Local News

Fewer students made it to classrooms yesterday during day two of the the B.C. teachers job action this week. Only four elementary and three middle school students showed up to schools, according to School District 43.

Coquitlam is posting a rosy outlook for 2012 after a year of record-setting construction in 2011. The BC Economic Forecast Council is predicting a moderate 2.

The body of a man in his 50s was pulled from the Fraser River on Wednesday morning after being found by a tugboat operator. Coquitlam RCMP Cpl. Jamie Chung told The Tri-City News that police were called shortly before 9 a.m.

The roses at Coquitlam's Dogwood Pavilion should get a little help now and then with fungicides, the president for the Fraser Pacific Rose Society (FPRS) said this week.

Another Port Coquitlam resident has been charged in connection with the 2011 Stanley Cup riot.

Coquitlam will go for the BC Summer Games in 2016 - and, if it doesn't win, the city has a backup bid for 2018.

Coquitlam RCMP handed out nearly 300 tickets during February's distracted driving safety blitz.

Coquitlam Fire and Rescue officials believe an early morning blaze that destroyed a part of the picnic area on the west side of Mundy Park was likely deliberately set.

School District 43 hallways and parking lots were virtual ghost towns early this week as most of the district's 30,000 students stayed home from school during three days of teacher job action , which was to end today.

A Port Moody woman has gone missing while on a cruise off the coast of Florida. Fariba Amani, 47, was reported missing from the Bahamas Celebration ship on Feb.