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A gas leak has closed a stretch of Poirier Street in Coquitlam and afternoon commuters are being asked to avoid the area if they can.

Port Moody police are searching for the driver of a van that crashed into a home in the 2200-block of St. George Street last Thursday. Officers first noticed the van because its temporary use permit was obstructed from view.

Marco Sebastiani, assistant manager of the Rona store in Coquitlam, gets a poppy from Lorretta Rodrigues, the chairperson of the poppy drive for the Port Moody Legion, Branch 119, which covers the north part of the city.

Every Saturday in November, an autumn ritual will take place in a rushing creek next to Coast Meridian Road in Port Coquitlam.

Tri-City businesses are funding a plan to bus homeless people to temporary shelters this winter for a meal and good night's sleep. This week, Coquitlam Coun.

Big signs should be posted at key Coquitlam intersections before voters head to the polls, a city councillor suggested this week. Coun. Craig Hodge told council-in-committee on Monday he was disappointed with last month's turnout of 9.

More Coquitlam homeowners are willing to pay extra property taxes than see city services cut, according to a poll released this week.

The man accused of shooting Jaskaran Singh Sandhu at a Mr. Lube in Coquitlam two years ago will go on trial in December.

Halloween was a fairly uneventful night for firefighters in the Tri-Cities.

Businesses and community groups in Port Coquitlam will be able to start registering for the Centennial Holiday Tree Festival this month in celebration of the city's 100th birthday.