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Port Moody Public Library plans to rejig its existing space to meet immediate needs while also putting together plans to expand in five to seven years.

A man who died in a motor vehicle accident on the Coquihalla last weekend has been identified as Graham Pearce Overbury of Coquitlam. According to the BC Coroners Service, the 56-year-old was riding a motorcycle southbound at around 2:30 p.m.

The number of calls Port Coquitlam Fire and Emergency Services receives each year has stayed in lockstep with the city's population.

A natural gas leak in Coquitlam Wednesday afternoon has been repaired, with affected residents expected to have appliances back up and running shortly. The leak on Robson Drive, near Hockaday Street, was called in to Fortis BC at about 12:45 p.m.

Summer may be the season of pool parties, picnics and backyard barbecues but for the Share food bank, it's a time of empty shelves and continued need.

For the second time this month, a group has come before Coquitlam city council to ask for help with Burquitlam residents being displaced by a massive housing redevelopment.

The BC Coroner's Service is asking for the public's help to identify a man whose partial skull was found last December in Anmore.

A controversial bid to test drill on Coquitlam's Burke Mountain for a future rock quarry was withdrawn earlier this month.

The Burquitlam Lions Care Centre is set to close within the next couple of years after learning its Fraser Health funding will be going to a new, for-profit facility set to open in 2016.

Leaving your pet in your car while you're running errands in Coquitlam will soon cost you dearly.