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PoCo fire chief gives city staff ‘direction’ to call Fire dispatch during medical emergencies

PoCo fire chief gives city staff ‘direction’ to call Fire dispatch during medical emergencies

Both Port Coquitlam’s fire chief and mayor say significant wait times plague the system.
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Fraser Health probed 10 Tri-City childcare centres last fall

Fraser Health probed 10 Tri-City childcare centres last fall

Ten licensed childcare centres in the Tri-Cities were investigated last fall by Fraser Health, including a Coquitlam facility where two children wandered away twice in the same week.
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Kitchen, scoreboards on their way for new rec centre in Port Coquitlam

Kitchen, scoreboards on their way for new rec centre in Port Coquitlam

While the new Port Coquitlam recreation complex is shaping up from the outside, city staff are now making plans to outfit the interior for the first-phase opening later this summer.
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FortisBC detours westbound drivers on Como Lake for new gas line work

FortisBC detours westbound drivers on Como Lake for new gas line work

The Como Lake Avenue diversion that started Monday reaches from Schoolhouse to Blue Mountain streets, with Foster Avenue as its link.
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Rhino poacher stomped by elephant and eaten by lions

Rhino poacher stomped by elephant and eaten by lions

JOHANNESBURG — A rhinoceros poacher was stomped to death by an elephant and eaten by lions in a South Africa wildlife preserve, and rangers found just his skull and trousers, authorities said.
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RCMP leaders respond to B.C. money laundering report

RCMP leaders respond to B.C. money laundering report

Deputy Commissioner Gilles Michaud talks of transforming RCMP to better fight money laundering
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AR game takes users back to Japanese Canadian internment camp

AR game takes users back to Japanese Canadian internment camp

More than 100,000 gamers have played East of the Rockies since March launch
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North Vancouver shooting victim, a Burnaby mom, dies

North Vancouver shooting victim, a Burnaby mom, dies

Investigators release photos of Anita Nguyen's car, appeal for help from public
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Autism training a new tool for Port Moody police

Autism training a new tool for Port Moody police

Rob DeGoey hopes his seven-year-old son, Kayen, never has an encounter with police.
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New manager for Port Coquitlam farmers market

New manager for Port Coquitlam farmers market

Ellen Fowler has taken over the top job in PoCo from Aynsley Wong Meldrum, who resigned last year.
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