New Westminster Record June 1 2017

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THURSDAY JUNE 1, 2017

LOCAL NEWS – LOCAL MATTERS

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TYING IT ALL TOGETHER:

Grade 4 students take part in the maypole dances as part of May Day festivities at Queen’s Park Stadium on Wednesday, May 24. The 2017 May Day celebration featured Grade 3 folk dances, Grade 4 maypole dances, a performance by the New Westminster Secondary School senior marching band, anthems led by the Richard McBride High Notes Choir, a performance by the NWSS Cheer and Stunt Team and the crowning of this year’s May Queen, Zoe Bishop. For more photos of the May festivities – and the Hyack International Parade – see page 3 and check out our website at www. newwestrecord.ca. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

TEEN DIES AFTER INGESTING LETHAL DRUG

Fundraiser started for memorial service NewWest police say they are hoping people who may know where drugs came from will come forward By Cayley Dobie

cdobie@newwestrecord.ca

The family of a teenager who died in New Westminster Friday night is raising funds for her memorial. Angel Loyer-Lawrence was

with a group of friends when she and another girl took what they thought was the drug MDMA (also known as Molly). Moments later, the New Westminster Police Department was dispatched to the 1300 block of Hamilton Street, but, by the time officers arrived,

Angel was dead and her friend was in serious condition. On Saturday, Angel’s family started a GoFundMe page to raise money for a memorial service for the “smart and enthusiastic” 16-year-old. More than $2,700 of the $5,000 goal has already been

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