In the Community

Place Maillardville, at 1200 Cartier Avenue, Coquitlam, offers the following free and low-cost programs for families. FREE PROGRAMS Family Drop-In, through Dec. 21.

What spends its childhood in the water, its adulthood in the forest and stays up all night hunting for bugs? Join a Metro Vancouver park interpreter in Searching for Salamanders, a program for families with children six years and older running from 1

School children can learn about the benefits of taking public transit for free during International Walk to School Week. From Oct.

A local service club is joining forces with Share Family and Community Services to make sure everyone has enough food this fall.

Hundreds of students turned out for Pinetree secondary's first annual Terry Fox Run last week in support of cancer research.

Get in the Christmas spirit this week-end with the 33rd annual motorcycle toy run, then get in touch with some local history at Ioco Ghost Town Days. TODAY: Friday, Sept.

The cities of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody are offering free, year-long admissions to all Grade 5 students for drop-in swimming, skating, and gymnasium-based activities, and 12 free admissions for Grade 6 students.

Share Family and Community Services' alcohol and drug program is hosting a drop-in education series.

Ioco Ghost Town Days will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this weekend with old-fashioned fun.

Coquitlam Needlearts Guild will be celebrating 25 years tomorrow (Saturday), with an afternoon of memories and mingling. The group was established in 1986 by Joan Smith.