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The Golden Ears bridge was shut down on Wednesday after a dangerous driving incident that caused several minor crashes but no injuries. Just after 2 p.m. Maple Ridge RCMP traffic officers tried to wave over the driver of a Ford pickup for speeding.

The B.C. Review Board hearing for child killer Allan Schoenborn has been scheduled to resume Feb. 26. Schoenborn's annual hearing, at which he asked for escorted day passes from the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, began on Feb.

A report into the health and well-being of youths living in the Fraser North region, which includes the Tri-Cities, suggests the majority of teens have positive mental health and are connected with family, school and community.

Coquitlam RCMP are hoping the public can help them identify a suspect who allegedly tossed something similar to a Molotov cocktail inside a business at 2020 Oxford Connector in Port Coquitlam late last year. According to police at about 6:45 p.m.

A sizeable hike in this year's budget to run the Terry Fox Library has Port Coquitlam council thinking about whether the city should check out of the Fraser Valley Regional Library (FVRL) system. This week, the city's FVRL board rep, Coun.

A delay in the opening of the Evergreen Line will not affect 125th birthday programming and celebrations the city of Coquitlam had scheduled for the summer of 2016.

More than 250 responses came in this month and last on the city of Port Coquitlam's consultation for a major road due to be built from Burke Mountain to Lougheed Highway.

An aging Port Coquitlam building that was last used as a public health unit will be torn down. This week, PoCo council voted to demolish the one-storey structure at 2266 Wilson Ave. rather than upgrade it.

Several Burke Mountain residents are questioning the security of their mail delivery after discovering a wide-open community mailbox last week on Dayton Street.

A warm winter means more teachers and special education assistants in the classroom as School District 43 was able to pump money saved from snow clearing and heating costs back into schools.