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Staff at The Tri-City News on Friday got an early Christmas present when Port Coquitlam liquor store employee Adam Turpin dropped by.

Port Coquitlam's mayor will once again be heading up the Metro Vancouver board. Greg Moore was acclaimed today, Friday, as the chair of the organization that oversees regional issues in the Lower Mainland. He held the position last year, as well.

The provincial liquor store on Nicola Avenue is a pretty festive place - there's a decorated tree on top of a pyramid of beer cases, decorations at the cash registers and Christmas carols playing softly in the background.

Stepping 4words Learning Center is inviting others to join them in support of Roxy's Fund this Christmas.

A man who went missing from the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital at Colony Farm last week was located in Ontario. Kurt Derksen, 58, was out on a day pass on Dec. 6 to visit his brother in Richmond.

An emergency food drive to fill holiday hampers for struggling families is drawing cash and food donations.

The fourth and busiest neighbourhood planned for Burke Mountain shouldn't end up looking like the other three hillside areas, Coquitlam city council said this week.

Port Moody council members supported third reading of Onni Development's application for a nine-storey commercial/office tower in Suter Brook but some continued to bemoan the loss of a planned hotel on the site.

The number of educators and administrators making $100,000 or more in wages and taxable benefits climbed slightly last year in School District 43.

Port Moody residents need never miss another garbage or recycling day now that there's an app for that. At Tuesday's council meeting, PoMo staff introduced the new garbage recycling app for smart phones, which is launching today (Friday).