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The Port Moody Police Department is looking for a few good volunteers to join its victim services department.

The chafer beetle infestation that has plagued the Tri-Cities has hit a cemetery where a national hero is buried. Birds and animals have been digging up the grounds at the city of Port Coquitlam cemetery - the resting place for Terry Fox.

A Coquitlam woman is hoping to warn fellow seniors about a phone scam after she caught on to a suspicious call on the weekend.

Douglas College has a new president with the appointment of interim president Kathy Denton to the top job.

A 31-year-old man remains in hospital with serious injuries after he was hit in a crosswalk at Shaughnessy Street and Whyte Avenue late last month. The man was crossing the street at about 4 p.m. on Dec. 29 when he was struck by a Toyota van.

Someone may have preferred salmon to turkey, setting an illegal net in Scott Creek, which was found by local naturalist and marine educator Rod MacVicar.

A sinkhole that developed last week on Cecile Drive in Port Moody has been repaired but it has left residents in the area concerned about the ongoing work on the Evergreen Line.

The Tri-City News asked Jason Leo Carvalho, founder of Tri-Cities' startup accelerator for technology businesses @TriCelerate, what the future holds for technology and business for 2015.

Businesses in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody are uniquely poised to take advantage of a free trade agreement with South Korea, says the new president of the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce.

The number of Operation Red Nose (ORN) rides went up - and the donations went way up - with the help of 275 volunteers who ensured more than 1,000 people got home safely over the holiday season.