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In this episode of For the Record, Coun. Daniel Fontaine covers a number of topics and issues of interest to New West residents and business owners. He starts off with his regular “The Way I See It” segment which focuses on why the provincial and federal governments were a no-show when it came to being […]

In this edition of For the Record with host Coun. Daniel Fontaine and special guest Coun. Paul Minhas, they have an issue filled podcast! It starts off with “The Way I See It” which focuses on the issue of cutting down trees and how citizens are treated compared to city governments. Should city officials have

In his latest podcast For the Record, Coun. Daniel Fontaine focuses the entire edition on Metro Vancouver and the recent discussions of costly international trips to Brisbane, Singapore and Amsterdam. $17,336.50. That’s how much it cost Metro Vancouver taxpayers to send the Chair of Metro Vancouver to attend the 2023 Asia Pacific Cities Summit and

Here is the summary for Coun. Daniel Fontaine’s latest podcast which is available on Spotify, Amazon, Google Podcast and Apple Podcast! In Episode 27 of For the Record, we cover a number of topics and issues of interest to New West residents and beyond. We start off the podcast by discussing a number of motions

In this week’s edition of For the Record, Councillor Fontaine covers off a number of interesting issues making news in the Royal City. A motion coming to city council later this month regarding decriminalization is sure to trigger a debate. It has already generated some media interest and you can listen to an interesting head-to-head

It was a packed episode of For the Record with Coun. Daniel Fontaine this week. There were way too many topics to cover! Councillor Paul Minhas makes another special appearance to review the April 22nd Council meeting and much more. Some the items discussed include a donation of $150,000 USD to the City of New

Columbia Street was being used as a storage space for large pipes during an extended sewer replacement project which took longer to complete than originally anticipated Local businesses on New Westminster’s Columbia Street can’t seem to catch a break. First it was crime, then a Metro Vancouver sewer replacement project turned their street into a

Special guest Councillor Paul Minhas joins For the Record host Daniel Fontaine to discuss a number of issues of interest to local New West residents and businesses. What do you think about setting up a Canucks on Columbia Fan Zone? It would consist of a couple of big screens and would allow fans to visit

In this latest episode of For the Record host Daniel Fontaine covers a number of interesting topics including an opening editorial on the sport and recreation infrastructure deficit plaguing New Westminster. Will the opening of a new $114M aquatic and community center put a big dent in that deficit? Fontaine also paid a visit to

In the latest episode of For the Record, host Coun. Daniel Fontaine and special guest Coun. Paul Minhas explore the financial and political ramifications of a costly overrun at a waste treatment plant under construction in North Vancouver. The original cost for this infrastructure project was pegged at $500 million, but now it’s estimated to