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Swedish-based retailer IKEA is doing its part to get Canadians to switch to lower-energy LED (Light Emitting Diode) bulbs.

Burnt out light bulbs and those outdated lighting fixtures have some place to go now besides the dump. Beginning Oct. 1, lighting products can now be dropped off at numerous collection sites around the province, including the Tri-Cities.

Port Moody police are searching for a man that walked into the Pharmasave on Newport Drive with a gun and demanded money and oxycontin.

The Tri-Cities continue to be a top destination for Government Assisted Refugees, according to statistics provided by the Immigrant Services Society. Of the 196 refugees who arrived in B.C. between July 1 and Sept. 30, 35 or 24% moved to Coquitlam.

Port Moody and Port Coquitlam companies are among the winners of the Greater Vancouver Home Builders' Association (GVHBA) Awards of Excellence. The winners were announced at an event at the Executive Plaza Hotel in Coquitlam Wednesday night.

School District 43 is saving energy and money but much work still needs to be done on its carbon footprint, the board of education was told Tuesday.

There won't be any funding for new schools in the Tri-Cities - including a long-awaited Burke Mountain elementary in Coquitlam - for at least two years because the provincial money pipe has been switched off. Districts across B.C.

A recent Credit Suisse survey of 280 companies across 33 countries found that family businesses have been doing well in the current market environment.

Patrons of Coquitlam's new City Centre library branch will have more room to browse for books and study when it opens next month. But they won't be able to buy a cup of java at the Pinetree Way facility anytime soon.

Volunteers at a fish hatchery on the Coquitlam River are devastated after something killed 15,000 coho fry in their tanks last month.