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The cost to fill two Coquitlam council seats this fall is being estimated at $143,000, city staff said this week. The price tag for the Oct.

Nearly $10,000 has been raised to support victims of Typhoon Haiyan through the Red Cross but a Port Coquitlam teacher would like to see even more cash for the fundraising effort from local citizens.

A Dairy Queen employee suffered minor burns after a kitchen fire broke out at the restaurant chain's Port Coquitlam location on Tuesday night. The incident occurred at around 4:30 p.m.

Coquitlam cops are turning to the public for help in finding two suspects who held up a gas station in October. Employees at an Esso gas station on Johnson Street at Barnet Highway were shaken but unharmed after two armed men robbed them on Oct.

With temperatures hitting the freezing mark this week, the city of Port Coquitlam is warning residents to be prepared for snow before the bad weather arrives.

School District 43 will be entering the Twitterverse on Friday, using social media to find out what the community thinks of the "Learning Lands and Neighbourhoods" review of four school district properties. On Dec. 6 from 3 to 4 p.m.

Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam firefighters will be filling a big fire truck full of food this week - with the help of the community. Tomorrow, Thursday Dec. 5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

How quickly would an oil spill be cleaned up in Burrard Inlet? That issue is the heart of a debate being stirred up by Belcarra's Ralph Drew at the same time an expert review panel is recommending changes in the way oil spill plans are developed and

"No pulse." With those frightening words, Terry Fox teacher and first aid attendant Casey Kingman and three Fox PE teachers were galvanized into action.

The first piece of the tunnel boring machine to build the $1.4-billion Evergreen Line arrived in Port Moody today (Tuesday).