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Graduating high school students will have fewer free options for upgrading their education for post-secondary entrance once they turn 19 and should start planning now to avoid hefty tuition fees.

Eleven people have been appointed to the board of the new Port Coquitlam Community Foundation, an organization that will manage and distribute funds for initiatives and programs that benefit the city.

School District 43 wants to know how the province intends to fund free tuition for graduated adults in the future after changes to the Education Guarantee were made this month.

Using the concept "Think Global, Act Local," Coquitlam council this week banned shark fins from being possessed, traded, sold and distributed in the city.

A dog water fountain for the Shaughnessy off-leash park and wheelchair accessible playground equipment at Castle Park elementary are just some of the items the Port Coquitlam Self-Help Matching Grant program will fund this year.

The following public events are being held to welcome the Rick Hansen 25th anniversary relay : PORT COQUITLAM THURSDAY, MAY 17 From 3 to 3:30 p.m., a community event will be held at Leigh Square featuring medal-bearer Bob Whyte.

A controversial plan to build a 33-storey tower in Coquitlam - on Port Coquitlam border - will go to public hearing next month. At Monday's meeting, city council unanimously granted first reading to rezone 1123 Westwood St.

Big changes are planned for three of Coquitlam's busiest streets with the coming of the Evergreen Line.

When Rick Hansen thinks about climbing Thermal Drive - the steepest hill on his global Man in Motion tour 25 years ago - he pictures it in stages. From the bottom at St.

Port Coquitlam homeowners can expect a 2.97% property tax increase this year after council approved the final reading of its financial plan during a meeting Monday night.