Local News

Coquitlam Coun. Selina Robinson will seek an unpaid leave of absence from her council work while she runs for the New Democratic Party in Coquitlam-Maillardville in the upcoming provincial election.

Port Coquitlam NDP MLA Mike Farnworth will be gearing up for his sixth election race after receiving his party's nomination on Sunday.

The Evergreen Line is three years away from opening but commuters now know what the six Tri-City stations will be called.

The Canada Jobs Grant announced in the federal budget last week will better match Canadian workers to skilled jobs, says Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam MP and Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore.

Port Moody Police say a video portraying a multiplayer first-person shooting game set inside Port Moody Secondary is disturbing and likely "ill-conceived," but does not constitute a threat.

A rash of thefts from vehicles overnight in the Westwood Plateau area has prompted Coquitlam RCMP to remind people to remove valuables from their cars. On Tuesday night, 30 vehicles were broken into, most of them with their windows smashed.

The owners of the former Andrés Wines site in Port Moody are suing the provincial government for an Evergreen-sized hangover, claiming construction of the SkyTrain line has stomped on their development plans. The suit, filed in B.C.

The number of police officers in Coquitlam continues to rank at the bottom of the pack compared to other similar-sized cities, even though its "cop-to-pop." ratio increased by seven officers over 2011.

A grandmother in her 60s foiled a robbery attempt by two suspects outside a Coquitlam bank at Johnson Street and Barnet Highway this afternoon (Thursday). At about 1:30 p.m.

A Port Moody secondary school grad is distancing himself from a video he posted of a first-person shooter game, still in development, that is set in his former high school.