Earlier today (October 28, 2024) New Westminster City Council debated a rezoning application coming for downtown New Westminster. During the debate, Councillor Daniel Fontaine stated the development would bring “four World Trade Centers onto that site” as a visualization of what sort of development would be coming. The development in question (88 Tenth Street —…
On Wednesday, September 4, 2024, a Special Council Meeting popped up on the City of New Westminster’s calendar. It would be held on Thursday, September 5, and had one item for discussion: “2025 Budget: Tax Rate Proposal”. Other than that, there was no information about what the meeting was going to be about. The timing…
After being outed as being behind a years-long campaign of harassment against New Westminster parents, teachers, other school trustees, and a wide range of other people in the community, New West school trustee Dee Beattie sent out an apology for being caught. Here’s what she should have said: I apologize fully and without reservation for…
Jaimie McEvoy is running for New Westminster Council, and he answered my questions! Given the amount of press Vancouver’s Stanley Park received when it had a bunch of coyotes roaming around it, do you support introducing more coyotes into New Westminster’s parks, potentially entering a Tourism / Parks partnership for tourist-coyote meet-and-greet programs? I’ve participated…
Cheryl Sluis is running for New Westminster School Board, and she answered my questions! With NWSS finally built and opened, what school do you see the province neglecting to tear down and replace for the next fifty years? Neglect of schools by the province is a ghost that we will vanquish. See below. Council will…
Dee Beattie is running for New Westminster School Board, and she answered my questions! With NWSS finally built and opened, what school do you see the province neglecting to tear down and replace for the next fifty years? There are no more funds to ever replace schools, that ship has long sailed. Council will soon…