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Tickets double this month for uninsured drivers: Coquitlam RCMP

Tickets double this month for uninsured drivers: Coquitlam RCMP

Mounties in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam have handed out 24 violation tickets to drivers without vehicle insurance, since the start of 2024.
B.C. court overturns Indigenous mom's $150K human rights decision

B.C. court overturns Indigenous mom's $150K human rights decision

"Discrimination in this case is the effect of a wider web of laws, policies, and practices which interact to create a system stacked against Indigenous families," the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal decision said.
Man caught with loaded 'ghost gun' at Burnaby mall gets 2.5 years in prison

Man caught with loaded 'ghost gun' at Burnaby mall gets 2.5 years in prison

Metro Vancouver Transit Police seized a loaded, semi-automatic handgun from Arunjit Virk just outside the Metrotown mall in March 2021.
Anmore composer scores music in début ballet

Anmore composer scores music in début ballet

Jack Campbell's "Absence & Creation" will have two showings in Vancouver, will feature four of Ballet BC’s emerging artists, and will include the UBC School of Music's New Coast Chamber Ensemble.
LNG plant 'floatel' gets finishing touches at North Vancouver drydock

LNG plant 'floatel' gets finishing touches at North Vancouver drydock

The MV Isabelle once plied the waters of the Baltic Sea as a ‘cruise ferry,’ and more recently housed 1,500 Ukrainian refugees.
Picketing at SkyTrains in Metro Vancouver to be discussed Monday

Picketing at SkyTrains in Metro Vancouver to be discussed Monday

The meeting will determine if picketing can take place at SkyTrain stations.
Coronation Park is no more: Historic Port Moody development project now called Inlet District

Coronation Park is no more: Historic Port Moody development project now called Inlet District

Construction of the Inlet District's first phase is expected to begin in the spring of 2025.
Baldrey: Children, family ministry is the toughest file in B.C.'s government

Baldrey: Children, family ministry is the toughest file in B.C.'s government

There have been 14 ministers in the role since its creation in 1996. Why columnist Keith Baldrey believes they've been "judged harsher" than any other MLA.
An Asian grocery store is opening this week on the Burnaby-Coquitlam border

An Asian grocery store is opening this week on the Burnaby-Coquitlam border

'New taste traditions' are coming to the City of Lougheed development.
Former Coquitlam fire chief heads up new department at city hall

Former Coquitlam fire chief heads up new department at city hall

Coquitlam is recruiting for a fire chief following the departure of Jim Ogloff.