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An aquatic strategy endorsed last year by Coquitlam council and costing taxpayers $21,500 will now have its "assumptions tested," a senior city manager said. The price tag for the revision? Up to $40,000.

The nomination period for the municipal election doesn't open until next Tuesday but already Coquitlam residents' groups have set dates for their all-candidates meetings.

Work is progressing on the Poirier dry-floor sports court, a 25,000 sq. ft. facility being built beside Coquitlam's Dogwood Pavilion that is due to open this fall. User time for the $3.

The province's Independent Investigations Office is looking for witnesses to an incident involving Vancouver cops in Port Moody last week, when a suspected armed robber suffered a fractured jaw while being arrested.

School District 43's 30,000 students headed back to school Monday and 555 of them went to the brand new Eagle Mountain middle school which opened in Anmore.

A Maple Ridge man was arrested and several weapons were seized after Port Moody Police responded to an incident in the Klahanie Drive area early Friday morning. Officers received a report at around 1 a.m.

A group of correctional officers at North Fraser Pretrial Centre have started a fundraising campaign for the family of a Maple Ridge man suffering from ALS. Staff at NFPC are putting together their own ice bucket challenge videos.

It wasn't enough to build one trench in Port Moody to depict life for a soldier 100 years ago. Now, a new trench is being built at the Port Moody Station Museum that will be more than double the size of the first one that opened on Canada Day.

Coquitlam residents will soon see upgrades at three parks, 20 intersections and 25 bus stops - and they won't be on the hook for any of it. This week, council approved the $410,000 bill for five capital projects to be funded by federal gas taxes.

A past president of a union local and a civic volunteer wants a Port Coquitlam council seat.