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A Westwood elementary student received recognition from the Coquitlam RCMP after helping a shaken and injured victim of an assault find help at his school last month.

More Tri-Cities' students will have an opportunity to gain valuable work experience and earn money for the upcoming school year thanks to a Government of Canada initiative.

Belcarra residents will get their last chance next week to comment on a growth plan for the semi-rural waterfront village.

An advisory group looking at whether Coquitlam should join a long list of B.C. municipalities that have banned pesticides is recommending the city follow suit.

A development company that's planning to build the first highrise in a Coquitlam neighbourhood poised for revitalization is now gauging public feedback on the height of the proposed tower.

It's time to update that resume. The city of Port Moody will be looking to fill two top job postings this summer: city manager and fire chief.

By Peter Kinch As I flipped through the business papers this week, I was struck with a sense of having already seen these headlines before.

After months of public squabbling between Port Moody city hall and the firefighters' union, plans for a new fire hall are expected to be approved Tuesday by city council.

More than 100 people turned up this week to review the plans for the next - and biggest - neighbourhood to be built in northeast Coquitlam.

Port Moody is urging residents to keep their bear-resistant bins tethered, stored in a shed or in a garage until the morning of collection day after several of the sturdy containers were destroyed by hungry bruins.