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A Coquitlam reserve fire truck decked out in pink is doing just what the fire chief wants: sparking conversation.

Coquitlam city hall will look at how it can better control commercial construction on Sundays, especially with the amount of growth now happening in the municipality.

Coquitlam's way of collecting trash by hand is about to be tossed out. On Monday, council unanimously approved a seven-year deal with BFI Canada Inc. for automated curbside pick-up for the city's approximate 25,000 single-family homes.

Port Moody's top businesses were on full display last week for the eighth annual Spike Business Awards. Nine awards were handed out at the Inlet Theatre Oct.

Hundreds of Tri-City families may be eligible for refunds on summer school fees they paid several years ago after a class action suit involving a Coquitlam family was settled last week.

The Tri-City Chamber of Commerce hopes to shed some light on the twinning of the Kinder Morgan pipeline and how local businesses can benefit on Nov. 14.

A free interpreter will be provided to patients visiting doctors in the Tri-Cities as part of a new pilot project put on by the Fraser Northwest Division of Family Practice.

Two candidates elected to Coquitlam city council in a byelection last Saturday will be sworn into office next month. Former Olympic wrestler Chris Wilson and Bonita Zarrillo, a business owner, will take their seats at the council table on Nov. 18.

Tri-City cyclists taking part in Bike to Work Week are encouraged to attend a commuter station on Tuesday (Oct. 29) at Foster Avenue and Poirier Street in Coquitlam.

A stretch of the Barnet Highway between Ioco and Dewdney Trunk Road will be closed for two weekends in November.