Local News

The BC Coroners Service will hold an inquest into the death of Coquitlam's Colette Marie Salemink. The 59-year-old woman died on April 19, 2010 in a fire at her Burian Drive home.

It rests on a concrete pad, bolted upright with two aluminum bars, tucked behind Coquitlam's Dogwood Pavilion on Poirier Street.

A man in his 20s is recovering in hospital after he was stabbed several times early Sunday morning. The man was walking through the area of Austin Avenue, near Blue Mountain Street, between 2 and 4 a.m.

A new survey launched on Sunday will take the pulse of the Port Coquitlam business community as the city looks for ways to better support, attract and retain businesses.

Members of the Old Mill Boathouse Society will be celebrating the 10th year anniversary of the construction of their facility at Rocky Point Park during an open house next week.

A number of solar-powered parking stations now dot Pinetree Way in Coquitlam near Town Centre Park and Douglas College's David Lam campus, ready for their Sept. 1 start-up.

Volunteers are being sought for next month's Terry Fox Hometown Run. This week, organizers of the Port Coquitlam run - the Tri-Cities' oldest and biggest - sent out a plea to ask helpers to sign up for duties before and on the event day.

A woman who ventured into the tidal flats around Shoreline Park had to be pulled to safety by emergency crews after getting stuck waist deep in the mud on Thursday.

A 56-year-old Port Coquitlam man who went missing earlier this week has been found dead on Burke Mountain. Hikers discovered the body Wednesday behind the gun range on Coquitlam's Burke Mountain and police do not suspect foul play.

Debbie Yurkoski, a fixture among homeless outreach workers and Share Family and Community Services volunteers, passed away last month after a long battle with cancer.