In the Community

The impact of social media on children will be the topic at a District Parent Advisory Council workshop for School District 43 parents next Thursday.

A local non-profit organization is seeking community support to win a grant from the annual Aviva Community Fund to support their work with people who are homeless and other individuals struggling to get back on their feet.

What if adults behaved like teenagers? That's the core of the discussion planned for the SFU Philosophers Cafe scheduled for Oct. 11 at Coquitlam Public Library's Poirier branch, 575 Poirier St. At the 7 p.m.

Have you been job searching for the past couple of months and have not succeeded in gaining employment? Have you been out of work for a while or changing job often and find it difficult to make employers notice you? Are your job search skills out of

For many travellers, Morocco holds a mystique. It has cities with romantic-sounding names like Marrakech and Casablanca, ancient kasbahs, snake-charmers and exotic Berber and nomadic Tuareg peoples.

Everyone deserves a good quality of life and everyone needs to take steps to achieve it.

WINNERS Coquitlam residents who competed in this summer's London Olympics - with some bringing home hardware from the international event - were honoured by Mayor Richard Stewart and city council on Monday.

Port Moody's Golden Spike Days are one of the Tri-Cities' biggest annual events and they don't happen without a great deal of planning and work by volunteers.

We're hoping this stretch of beautiful weather will last so get outdoors and enjoy the autumn scenes in the Tri-Cities.

The message Terry Fox drove home every day during his Marathon of Hope hit home for hundreds of students and staff at a Coquitlam middle school last week.