Local News

Setting it straight Re. "Coq. questions about multi-fam. recycling" (The Tri-City News, March 12). In an article published Wednesday, it was reported new waste carts for single-family homeowners in Coquitlam will roll out in late April or early May.

Coquitlam's Town Centre Park will get $3 million in upgrades this year - money being spent with an eye to the 2016 BC Seniors Games. This month, the city will tender a $2.

Coquitlam won't be banning Sunday construction anytime soon. But the city plans to tighten up the hours that contractors, builders and renovators can make noise on commercial and non-commercial job sites on what is typically considered a day of rest.

The machine tasked with boring the tunnel that will connect the Evergreen Line between Port Moody and Coquitlam is expected to commence operating this week.

Barriers to hiring immigrant workers and the challenges faced by new immigrants looking for jobs in the Tri-Cities will be explored in a forum next Wednesday at the Executive Plaza Hotel in Coquitlam.

The provincial agency that pledged to be transparent during the Riverview Hospital visioning study is getting bad marks for last week's open houses.

The owners of the Flavelle cedar mill are watching Port Moody's official community plan process with interest but have no plans to sell and move. In fact, Flavelle Sawmill Co. Ltd.

Centennial secondary's Shane Pope hopes a move into a new building will bring his school's shop classes into the 21st century.

A 150-year-old photo album owned by the military commander for whom Port Moody is named is now on display at the Royal B.C. Museum (RBCM) in Victoria. This week, the museum unveiled the 52-page book belonging to Col.

Police in Port Moody are looking for a man who allegedly robbed the Subway restaurant on St. Johns Street last month. The incident occurred on February 17 at around 4:30 p.m. when a male entered the shop and demanded money.