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Y O U R #THROWBACK TO THE 1980S How old were you in the 1980s? Were you even born then? In today’s paper we celebrate the Record’s 35th birthday with a look back at the ’80s in New Westminster. What was it like back in the Royal City in the ’80s? A pastoral suburb? A party town that boasted the most bar seats in the Lower Mainland? Remember this was well before cellphones – when social media meant everyone cramming into a phone booth downtown to call a friend. And computers – well, Apple came out with its first version in 1976, but it would be several more years before they became affordable for even computer nerds.The internet – or World Wide Web – as it was first called, had just started and consisted mainly of hypertext-linked documents. Who would have predicted what the ’80s and then ’90s would bring? We sure didn’t. Step back in time with us to the days when big eyeglasses, big hair and very big headlines in our paper were all the rage. Our special section starts on page 23 of today’s paper.
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CITY NEWS
Trustee calls for byelections
Kelly Slade-Kerr says having school districts run by appointees is not in line with the principles of democracy By Cayley Dobie
cdobie@newwestrecord.ca
Looking back at the ’80s in New Westminster as the Record celebrates our 35th year Page 25
SkyTrain rolls into New Westminster Page 39
King Neptune Closes Its Doors Page 33
Murder rate jumps in city
New Westminster was a party kind of place in the ’80s. Above, legendary Las Vegas choreographer-producer Jeff Kutash dons urban cowboy garb :#9 56; #!;%4%8 #: 56; +64$.8# 1#%4865 %4865$03- 4% /(*&' 2;." . ,975) hand account of club life in ’80s New West on pg. 30.
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A New Westminster school trustee is calling on the provincial government to hold byelections in two districts currently without an elected school board. The Vancouver and North Okanagan-Shuswap school boards were dismissed by the provincial government in October and June respectively, an act the Ministry of Education is permitted to do under the School Act. Both boards have been replaced with public administrators, but Slade-Kerr fears the decisions could impact education in the affected communities. At Tuesday’s school board meeting, Slade-Kerr put forward a motion urging her fellow trustees to join her in writing to Education Minister Mike Bernier to ensure “democratically and locally elected boards are in place on or
before May, 30, 2017.” “It’s of great concern to me because of the role that locally elected boards play in ensuring the values of the community are reflected in the decisions being made by the board,” SladeKerr said, adding replacing an elected school board with a public administrator is not in line with the principles of democracy. The appointed public administrators will be in place in Vancouver and North Okanagan-Shuswap for a term of at least 12 months, according to the Ministry of Education, but that is far too long in Slade-Kerr’s opinion. When asked whether she thought a public letter to Bernier may jeopardize the district’s capital projects that are still awaiting funding, Slade-Kerr said her intention was not to enter a partisan debate. “I’m not worried at all. Continued on page 7
Got an opinion on the Brunette bottleneck?
Check out future plans and speak up on Nov. 3 By Theresa McManus
tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca
If you want to get a look at plans for the future Brunette interchange, you’ll have to get out and attend an upcoming open house.
The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is seeking public input into the future Brunette interchange on Highway 1, a key link between New Westminster and Coquitlam. “Improving the Brunette
overpass is critical for moving people and goods in this area and for emergency vehicles trying to get to and from Royal Columbian Hospital,” states the province’s website. “Currently, this interchange is often
a bottleneck on the Highway 1 corridor, especially at peak times.The B.C. government is looking at options to unclog the bottleneck and get traffic moving again.” Three design options for the future interchange will be presented at upcoming
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