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The Dairy Queen in the 1000-block of Lougheed Highway (across from Ikea) was robbed Wednesday around dinner time and Coquitlam RCMP are looking for information. Cpl.

Child-killer Allan Schoenborn has been denied a request he be allowed escorted community day-trips outside the walls of the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam, where he is currently housed.

School District 43 will be holding open houses and a Twitter chat to distribute information and get feedback on its 2013/'14 operating budget.

UPDATE: 4:44 p.m. - Stacy Galt told The Tri-City News that she has been informed by Crown Counsel that Allan Schoenborn's request for escorted community access has been denied. The Review Board has yet to confirm their decision publicly.

A Port Coquitlam pair will be in court tomorow (Thursday) after being charged in connection with a string of break-ins at homes on Westwood Plateau.

The Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce is welcoming the province's efforts to reduce costs and red tape for small businesses in a new extended producer responsibility program for consumer packaging slated to take effect in May.

Two Coquitlam men and a Surrey resident will be back before a judge next month after allegedly threatening a driver at gunpoint in Merritt.

Crowdsourcing has brought the world the Pebble "smart" wristwatch, the Form 1 3D printer and a Veronica Mars movie for fans of the spunky, small-screen teen detective. And while gawker.

A Coquitlam restaurant will be a local Olympic headquarters for the next several days as Russian expatriates celebrate the Winter Games in Sochi.

Coquitlam figure skater Kevin Reynolds was not expected to compete in the team event at the Sochi Olympics last weekend.