Local News

Michael Thomas of Port Coquitlam has announced his candidacy for school board in the Nov. 15 civic election.

A group of volunteers spent a recent Saturday wading in Hoy Creek but they weren't just taking a cooling dip. The Coquitlam group was on a mission to clean out the urbanized creek so salmon can run freely during spawning season this fall.

The popular book bus that has brought reading materials to thousands of Coquitlam residents is being resurrected thanks to a community fundraising campaign - and the driver couldn't be happier.

With B.C. teacher talks taking place under a cone of silence and little to no news on the labour front, School District 43 is planning for various scenarios in case schools don't open Sept. 2.

Coquitlam homeowners who get their trash picked up at the curb can put their old bin out to be recycled next month - for free. Between Sept. 1 and Sept.

The message is loud and clear: the future of Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam must reflect its past as a mental health care hub.

A family vacation to Oliver concluded with a bang after a Port Coquitlam family's trailer exploded in their driveway late Saturday night. The McIntosh family has done the week-long trailer camping trip to Oliver with friends for several years.

Strengthening family connections and helping people gain knowledge and understanding of mental illness are the goals of a new course being offered to Tri-City residents by the New View Society.

Charges have been laid against three men for allegedly setting fire last month to a 60-year-old cabin located on the edge of Widgeon Creek.

When Coquitlam Search and Rescue is called to help locate a missing hiker, the volunteer crew mobilizes at the search site as quickly as possible. Their mobile command centre, however, is another story.