Local News

The firm that runs the Cache Creek landfill wants to build a $30-million highly mechanized plant in Coquitlam to pull recyclables from garbage before it's dumped or incinerated.

A School District 43 principal has been named one of Canada's Outstanding Principals by an organization that fosters education leadership in the public education system.

The city of Port Coquitlam will reduce the speed limit along Shaughnessy Street from 50 to 30 kilometres per hour between Elgin and Wilson Avenue.

The PoCo Heritage Society is gearing up for a new museum display at the end of the month and is turning to members of the community for help.

Trade in your old bog, loo or dunny - that's toilet to most of us - and you can get a $100 rebate. Thousands of homeowners in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam have already traded in their porcelain potties for a water-saving toilet.

A major charity is making an investment in a small community in Tri-Cities.

An organization supporting isolated seniors has been flooded with calls since a scam email was was sent by unknown hackers to the agency's contacts this week asking for money.

The village of Belcarra will be applying for intervenor status in the federal review of the $5.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, the village council decided Monday.

New federal legislation will require the CP Rail to inform Port Coquitlam Fire and Emergency Services when hazardous materials or dangerous chemicals are being transported through the city's rail yard.

Residents of Burke Mountain in Coquitlam are closer to getting a local elementary school after the board of education voted to proceed with land sales and property swaps to free up cash for new buildings.