Local News

A recent TransUnion study suggests that Canadian debt loads continue to grow, finding that total debt per consumer, excluding mortgages, grew to $25,597 in the first quarter of 2011.

A fish hatchery proposed for Colony Farm as part of the environmental remediation effort for damage caused by the construction of the new Port Mann Bridge is being panned by members of the Burke Mountain Naturalists.

Maillardville will be gussying itself up and putting its best face forward for a popular francophone television show called La Petite Séduction. The program, which is aired by Radio-Canada television and seen by 1.

A vacant lot on a seldom travelled stretch of road in Port Moody is one step closer to redevelopment as the B.C. government put up more than $160,000 for its renewal last week.

Homelessness initiatives in the Tri-Cities may have helped significantly reduce the overall number of people sleeping on the streets but the hardest work still lies ahead, according to one housing advocate.

Cupcakes aren't just sweet treats - they're also a national franchise owned by two best friends and this month Tri-City entrepreneurs can learn their secrets.

Besides malls, libraries are ideal places to go to be informed, entertained and enlightened when summer's heat gets unbearable and television is in re-runs.

Canucks blue is everywhere in the Tri-Cities these days. Left, someone takes a photo of a jersey draped on the fish sculpture at Coquitlam's Spirit Square.

From the Tri-Cities to Tehran, one Port Moody man is trying to send a message to the government of Iran: Let my friends go.

The popular Crossroads Hospice Society Thrift Store in Coquitlam is moving to larger digs to accommodate its need for more shopping and storage space.