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Young people with an interest in the world of policing are invited to join the Port Moody Police Department's 1st annual Youth Leadership Academy.

B.C. food banks, including those in the Tri-Cities, are about to benefit from a national food drive initiated by the Loblaws grocery store chain.

The cost to renovate the space currently occupied by Coquitlam Public Library's City Centre branch after it moves this fall has prompted a catalogue of complaints from city council.

How to handle new growth around Coquitlam's upcoming rapid transit stations for the Evergreen Line is now the subject of a high-level study.

The RCMP and cities of Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam are raising awareness of victims of crime by tying purple ribbons on police cars. At a special recognition event today, Thursday, Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart, PoCo Mayor Greg Moore, Supt.

Port Moody moved one step closer to approving a 5.56% property tax increase for 2012.

More teachers, more counsellors and extra support for programs of choice were approved Tuesday as the board of eduction approved its richest budget in recent history. This year School District 43 will spend $269.

Food carts could be coming to Rocky Point park this summer. On Tuesday, Port Moody council voted unanimously in favour of exploring the possibility of inviting vendors to the summer concert series, which is held on Sundays between June and August.

The Village Toy Shop in Port Moody is joining neighbourhood toy shops, schools, libraries and community groups in North America in Screen Free week April 30 to May 6 to encourage families to turn off TVs, video games and computers.

Cell phones played a key role in a March lockdown at Dr. Charles Best secondary school to calm fears about an intruder and could be used more frequently to share information about threats to schools.