The team at Project Reach Out was finishing its weekend shift, when a new volunteer suggested the outreach bus swing by Pinetree Way Elementary.
New Westminster was ably represented at the recently concluded 2012 Olympics in London, England.
New Westminster was ably represented at the recently concluded 2012 Olympics in London, England.
Imagine a book that has the answers to many of your questions and problems.
The whirlwind that was the London Olympics experience for Canada's athletes may have been capped by a tremendous homecoming on Monday.
At the time of the last Summer Olympics, Jasmin Glaesser didn't even own a bike.
What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, Jasmin Glaesser was a highly competitive cyclist who was waiting for her citizenship papers.
WHEN cyclist Zach Bell and coach Richard Wooles first started working together in the leadup to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Wooles said some things the young rider had never heard before.
Wall-to-wall friends and family came to celebrate the induction and honours expressed to Coquitlam's sports leaders last Thursday, as the Coquitlam Sports Hall of Fame held its third annual induction ceremony.
Their accomplishments were many last year, and come June 21, those successful seasons will forever be immortalized.
It was a double-medal day for Coquitlam's Jasmin Glaesser in Melbourne, Australia.
The great sports results from 2011 could fill a couple of papers. Limiting a whole year of great accomplishments to an even dozen (listed in Wednesday's edition) was difficult, so here is our followup with a score of terrific achievements from the athletes of our communities:
With an amazing performance against most of the top women's indoor cyclists, Coquitlam's Jasmin Glaesser placed seventh in the women's Omnium at the 2012 UCI Track World Cup on the weekend in Kazakhstan.
In what was her first race in Canadian colours, Coquitlam's Jasmin Glaesser raised the bar until it couldn't get any higher.