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New categories open for the 2025 Tri-Cities Chamber Business Excellence Awards

New categories open for the 2025 Tri-Cities Chamber Business Excellence Awards

Do you know a great Tri-City company or business leader? Nominations for the 2025 Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards are open until Friday, Nov. 15, 2024.
Financial auditor for Coquitlam City Hall will cost $60K more

Financial auditor for Coquitlam City Hall will cost $60K more

Coquitlam is expected to rehire its external auditor, KPMG, for two years. The Coquitlam Public Library board is set to follow suit for its future financial reviews.
BBB: Extortion email scams continue to harass Canadians

BBB: Extortion email scams continue to harass Canadians

Delete and do not reply to threatening messages is one of many tips from the Better Business Bureau (BBB) in protecting yourself against a possible extortion scam.
This Coquitlam neighbourhood will lose its 7-Eleven next week

This Coquitlam neighbourhood will lose its 7-Eleven next week

7-Eleven on Coquitlam's Burke Mountain will close its doors next Thursday, Oct. 10.
Headlines from the past: How new technology helped this Port Moody café connect to the world

Headlines from the past: How new technology helped this Port Moody café connect to the world

The Pelican Rouge in Port Moody was one of the first local cafés to connect to the internet to attract customers.
Three nonprofits in Port Coquitlam eyed for tax relief — again

Three nonprofits in Port Coquitlam eyed for tax relief — again

Bids are from the Hyde Creek Watershed Society, Kinsmen Club of Port Coquitlam and the Port Coquitlam Heritage and Cultural Society.
Port Moody puts hold on acquiring new public art pieces while it ponders its arts future

Port Moody puts hold on acquiring new public art pieces while it ponders its arts future

Instead, money for public art in Port Moody will go into the city's public art reserve fund until it formulates a new policy for using that fund.
Don't count on private developers to make new Port Moody rental apartments affordable: mayor

Don't count on private developers to make new Port Moody rental apartments affordable: mayor

Developer slashed affordable units from 64 to 13 at one of its two projects before Port Moody council.
Hot sandwich royalty has arrived in Port Coquitlam

Hot sandwich royalty has arrived in Port Coquitlam

Earl of Sandwich is operated by direct descendants of the actual Earl of Sandwich and has chosen the Tri-Cities for its second Metro Vancouver location.
This Port Coquitlam brewery's new beer can design honours Kwikwetlem First Nation

This Port Coquitlam brewery's new beer can design honours Kwikwetlem First Nation

Patina Brewing has partnered with the local Indigenous community to create a limited-edition design for Truth and Reconciliation Day, and it's only the beginning.