Highlights

'Keep their memories alive,' says Mahda Jahromi, a lecturer in Sustainable Energy Engineering, seeking commemorative efforts to remember the victims of Flight 752 that was shot down Jan. 8, 2020

A developer proposing condos, townhouses along the Mary Hill Bypass in Port Coquitlam briefly considered breaks on home ownership costs but will adhere to city requirement for 10 affordable rental units instead; now some councillors think affordable home ownership should be included in the city's housing needs plan

Ukrainian Airlines Flight PS752 was shot down over Tehran a year ago this week, killing 176 people, including a Port Coquitlam family of three. Now victims' families are demanding answers as they raise money for international legal action

Two high schools — one in Port Moody and one in Coquitlam — were the last to have exposures investigated in 2020, according to a School District 43 Facebook post while Surrey had 50 students who tested positive over winter break

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

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

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

Crash was likened to 'Dukes of Hazzard' by a witness

The photos that defined Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody through 2020, a year like no other

Coquitlam's Meals for Seniors program, subsidized under the city's Community Support & Recovery Plan and through volunteer support, has offered 15,000 frozen dinners since March.