What do you think? Should the New Westminster skateboard park be located next to the Bernie Legge Theatre? A community group has set up an online petition to oppose the move. Here is an excerpt from their website: \”Vagabond Players has been a part of New Westminster for over 80 years and has been proud […]
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It\’s hard to believe that we are rapidly approaching the end of 2017 and preparing to celebrate the holidays. Last month we formally launched the New West Progressive Electors Coalition and we\’ve had a tremendous response from the public. The new video we launched has had over 6,200 views on Facebook and YouTube in a
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On November 17th the New West Progressive Electors Coalition launched the first of a series of videos intended to encourage a dialogue on social media. In only four days, the video has already been viewed in excess of 1,100 times on both Facebook and YouTube. It has also generated additional web traffic and volunteer inquiries.
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The New Westminster Progressive Electors Coalition launched a new video today aimed at increasing community engagement online. It will be promoted on a number of social media channels including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter over the next 4-6 weeks. \”Increasingly a number of New Westminster residents want to engage on civic issues online,\” says B.C. Lee,
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By Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place: and in the sky The larks still bravely singing fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead: Short days ago, We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved:
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Over a dozen local residents showed up for the inaugural steering committee meeting for the New Westminster Progressive Electors Coalition this week. The purpose of the meeting was to map out plans for community engagement in early 2018 and prepare a pathway to forming an Elections BC registered elector organization. \”We have a great team
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That didn\’t take very long! Only a few hours after launching our website and distributing a media release, the emails and phone calls started flowing in to the New Westminster Progressive Electors Coalition inbox and voicemail. \”It\’s heartwarming, but I\’m actually not surprised at the reaction,\” says Daniel Fontaine, Chair of the Coalition. \”No matter
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The launch of the New Westminster Progressive Electors Coalition attracted a lot of media and community interest on its first day of operation. CKNW radio was first to cover the story during their 8 am newscast whereby they conducted an interview with Daniel Fontaine, Chair of the Coalition. Fontaine tells CKNW “we know that all
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New Westminster residents and businesses encouraged to get involved and become part of the solution (New Westminster, BC) November 1, 2017: A new coalition has formed in New Westminster with the aim of establishing a formal elector organization in early 2018. The New Westminster Progressive Electors Coalition (NWPEC) plans to field a slate of candidates
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