Assault Leaves Man Injured + Winter Plant Workshop

Issue #407

Author

Carla McNeil
November 06, 2025

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Local New Westminster Weather

Historical Records for Today - Record high 15.9 2014 - Record low -4.3 2017

Check out all of our local New Westminster Events

November 06, 2025

🔍️ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Experience - New West – 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM

🗣️ English Conversation Circles at the Welcome Centre – 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM

👶 Babytime (0-12 months) – 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

🧸 Baby Social Toy Swap – 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

📝 Resume Clinic with BCNSP – 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM

🍅 Farmers Market – 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM

📚️ Drop-in Wildfires Bookshop – 5:45 PM

🌧️ Raincoast Conservation Foundation – 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

🏘️ A First Time Homebuyer's Workshop – 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

🏙️ City Matters - Massey Victory Heights Edition – 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

🎙️ Georgie's Local Karaoke Night – 7:00 PM

🎙️ The Terminal Pub Colossal Thursdays Karaoke – 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

🎤 Notorious Grey Fox Open Mic Jam – 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM

November 07, 2025

🔍️ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Experience - New West – 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM

🧒 Toddler Time (12-36 months) – 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

👶 Babytime (0-12 months) – 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM

🍼 Baby Social (0-23 months) – 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM

🗣️ English Conversation Circles – 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

📚️ French Reading Buddies (6-9 years) – 4:00 PM to 4:45 PM

🎲 Friendsday Night Board Games – 6:00 PM to 11:30 PM

🎨 Brush Hour Paint Night - Glowing Forest – 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

🎲 Howe Sound Hitmix Bingo – 7:00 PM

🎙️ Weekly Karaoke Every Friday – 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM

🎭️ The Real Inspector Hound at Douglas College – 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM

🎸 Live Music at The Terminal - Mike Van Eyes – 8:30 PM to 11:30 PM

🎙️ Notorious Grey Fox Karaoke Friday Nights – 9:00 PM until Close

Be sure to add your name to the list for advanced access to the New Westminster Digital Christmas Cookbook! Watch the video to see what it is all about.

November 08, 2025

🔍️ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Experience - New West – 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM

🗣️ Spanish Conversation Drop-in – 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

🗣️ English Conversation Circles – 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM

🧵 Visible mending with Punjabi embroidery – 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM

📝 Amnesty International: Write for RIGHTS – 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM

☕️ Cacao y Otoño: Una ceremonia para reconectar – 1:45 PM to 3:30 PM

🐟️ River Basin Days: Spawntaneous Salmon – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

🎭️ The Real Inspector Hound at Douglas College – 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM

🍽️ Bishop's Gala Dinner at Holy Eucharist Cathedral – 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

🎉 12th Annual Chefs Charity Dinner – 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

🕺 Saturday Dance Party at Georgie's – 10:00 PM to 1:00 AM

🕹️ Fighting Game Night – Phantom Alley

Working on the Christmas list, expect to see it in a couple of weeks.

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The New Westminster Police Department is asking for the public’s help following a violent assault near River Market on the evening of October 30, 2025.

Around 9:00 p.m., police responded to reports of a group of five people assaulting a man on the pedestrian overpass at the bottom of 8th Street. Officers arrived to find a man suffering from serious but non-life-threatening injuries. He was treated at the scene and later transported to hospital by BC Emergency Health Services.

According to witnesses, the injured man had intervened when he saw three men and two women attacking someone else. The group then turned on him. The original victim and suspects left the area before police arrived.

Investigators are now seeking additional witnesses and dash cam footage from the area of Columbia Street and 8th Street, between 8:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the New Westminster Police Department at 604-525-5411.

Sharpen your observation skills and uncover the beauty of winter plants with the Fraser River Discovery Centre’s Winter Plant Identification Workshop on Saturday, November 15, 2025, from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM at 788 Quayside Drive, New Westminster.

When leaves fall and branches bare, there’s still so much to learn outdoors! This engaging, hands-on session will teach participants key traits for identifying trees and shrubs in winter, beginning with an indoor talk followed by an outdoor walk along the New West Boardwalk.

🌱 Instructor: Julia Alards-Tomalin, Program Head for Forest and Natural Areas Management at BCIT and author of Buds, Branches and Bark: A Guide to Winter ID in the Pacific Northwest.

🔍 What to Bring: A magnifying glass or hand lens (if available).
👥 Ages: 16+ | 💲 Fee: CA$28.20 | ⏰ Duration: 2 hours

Explore, observe, and deepen your connection to the natural world — even in the quiet of winter.

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