Naveena Vijayan
Vancouver Is Awesome
Burnaby, BC, Canada
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Have you been to New West’s ‘best-smelling’ record store?
The package-free soap refill store The Refill Stop in downtown New West shares its space with Relove Records, which offers rare vinyl albums. → Read More
How a Filipino family’s secret adobo recipe became a hit in New West
Burnaby-based Telly's Manila Kitchen sells its adobo flakes in New West's City Avenue Market, and offers free delivery if you are in the Lower Mainland area. → Read More
This New West resident turns newborn clothing into keepsake bears
Don't want to throw away your kid's first onesie? Meet Ella Cheng aka Mama Ella, who can turn it into a long-lasting stuffie. → Read More
Ube lattes, almond croissants are bestsellers at this new local café
Plough through your work emails while sipping a hot cuppa joe at Caffè Mira — the newest coffee spot in New West. → Read More
130 years after a man was hanged in New West, here’s why a reality series is digging up his story
Wondering what to binge watch next? How about a new reality series, Deadman’s Curse, that shows four BC explorers trying to find the riches of a man who died in the gallows in New Westminster back in 1891 – and knew about a gold mine that no one else did. → Read More
A new vegan doughnut business just launched in New West
Christina Kendall, owner of New Westminster’s CC’s Donuts, had to go all the way to Vancouver to get a box of vegan doughnuts before she decided to roll up her sleeves and bake them herself. → Read More
New West’s Coming Home Coffee House is closing this week
‘I'm leaving here because I've not been given a choice to continue,’ said Guy Dubé-Bureau, owner of Coming Home Coffee House. → Read More
Meet New Westminster’s 'TikTok Nana'
Since joining TikTok two years ago, the 75-year-old New Westminster-based cake artist Anita Wright has earned a massive fan following for her lesser-known acrylic piping art. → Read More
Meet New Westminster’s Empanada Gal
Carmen Isabel Pepio Linares learnt to cook empanadas when she was a nine-year-old girl in Guatemala; now, at 57, she runs a successful business baking the crescent-shaped pastries in New West → Read More
New West’s summer block party is back after a two-year break
Fridays on Front will see Downtown New Westminster transform into the perfect place to unwind with good music, delicious food, exciting art, and more — every Friday evening, starting July 8. → Read More
Gear up for a retro gaming expo in New West this weekend
At the day-long Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo at New Westminster's Anvil Centre June 25, you can play popular classic games on old gaming consoles, engage in a game swap with independent collectors, or buy your dream game from a flea market vendor. → Read More
New Westminster now has a store exclusively for hot sauces
The newly opened Lucifer’s House of Heat in Queensborough offers around 1,000 different hot sauces, including one of the hottest in the world: Hellfire Doomed. → Read More
LINE FRIENDS and BT21 pop-up is coming to Burnaby on June 30
After their successful run in Toronto last year, the PLAY LINE FRIENDS store is making its debut in the West Coast at Metropolis at Metrotown. The collection will include merchandise featuring BT21, a character line curated by BTS members, among others. → Read More