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Indoor dining ban hammers new Port Coquitlam restaurant trying to build clientele

Indoor dining ban hammers new Port Coquitlam restaurant trying to build clientele

Owner of Grelhados hopes to make up the loss of indoor dining with take-out, delivery, and made-to-owner cocktails as B.C.'s restaurant industry takes a hit with three-week indoor dining ban to curb COVID-19
Letter: Port Coquitlam hunting club calls for 'real consultation' in drafting gun laws

Letter: Port Coquitlam hunting club calls for 'real consultation' in drafting gun laws

Port Coquitlam club president 'greatly concerned about the lack of consultation given to legitimate shooting and hunting clubs'
This app now features COVID-19 safety information for airports around the world

This app now features COVID-19 safety information for airports around the world

The world of safety, right at your fingertips ✈️
Record number of new infections pushes B.C. past 100,000 known COVID-19 cases

Record number of new infections pushes B.C. past 100,000 known COVID-19 cases

B.C. recorded 1,013 cases in the past day, for a total of 100,048.
Letter: If this Coquitlam arena can be seized for vaccinations, why can't it double as a homeless shelter?

Letter: If this Coquitlam arena can be seized for vaccinations, why can't it double as a homeless shelter?

'I'm all for using our civic spaces to help facilitate administering vaccines, but I don't understand why we continue to leave people outside.'
Trans Mountain could lose $11.9 billion, say Burnaby researchers

Trans Mountain could lose $11.9 billion, say Burnaby researchers

Researchers at SFU find the cost is primarily due to the pipeline's construction cost more than doubling from the original $5.4 billion to $12.6 billion
Bus service boosted to popular Tri-Cities beaches amid parking crunch

Bus service boosted to popular Tri-Cities beaches amid parking crunch

Bus routes to White Pine Beach at Sasamat Lake, as well as the Buntzen Lake Recreational Area will see increased service in the coming weeks in an effort to create social distancing space and get people out of their cars
Dr. Bonnie Henry, Greta Thunberg to receive honorary UBC degrees

Dr. Bonnie Henry, Greta Thunberg to receive honorary UBC degrees

“Dr. Henry and Ms. Thunberg have served as leading voices in the midst of two of the most significant crises we collectively have ever faced: the global pandemic and climate change."
səmiq̓wəʔelə/Riverview Lands will stay in public hands: BC Housing

səmiq̓wəʔelə/Riverview Lands will stay in public hands: BC Housing

BC Housing announced Tuesday that the səmiq̓wəʔelə/Riverview Lands in Coquitlam will remain public, and the Kwikwetlem First Nation will receive land transfers as a result of the new partnership with the B.C. government.
'I could have died': How a Coquitlam woman's life was saved by a nurse working with police

'I could have died': How a Coquitlam woman's life was saved by a nurse working with police

Now training as a mental health worker, Jessa Turner says psych nurses or other specially trained individuals should assist uniformed police in dealing with welfare checks and suicide calls — Metro Vancouver mayors agree with her