Local News

The 30th anniversary of the Terry Fox Run proved to be a financial boon for the foundation named for the Port Coquitlam hero. According to its annual audited report, released to The Tri-City News yesterday, the Terry Fox Foundation collected $28.

Coquitlam residents are being urged to put their food scraps in their green cans to reduce the possibility of conflicts with bears.

BBB advises to do your homework when back-to-school shopping The summer is winding down and soon, students will be returning to class. Chances are you've seen the back-to-school shopping ads on television and splashed across newspaper pages.

Six dozen Tri-City youngsters are new graduates of the Coquitlam RCMP's Junior Mounties Police Academy, a program that teaches youths real-life policing skills.

Three major bids to build housing in one of Coquitlam's oldest and soon-to-be-revitalized neighbourhoods are on hold for this year - and maybe longer.

Industrial buildings could be going up in the rapidly changing Dominion Triangle before the end of the year in what would be the first development of its kind for the 270-acre Port Coquitlam property.

The dog days of summer have yet to hit the Tri-Cities and, for one Port Moody business, they might not come until next year.

Port Moody city clerk Colleen Rohde will take over as acting city manager next week as the city continues its search for a suitable replacement for Gaetan Royer.

The Coquitlam RCMP is asking for the public's assistance in identifying a suspect they allege cashed a fraudulent cheque at a local MoneyMart in June.

A late bird nesting season will not hamper work on a fish habitat restoration project that began on Colony Farm last week, according to a Metro Vancouver parks official.