Local News

Coquitlam RCMP are seeking the public's help in locating two men who have gone missing from Cottonwood Lodge. Michael Louis Andrews, 55, was last seen by staff members just before 9 p.m. on Friday, May 17.

Canadian Tire is asking customers to support kids wishing to be involved in organized sport but who can't afford to. This Friday, May 25, the fifth annual Jumpstart Day will take place at the Port Coquitlam Canadian Tire, 2125 Hawkins St.

The family of a former Coquitlam resident missing in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico since May 8 believes he was kidnapped. Diego Hernandez, 22, joined his mother in Mexico about two years ago and had been working as a martial arts instructor.

Conservation Officer Service (COS) is warning people to be cautious in the Sasamat Lake area after a cougar attack on a dog and very close encounter with a family yesterday.

If MLA-elect Linda Reimer decides to keep her Coquitlam council seat to avoid forcing a byelection, she would only need to do the two jobs until next July - and could even quit as early as Jan. 1, according to the Coquitlam city clerk's office.

BC Hydro will switch 47 old, wooden power poles in Coquitlam to new ones over the next few months. The Crown corporation said the work is part of an ongoing maintenance program that will see some 10,000 distribution poles across B.C. dug up.

The Coquitlam Reds Baseball Club is finding out who its friends are in the wake of a disastrous theft that left its equipment shed in shambles.

The following media release was issued on Friday at 5:52 p.m.

Tri-City residents and retailers are being advised by the RCMP to closely inspect any bills they receive, after a rash of fake $100 polymer notes have been found circulating in the Lower Mainland.

Coquitlam Mounties are looking for help finding Ronald Hansen, 61, who was reported missing from Cottonwood Lodge on the Riverview Hospital grounds. Hansen, who was last seen Thursday at 5 p.m.