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First awards named for Port Coquitlam basketball player who lost her battle with cancer handed out

First awards named for Port Coquitlam basketball player who lost her battle with cancer handed out

The first four student-athletes to earn Karin Khuong memorial awards include three of her schoolmates at Terry Fox secondary school, and another from Riverside secondary. Khuong was a member of the Terry Fox Ravens senior girls basketball team when she lost a two-year battle with cancer.
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Coquitlam Public Library's virtual summer clubs encourage kids, youth to become masters of deduction

Coquitlam Public Library's virtual summer clubs encourage kids, youth to become masters of deduction

Reading groups open for all ages online and the Library wants them to "crack the case."
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Weekend Guide: Bring your teddy bears to hear Charlotte Diamond, Will Stroet at a virtual picnic

Weekend Guide: Bring your teddy bears to hear Charlotte Diamond, Will Stroet at a virtual picnic

Weekend guide for June 11 to 13, 2021, for events in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody.
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Take two: Coquitlam Cineplex theatre reopening June 15 after COVID-19 forced second shutdown

Take two: Coquitlam Cineplex theatre reopening June 15 after COVID-19 forced second shutdown

Health and safety measures implemented last summer will remain in place, including limited theatre capacity, as B.C.'s restart plan expects to shift to second phase next week.
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How Port Coquitlam is promoting diversity, inclusion through books at pop-up libraries

How Port Coquitlam is promoting diversity, inclusion through books at pop-up libraries

The Read in Colour initiative at Port Coquitlam Little Free Libraries aims to get residents to read and share diverse books.
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GRAD 2021: Dr. Charles Best's valedictorian Eric Song

GRAD 2021: Dr. Charles Best's valedictorian Eric Song

This month, Tri-City News asked high school valedictorians in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody to describe what it's like to graduate in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic — and without an official ceremony.
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Virtual Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce town hall to discuss COVID-19 economic rebuild

Virtual Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce town hall to discuss COVID-19 economic rebuild

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Executive director of Community Ventures Society to retire this month

Executive director of Community Ventures Society to retire this month

Kevin Lusignan will leave the top position on June 28 and will be replaced by Linda King.
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It's official: TransLink doubling bus service to popular summer destinations in the Tri-Cities

It's official: TransLink doubling bus service to popular summer destinations in the Tri-Cities

Bus routes to White Pine Beach at Sasamat Lake, as well as the Buntzen Lake Recreational Area and Belcarra will see more weekday and weekend service in the coming weeks in anticipation of greater customer demand
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Get your stuffies out for Festival Coquitlam's Teddy Bear concerts and parade

Get your stuffies out for Festival Coquitlam's Teddy Bear concerts and parade

Charlotte Diamond, Will Stroet get top billing at the virtual Teddy Bear concerts this weekend — a presentation by Festival Coquitlam.
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