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Playground improvements and field upgrades are just some of the projects that will be funded by Port Coquitlam taxpayers in 2011 as part of the city's self-help matching grant program.

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If a cell tower is built at Greenmount Park in Port Coquitlam, it would ruin the view and jeopardize the health and safety of nearby residents.

An as-yet unnamed middle school will have a bird's eye view of Port Moody from its perch atop Heritage Mountain as well as a green roof and other innovations tying its classrooms to the outdoors.

A geyser of water shot high into the air last Friday at the intersection of Guildford Way and Johnson Street in Coquitlam after a car sheared off a fire hydrant. The accident happened at around 7 p.m.

Drivers in south Coquitlam are being advised to take different routes early next month as King Edward Street will be shut to traffic for two days. The road closure will happen between Lougheed Highway and United Boulevard from 6 p.m.

Community groups looking for help to secure funding from the city of Coquitlam for a project or activity can attend one of two workshops this month or next.

The Coquitlam River may soon have better protection for its wildlife and fish and their habitats.

Two men are in hospital after the driver of an Acura lost control of the vehicle and drove off the road along Cape Horn Avenue and Warrick Street Sunday night.

Local Mounties believe they've caught the man responsible for a string of violent robberies that terrorized women in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and North Vancouver on Thursday.