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If you have a sweet tooth, take note: Gooey cookies, succulent pies and vegan cupcakes - straight out of the oven - will be served at the first Tri-Cities' Bakers' Community Market, which starts tomorrow (Saturday).

Candidates looking to plaster their signs around Port Coquitlam when civic election season commences this fall will have to be careful they are not contravening the city's updated election bylaw.

Abandoned boats are a growing problem in Port Moody, with the city's natural harbour now littered with as many as 15 to 20 derelict vessels, according to the Port Moody Power and Sail Squadron (PMPSS).

The Tri-Cities are gearing up for the annual Bike to Work Week, which means that starting Tuesday, "celebration stations" offering free bike tune-ups and refreshments will be cropping up around Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody.

Rogers Communications has withdrawn a controversial proposal that would have located a cell tower antenna in Port Coquitlam's Greenmount Park after months of opposition from area residents.

Moody's in the mood for love. Port Moody city council voted unanimously Tuesday to install a railing in the city where lovers could gather to fasten "love locks" - padlocks marked with their names - as a memento to their undying bond.

Coquitlam RCMP are seeking the public's assistance in locating a 21-year-old Port Moody man who is wanted on outstanding warrants for uttering threats and breach of probation stemming from an incident last year.

James Anderson has always been a bit of a wanderer. So when the 22-year-old Rocky Point Sailing Association instructor wanted to find a temporary job to beef up his resume, he took a spray-and-pray approach with his applications.

A 22-year-old Surrey resident is facing charges of mischief and assaulting a police officer after he was allegedly caught spray-painting graffiti on a train at the CP Rail yard in Port Coquitlam. The suspect was arrested shortly after 9:30 p.m.

New Westminster-Coquitlam MP Fin Donnelly was named yesterday as the NDP critic for fisheries and oceans - a post he has held since he was elected in 2009.