Local News

A Port Coquitlam man was swimming with family members late Monday afternoon in the Alouette River near the Silver Bridge when he was observed to be in trouble and not able to reach the shore.

Some picnickers at Sasamat Lake likely had a bit of a shock when they returned to their car parked along Bedwell Bay Road after a day in the sun and found it gone.

Several bears got some unscheduled shut-eye when they were tranquilized and removed from trees in the Glen Drive area of Coquitlam last week.

A Port Coquitlam elementary school is mourning the loss of a popular teacher who died recently from complications due to surgery.

Port Coquitlam Minor Baseball's batting cage at Thompson Park got a lot more colourful last week. The sports organization and the city teamed up with artist Kris Kupskay to create 2,000-sq.

Warm weather has led to an increase in the E. coli levels in the water around Rocky Point Park and the Port Moody Inlet, prompting a warning from the Fraser Health Authority.

The Coquitlam RCMP's search for Pancho Desperatus Amator DeTanza, a man who went missing from the Cottonwood Lodge on the Riverview Hospital grounds this week, is over. Police said in a press release that the 37-year-old, who has been gone since 9 a.

Police issued a plea yesterday for the driver who struck a cyclist in Port Coquitlam this week to come forward. The hit-and-run happened just before midnight on July 30 on the Mary Hill bypass, just north of Kingsway Avenue.

The results of the second quarter for the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver are in and the city's share is about the same as it was last year. The United Boulevard facility - which is owned by Great Canadian Gaming Corp.

A Port Coquitlam homeowner said he intends to sue the municipality after his appeal of a $12,000 controlled substance property declaration was denied by council on Monday.