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Outdoor active play vital for students, Coquitlam school board chair says as B.C. spends $5M on playgrounds

Outdoor active play vital for students, Coquitlam school board chair says as B.C. spends $5M on playgrounds

At R.C. MacDonald Elementary today (April 29), a budgetary promise was unveiled to fund 30 new playgrounds in 24 school districts across B.C.
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Letter: Port Moody's future is at a watershed moment with Coronation Park

Letter: Port Moody's future is at a watershed moment with Coronation Park

If Wesgroup's pitch style reflects what's to come, we can expect our elected officials to be bullied into projects that offer little in the way of affordable or social housing, states this Port Moody letter writer.
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Single-use plastics are now banned in Port Moody — with exceptions

Single-use plastics are now banned in Port Moody — with exceptions

It's been a week since grocery bags, and other related plastics, were officially barred from the City of the Arts.
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Port Coquitlam javelin thrower has his sights set on the Olympics

Port Coquitlam javelin thrower has his sights set on the Olympics

Javelin throwers traditionally reach their peak in their mid- to late 20s.
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Photos: Giant plywood placed at Port Coquitlam grocery store as police investigate alleged break-in

Photos: Giant plywood placed at Port Coquitlam grocery store as police investigate alleged break-in

The incident took place nearly two weeks before thieves pillaged power tools worth thousands of dollars from a PoCo hardware store.
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Missing person found

Missing person found

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Nearly 700 people identify as transgender, non-binary in the Tri-Cities: census

Nearly 700 people identify as transgender, non-binary in the Tri-Cities: census

Port Coquitlam has the highest number of trans and non-binary people per capita as one in 300 Canadians identify with the under-represented communities.
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Sure the spring weather has been lousy, but this big Coquitlam plant sale can help get you growing again

Sure the spring weather has been lousy, but this big Coquitlam plant sale can help get you growing again

Are you changing the way you garden because of changes in the climate?
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B.C.'s COVID-19 hospitalizations, ICU count and deaths rise

B.C.'s COVID-19 hospitalizations, ICU count and deaths rise

Province records 42 COVID-19 deaths in the past week
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At 109, the Tri-Cities' newest count of locally recorded COVID-19 cases is the fourth-highest in B.C.

At 109, the Tri-Cities' newest count of locally recorded COVID-19 cases is the fourth-highest in B.C.

The region is back in triple-digits following a 15 per cent increase in lab-confirmed infections.
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