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Port Coquitlam student organizes local walk to end mental health stigma

Sometimes when you are passionate about something you have to take a stand. Or in this case walk. That's what Citadel middle school student Renee Boldut is doing Thursday, May 7 and she wants the community to join her.

Safety info, 8.0 quake demonstration this Wednesday

Having a plan in place for a disaster should be on everyone's to-do list and an event in Coquitlam this Wednesday, May 6 will be a good, shaking and shuddering reminder.

Coquitlam cormorant freed of fishing bobber and line

A cormorant with a fishing float and line wrapped around its wing has finally freed itself of the impediment, much to the relief of the Burnaby-based Wildlife Rescue Association and others worried about the fate of the bird that hangs out at Lafarge

Two ways to help Nepal quake victims in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam

Tri-City residents and organizations are working to help the victims of quake-struck Nepal by organizing fundraising drives for the Red Cross.

'Mutual' decision for Anmore CAO exit

The contract for Anmore's chief administrative officer was mutually terminated last month by him and council.

Coquitlam garden club gets ready for its annual sale

Arcadia Robinson, Mary Hitz, Margaret Manery and Myra Antaya are among the members of Coquitlam's Dogwood Garden Club, which hosts its annual spring plant sale on Saturday in the Centennial Pavilion at Dogwood Pavilion (624 Poirier St.).

Flavelle sawmill redevelopment in the works for Port Moody waterfront

The Flavelle sawmill site in Port Moody could be going the way of plans for Coquitlam's Fraser Mills, trading piles of wood and machinery for condos and a waterfront boardwalk.

Allan Schoenborn quizzed on violent past, propensity for escape

The man who murdered his three children in 2008 told the B.C. Review Board Thursday that he hopes to go out for a coffee if given escorted day passes and that he will be ready to be discharged from the hospital in three to four years.

Coquitlam SAR busy with lost hikers on Eagle Mountain

Volunteers with Coquitlam Search and Rescue (SAR) were busy in the Buntzen Lake recreational area this week, plucking two sets of couples off Eagle Mountain on Wednesday morning and night.

Share food bank clients are being told to throw out candy from their hamper

A public health message is warning clients of Share Family and Community Services food bank not to eat white balls wrapped in clear paper with blue writing that look like candies but are actually camphor mothballs.