r/NewWest

15K archived posts · May 2013 – Sep 2026

New Westminster: The Best West in Metro Vancouver

r/NewWest

Welcome to /r/NewWest! New Westminster is a historically important city in the Lower Mainland region and the former capital of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of the Greater Vancouver Regional District. Please see below for our Best & Worst of New West archive, community rules, and related subreddits.

Created May 27, 2013

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Welcome to r/NewWest!

New Westminster is a historically important city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and is a member municipality of the Greater Vancouver Regional District. It was founded as the capital of the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866).

Related Subreddits

r/Vancouver

r/AskVan

r/BritishColumbia

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###See the best and worst of New West in our archives.

####Rule #1 - Civility

We require our users to be positive and respectful to one another. This means being kind to those you disagree with.

Behaviors such as shaming, mocking, ranting, advocating violence, and threatening (including threats of self-harm) other users, third parties, groups, or businesses will be met with removals and bans. This includes content that leads to or promotes on- or off-site witch-hunting, abuse, or harassment in any way.

Be excellent to each other.

####Rule #2 - Inclusivity

Respect others' differences, be they race, religion, home, job, gender identity, ability, vulnerability, or sexuality. When faced with a removal or ban, "I was just joking!" or "it was obviously sarcasm" are not acceptable excuses.

Dehumanizing language and slurs are instant bans.

####Rule #3 - Accuracy

Do not deviate from news headlines when sharing news articles. Save your opinions for sharing in comments within the post.

Moderators reserve the right to remove posts about extreme experiences at the team's discretion if the information or source is unverifiable and/or sensationalized.

Please avoid posting information that can be easily proven false, including science denial like anti-vaxx messaging or disputing climate change.

####Rule #4 - Topic Guidelines

All submissions should be relevant to New Westminster. Topics and news about Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, or Canada may be allowed with mod discretion.

Duplicate new posts will be removed. Legal questions and employment questions will not be allowed.

Common questions about Metro Vancouver may be a better fit for our sister subreddit, r/AskVan.

News about Metro Vancouver may be a better fit for our sister subreddit, r/Vancouver.

####Rule #5 - Spam, Selling, and Self-Promotion

All subreddit members should take care not to spam with unauthorized self-promotion, job-seeking, buy/sell, referral/affiliate links, crowdfunding campaigns, surveys, or petitions. We define spam as more than one self-promoting submission for nine unrelated pieces of content. Moderator discretion may be used to allow some posts and deny others based on overall subreddit participation.

We automatically remove low-quality domains and UTM tracking links.

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