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Coquitlam has a new fire chief. Wade Pierlot, Vancouver's deputy chief of emergency operations, will take over the reigns from Tony Delmonico on May 13.

Gamblers at Coquitlam's Boulevard Casino contributed more than $1.8 million to city coffers in the first quarter of the year.

Coquitlam has tweaked its decade-old Master Trail Plan (MTP) and will keep on track to add another 35 km of trails and multi-use pathways over the next 20 years.

Like daughter, like mother. Turning the axiom upside down is just the way it is in the Helps family and mom Billie isn't shy about crediting her daughter, Rebecca, for turning her on to the Green Party.

It's early on a rainy Friday morning and Linda Reimer is keeping her jacket on because of the cold.

"Hello, hello!" Joe Trasolini picks up his cell phone mid-interview to take a call from a concerned voter. After promising to meet with the individual later, Trasolini turns back to the conversation. "You see?" he says almost gleefully.

The city of Port Coquitlam's 100th birthday will be the focus of this year's May Day celebration, which will run between May 3 and 12.

School District 43 will be expanding the scope of its annual financial audit to ensure procedures are in place to avoid problems with budgeting in the future.

Coquitlam RCMP were called to the banks of the Pitt River, near Argue Street, at about 7:45 a.m. Wednesday for a report of a body in the river. Cpl.

An advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families says students' education will be shortchanged and their future prospects limited if School District 43 eliminates the position of director of student services and cuts tea