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posted on
April 12th, 2013
from
Tenth To The Fraser
based in
New Westminster

Health & wellness highlighted at ‘Spring Cleaning’ event this Saturday

This Saturday, April 13, River Market is hosting “Spring Cleaning for the Mind, Body & Soul,” a health & wellness fair featur ...

posted on
April 11th, 2013
from
Tenth To The Fraser
based in
New Westminster

Learning to Sew in New Westminster

At some point last fall I got the itch to start sewing.

I began dreaming about crafting my own clothes, mending existing garments and having the overall knowledge to begin a sewing project. ...

posted on
March 22nd, 2013
from
Tenth To The Fraser
based in
New Westminster

Network with local entrepreneurs at LAUNCH! New West

New West has a thriving culture of entrepreneurship, but I haven’t seen it celebrated and encouraged as much as I’d like. Hopefully that’s about to change.

Small business ...

posted on
March 11th, 2013
from
Tenth To The Fraser
based in
New Westminster

New West Needs Great Service Businesses Too! Limina Spa

When my husband and I first moved to New Westminster, in September 2011, all the talk was about how New Westminster needed some new business that weren’t Dollar Stores, Car Repair shops and Brida ...

posted on
February 28th, 2013
from
Tenth To The Fraser
based in
New Westminster

What does a ‘sustainable’ future look like for New West? [Update on Envision 2032]

Lots of great ideas came out of Envision 2032′s Sustain ...

posted on
February 27th, 2013
from
Tenth To The Fraser
based in
New Westminster

Hidden gems in Downtown New West

I like to support businesses in my neighbourhood of Downtown New Westminster. Many places make this easy for me to do: River Market, read more about "Hidden gems in Downtown New..."

posted on
February 7th, 2013
from
Tenth To The Fraser
based in
New Westminster

SpudShack: Fitting a Vision Into New West

You don’t know how bad French fries can be until you have amazing French fries. When a number of locals were all atwitter and agog to learn that the Spud Shack ...

posted on
January 27th, 2013
from
Tenth To The Fraser
based in
New Westminster

Discovering the joys of putting food by

The first jar from our batch of spicy bourbon-spiked mustard.

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posted on
January 23rd, 2013
from
Tenth To The Fraser
based in
New Westminster

Like an old house, New West is blessed with ‘good bones’

Leafy Columbia Street. Photo: Briana Tomkinson

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posted on
January 16th, 2013
from
Tenth To The Fraser
based in
New Westminster

Barley’s Homebrewing Supplies a welcome addition to Sapperton

There is a significant amount of excitement at my house these days because no longer will my husband have to head to Vancouver to pick up beer making supplies (one of the better known and more popu ...