Local News

Municipal politicians in the Tri-Cities are embracing social media to link with their constituents and get the word out about civic policies and decisions.

A coroner's inquest will be held into the death of Patricia Donna Reed, a Riverview Hospital patient whose body was found on the grounds five days after she went missing.

Just before he graduated from Coquitlam's Centennial secondary in the late 1990s, Ted Lau placed a note in the school time capsule describing his dream career. "Graphic designer or movie director," it read.

Prominent Vancouver rocker Joe Keithley wants to sing from the NDP songbook. The Burnaby-raised musician who heads up the punk band D.O.A. has been cleared by the NDP brass to seek the nomination for the riding of Coquitlam-Burke Mountain.

A man who went missing from the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in May has returned. Coquitlam RCMP reported Gregory Owen Schleen, 49, had been returned to the Coquitlam institution.

It was Friday morning when Kurt Roufosse picked up the phone and learned that Darcy Richard Bertrand, the man who had viciously murdered three members of his family in 1995, had died in prison a few days earlier.

A fire at the Dulux Paints store in Coquitlam may have been sparked by roofing materials. Coquitlam Fire and Rescue Chief Tony Delmonico said they received about 30 calls Monday, just before 6:30 p.m.

Of the lessons learned from the London 2012 Olympic Games, the most valuable may be those you can turn into financial guides for your children. In its truest essence, the games promote friendship, solidarity, and fair play.

When three bear cubs were brought to Langley's Critter Care last fall after being found scared and hungry in a dumpster at a Coquitlam middle school, the animals weighed approximately 40 lb. apiece.

Three people are vying for a seat on Anmore council but only one of them is a village resident. Nominations closed last Friday for the byelection, which is being held to fill the chair left vacant in June by Coun. Tim Laidler.