Local News

Coquitlam RCMP are seeking the public's help in locating a man who went missing from the Cottonwood Lodge on the Riverview Hospital grounds. Michael Louis Andrews, 55, was last seen by staff members at 11 p.m. on Tuesday night.

A group promoting French language programs in School District 43 says the elimination of a co-ordinator and teaching positions will cut the heart out of French language instruction that has a long history in the region.

A strip of land in Coquitlam's Town Centre Park will be dug up next month to make way for green thumbs.

Two very different areas in Coquitlam - one a dedicated forest park, the other a new residential community where trees are being cut down - will soon have something in common: better signs to tell the public what they're all about.

A retired teacher from Port Coquitlam high school, who was inducted into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame two weeks ago, died last Friday.

Staff burnout, chronic underfunding and parents making up the difference in spending cuts with fundraising are some of the concerns of District Parent Advisory Council chair Heidi Hass Gable has about plans to cut $12.

The search continues for a missing Tri-City teenager who police believe could be camping out in the wilderness after getting into an argument at his family home last week.

The Tri-Cities branch of the Canadian Parents for French wants more public dialogue on School District 43 plans to cut $12.1 million in teachers, support staff, supplies and programs.

BC Hydro will be burning large slash piles along its right-of-way east of Plateau Boulevard for the next few days as part of clearing work for construction of the Lower Mainland Transmission Line.

What is hypertension? Local seniors can find out at a talk next week.