Local News

Pacific Coast Terminals (PCT) is hosting a public open house Thursday about its upcoming expansion plans.

Port Moody council will be completing its chapter-by-chapter review of the official community plan (OCP) on Monday, starting at 5 p.m. The thorough look-through of the municipality's main planning document began Sept. 10 in a four-hour meeting.

A month-long distracted driving awareness campaign kicks off this week that will see police in the Tri-Cities cracking down on those who break the law. According to an Ipsos-Reid poll conducted for ICBC, B.C.

Four people were arrested Wednesday morning in Port Coquitlam on Laurier Street. Coquitlam RCMP were called to the 300-block of the street, located on the eastern edge of the community, for a report of a stolen vehicle parked on the road.

Drivers in Burquitlam will notice some changes on their main route for the next few weeks. Clarke Road northbound will be temporarily closed between Cottonwood and Smith avenues Monday through Saturday (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Bart Phillips is a solid-looking guy who doesn't have the thin, haggard look of a heroin addict. But that was what he was before he walked into the welcoming arms of volunteers and homeless advocates at a Tri-City shelter four years ago.

Shelter workers, advocates and volunteers in Port Moody, Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam are devastated at the news that a long-running winter shelter program in the Tri-Cities has been cancelled for this year.

Concerns about crime in downtown Port Coquitlam resulting from the presence of a nightly homeless shelter last fall and winter were overrated and a little more understanding and compassion might have eased fears, says the Coquitlam RCMP. Cpl.

Another Coquitlam resident is running for a city council seat in next month's byelection.

BC NDP leader Adrian Dix is facing a challenge from party members belonging to the Coquitlam-Maillardville riding association.