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Business and community leaders learned the importance of education and bridging the gap between unemployed youth and jobs during the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce nominees luncheon for the Business Excellence Awards Wednesday.

The search for Shin Noh continues to expand and more volunteers are needed to "bring dad home" says his son Sam Noh. On Sunday, Noh and 60 volunteers fanned out into Vancouver after reports of sightings of the 64-year-old Korean grandfather.

An alert store employee at Coquitlam Centre mall stopped a swindler from perpetrating a skimming scam last week. And police are warning local shopkeepers to be wary of other fraudsters trying to pull the same trick. On Oct.

Coquitlam RCMP are asking for the public's help in identifying a man allegedly involved in a theft last month at the Real Canadian Superstore at 3000 Lougheed Hwy. in Coquitlam. The incident took place the afternoon of Sept.

A Coquitlam reserve fire truck decked out in pink is doing just what the fire chief wants: sparking conversation.

Coquitlam city hall will look at how it can better control commercial construction on Sundays, especially with the amount of growth now happening in the municipality.

Coquitlam's way of collecting trash by hand is about to be tossed out. On Monday, council unanimously approved a seven-year deal with BFI Canada Inc. for automated curbside pick-up for the city's approximate 25,000 single-family homes.

Port Moody's top businesses were on full display last week for the eighth annual Spike Business Awards. Nine awards were handed out at the Inlet Theatre Oct.

Hundreds of Tri-City families may be eligible for refunds on summer school fees they paid several years ago after a class action suit involving a Coquitlam family was settled last week.

The Tri-City Chamber of Commerce hopes to shed some light on the twinning of the Kinder Morgan pipeline and how local businesses can benefit on Nov. 14.