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The view from below

Port Coquitlam photographer Steve Smith took a boat trip on the Fraser River last Friday and captured a unique view of the Port Mann/Highway 1 project. Above, a crew raises a prefabricated steel segment of bridge undercarriage.

Everyone wants deal done

For five months, B.C. public schools have been coping with the teachers' labour dispute.

Drivers tear up another field in PoCo

Port Coquitlam parks are under siege by midnight marauders and a local resident thinks something should be done about it.

Coquitlam revamps website

Coquitlam has a new online face to project to the world. On Monday at midnight, the city's new website ( www.coquitlam.ca ) went live, replacing the outdated community portal powered for 10 years by citysoup.

Tonnes of trash collected Sun. in Coquitlam River clean-up

Everything but the kitchen sink - including a toilet - was cleaned up from the banks of the Coquitlam River Sunday, resulting in a mound of garbage eight feet high.

Cineplex offers low-cost family movies

Family movies at a good price are being offered at Cineplex theatres across Canada including SilverCity Coquitlam at 170 Schoolhouse St. Movies will run-year round beginning Feb.

PoCo seeks long-term green waste agreement

The city of Port Coquitlam is looking to sign a long-term agreement for processing its kitchen and garden waste. Currently, the city works on a month-to-month disposal arrangement with Fraser Richmond Soil and Fibre .

BBB wants youth to make biz ethics videos

Better Business Bureau (BBB) celebrates its Centenary in 2012, and wants to give B.C. high school students the opportunity to showcase their ethics for a chance at the prestigious Student Ethics Award scholarship.

Time to intervene in teacher talks: SD43 board chair

It's time for the provincial government to step in and resolve the impasse between the BC Teachers Federation and the BC Public School Employers Association, says the School District 43 board chair.

Duquette to plea in Alberta

A Colony Farm Forensic Psychiatric Hospital resident facing robbery and weapons charges is expected to enter a plea in Alberta Provincial Court in Grande Prairie later this month. Clayton Duquette, 35, went missing from Colony Farm on New Year's Day.