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The city of Port Coquitlam is looking to sign a long-term agreement for processing its kitchen and garden waste. Currently, the city works on a month-to-month disposal arrangement with Fraser Richmond Soil and Fibre .

Better Business Bureau (BBB) celebrates its Centenary in 2012, and wants to give B.C. high school students the opportunity to showcase their ethics for a chance at the prestigious Student Ethics Award scholarship.

It's time for the provincial government to step in and resolve the impasse between the BC Teachers Federation and the BC Public School Employers Association, says the School District 43 board chair.

A Colony Farm Forensic Psychiatric Hospital resident facing robbery and weapons charges is expected to enter a plea in Alberta Provincial Court in Grande Prairie later this month. Clayton Duquette, 35, went missing from Colony Farm on New Year's Day.

On the first and third Thursday of each month about 50 families go to the food bank at St. John the Apostle church, where they get a free hot lunch, a bag of groceries and some dignity.

Drivers should be alert to a series of detours and closures on Highway 1 at the Cape Horn interchange this weekend.

A Coquitlam mom who was once a "den" mother to a group of vulnerable youth is closer to her dream of creating a safe place where children can learn and play. Eronne Foster, CEO of Cackleberries Entertainment (cackleberries.

This September students in Grades 8 to 12 can sign up for a whole new way of learning at the Inquiry Hub. An extension of Coquitlam Open Learning (COL), the Inquiry Hub will offer a full-time program of learning - without the regular class structure.

B.C. Premier Christy Clark yesterday returned to her old stomping grounds of Port Moody, a territory shaping up to be a political hotbed as a provincial byelection nears for the riding.

At 24, Binod Rai is like many young Canadians. He has a full-time job, a cell phone, a computer, a strong desire to get a better education and a love for his family, with whom he lives.