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'This ain’t right': How rising rents and expiring leases are squeezing B.C.'s co-op housing

'This ain’t right': How rising rents and expiring leases are squeezing B.C.'s co-op housing

In one Coquitlam co-op, a subsidy gap is leading to a massive $300 increase in rent this month; in a co-op 500 metres away, a lease set to expire in 2022 is threatening the very existence of 300 people's homes in a trend experts say will only grow over the coming year
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Port Moody pub transforms into nursery to survive latest shutdown

Port Moody pub transforms into nursery to survive latest shutdown

A Port Moody pub has a strategy for surviving the latest round of COVID-19 public health restrictions that shut down all indoor dining. It's selling plants.
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Which Tri-Cities community is the best? This Canadian magazine thinks it knows

Which Tri-Cities community is the best? This Canadian magazine thinks it knows

None of the Tri-Cities made it into the top 50 of MacLean's annual best communities in Canada ranking
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COVID-19 infects 14, kills 1 at Coquitlam seniors home despite 95% vaccination rate

COVID-19 infects 14, kills 1 at Coquitlam seniors home despite 95% vaccination rate

In addition to the one resident death, 12 residents and two staff have tested positive at Dufferin Care Centre in Coquitlam; this is the second outbreak at the facility
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Pickleball banished from Port Moody court after neighbours complain of rising stress, anxiety

Pickleball banished from Port Moody court after neighbours complain of rising stress, anxiety

Pickleball is becoming more popular, but it’s got a problem
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Public doesn’t have a right to know what ‘alternative measures’ Port Moody mayor faced in sex assault case

Public doesn’t have a right to know what ‘alternative measures’ Port Moody mayor faced in sex assault case

If the court allowed the press to gain access to the specifics of the alternative measures, it could have a “chilling effect” on other accused people participating in the program in the future, ruled the B.C. Supreme Court justice
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New COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and ICU patients trend down in B.C.

New COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and ICU patients trend down in B.C.

Four people died overnight from COVID-19, raising the province's death toll from the disease to 1,554.
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This map shows where the COVID-19 hotspots are in B.C. (MAP)

This map shows where the COVID-19 hotspots are in B.C. (MAP)

The BCCDC provides an update in the wake of surging cases of COVID-19.
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Port Coquitlam nail salon, Coquitlam manufacturer shuttered over COVID-19 clusters

Port Coquitlam nail salon, Coquitlam manufacturer shuttered over COVID-19 clusters

A nail salon, insurance broker and health food manufacturer are the latest business in the Tri-Cities to be shut after public health teams found COVID-19 clusters among their workforce.
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Here are all the exemptions to B.C.'s new non-essential travel ban

Here are all the exemptions to B.C.'s new non-essential travel ban

Non-essential travel in B.C. is now restricted, with some "reasonable exemptions" according to the government
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