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Pictures of the front of all Coquitlam homes will be snapped from a van for BC Assessment next month.

Share Family and Community Services desperately needs thousands of packages of food - especially high-protein items - so the food bank can fill holiday hampers in time for Christmas.

Local charities benefited to the tune of $66,000 at the Unwrapped - a Charitable Night of Giving organized by Coquitlam Centre. The Nov. 20 event which featured food, shopping deals and entertainment attracted 4,400 attendees.

A visit to Rocky Point Park may soon come with a cost beyond the price of gas: pay parking.

Port Moody's council meeting on Tuesday ended abruptly, about halfway through the planned agenda, when a lone councillor refused to vote in favour of extending the meeting past 10 p.m.

It's official - in Port Moody, at least. At Tuesday's meeting council adopted the Inter-municipal Business Bylaw, allowing businesses operating in more than one of the Tri-Cities to pay a flat fee for a single business licence.

Port Moody's vision for a post-Evergreen Line community includes new mixed-use neighbourhoods, walkable neighbourhoods and even high-density towers in Moody Centre.

Port Coquitlam's planned anti-bullying bylaw, expected to be voted on Dec. 10, will initially be targeted to youth but could make adult bullies pay fines, too.

Operation Red Nose is looking for volunteers to help keep impaired motorists off the road this holiday season. The organization, which offers rides to people who are under the influence, is launching this year's program on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.

RCMP will have new powers in dealing with bullying behaviour in Port Coquitlam in a new program to provide support and resources for bullies and their victims.