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Two Coquitlam city councillors who asked for leaves of absence until the new year have now formally quit their civic jobs.

A man who was thrown to the pavement by a Port Moody police officer in an incident that was captured on camera and later uploaded to YouTube is launching a lawsuit.

The elevation of James Moore to Industry Minister is viewed as a sign Prime Minister Stephen Harper will look to his senior B.C. minister to help convince the province to accept contentious new oil pipelines.

A house fire in Coquitlam that took the lives of two people last week is being called a murder/suicide by the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.

Hazel Drive is next on the list for Coquitlam city planners as they prepare the fifth - and final - neighbourhood blueprint for Burke Mountain.

A 20-year-old Coquitlam woman and BC Wheelchair rugby player has won the Lise Watier Something Sweet contest, making her one of the world's first quadriplegic models.

The unprecedented building boom in Coquitlam is expected to ease over the next year or two.

A much-touted program rolled out in January to allow business people to pay for a single inter-municipal business permit for the Tri-Cities had a slow uptake in the first quarter of this year.

Douglas College has been recognized as one of the best schools for sales professionals by a non-profit organization that promotes the profession through university and college programs.

Autopsies of the two people killed in a Coquitlam house fire earlier this week are expected to be completed by today. Sgt.