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A Coquitlam man is one of two people to survive being struck by lightning after a storm rolled through the Lower Mainland Tuesday night.

Residents of a Coquitlam neighbourhood who battled to stop three highrises from being built in their area say they're not happy with the developer's last-minute plans.

Coquitlam residents living at six multi-family complexes are testing out a city pilot program for recycling food scraps.

The family of a woman who was missing for three days near Sasamat Lake last week is thanking police, Coquitlam Search and Rescue and the public for helping bring her home.

It wasn't gold and it clearly wasn't their best showing but justice prevailed somewhat Thursday for the Canadian women's soccer team and Coquitlam's Brittany Timko at the London 2012 Olympics .

A Coquitlam BMX star who was competing in his first Olympic games lost out on his chance for a medal Thursday.

They've been meeting at the Zellers restaurant every Saturday for more than a decade, a tradition that will soon come to an end when the store begins the process of shuttering to make way for Target.

A lightning storm has caused power outages across the Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam area but BC Hydro said the lights should be back on this afternoon.

A Coquitlam man is facing charges after Langley RCMP drug section officers witnessed him allegedly hand a bag of marijuana to an Ontario man at a hotel parking lot.

The nomination period for the Anmore byelection has begun but - so far - nobody has jumped into the race.