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Robin Exley is not a digital native. He doesn't own a laptop computer and doesn't know how to send a text on his cellphone.

When students were first introduced to the idea of recycling at school more than two decades ago, many took the practice home with them, often educating their parents about the importance of reducing waste.

A fireworks company that has won two HSBC Celebration of Light competitions in Vancouver will fire off pyrotechnics at this year's Canada Day party in Coquitlam. The city has hired Archangel Fireworks Inc.

Apartment and townhouse dwellers in Port Coquitlam will now have the opportunity to participate in the city's food waste program.

The city of Port Coquitlam is seeking input from the public as staff and council begin the difficult process of putting together the city's financial plan for the next five years.

A long-term patient who went missing from Riverview last week was found dead on the hospital grounds Monday morning, according to the Coquitlam RCMP.

A Friday night break-in at a Princeton Avenue home has Port Moody police warning the public that even the most solid doors and deadbolts are only as strong as the frames that hold them.

Significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and the protection of forested areas, watercourses and shorelines are just some of the objectives outlined in Port Coquitlam's draft environmental strategic plan.

Port Moody council accepted last week an updated study on revamping Inlet Park. But councillors say that even the project's lowest cost option of $3.7 million won't work within the city's five-year financial plan. The study accepted by council Feb.

More overseas delegations will make their way to Coquitlam this year, scouting for ways to do business in the city.