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

🌱 Glenbrook Ravine Stewardship Event – 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

👩‍🚒 New Westminster Fire & Rescue Services Open House – 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

🗣 English Conversation Circles – 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

🧑‍🎨 Cultural Crawl Kids' Art Workshop with Lee Chin – 11:00 AM

🎃 2026 All Hallows’ Eve Craft Market – 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM

🎨 New West Cultural Crawl 2026 – 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM

🚢 Samson V Museum – 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM

💑 City Love Scavenger Hunt For Couples - New West Area – 1:00 PM

🌿 Nature to Art - Create your own herbarium – 2:30 PM

🚲 Youth Cycle Express: $2 Drop-in for Youth Ages 13 - 18 – 4:00 PM to 4:45 PM

🏀 Rwandan community Hoops – 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM

🎶 Live Music Saturday's at the Flapper Lounge – 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM

🎸 Live Music Saturday at the Legion Branch 2 – 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM

📖 Talk on Crows and Ravens by June Hunter – 7:00 PM

🎭 Murder For two at Anvil Theatre – 7:30 PM

🎭 Vagabond Players Presents Things My Mother Taught Me – 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM

🎸 Ed, Salve and Friends at the Terminal Pub – 7:30 PM to 11:00 PM

🎶 Saturday Night Live Music at The Terminal Pub – 9:00 PM

🎙 Karaoke Saturdays at Kelly & Carlos O’Bryan’s – 9:00 PM to 12:30 AM

🎶 Georgies After Dark at Georgies Local – 9:30 PM

🕹 Fighting Game Night – Phantom Alley

🎃 2026 All Hallows’ Eve Craft Market – 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM

🎨 New West Cultural Crawl 2026 – 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM

🦖 Kids Pokémon League - New West – 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM

🖼 Irving House Community Mural – 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM

🚢 Samson V Museum – 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM

🎨 Cultural Crawl Kids' Art Workshop and Storytime – 1:00 PM

💑 City Love Scavenger Hunt For Couples - New West Area – 1:00 PM

🎭 Vagabond Players Presents Things My Mother Taught Me – 2:00 PM

🍽 Community Lunch at You N Me' Cafe – 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

✨ City Hall Illumination - KidSport Powered by Sport BC Week – 5:00 PM

🎙 Georgie's Local Sunday Night Open Mic! – 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

🎭 Murder For two at Anvil Theatre – 7:30 PM

🧘 Peace, Be Still Monday Meditation – 10:30 AM to 11:15 AM

📖 Cantonese Storytime (all ages) – 4:00 PM to 4:45 PM

✨ City Hall Illumination - KidSport Powered by Sport BC Week – 5:00 PM

🧩 Steel & Oak Puzzle Mondays – 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM

🎹 Group Piano Adults at Mechanics of Music Studio – 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM

🎨 Downtown’s Living Room at Anvil Centre – 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM

🎙 Begbie's Open Mic – 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM

Cleaning out your closet can do more than make a little extra space—it can help support neighbours and community programs right here in New Westminster. The New Westminster Firefighters Charitable Society is encouraging residents to give gently used clothing and textiles a second life through its community donation bins.

Donated items help support a range of local initiatives, including immediate assistance for residents displaced by fires, weekly grocery distribution and educational opportunities through NWSS bursaries. Donations also help fund causes such as the BC Professional Fire Fighters Burn Fund, prostate cancer support, the Terry Fox Foundation and local community events like the River Walk.

Residents can donate gently used clothing, shoes, jackets, linens and small textiles at two convenient locations: Hall 2 at 820 13th Street or Hall 3 at 1011 Ewen Avenue.

Before dropping anything off, make sure items are gently used and suitable for donation. The society asks residents to keep garbage and household waste out of the bins, helping ensure every donated item can make a meaningful difference.

A simple closet cleanout can become a small act of kindness that stays right here in the community. ❤️

❤️ Clean Out, Donate & Give Back Locally!

Got a sweet tooth? Today might be the perfect day to follow it.

WhataFood is bringing back its Cake Festival Pop-Up for a second edition, turning Saturday afternoon into a celebration of Brazilian cakes, pastries and street food right here in New Westminster.

The pop-up runs today, Saturday, October 3, from 12 PM to 5 PM at WhataFood, 800 Carnarvon St #255. This time around, Gimme Bakery and Brazilian Party Food Vancouver are joining the fun, serving up freshly made Brazilian cakes for the afternoon.

And because one can never survive on cake alone — or so we're told — WhataFood's pastéis and salgados will also be available throughout the event. So you can grab something savoury, try a Brazilian cake, and then conveniently find another reason to have dessert.

Located inside the New Westminster Station area, WhataFood is already a local stop for Brazilian street food, making today's pop-up an easy addition to a downtown food adventure.

Whether you're already a fan of Brazilian flavours or simply curious about what’s waiting behind that cake counter, today is the day to find out.

📅 TODAY — Saturday, October 3
⏰ 12 PM–5 PM
📍 WhataFood
800 Carnarvon St #255, New Westminster

🍰 Come for the Cake. Stay for the Pastel.

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