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Uptown Live showcases best of B.C. indie scene
The Boom Booms will be headlining this year's Uptown Live event in New Westminster.
Group invites families to help celebrate spring in New West
The New Westminster Early and Middle Childhood Development Committee is inviting local families to celebrate spring.
Hyack Festival Association needs volunteers
The Hyack Festival Association is on the hunt for volunteers and performers for some of its upcoming festivals.
Hyack continues to shoot for the sky
The Hyack Festival Association is aiming to be bigger, better and more relevant than ever before.
Hyack renovator
You can be forgiven for not yet knowing the name Douglas Smith. As the new executive director of the Hyack Festival Association, Smith is one of those people who works primarily behind the scenes, making tough decisions about things that many in the community hold dear.
Let there be Santa - and fire
Fire performers are the latest entries into this weekend's Parade of Lights.
Celebrating the season in New West
Mark the calendar: the annual Christmas parade takes place this coming Saturday, Dec. 1, in downtown New Westminster, starting at 4 p.m.
Hyack getting in the festive spirit
The Hyack Festival Association is taking steps to create a more exciting Christmas event in downtown New Westminster.
Mighty Fraser focus of city festival
The Fraser River will be jumping with activity as the new RiverFest takes to the waterfront this weekend.
Santa Parade could get major makeover
The Hyack Festival Association is proposing to replace the Santa Claus Parade of Lights with a festival featuring a musical light show and a giant Christmas tree.
Festivals merge to celebrate Fraser
Fraser River Discovery Centre and the Hyack Festival Association are fusing two of the city's festivals together to create an event that celebrates the mighty Fraser.
No small feat to throw a city-wide party
Not many people consider the logistics of public events when they're standing watching fireworks, an arena filled with dancing children and VIPs, or noshing on a hotdog while a 50-member marching band struts their stuff down a city street.
What a party!
Thousands of people cheered on the 41st annual Hyack Parade downtown, and then went up the hill to enjoy the first-ever Uptown Live! extravaganza
Parade a 'tremendous success'
The 41st annual Hyack International Parade attracted big crowds to the Royal City.
Parade, Uptown Live on tap for this weekend
Thousands of people will descend on the Royal City for the final weekend of the 41st annual Hyack Festival.
Hyack Festival kicks off on Friday night
The 41st annual Hyack Festival is getting underway in the Royal City this weekend.
Hyack Festival set to open with a bang
The skies will light up over the Fraser River during the opening celebrations of the Lowe's Hyack Festival.
Lowe's signs on as Hyack title sponsor
Lowe's Canada is taking steps to put its name on New Westminster's iconic festival.
