Local News

The tunnel boring equipment for the new $1.4 billion Burnaby to Coquitlam Evergreen Line is expected to make another stop underground in Port Moody in early March, requiring some advance construction work.

More soil to fill in a large property at the base of Burke Mountain in Coquitlam will be hauled in this year. Last week, Coquitlam city council okayed a conservation permit to allow One World Farms Inc.

Trade unions, developers and big business played big roles in last fall's civic election in Port Coquitlam. But, for the most part, it was the candidates themselves who shelled out to win seats on city council.

The chief of the Kwikwetlem First Nation will run for a second term.

Tri-City residents could see trains runnings along a section of the Evergreen Line between Lougheed Mall and Burquitlam as soon as this summer, according to Amanda Farrell, executive director of the project.

A Port Coquitlam man has been charged with sexual assault involving an underage person and Coquitlam RCMP believe there may be more victims and witnesses who haven't spoken to police.

Election finance disclosures released Monday show many Port Moody candidates laid out big bucks in the hopes of winning a seat on city council.

A large number of donations came in over the weekend at a clothing drive for victims of last week's fire in Coquitlam. Coquitlam Centre and Share Family and Community Services partnered for the event, which was held at the shopping mall last weekend.

The president of the Hyde Creek Watershed Society in Port Coquitlam is asking people to refrain from dumping paint or other potentially toxic materials down their storm drains after finding a milky-white substance in the hatchery pond on Saturday.

The union representing school support workers was the most generous funder in school board elections last November.