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Clara Kovacs is using tattoos to help give women back their confidence. See Page A3
Spurned by New West, ’Caps team finds UBC home
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Chris wilson, the chairperson for operation red nose in new westminster, Burnaby and the tri-Cities, paul hyland of the new west police and rudy the reindeer are urging drivers who may have been drinking over the holiday season to give up their car keys and use the operation red nose team of volunteer drivers to ensure they get home safely. The program officially launches on Friday and will operate for the four weekends before Christmas as well as New Year’s Eve. See STorY on Page A14
Province agrees to replace high school Aggressive timeline charted to prepare cost case for treasury Grant Granger
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The Ministry of Education has agreed to replace New Westminster secondary and has set out a timeline to move the project forward. In a letter to the school district, deputy minister Dave Byng wrote the province has agreed to build a school with a capacity of 1,900
students on its existing site taking new secondary school, and what into account the areas designated as needs to be done by the district to being a historic cemetery. make it happen. She said the The ministry has also given district didn’t want any future the school a top priority surprises. seismic risk ranking which “This is a clear message could be a source of funds to that we’re on the same page,” build a new school, currently said Campbell in a media costed at $110 million. cAmPbeLL briefing Monday. “We can Board of education chair show the community in a Jonina Campbell said the letter is clear manner what we have to do.” the result of the district asking the She said the letter should put to ministry to put down in writing that rest fears the province planned to New Westminster will be getting a renovate the current structure rather
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The Vancouver Whitecaps development team that was supposed to be based at Queen’s Park Stadium has found another playpen at the University of British Columbia. After being spurned by New Westminster council in September, the Whitecaps announced Friday that Whitecaps FC2 will play at UBC’s David Sidoo Field at Thunderbird Stadium. UBC is where the Whitecaps training facility is located. In early July, the Whitecaps and New Westminster announced a memorandum of understanding to have the team’s games played in Queen’s Park. A final decision was needed by Sept. 15 in order for the team to begin play in the USLPro League by March. But city council voted against it because the eventual costs to the city to accommodate the Whitecaps, including increasing capacity to 3,000, was expected to be $11.4 million. One of the reasons the Whitecaps wanted the team play in New West was because it would be a central location for its fans. There is speculation the team might eventually end up in Surrey or Coquitlam. ggranger@ newwestnewsleader.com