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Vancouver ranked second least affordable housing market in the world

Vancouver ranked second least affordable housing market in the world

Study also highlights how ‘middle class is under threat’
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PoCo Heritage tree awards, museum staff changes

PoCo Heritage tree awards, museum staff changes

Kelly Girl Vintage — a business owned by a Port Coquitlam city hall employee — and the Tri-City branch of Soroptomist International took the top honours at the seventh annual PoCo Heritage Christmas Tree Festival.
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Change to MLA Robinson's duties after cabinet shuffle

Change to MLA Robinson's duties after cabinet shuffle

Premier John Horgan appointed Anne Kang as the new minister of citizens service, a portfolio previously held by Coquitlam-Maillardville MLA Selina Robinson.
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Former Coquitlam mayor gives $600k to build PoCo home for disabled young adults

Former Coquitlam mayor gives $600k to build PoCo home for disabled young adults

Maxine Wilson has turned her attention from politics to philanthropy, making a major donation last month to the Port Coquitlam Community Foundation.
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Coronavirus risk considered low for B.C. as Seattle reports first case

Coronavirus risk considered low for B.C. as Seattle reports first case

A new coronavirus, spreading in China, appears to be less worrisome than the SARS outbreak of 2003, and the risk to British Columbians is considered to be low, says Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer.
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Update: $35k raised for Coquitlam dad fighting cancer

The family of a Coquitlam man struggling with Stage 4 colon cancer is closing in on its goal of raising $39,000 to aid with the recovery.
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Boy, 7, struck, injured on Clarke Street in Port Moody

Boy, 7, struck, injured on Clarke Street in Port Moody

A seven-year-old boy is recovering from facial injuries after he was struck late Monday afternoon by the driver of a vehicle travelling west on Clarke Street in Port Moody. Sgt.
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Stay away from Coquitlam River's banks, reservoir water is being released

Stay away from Coquitlam River's banks, reservoir water is being released

BC Hydro is releasing water from the Coquitlam reservoir to lower its level in advance of heavy rains and snow melt
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Vancouver International Airport to take steps to prevent coronavirus from spreading

Vancouver International Airport to take steps to prevent coronavirus from spreading

Signage to be added, and health-screening question to be added to electronic border kiosks, but no temperature-screening yet
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Coquitlam is among top three B.C. business communities in its class

Coquitlam is among top three B.C. business communities in its class

Coquitlam is up against Campbell River and Saanich
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