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Vive 25 ans de Festival du Bois

The street banners are up. So is the Grand Chapiteau over the tennis courts at Coquitlam's Mackin Park.

Point and click for budget?

PUBLISHED FEB. 21, 2014 Coquitlam city hall hopes to get more residents involved in the budget process with a new online tool to show where their property taxes go.

Metro Vancouver mayors scramble to craft plan for TransLink projects, taxes

Metro Vancouver mayors have agreed to try to meet the province's June 30 deadline to hammer out a 10-year priorized plan of transportation investments that may be the basis for a referendum on new TransLink taxes by mid-2015.

Coquitlam's Noh family supports Silver Alert bill

The son of missing Coquitlam man Shin Noh is in Victoria today to support a private members bill promoting a Silver Alert program that would alert authorities and the media when people with cognitive impairments go missing.

Big bucks for Coquitlam byelection

Candidates in last fall's Coquitlam byelection collectively spent more than $120,000 on their campaigns. According to the disclosure statements that contenders were required to file by Monday - 120 days after the Oct.

KidSport aims to help kids and you can help KidSport

PUBLISHED FEB. 21, 2014 If you're looking for two wheels at a bargain price, the KidSport Tri-Cities' spring sale is the place to go next month.

Bailey impasse

PUBLISHED FEB. 21, 2014 With time ticking to fix an aging bailey bridge between Coquitlam and New Westminster, Coquitlam city staff have now formally asked for the provincial government for help to resolve its impasse with the Royal City.

KidSport Tri-Cities to get defunct commission bucks

A Coquitlam organization set up six years ago to create rules for professional boxing and wresting matches will fold. And it will be donating its surplus funds to a group that helps pay for sport registrations for children in financial need.

Pedestrian struck in Coquitlam

A teenage girl was taken to hospital late Monday night after she was struck at Lougheed Highway and Pinetree Way in Coquitlam. RCMP Cpl.

Charges laid in Coquitlam homicide

A 27-year-old Coquitlam man is facing second-degree murder charges after the body of his sister was found at a Westwood Plateau townhome on Sunday afternoon.