Local News

Staff at a Port Coquitlam poultry processor were forced out on Tuesday afternoon after a tank full of ammonia sprung a leak.

The number of people living on the streets in the Tri-Cities has dropped dramatically in the last three years during a period when the rest of the Lower Mainland's homeless statistics have flatlined.

A roofing company working in Coquitlam was hit with an $87,000 fine for not using adequate fall protection on its construction site last year. Natt Roofing Ltd.

The replacement of one of Coquitlam's oldest schools may start as early as this fall, the project manager told the city's council-in-committee this week.

The Coquitlam RCMP's fraud section is seeking three family members on outstanding warrants related to a fraud ring that led to the theft of mail from residents across the Lower Mainland.

School District 43 will be keeping schools open during the three-day job action by teachers beginning Monday but won't be able to provide adequate supervision, according to spokesperson Cheryl Quinton.

A group of women is rallying to keep the Port Coquitlam women's centre open. Chantale-Lyne Gosselin is organizing a fundraising campaign and rally to support the centre which is being shut down for a month for a program review.

A local printing company with deep roots in the Tri-Cities is celebrating its 45th anniversary. Ampco Manufacturers Started its journey in 1967 as Ad-Print Markings Ltd.

With School District 43's 2,000 teachers expected to walk off the job for three days beginning Monday, parents will have to seek other arrangements for the children.

Cuts to funding and rising costs have prompted the closure of an employment skills program for at-risk youth.