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Artifacts from Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope are now on display at the Canadian Museum of History as part of a new exhibit on the Port Coquitlam hometown hero. Fox's family his friend Doug Alward and Tri-City MP James Moore were at the Gatineau, Que.

Getting a job is a milestone for any teenager and a new youth employment initiative in School District 43 is making that dream a reality for many kids.

A Tri-City News reporter won a national award last week for a photo feature on a Coquitlam man who makes wooden baseball bats . Gary McKenna placed first in the category Best Photo Essay in the 2015 Canadian Community Newspapers Awards.

The United Way is investing $400,000 into neighborhood programs in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam this year to strengthen families and reduce the vulnerabilities of kindergarten children.

Hundreds of coho fish fry about to move into their next stage of development at the Hoy Creek fish hatchery in Coquitlam were killed in their trays recently - and pollution from road run-off is the suspected cause.

Coquitlam Search and Rescue is designing its new mobile command centre, confident it will soon make it up the remaining $30,000 needed to buy the vehicle.

A bag of tomatoes, a loaf of bread and... a sip of B.C. wine? Farmers' market vendors in Port Coquitlam will be serving up more than just their regular fresh fare this summer.

Commuters wanting to take a shortcut to get to the Dominion Triangle in Port Coquitlam may have a longer drive. Last month, the city started its $1.

The closure of Future Shop stores over the weekend leaves Coquitlam Centre down a second anchor tenant just two months after Target announced all its Canadian stores would close.

B.C.'s new seniors' advocate mounted a spirited defence of the province's retirees, telling a group of retired teachers Friday that older people aren't living on easy street and getting a free ride off the backs of younger workers.