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What's happening: There will be free all day parking on the downtown parkade as well as free, live entertainment from noon to 6 p.m. on the Thrifty Foods Performance Stage including the following: Altyn Folk Dance Group, Ammara Dance Company, Total Martial Arts, Philippine Tapestry, Nahualli Folklore (Mexican Dance Group), Tzu Chi Foundation Canada, Sangre Morena, Indonesia Satoe on behalf of Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia, Kathleen Carlsen Dancers, Gradec Croatian Tamburica Orchestra and Choir, Burnaby International Folk Dancers, Netherlands Association "Je Maintiendrai" (NAJM), Bosnian and Herzegovinian Cultural Centre, Royal City Youth Ballet, and New West Chinese Society. There will also be games and activities for children all day inside the River Market, including free mask-making workshops and free face painting. The boardwalk food vendors will include Japadog and Didi's Greek, among others.
Festival highlights city diversity
It's been more than 11 years since the first New Westminster's DiverseCity Multicultural Festival, and with a decade of celebrating the city's diversity behind us, it's time to ask just how diverse is New Westminster? According to John Stark - senior social planner for city - it's very diverse.
Summer movies: Studios load up for action-packed season
APRIL showers bring May blockbusters, with Memorial Day south of the border marking the start of the busy summer movie season.
Couple to go the distance
While the couple has tirelessly worked to do whatever it takes to prevent suicide in young people, this year, they're truly going the distance to make their dreams a reality.
A diverse riding facing major changes
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Filmmaker figures out father issues at DOXA
It was meant to be a documentary about her 73-yearold father's relationship with his 23-year-old Filipino girlfriend he met online. Instead, April Butler's journey detoured into an exploration of her own relationship with her dad.
Bangkok's best bang for your buck
The city of Bangkok teems with relentless activity, from traffic jams that make the Lower Mainland's rush-hour roads look like a breeze, to street vendors making dentures and repairing clothing.
Writers delve into seedy side of city
Two people - a man and his wife - were found dead. They were lying side by side on the floor of their bedroom. The bed was still made, and they were in their nightclothes. There were two bullet wounds in each victim; one in the face and the other in the abdomen.
Flight plans grounded for travel firm
A Richmond-based travel firm has closed its doors leaving customers in the lurch and thousands of dollars out of pocket.
City resident's business gamble pays off
Taking a chance and following your dream can be unnerving and stressful, especially when it means leaving a job that provides financial stability.
Two new Sports Hall of Famers
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Like OMG anyone know how to vote LOL
IT'S election time here in British Columbia - the writ dropped on Tuesday.
Events guide
White Rock Social Justice Film Society shows documentary movies with themes of social justice at First United Church, 15385 Semiahmoo Ave., White Rock. On select nights; admission by donation. Info: whiterocksocialjusticefilmfestival. ca. April 26: "War Made Easy," in which author Norman Soloman teams with activist/actor Sean Penn to encourage critical thinking about media spin during wartime by introducing viewers to the techniques of war propaganda and seeing just how those techniques have been implemented from Vietnam to Iraq. A member of "Veterans for Peace" in Washington will be present at the film to facilitate after-film discussion.
Calm, cool, city hand calls it a day
Naseem Hassanali will forever hold a special place in her heart for the Royal City.
Local travellers band together while abroad
IT wasn't what they planned to do in Cambodia, but when a group travelling with West Vancouver's Travel Concepts left the country in February, they left behind enough money to build 21 wells, and buy whiteboards and contributed $1,000 to a solar power system for a school.
Woman tells of abuse overseas
Sandra Dowsett was 21 when she packed her bags and left Ladner for the trip of a lifetime.
