Local News

A program that provides telephone reassurance, visits, grocery delivery and other supports to isolated seniors was poised to expand just weeks before it lost a major contract worth half of its funding, The Tri-City News has learned.

Port Moody's Official Community is set for the next stage of public input after first and second readings were approved Tuesday. On Tuesday, April 22, a public hearing will be held on the controversial document.

School District 43 trustees learned they will be making some tough calls to pare back an anticipated $13.

Port Moody council gave Belcarra South cabin dwellers some hope Tuesday when it agreed to look further into the heritage aspect of seven cottages in the regional park.

A section of Como Lake Avenue will be closed for three days beginning this Saturday to allow Evergreen Line contractors to safely reposition a portion of the guideline which moved off its temporary supports last month .

Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth is out of the BC NDP leadership race. On Tuesday, the opposition's finance critic cut short his second bid for his party's top job and swung his support behind Juan de Fuca MLA John Horgan.

Plans to subdivide a small strip of land at a Coquitlam school so it can be sold for housing will go to public hearing later this month.

Several picturesque cottages on the edge of Belcarra Regional Park are slated for demolition to make way for an expanded picnic area and trail.

Coquitlam council has ruled out two possible routes for the next power transmission line from the city to Vancouver.

Police are on the hunt for a man they believe is responsible for two bank robberies in Coquitlam and a third in Vancouver that occurred in late March.