westminster.
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Game on: Industry Arcade lives to see another day in New West

Game on: Industry Arcade lives to see another day in New West

Closure averted: Industry Arcade will continue to operate in New Westminster after overcoming stumbling blocks.
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Eleven suspected Tri-City drug dealers now charged with 64 crimes

Eleven suspected Tri-City drug dealers now charged with 64 crimes

Coquitlam RCMP nabbed 11 people suspected of trafficking drugs in the Tri-Cities, as well as Burnaby and New Westminster, as part of a police sting called "E-Nevermind."
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New Westminster extends shelter’s temporary use permit for three years

New Westminster extends shelter’s temporary use permit for three years

Community advisory committee and Good Neighbour Agreement to be created for shelter in downtown New Westminster
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10 per cent hike to sewer rates approved for New West in 2025

10 per cent hike to sewer rates approved for New West in 2025

New Westminster opts for a 10 per cent sewer rate increase in 2025 – lower than rates being considered in other Metro Vancouver cities.
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New Westminster working to finalize its 2025 budget in January

New Westminster working to finalize its 2025 budget in January

Approving the 2025 budget in January will allow the city to implement projects right from the get-go in early 2025.
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Keeping Metro Vancouver moving: Hundreds of buses getting winter tires

Keeping Metro Vancouver moving: Hundreds of buses getting winter tires

Up to 600 buses, roughly 100 more buses than last year, will have new tires, TransLink has announced.
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