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Defibrillator training at Coquitlam district high schools will "save lives"

"No pulse." With those frightening words, Terry Fox teacher and first aid attendant Casey Kingman and three Fox PE teachers were galvanized into action.

First piece of Evergreen tunnel machine arrives

The first piece of the tunnel boring machine to build the $1.4-billion Evergreen Line arrived in Port Moody today (Tuesday).

Coquitlam RCMP scour social media for bomb threat culprit

The Coquitlam RCMP may have identified the person responsible for phoning in a bomb threat at Gleneagle secondary last week. Cpl.

New Burke park too costly: Zarrillo

A new park in a developing neighbourhood on Burke Mountain will be built for more than $1 million.

Taxes up 2.42% in Coquitlam

The good news: Coquitlam property taxes will go up less than they did last year. The bad news: Coquitlam property taxes are still going up. On Monday, city council voted to hike property taxes by an average of 2.42% for all classes.

Volunteers needed for Operation Red Nose

Operation Red Nose volunteers were busy on the first weekend of the festive season, driving home more than 140 people and their vehicles on Friday and Saturday nights.

Port Coquitlam man suffers injuries after catching robbers in the act

A man sustained minor stab wounds after he foiled a robbery in progress at his home in Citadel Heights last weekend. Coquitlam RCMP Cpl. Jamie Chung told The Tri-City News that the resident woke up to a noise at around 1:30 a.m.

Now more than ever, Burquitlam needs to watch out for its interests

For years, Burquitlam believed its voice wasn't heard.

Port Moody honours longtime champion of the arts

Freedom of the City is the highest honour a municipality can bestow upon one of its citizens. But for Port Moody's Ann Kitching, it was yet another opportunity in her tireless quest to promote the arts.

Arrests made in Port Coquitlam stabbing

Two young offenders have been arrested in connection with a vicious stabbing last month that sent a Port Coquitlam youth to hospital.