Local News

With the phase-out of the penny beginning Monday, Canadian cashiers and consumers will have to do some old-school arithmetic to calculate the bill.

An elderly woman walking along Austin Avenue in Coquitlam on Saturday morning was hit and killed by an out-of-control vehicle.

One lane of the Lougheed Highway between the Cape Horn Interchange and the Coleman Avenue on-ramp will be closed for two months as part of the construction work taking place for the Port Mann/Highway1 Improvement Project.

Need help with light housework or lawn maintenance, grocery shopping or even transportation? Some new services for seniors could soon be available this spring to help them live independently for longer.

After months of preparatory work, construction is set to begin on the $1.4 billion Burnaby to Coquitlam Evergreen Line this month and the executive project director says it will start in Port Moody.

Coquitlam wrapped up 2012 with a million-dollar jackpot from the Boulevard Casino. The last quarter of the year yielded $1.7 million for Coquitlam as host city to the United Boulevard gaming venue. The previous three quarters brought in $5.

When Ian Cameron is at the Grammys this month, the Coquitlam violinist won't just be hobnobbing with some of the music industry's bigwigs. He'll also be meeting - for the first time - the man responsible for getting him there. The Feb.

Consumers have lots of options for selling gold, including local jewellers and pawn shops, gold buying services, gold parties in friend's homes, pop-up events by traveling dealers, and mail-away gold buying websites.

A group of Citadel Heights residents want the city of Port Coquitlam to intervene and stop a licensed marijuana grow operation in a home in their neighbourhood.

Fourteen drivers who received immediate roadside prohibitions (IRP) in Port Moody in 2011 will have their prohibitions lifted and may have their penalties reimbursed.