Local News

Coquitlam has rejected a request from Port Coquitlam to move a major north-south connector that will link with Burke Mountain.

With placards in hand, dozens of parents, teachers and even a few School District 43 trustees turned out to rally for more education funding in Port Moody Friday.

Thomas Mulcair will visit the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce later this month for a luncheon and a speech. The event will take place May 23 at the Best Western Plus Coquitlam Inn and runs from 11:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., with lunch served at noon.

Cory Sater, the drunk driver convicted of killing two people in a hit-and-run collision in Coquitlam three years ago, has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison.

A prominent local environmental activist has been honoured with the prestigious George Hungerford Award by the Pacific Salmon Foundation for her work as a stream steward in the Tri-Cities.

Teachers and support workers across School District 43 are bracing for job cuts after trustees gave final approval to the 2014/'15 school operating budget that will result in 150 jobs being lost.

One man was taken to hospital with serious injuries Tuesday night after an explosion ripped through all three floors of his Port Coquitlam home.

A strip of school land deemed to be surplus by School District 43's board of education will be sold for housing.

School librarians have launched a campaign to raise awareness of concerns they have about cuts to teacher-librarian staff in B.C. public schools, including School District 43.

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