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The investigation into a fire that destroyed a picnic area in Mundy Park has gone cold and the Coquitlam RCMP are asking the public for help.

A donated Mercedes Benz has prompted Douglas College to collect $5,000 in student aid donations through an innovative website, and help sick kids at the same time.

Police are searching for a female suspect after a 2008 Volkswagen Rabbit was stolen from a home in the 2000 block of Poel Place in Port Coquitlam. "She broke into the garage and somehow managed to get into the car," said Coquitlam RCMP Cpl.

Law abiding Tri-City residents are not the only people happy with the recent spate of warm, sunny weather.

Work has begun on a new artificial turf at Gates Park in Port Coquitlam. The city's second turf field is being built over a former gravel field and is expected to be completed by the end of September.

Four people are homeless after fire ripped through a Westwood Plateau residence shortly after 3:30 a.m. Friday morning.

A detention review for Ryan Crossley, the young man who killed Port Coquitlam's Jesse Penner in 2006, will be held next week. But Penner's father does not believe his release is imminent. Gord Penner said he is more concerned about Dec.

Anmore residents will go to the polls on Sept. 22 in a byelection to replace former Coun. Tim Laidler. Laidler resigned last month because he said he did not agree with the method in which the village selected its new chief administration officer.

Port Moody will soon be illuminated by part of the Necklace Project, an inter-municipal public art project designed to link 10 Metro Vancouver cities. Elevated mosaics will be installed in five locations throughout the city.

Port Moody resolution opposing any increase in oil tanker traffic in B.C.'s coastal waters was approved Tuesday, despite some council members' concerns it was far out of the city's jurisdiction. Coun.