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Melissa Hyndes, Port Moody school trustee, was re-elected chair of the board of education at Tuesday night's meeting and Holly Butterfield, representing Anmore and Belcarra, will be vice-chair.

Port Moody council will hold a special meeting on Tuesday night to decide whether $10,000 in contingency funds should be given to the Mossom Creek Hatchery, which was destroyed by fire earlier this week .

Police have seized yet another van modified with massive tanks to carry stolen gas, this time parked across the street from a Coquitlam elementary school, CTV News is reporting.

Those jingle bells signalling it's time to put a donation in the Salvation Army kettle don't seem to be working their magic.

Santa Claus will be leaving the reindeer at home tomorrow night (Saturday, Dec. 14) and will be riding a boat instead for a visit with children in Belcarra Regional Park.

Coquitlam RCMP are seeking a suspect they believe is responsible for robbing and carjacking a taxi driver just after midnight on December 1.

Burned buildings can be rebuilt but the 100,000 chum salmon and close to four decades of history lost in a fire Wednesday night at Port Moody's Mossom Creek Hatchery cannot be replaced.

Some Port Moody councillors worry that the city could be the ultimate loser in a talent competition for a $2,000 scholarship.

Coquitlam's new library director checked in on Monday. This week, the Coquitlam Public Library board announced Todd Gnissios as the replacement for Rhian Piprell, who left the library this past spring for unknown reasons.

The latest draft of Port Moody's official community plan is far from final. But it is certainly controversial.