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Saying "yes" to the dress a second time is the idea behind a party planned for Saturday night in a cul de sac on Westwood Plateau in Coquitlam.

Three vehicles were impounded in less than 14 hours for excessive speeding, two of them happening less than 90 minutes apart.

As the controversy over a proposed coal terminal in Surrey rages on, Port Moody's Pacific Coast Terminals continues its coal-handling operations barely noticed.

Port Moody council members earned slightly more in 2012 than they did the previous year. The 2012 statement of financial information shows Mayor Mike Clay earned $72,471, of which nearly $24,000 is a tax-free allowance.

Tiny Anmore is expected to double its population over the next 25 years and is asking residents how it should handle the extra growth.

Two more apartment blocks will be built in a new Coquitlam City Centre neighbourhood. And the development will include a park that will be used by the public but be on private land.

Multi-family residents in some Suter Brook and Newport Village buildings will be getting a credit on next year's recycling bill after staff discovered they were being charged for - but not receiving - pick-up services for the past three years.

The board for the Coquitlam Public Library will look for a new trustee after a member quit last month.

Students at Coquitlam's Gleneagle secondary were under lockdown yesterday morning after a student saw a bear outside the high school doors.

Police seized several prohibited firearms and other weapons after executing search warrants on locations in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Maple Ridge on Wednesday morning.