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Save Our Local News Campaign

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🗞️ We are launching a newspaper in New Westminster, Burnaby and the Tri-Cities this fall! 🙏 Help us fundraise: SaveOurLocalNews.ca . #saveourlocalnews #newwest #burnaby #coquitlam #portcoquitlam #portmoody #anmore #belcarra #newspaper #localnews #nonprofit

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Save Our Local News Campaign @saveourlocalnews.bsky.social · Sep 9

Even superheroes know the importance of reliable local news so they know which bad guys to battle.
Help us bring reliable local news back to New Westminster, Burnaby and the Tri-Cities.
Go to www.saveourlocalnews.ca to find out more about our project

Save Our Local News Campaign @saveourlocalnews.bsky.social · Aug 29

Building a non-profit, co-operative local newspaper: $$$$
Sharing our story with 1,500 delegates at the @unifor.org national convention in Vancouver: Priceless
After 20+ years of getting beaten down by corporate owners, local news needs a new way forward. saveourlocalnews.ca

Save Our Local News Campaign @saveourlocalnews.bsky.social · Aug 23

💪 Labour Day is around the corner!

Join us at the Edmonds Labour Day party Sept. 1 hosted by the #Vancouver and New Westminster and District labour councils!

Find out more about the Save Our Local News campaign to help launch a #newspaper this fall in #NewWestminster, #Burnaby and the #Tri-Cities!

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Save Our Local News Campaign @saveourlocalnews.bsky.social · Aug 20

🤯 We made it to $40K!!!

Thank YOU, #NewWestminster, #Burnaby and the #Tri-Cities — and beyond — for your generous support!

We are bringing a newspaper back to the three communities this fall! 📰

Donate at SaveOurLocalNews.ca

#newwest #burnaby #tricitiesbc #coquitlam #portcoquitlam #portmoody

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Save Our Local News Campaign @saveourlocalnews.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thanks to #NewWest, #Burnaby and #Tri-Cities residents for coming out to our sold-out event last night: the inaugural “Meet the Founders” at The Taphouse in #Coquitlam!
Donate today: SaveOurLocalNews.ca to help launch a #hometown #newspaper this fall!
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#portcoquitlam #portmoody #anmore #belcarra

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Save Our Local News Campaign @saveourlocalnews.bsky.social · Aug 18

Circle of Local News: Peter Lojewski brought a newspaper clipping with his photo from the late 1990s or early 2000s to our booth at New West Pride. Try doing that with a URL! Learn more about our work to bring local news back to New West, Burnaby and the Tri-Cities at saveourlocalnews.ca

Save Our Local News Campaign @saveourlocalnews.bsky.social · Aug 17

🏁We’re at the PoCo Car Show! 🏁

Join us today to see the 400+ vehicles on display 🚘

Our booth is by Patina Brewing Co. on Marpole Avenue. Come by and find out about the Save Our Local News campaign to bring back a newspaper in New Westminster, Burnaby and the Tri-Cities!

👉 Donate today!

Save Our Local News Campaign @saveourlocalnews.bsky.social · Aug 17

New Westminster Pride!

Happy to be a vendor at this annual festival on Columbia Street!

#newwest #pride #newwestminster #festival #event #newspaper #saveourlocalnews #news #localnewsmatters #reporters #nonprofit #cooperative

Save Our Local News Campaign @saveourlocalnews.bsky.social · Aug 16

🌈 See you tomorrow, #NewWestminster! 🌈

We’ll be near the Columbia/6th intersection for #NewWestPride2025, from 3 to 8pm.

Find out what we’re all about!

👉 SaveOurLocalNews.ca

#burnaby #coquitlam #portcoquitlam #portmoody #anmore #belcarra #newwest #pride #lgbtq #2slgbtqia #news #newspaper

Save Our Local News Campaign @saveourlocalnews.bsky.social · Aug 13

🚘 The countdown is on! 🚘

Join us at the Downtown Port Coquitlam #Car Show on Sunday, Aug. 17!

We’ll be onsite to talk about our #newspaper launching this fall in #NewWestminster, #Burnaby and the #Tri-Cities!

#portcoquitlam #cars #carshow #vintagecars #showandshine #metrovancouver #vancouver

Save Our Local News Campaign @saveourlocalnews.bsky.social · Aug 12

🌈 Pride on Saturday! 🌈

We’re at the #NewWestminster #Pride #party on Columbia Street on Aug. 16 from 3–8pm!

Help us raise $100K to start a #newspaper this fall in New Westminster, #Burnaby and the #Tri-Cities!

👉 SaveOurLocalNews.ca

#newwest #coquitlam #portcoquitlam #portmoody #2slgbtqiaplus

Save Our Local News Campaign @saveourlocalnews.bsky.social · Aug 11

🍔 Last week for tickets! 🍔

Join the Save Our Local News founders at the @taphousecoquitlam on Tuesday, Aug. 19 from 5:30–7:30pm to find out about a nonprofit launching this fall to create a #newspaper in #NewWest, #Burnaby and the #TriCitiesbc!

👉 Go to SaveOurLocalNews.ca to $ and buy tickets

Photo of the four Save Our Local News founders at the New Westminster Farmers Market booth. The wording promotes a Burger and Beer Night with the founders on August 19, 2025, at The Taphouse in Coquitlam.

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Save Our Local News Campaign @saveourlocalnews.bsky.social · Aug 10

⏰ Hurry! Tickets are going fast! ⏰

We’re having a #summer party at The Taphouse #Coquitlam on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, from 530 to 730pm 🌞

Meet the four founders of a #newspaper launching this fall in #NewWestminster, #Burnaby and the #Tri-Cities! 🗞️

👉 SaveOurLocalNews.ca

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Save Our Local News Campaign @saveourlocalnews.bsky.social · Aug 9

We’re pleased to be at Town Centre Park in #Coquitlam for the BC #Dumpling Fest—an event founded and organized by Gina Chong ❤️ The party is on today from 11am to 8pm 🎊

We are launching a #newspaper in #NewWestminster, #Burnaby and the #Tri-Cities this fall!

👉 SaveOurLocalNews.ca

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Save Our Local News Campaign @saveourlocalnews.bsky.social · Aug 8

We’re at the BC Dumpling Fest at Town Centre Park in #Coquitlam tomorrow! Swing by, sign up to be on our email list, buy a tote bag or T-shirt and donate to @saveourlocalnews!
We’re raising $100K this #summer to start a #newspaper this fall to serve #NewWestminster, #Burnaby and the #Tri-Cities!