Holiday Drink Hunt + Hyack Girls Football

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 🗞️ New West Local News - Holiday Drink Hunt + Hyack Girls Football

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November 25, 2025

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

📖 Storytime (3-5 years) – 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

📱 Bring Your Own Device Tech Cafe! – 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

📝 Work BC Employment Services Drop-In (Queensborough) – 1:30 PM

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

🧘 Yang Tai Chi 24 form – 5:00 PM

🤝 Disrupt YVR 11.0 at Anvil Centre – 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

🥁 Ge Jazzed: Swinging Melodies and Horns at NWSS Band Room – 6:00 PM

🍺 Steel & Oak Beer and Board Games – 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

🤝 NW Tenants Union Public Meeting – 6:30 PM

🎭️ Notorious Grey Fox Trivia Tuesdays – 7:00 PM

🎸 Georgie's Local Tuesday Night Jam Session – 7:00 PM

🪩 Holiday Bauble Bash Ornament Paint Party at Stefanos Restaurant – 7:00 PM

❓️ Howe Sound Trivia Tuesdays – 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

🎤 Itilia Kitchen Karaoke Nights – 8:00 PM

🎄 Holiday Sip & Stroll Scavenger Hunt – Downtown Neighbourhood

November 26, 2025

💰️ Financial Aid (Welfare) Worker at NWPL – 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

👶 Mom + Baby Meet Up at Cove Indoor Play – 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 CaRT Peer Navigators – 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM

👶 Babytime (0-23 months) – 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM

🎒 After-School Drop-In (5-12 years) – 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

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

🏘️ Infill Housing Engagement at the City Hall – 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM

📖 Pyjama Storytime (all ages) – 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM

 🗣️ NW City Matters - West End/Connaught Heights Edition – 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

❓️ Georgie's Local Trivia Night – 7:00 PM

🎭️ Drag Trivia w/ Scarlett Rose at Flapper Lounge – 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

🏃 Steel & Oak Run Club – 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Connect Youth (13+) – 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM

❓️ Frankie G’s Trivia Night – 7:30 PM

🧘 TWILIGHT & TEA Sound Bath Meditation – 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM

🎄 Holiday Sip & Stroll Scavenger Hunt – Downtown Neighbourhood

November 27, 2025

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

⛸️ Parent and Tot Skate at Moody Park – 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

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

🍼 Baby Social (0-23 months) – 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 The Talking Circle at Anvil Centre – 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

🍅 Farmers Market – 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM

🛣️ E-mobility and Safer Streets in New Westminster – 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

📝 New West Experience Final Pitch Presentation – 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM

📚️ Drop-in Wildfires Bookshop – 5:45 PM

🍅 Plot to Plate: Small-Space Food Gardening – 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

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

🎭️ Howe Sound New West Bingpot! Thursday Trivia – 7:00 PM

🎭️ Game On at Flapper Lounger – 7:00 PM to 10:00 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

🎶 Bear Grease at Massey Theatre – 7:30 PM

🦌 The Maltese Reindeer at Bernie Legge Theatre – 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM

🎄 Holiday Sip & Stroll Scavenger Hunt – Downtown Neighbourhood

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☕️ Sip & Win: Festive Drinks Bring Big Prizes Downtown 🎉 

Get ready, New West — the coziest caffeine adventure of the year has arrived! From November 24 to December 24, Downtown cafés are rolling out festive, limited-edition holiday drinks, and you’re invited to taste your way through them all.

Even better? Every drink you try is a chance to win a $250 gift card to any Downtown business of your choice! Supporting local has never tasted so delicious.

Here’s how to join the fun:
• Pop into a participating café
• Order a holiday drink (or two!)
• Scan the in-store QR code
• Fill out the quick entry form
✨ One drink = one entry. So sip often for more chances to win!

Winners will be contacted Dec. 29–30, just in time for a little year-end cheer.

Grab your favourite café buddy, plan your route, and let the festive sipping begin! 🎁☕💫

✨ Start your café tour now

🏈 Hyacks Launch First-Ever All-Girls U12 Football Team!

Big news for young athletes in New West — the Royal City Hyacks are forming their first-ever ALL-GIRLS U12 football team, and they’re looking for fierce, determined players who are ready to hit the field this spring! 🏈🔥

Off-season training starts this December, giving players the perfect chance to build skills, confidence, and team spirit before the season kicks off. Whether you’re brand new to football or ready to level up, this is an incredible opportunity to be part of something empowering, supportive, and seriously fun.

If you know a girl who loves sports, thrives on teamwork, or is just waiting for the right moment to shine — this is it.

👉 Interested? Send a message to @rchfc NOW to save your spot!

Let’s show what Hyack girls can do. Strong girls make strong teams — and this team is going to be unstoppable. 🖤🧡

🔥 Sign up now — spots are limited!

⛈️ Rain Joke of the Day 🌧️ 

🌧️ Why did the raindrop break up with the puddle? 💔 

🌈 It found someone more uplifting! 💨😊

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