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PoMo taxes could go up 6.74%

Port Moody residents could be looking at a 6.74% increase to their property taxes. That's the number they're being asked to consider - and provide input on - at the budget town hall meeting set for Feb. 29.

COLUMN: Do homework to prepare for your future

A recent Investors Group RRSP Intentions Poll advises that 76% of Canadians either already have an RRSP or plan to start one this year.

Vancity grant helps Coquitlam youth learn job skills

Kids are learning job skills, thanks to the support of Vancity. The Vancity Community Grants Committee has provided $10,000 to fund the very successful Vancity Job Club program that runs at Place Maillardville in Coquitlam.

Coquitlam to Port Moody Evergreen Line gets YouTube treatment

Commuters can get a glimpse of what life will be like with the Evergreen Line in place in a YouTube video posted by the Ministry of Transportation.

Coquitlam RCMP seek stabbing suspect

Coquitlam RCMP is asking for the public's assistance in identifying a suspect believed to be involved in a vicious stabbing last December that left a 19-year-old Maple Ridge man in critical condition. Early on Dec.

Councillor concerned about sulphur on rail tracks

A trail of sulphur on the CP Rail tracks in Port Moody has one councillor gravely concerned for the environmental hazard it could pose. Coun.

Whales, pirates and tsunami debris

Ahigh-tech company in Port Moody that designs and builds night-vision marine cameras may soon have a new market: container ships navigating through the Japanese tsunami debris.

17 months for Coquitlam rioter

Ryan Dickinson was sentenced to 17 months in jail for participating in the Stanley Cup riot.

KidSport holds used equipment sale in Port Coquitlam

Outfitting a young athlete with new sports equipment just got a lot easier - and cheaper - thanks to the KidSport Tri-Cities ' annual spring equipment sale.

Second child porn sentence

The second Port Moody man involved in a child pornography case will also spend three months in jail. Matthew Richard Sadlowski pleaded guilty to making or publishing child porn in connection with a September 2009 incident.