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The nursing program at the Coquitlam campus of Douglas College has its eyes set on China after signing an exchange with the Shanghai Redleaf Women's Hospital.

Tri-City residents and businesses will be turning out the lights this weekend as part of Earth Hour, an annual global event designed to draw attention to climate change. Between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m.

People with serious injuries are waiting longer for ambulances, Tri-City mayors say, and in some cases their family members are resorting to driving them to hospital.

Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth will be kicking off his NDP provincial leadership campaign this weekend at Leigh Square. The event takes place from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Gathering Place, 2253 Leigh Square Pl.

Should the City of Port Moody go into debt to support new amenities? That's the question residents will be asked in an Ipsos Reid telephone survey next month.

A program that provides information and support to isolated seniors in the Tri-Cities will lose more than half of its funding at the end of June and is scrambling to find ways to continue to operate.

Wesbild's acquisition of 370 acres of provincial land means it will be a major participant in Coquitlam's new Northwest Burke Vision process.

A developer with a long history of major projects in Coquitlam has bought a significant chunk of provincial land on Burke Mountain, setting the stage for the next phase of building in the city's rapidly developing northeast corner.

A Coquitlam resident was bilked out of thousands of dollars after falling for a Canada Revenue Agency telephone scam that has been popping up in Tri-Cities over the couple of weeks.

Highway 1 westbound will be detoured at the first exit after the Port Mann bridge and will rejoin the highway at the Coleman Avenue on-ramp on Thursday and Friday night. The closure on Thursday will take place between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m.