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⭐ All-Stars Dance Camp at In Movement – 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM

🌊 FRDC Summer Camps: River Engineers – 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

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

📝 Advanced Resume Targeting and Cover Letter Customization – 10:30 AM

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

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

🎨 Queensborough Crafternoon (5-12 years) – 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

🎨 The Gallery at Queen's Park: Plein Air in the Park – 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM

🎸 Kids Rock Band Jr. at Mechanics of Music Studio – 4:15 PM to 5:15 PM

🎤 Find Your Voice at Mechanics of Music Studio – 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM

👪 Family Building Free Play (All Ages) – 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM

📜 Poetry in the Park at The Centennial Lodge, Queen's Park – 6:30 PM CXL’D

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

🎲 Howe Sound Drag Bingo & Trivia – 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

🎲 Charity Drag Bingo with Justin Abit – 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

🎥 Movies in the Park: Ant-Man – 8:00 PM

🎭 Serving Punchlines at Centennial Lodge – 8:00 PM

🎨 River As A Muse at Anvil Centre

🎙 Find Your Voice: Adult Singing – 8:30 AM

⭐ All-Stars Dance Camp at In Movement – 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM

🌊 FRDC Summer Camps: River Engineers – 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

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

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

🌊 Sea Stories and Sustainable Shores with Ocean Wise (Ages 5-12) – 2:00 PM

🎨 DIY Perfume Workshop – 4:00 PM & 6:00 PM

🎙 Rock Room Karaoke Nights at The Legion – 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

🥧 Pie for Pride - New West Farmers Market – 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM

📚 Drop-in Wildfires Bookshop – 5:45 PM

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

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

❓ Steel & Oak Thursday Trivia Night – 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

🎭 Comedy Exposed at the Flapper Lounge – 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

💃 Salsa In The Park – 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

❤ Flare Speed Dating at Match Eatery – 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

🎨 River As A Muse at Anvil Centre

⭐ All-Stars Dance Camp at In Movement – 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM

🌊 FRDC Summer Camps: River Engineers – 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

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

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

🗣 English Conversation Circles – Friday Sessions – 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM

🐻 Bears in the Burbs Pride Social – 4:30 PM to 10:00 PM

🎨 BYOB Paint Night at Arrieta Art Studio – 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM

🎉 Friday's on Front – 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM

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

🎸 Sip n’ Strum Fridays at Mechanics of Music – 7:00 PM

🎲 Georgie’s Local Hot Bitch Rock & Roll Bingo – 7:00 PM

🎲 Howe Sound Hitmix Bingo – 7:00 PM

🎙 Howe Sound New West Karaoke Night – 7:00 PM

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

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

🎨 River As A Muse at Anvil Centre

Our Mascot has a little problem: he still doesn't have a name!

You helped us choose him over the Dapper Crow. You welcomed him into New West Spotlight. And now, it's time to give our hardworking mascot something every proper local celebrity needs: a NAME! 🤖

We asked our New West Spotlight subscribers to put their thinking caps on and send us their best ideas — and wow, did you deliver! 21 different names are now officially in the running. Some are clever. Some are quirky. Some made us laugh. And at least a few might be just right for our Mascot.

But there's a catch...

This is where you come in. We've put all 21 names on one ballot, and you can choose up to FIVE favourites. Think about which names fit his personality, which ones sound like they belong in New West, and which one you'd be happy to hear us calling him for years to come!

The five names with the most votes will become our official finalists.

And then comes...

Once we've got our five finalists, we'll take the naming battle to the wider New West Spotlight community. Our Facebook and Instagram followers will get their chance to vote — and together, we'll finally settle the question: What should we call our mascot?

But before the whole city gets involved, our subscribers get first dibs. After all, you were here when the Tin Man beat the Dapper Crow. Now you get to help decide which names survive the cut!

Pick your FIVE favourites here:

👉 VOTE HERE FOR YOUR FIVE FAVOURITES

Choose wisely. The fate of our mascot's name is officially in your hands. 😄

Let the naming battle begin! 🏆🤖

A major underground upgrade is coming to Sapperton, strengthening a critical piece of New Westminster’s wastewater infrastructure.

Metro Vancouver is replacing a 165-metre section of the aging Sapperton Sewer along East Columbia Street between Cumberland Street and Debeck Street. Built in the 1970s, the sewer carries wastewater from New Westminster communities to the Annacis Island Wastewater Treatment Plant in Delta.

The upgrade will help keep wastewater flowing reliably while supporting public health and environmental protection as the city grows. Crews will also replace the maintenance hole at Cumberland Street and East Columbia Street.

Work is scheduled through fall 2026. Residents near the project area can expect construction activity and some noise, including from a temporary bypass pump. Metro Vancouver says the pump will be covered with sound-dampening materials.

Tips for nearby residents: Allow extra time when travelling through the area, follow construction signs and directions from traffic control personnel, and expect occasional noise during active work. Residents can also check Metro Vancouver’s project page for updates before heading through the construction zone.

Learn More About the Sapperton Sewer Upgrade

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