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[By Will Tomkinson | 9 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
Garden Nerd Series: Garden-grown food for a good cause.

Last year I started the spring growing season by attending an annual meet and greet event for Plant a Row, Grow a Row, an international organization that had local hubs in many communities. In short, gardeners are asked to produce just a bit more than they otherwise would plant, and donate the surplus to the local food bank.

Downtown, Featured, Issues, NW in the news, Parks »

[By Jen Arbo | 5 Mar 2010 | 5 Comments | ]
Westminster Pier Park Open House

I know some people out there aren’t on board with the City of New Westminster’s decision a while back to purchase the land along the waterfront of the Fraser River. But, like the Olympics, the decision was made, it’s inevitable, and you either have to quietly rage about it or just get on with trying to enjoy it.
Admittedly, I’ve always been one of the supporters of the decision to purchase the land and do something – anything – with it. I can’t stand looking at the wasteland that is that …

Featured, Lifestyle, New Westminster, Restaurants, Uptown »

[By Mojgan Fay | 3 Mar 2010 | 8 Comments | ]
What New Westminster inspires me to eat

Lately I’ve been thinking about how my surroundings inspire my food choices. Reading my way through the Canada Reads books inspired a date with bacon ice cream, a rise in my comfort food intake, and delight in a layered chocolate torte! But what about where we live? What effect does our city have on our food choices?

Arts & Culture, Events, New Westminster »

[By Trish Kinsey | 2 Mar 2010 | One Comment | ]
Let’s get excited about French: Free French-Canadian film screening

I remember being in French class in highschool and not enjoying it. I thought it was such a waste of time since I wasn’t going to use it anyway. Now I have a 5 year-old daughter who is in French Immersion. I want to show her the value of learning another language, French in particular.

New Westminster, Parenting, Queensborough, Sapperton, Schools, West End »

[By Briana Tomkinson | 24 Feb 2010 | 4 Comments | ]
Strong Start a haven for preschoolers (and their mums)

A few times a week, I pack the kids across town from our home in the West End to Strong Start over at McBride Elementary in Sapperton. Wesley love, love, LOVES to go to “school” and I love, love, LOVE that it’s both free and fun for all of us.

Vignettes »

[By Rob Jones | 23 Feb 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
All the lonely people

It’s not late, but it’s dark. There are two men near the 123 bus stop near 4th. They’re looking down the street, and whispering to each other. I think nothing of it, and keep going. And then, I see what it was that they may have been whispering about.

Growing up in NW, Lifestyle, New Westminster »

[By Jen Arbo | 22 Feb 2010 | 5 Comments | ]
Five Reasons Why My New West Citizen Badge Should Be Revoked

You know when you have a friend coming to town and they say “You gotta show me all the sights! What do you do in your town?” and you list off all the cool and fun things that makes your hometown fun and interesting and exciting?
Well, I’m going to admit today that some of the items that makes New Westminster famous I’ve never experienced. I’ve lived here for almost 15 years (except for that year where we lived just off Cambie and I hated every single second of it) and …

Arts & Culture, Downtown, Media Releases »

[By City of New West | 9 Feb 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Lafflines Comedy Club takes ownership of Burr Theatre

The City of New Westminster has selected Lafflines Comedy Club owner Barry Buckland as the purchaser of the historic Burr Theatre. At a purchase price of $850,000, the successful bid was evaluated based on several economic, cultural and heritage criteria. Lafflines Comedy Club will relocate to the theatre under the new name Lafflines at the Burr Theatre by summer 2010.

Downtown, New Westminster »

[By Briana Tomkinson | 6 Feb 2010 | 3 Comments | ]
Visions of a new downtown

For years we have lived in the shadow of construction cranes towering over Columbia St., and this promised revitalization has not yet come. Yet I think this long-overdue hope will soon be realized, as we approach a critical mass of major development projects and an accompanying demographic shift that really will have the power to transform New Westminster’s downtown.

New Westminster, Restaurants »

[By Jen Arbo | 27 Jan 2010 | 4 Comments | ]
The Orange Room, Reviewed Again

Will, Briana, and I found ourselves with some toddler free time this past weekend, and after mistakenly planning to hit up Perogy Night (it’s this coming Friday, people!) we ended up at The Orange Room. This simple place has been described as “the closest thing New Westminster has to hip” and has also played host to one of our tweet-ups, prompting Haiku Empress and guest poster Marcy Koopmans to refer to our gathering at the Orange Room as the  ”least awkward meet up of mostly total strangers that I’ve ever been to.”
Last May, Briana …