Local News

It took more than a year for Elwin Mowry to find a family physician after his doctor retired and the Coquitlam man has one word for anyone in the same boat: persevere.

Three big NDP Tri-Cities names are not going local when it comes to the provincial party's leadership race.

Several crime hot spots have been identified in the Tri-Cities as part of the RCMP's most recent CompStat alert released on Thursday.

In between Pre-Calculus and English class, some Terry Fox secondary students are learning about "knight forks" and other chess moves in a new course that is turning them into chess champions.

Tri-City municipalities continue to fall behind the national and provincial average when it comes to police officers to population ratios, according to Statistics Canada data released last week.

The Coquitlam RCMP will be putting on a demonstration at Riverside secondary next week to show young people the dangers of distracted driving.

Rush hour traffic along Port Coquitlam's Mary Hill bypass is likely to be jammed for several hours after a collision at Broadway Street. The accident happened around 3 p.m. Friday and at least one person was taken to the hospital.

Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart has blasted New Westminster's decision to proceed unilaterally to replace the single-lane Bailey Bridge that connects the two cities.

Police are releasing home security tips after collaring a suspected cat burglar who entered people's homes through unsecured doors and windows late at night and stole their valuables.

School District 43 is expecting another budget shortfall next school year - $13.4 million - and will for the second year in a row have to cut jobs and other spending to stay in the black.