New West News

At one end of Oxford Street on Saturday, a grey-suited salesman, wearing a wrap-around microphone headset, had attracted a small crowd outside a shop named Parfum Couture.

Shoppers today shrugged off worries about the recession as they shelled out tens of millions of pounds in a Christmas spending blitz.

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It is my pleasure to bring you the third annual New West Best Books in the West list.

New Westminster is considering a novel way to give hill-challenged cyclists a lift.

New equine West Nile virus vaccines have been approved by the USDA. The vaccine line, called Vetera, is manufactured by Boehringer-Ingelheim, a privately held pharmaceutical company.

Federal New Democrats have their eyes on three of four byelections underway across the country today.

Ken Beck Lee landed on Canadaa s shores with $1,400 in his pocket, an engineering degree from a Korean university and very little command of the English language.

Corb Lund's new album, Losin' Lately Gambler, is his first for Texas label New West Records.

Maybe the liner notes are an apology: "It's the songs," says Austin City Limits producer Terry Lickona; and yes, the songs are great, but pop in the CD of the Drive-By Truckers ' audio/visual combo Live from Austin, TX , and you can't help but wonder if "their kick-ass rock and roll sound" got left on the bus with the ubiquitous bottle of Jack ...

Corb Lund's new album, Losin' Lately Gambler, is his first for Texas label New West Records.

The Westlake Village Inn is having a contest to name its newly planted vineyard, which can be seen at Agoura and Lakeview Canyon roads.

Eager to prove that it is a sophisticated and cultural city, Calgary has undertaken a rebranding exercise that will abandon the perfectly fitting and workable slogan that it has had for the past nine years, Heart of the New West.

The countdown continues with hip-hop both old school and really new school, with three towering smash singles and an underrated rock record.

New West Records, an independent record label that has signed and promoted some of America's top musical artists, plans to open an office in Athens.

Signs welcome visitors to Calgary with the "Heart of the New West" slogan. An international company with no offices in Canada has won a bid to rebrand Calgary, and replace the city's current slogan "Heart of the New West," which features a stylized cowboy hat logo.

Artist: Lund, Corb Alberta son Corb Lund rides out of the West with a new U.S. record deal, a new album and a Canadian tour.

An old face is showing up in a familiar place. Former Conservative MP Paul Forseth was officially approved on Oct.

JASON ISBELL Sirens of the Ditch New West Records After Jason Isbell's departure from Drive-By Truckers, there was a fear that his debut solo album would sound like DBT lite.

If Wyoming's three richest families decided to boost the economy by giving all their money to fellow Cowboy State residents, each resident of Wyoming would walk away with $44,493. That gives Wyoming the biggest chunk of billionaire dollars per capita in the country, according to Forbes magazine's latest list of 400 wealthiest people in America .