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Want these New West roads to stay like this? Have your say

Want these New West roads to stay like this? Have your say

The City of New Westminster has instituted several measures to deal with COVID-19’s impact on the city and its citizens. These have included multiple committees and working groups aimed at supporting neighbourhoods, businesses and residents.
Comment: I just moved here and have U.S. plates: Stop looking for COVID scapegoats

Comment: I just moved here and have U.S. plates: Stop looking for COVID scapegoats

A letter from someone who wishes to remain anonymous, for the well-being of himself, his wife and his car.
Opinion: Explicit flyers are blanketing New Westminster homes

Opinion: Explicit flyers are blanketing New Westminster homes

The delivery by hand of explicit flyers to New Westminster neighbourhoods is rightly being criticized by local residents. This disgusting anti-abortion material has started arriving in New West mail boxes and mail slots.
Letter: Ewen has left an indelible mark on New West arts

Letter: Ewen has left an indelible mark on New West arts

Editor: On behalf of myself and all the board of directors of the Arts Council of New Westminster, along with staff and volunteers, I want to publicly acknowledge the contribution to our organization that past-president Leanne Ewen has made over the
Opinion: Why Canada is kicking America's butt on COVID-19

Opinion: Why Canada is kicking America's butt on COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the core strengths of Canada’s health-care system while laying bare the shortcomings in the U.S. In this country, we have started to flatten the curve.
Letter: New West Skytrain noise better than these awful trains

Letter: New West Skytrain noise better than these awful trains

Editor: I see lately there has been a lot of comments made about the SkyTrain noise and the pending track repairs coming into the New Westminster station. Well, I must say that in the last couple of weeks there has been a massive improvement.
Adrian Raeside cartoon: Visitors sneaking in

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Visitors sneaking in

'Queue jumpers' not welcome in B.C. as COVID-19 U.S. cases rise: B.C. premier
Opinion: I won’t be a COVID-19 guinea pig for reckless airlines

Opinion: I won’t be a COVID-19 guinea pig for reckless airlines

Transport Canada needs to toughen up and tell airlines to block the middle seat and give refunds instead of vouchers
Opinion: Youth voices ‘shockingly’ left out of New West MLA’s plan on forced hospitalization

Opinion: Youth voices ‘shockingly’ left out of New West MLA’s plan on forced hospitalization

One-hundred-and-seventy people died of an overdose in B.C. in May 2020. This is alarming.
Opinion: Affordable housing opposition smells like New West NIMBYs

Opinion: Affordable housing opposition smells like New West NIMBYs

When it comes to housing in Metro Vancouver, we’re in an affordability crisis. Yeah, I know, that’s a really obvious thing to say, and yet I’m still forced to say something so ridiculously obvious because some folks just don’t get it.