Local News

The Coquitlam RCMP's fraud section is seeking three family members on outstanding warrants related to a fraud ring that led to the theft of mail from residents across the Lower Mainland.

School District 43 will be keeping schools open during the three-day job action by teachers beginning Monday but won't be able to provide adequate supervision, according to spokesperson Cheryl Quinton.

A group of women is rallying to keep the Port Coquitlam women's centre open. Chantale-Lyne Gosselin is organizing a fundraising campaign and rally to support the centre which is being shut down for a month for a program review.

A local printing company with deep roots in the Tri-Cities is celebrating its 45th anniversary. Ampco Manufacturers Started its journey in 1967 as Ad-Print Markings Ltd.

With School District 43's 2,000 teachers expected to walk off the job for three days beginning Monday, parents will have to seek other arrangements for the children.

Cuts to funding and rising costs have prompted the closure of an employment skills program for at-risk youth.

Young people looking to plan for their future are invited to attend a career fair at Douglas College next week. The Career Exploration Fair will be held at the Coquitlam campus atrium on Wednesday, March 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

FIREARMS CHANGES Shooting a crossbow or bow and arrow in Port Coquitlam is now one step closer to being prohibited after council voted unanimously in favour of introducing amendments to its firearms prohibition bylaw Monday night.

A letter promising recipients $8.75 million if they provide personal information has been circulating in the Tri-Cities and is a scam, according to the Coquitlam RCMP. Cpl.

An 18-year-old Coquitlam man has been charged with two counts of mischief following a police investigation of graffiti vandalism at local schools. Cpl.