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a resident’s take on traffic
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February 19 2014 www.newwestnewsleader.com
coun. Jonathan coté thinks the city can do more to encourage car sharing. See Page a3
Pattullo back on the table Partners hope to narrow down options
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kevin addo, 9, gets his head wrapped in a turban by arjinda chahal at a multicultural celebration put on by the welcoming and inclusive new westminster community partnership table, saturday at century House.
Overwaitea deal has heads shaking Sapperton resident says decision means less choice for New West Grant Granger
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The Competition Bureau’s approval of the sale of New Westminster’s Thrifty Foods store to Overwaitea doesn’t add up for a Sapperton resident. The East Columbia Street grocery
was purchased from Sobeys by Overwaitea’s acquisition, which Overwaitea last week as part also includes the Royal of a 15-store package deal. City Centre Safeway, will In October, Sobeys was leave New West with less told by the bureau to divest competition, not more. itself of 23 stores, including If Overwaitea puts both the Sapperton Thriftys, after stores under the Save-On WILLIaMS Sobeys bought out Canada Foods banner, it will Safeway, which already had leave New West with two three stores in New West, earlier in ownership groups and two lines of 2013. supermarkets. Mary Ann MacKenzie said She said at least the Thrifty Foods
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Another series of small group meetings and open houses on the Pattullo Bridge will be held in New Westminster, Surrey and Coquitlam in the upcoming weeks. Three small group sessions will be held at the Inn at the Quay in New Westminster on Monday, Feb. 24 (10 a.m. to noon, 1-3 p.m., and 6-8 p.m.). To register go to www. pattullobridgereview. ca or call 604-6846840. They will be followed by three more two days later at the Bridgeview Community Hall in Surrey. The open house schedule includes three stops in New West. The first will also be at the Inn at the Quay, Saturday, March 1, 10 a.m. to noon, followed by another at the Sapperton Pensioners Hall (318 Keary St.) Wednesday, March 5 from 5 to 8 p.m., and another at the Inn at the Quay on Monday, March 10, 5 to 8 p.m. The review consultation is being put on by the three cities and TransLink, which is responsible for the operation of the Pattullo Bridge.