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Letter: If Coquitlam can't house homeless during a pandemic, will it ever?

Letter: If Coquitlam can't house homeless during a pandemic, will it ever?

'This year, at a time when governments are going out of their way to look out for ordinary citizens affected by the pandemic, the homeless are being left out in the cold to fend for themselves.'
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Seven days and 177 new coronavirus cases in the Tri-Cities

Seven days and 177 new coronavirus cases in the Tri-Cities

The 177 cases surpass totals for the North Shore, Richmond, Delta and Langley, but are fewer than Burnaby, Abbotsford or Surrey
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New park, subdivision for Coquitlam's growing Burke Mountain

New park, subdivision for Coquitlam's growing Burke Mountain

Sheffield Park on Burke Mountain is the latest addition to the city of Coquitlam's green space roster, with detailed design planning now underway.
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Two more Coquitlam area schools report COVID-19 exposures

Two more Coquitlam area schools report COVID-19 exposures

Fraser Health urges testing and issues a call to refrain from parties while promising testing centres will stay open over the holidays
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The B.C. government has hit its target of hiring more than 1,200 contact tracers

The B.C. government has hit its target of hiring more than 1,200 contact tracers

As the province continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, B.C.'s contact-tracing recruitment efforts are not stopping there.
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Flood of COVID 'Christmas benefit' applications crashes B.C. government website

Flood of COVID 'Christmas benefit' applications crashes B.C. government website

At 8:30 a.m. Friday, applications opened to 3.7 million British Columbians eligible for some or all of the new B.C. COVID-19 benefit, immediately crashing the government website
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B.C. confirms 624 new cases of COVID-19, for total of 45,400

B.C. confirms 624 new cases of COVID-19, for total of 45,400

There were 11 new COVID-19-related deaths announced Friday
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Design work starts for new path along Mary Hill Bypass in Coquitlam

Design work starts for new path along Mary Hill Bypass in Coquitlam

Walkers, runners and cyclists on the Mary Hill Bypass may soon have a new multi-use path to get between Coquitlam’s United Boulevard and Argue Street in Port Coquitlam. 
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Flowers, honks for teachers at Coquitlam school struck by COVID-19 exposures

Flowers, honks for teachers at Coquitlam school struck by COVID-19 exposures

Dr. Charles Best parents drop off poinsettias, honk horns for principals, custodians and educators in show of thanks before winter break closure
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Canucks statement on orca logo without Squamish Nation consent muddies appropriation conversation

Canucks statement on orca logo without Squamish Nation consent muddies appropriation conversation

In the midst of calls for non-Indigenous people to stop speaking on behalf of Indigenous people, the Canucks did exactly that.
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