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Drug-smuggling pigeon ‘in training’ found with tiny backpack in B.C. prison — again

Drug-smuggling pigeon ‘in training’ found with tiny backpack in B.C. prison — again

Correctional officers in B.C. found a second pigeon wearing a tiny backpack designed to smuggle drugs into a prison, this time at the Matsqui Institution in Abbotsford
Tri-City News invites readers to dig into Eater’s Choice contest

Tri-City News invites readers to dig into Eater’s Choice contest

Vote for your favourite Tri-Cities restaurants and pubs and get a chance to win $500 in gift cards.
Woman accused of impersonating nurse in Ontario, B.C. could plead guilty

Woman accused of impersonating nurse in Ontario, B.C. could plead guilty

A woman already convicted of posing as a nurse at Ottawa medical and dental clinics is due to return to B.C., where it's alleged she posed as a nurse at BC Women's Hospital for a year.
Coquitlam's Oakdale is in transition — and one land assembly sold for $24.51 million.

Coquitlam's Oakdale is in transition — and one land assembly sold for $24.51 million.

In 2019, the City of Coquitlam consulted residents about plans to turn their neighbourhood of single-family homes into a community of mid-rise apartments and towers. Now many of those homes are boarded up or behind construction fencing.
Updated: Medical emergency shuts Coquitlam SkyTrain stations

Updated: Medical emergency shuts Coquitlam SkyTrain stations

A medical emergency has closed Coquitlam Central SkyTrain station this afternoon. SkyTrain customers will have to transfer to bus service at Inlet Centre Station to continue their journey.
'Overwhelming stench': Metro Vancouver renter says rat poo and pee made oven stink

'Overwhelming stench': Metro Vancouver renter says rat poo and pee made oven stink

When the oven heated up, an "overwhelming stench could be smelled."
Did someone steal your $25K stove? Burnaby RCMP might have it

Did someone steal your $25K stove? Burnaby RCMP might have it

Police are looking for the owners of hundreds of thousands of dollars in stolen high-end appliances, home finishings and fixtures taken from swanky homes under construction in Burnaby, Coquitlam and West Vancouver.
Coquitlam water pipe construction to cost $22M more than estimated: Metro

Coquitlam water pipe construction to cost $22M more than estimated: Metro

A $97-million contract to install part of a massive Metro Vancouver pipe through Coquitlam’s City Centre neighbourhood got the OK from the agency’s water committee yesterday (March 15).
Grouse Mountain's VASS seeks votes for $100K prize

Grouse Mountain's VASS seeks votes for $100K prize

All of the winings would go to Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports, which puts on 1,700 lessons a year for people with disabilities
Want to be a lawyer? Port Coquitlam teen hosts legal conference at UBC for high school students

Want to be a lawyer? Port Coquitlam teen hosts legal conference at UBC for high school students

There is no cost for youth to register for the legal conference, which takes place at UBC on March 26.