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Could pot farms soon be sprouting in Port Moody? It's a possibility after city council approved a zoning bylaw amendment Tuesday to allow medicinal marijuana production and testing in PoMo's industrial zones.

Visitors to Rocky Point Park can save their coins for a scoop of ice cream now that Port Moody council has put plans for a pay parking trial period on the back burner.

A 73-year-old Port Coquitlam man has been charged in connection with the hit-and-run death last September of 16-year-old Annie Leung. The PoCo teen was crossing at Mary Hill Road and Pitt River Road when she was struck on Sept. 10, 2013.

There are at least nine Port Moody residents who may be taking the Bear Aware message more to heart now after receiving a violation ticket from BC Conservation officers this week.

Port Moody Public Library plans to rejig its existing space to meet immediate needs while also putting together plans to expand in five to seven years.

A man who died in a motor vehicle accident on the Coquihalla last weekend has been identified as Graham Pearce Overbury of Coquitlam. According to the BC Coroners Service, the 56-year-old was riding a motorcycle southbound at around 2:30 p.m.

The number of calls Port Coquitlam Fire and Emergency Services receives each year has stayed in lockstep with the city's population.

A natural gas leak in Coquitlam Wednesday afternoon has been repaired, with affected residents expected to have appliances back up and running shortly. The leak on Robson Drive, near Hockaday Street, was called in to Fortis BC at about 12:45 p.m.

Summer may be the season of pool parties, picnics and backyard barbecues but for the Share food bank, it's a time of empty shelves and continued need.

For the second time this month, a group has come before Coquitlam city council to ask for help with Burquitlam residents being displaced by a massive housing redevelopment.