Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

As the pandemic and its fallout took root across Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody, economic hardship, suffering and grief over those who had died were balanced by extraordinary acts of compassion

“The decision was arbitrary, and the timing of it is terrible because it’s going to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars – if not millions. And it was unnecessary."

Protesters award '2020 Grinch of the Year award” to the Coquitlam MLA’s constituency office in protest of the reduction in government disability and income assistance payments

The ban will apply to all alcohol sales from liquor stores and retailers to bars and restaurants, regardless of whether the liquor would be used for on-site or off-site consumption.

At nearby Nicola Lodge in Port Coquitlam, test-positive coronavirus cases had surged to 22 residents and 13 staff, with one death

So far, 11,930 first doses of the vaccines have been given out to people across British Columbia.

Safeway's parent company, Sobeys Inc, issued an exposure notification for its 580 Clarke Road location on Christmas Day, with the infected staff member's last work day on Dec. 22

The maps are meant to help people understand why it's important to stay close to home

The new numbers put the figure of active COVID cases in B.C. at 7,580.

“All British Columbians have to remember the virus spreads quickly but shows up slowly.”