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Starting this Saturday, drivers heading into Coquitlam from Surrey along Highway 1 will have change into dedicated lanes before they get on to the Port Mann Bridge.

With fire-retardant suits, steel-toed boots and hard hats on - as well as a First-Aid attendant on standby - a small group of VIPs was led around the energized Como Lake substation last week.

Reaching out via telephone is the Mayors' Council's next strategy for getting the message out about the upcoming transit referendum.

If the No side is successful in the upcoming transit plebiscite, it could mean more transportation costs will have to be taken on by municipalities, according to Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart. The Yes side's push for a 0.

Coquitlam property owners will see an average 2.34% overall property tax hike when their bill arrives this year, an increase the city says is the smallest since 2005.

Business owners interesting in learning how the upcoming transit referendum affects them may want to attend an upcoming event organized by the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce.

Here's a video from Locarno's opening number on Saturday night. Check out Wednesday's Tri-City News for photos. Below, the lineup for Sunday (schedule is subject to change): MAIN STAGE (Grand Chapiteau) 9 a.m.: Mass 10 a.m.

Coquitlam RCMP instituted a brief lockdown at several schools and a community centre in Port Coquitlam Thursday afternoon after receiving complaints about a man walking with a gun.

A grieving young Coquitlam woman who wanted a legacy bench to keep the memory of her younger sister alive will now have a bench in her name as well after she died tragically in a car accident.

UPDATE: No decision will come today. More to come... From earlier: The B.C. Review Board hearing for Allan Schoenborn, the man who killed his three children in 2008, resumed Thursday with questions for Schoenborn's case manager.