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A Coquitlam sports facility user group is getting involved in local politics by supporting candidates in the upcoming civic election.

Coquitlam councillors say they want to take a page from the planning around the controversial Austin Heights neighbourhood before they re-start the City Centre Area Plan.

Coquitlam Mounties are looking for a driver who fled the scene after a vehicle flipped over the centre median on Clarke Road and caught fire early Saturday morning. The incident happened shortly after 4 a.m. on Nov.

Voters in Port Coquitlam will notice the title of an elector organization next to the names of two candidates on their civic election ballots Saturday.

Please note clarification at bottom of story** They promised to revitalize Maillardville with a new community centre, a pedestrian-friendly commercial core and smoother road connections to ease gridlock.

People of all ages gathered on Shaughnessy Street and at the cenotaph in Port Coquitlam's Veterans Park to take part in a Remembrance Day ceremony last Friday morning. Hundreds, including cadets and veterans, gathered under cloudy skies.

About 1,000 Tri-City voters cast ballots on the first day of advance polling. But city clerks are cautioning against making any assumptions about this Saturday's voter turnout based on early voting numbers.

With so many candidates running in Saturday's civic elections, figuring out whom to vote for is no easy task. Many voters read newspaper coverage of candidates and meetings.

Local Mounties are seeking the public's assistance in locating a patient who walked away from Riverview Hospital last week.

Lobo isn't a typical dog, says Port Coquitlam's Kareen Martel. Fiercely loyal and particularly social, her wolf/husky mix doesn't like to be left alone. "He has a real personality," Martel said. "I always have to get daycare for him or babysitters.