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An open house will be held next week on plans to revamp Coquitlam's oldest industrial area.

Terry Fox Run organizers are looking for someone to head up the annual event in the village of Anmore. The Port Coquitlam-based foundation issued a plea yesterday for somebody to take over the run, which will be held on Sept.

The Queen - or a strong likeness, at least - is coming to Port Coquitlam this weekend for a high tea hosted by the Royal Society of St. George (RSSG).

A Coquitlam family and the RCMP are pleading for information about a wheelchair theft that has left a 15-year-old girl house-bound. The black wheelchair was stolen from an apartment complex at 550 Cottonwood Ave.

Fifteen B.C. municipalities where Mounties provide policing - including Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam - did not meet the province's deadline yesterday (Thursday) to sign the new RCMP contract.

Coquitlam RCMP have located a young woman who went missing Tuesday night. The 24-year-old Coquitlam womanwith special needs walked away from her home Tuesday night. Police reported this morning (Monday) that she was located safe and sound.

Tri-City youth seeking summer employment should be prepared to put in some effort to get the job they want, says an employment specialist working in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam.

The Port Coquitlam Heritage and Cultural Society has signed a 10-year lease agreement with the city allowing it to operate a museum out of the former 10,000 Villages retail space on McAllister Avenue.

A Port Coquitlam councillor said he is reticent to support a temporary homeless shelter at a local church without a firm commitment from the province to build a permanent facility in Coquitlam. Coun.

Eighteen Target stores will open in B.C. in early 2013 when the U.S.-based retailer takes over former Zellers stores.