Local News

Tri-City residents could see trains runnings along a section of the Evergreen Line between Lougheed Mall and Burquitlam as soon as this summer, according to Amanda Farrell, executive director of the project.

A Port Coquitlam man has been charged with sexual assault involving an underage person and Coquitlam RCMP believe there may be more victims and witnesses who haven't spoken to police.

Election finance disclosures released Monday show many Port Moody candidates laid out big bucks in the hopes of winning a seat on city council.

A large number of donations came in over the weekend at a clothing drive for victims of last week's fire in Coquitlam. Coquitlam Centre and Share Family and Community Services partnered for the event, which was held at the shopping mall last weekend.

The president of the Hyde Creek Watershed Society in Port Coquitlam is asking people to refrain from dumping paint or other potentially toxic materials down their storm drains after finding a milky-white substance in the hatchery pond on Saturday.

The union representing school support workers was the most generous funder in school board elections last November.

Two School District 43 high school principals are moving to the board office to fill vacancies in administration.

A Coquitlam man was given a conditional sentence of two years less a day and ordered to pay a victim restitution charge of $301,400 after being found guilty of fraud over $5,000. Amir Beiklik was arrested in March 2012 by the B.C.

Frustrated Burke Mountain parents will have to wait a few more months before learning what's happening with planned new schools in their neighbourhood. But the school district promises area residents will get some news this spring.

Concerns about the security of mail delivered to Tri-City community mail boxes have been raised in recent weeks after mail was stolen from a box on Westwood Plateau and from two newer-style mail boxes in Belcarra and on Burke Mountain.