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School District 43 is considering expanding its summer school skill-building programs to make them available to more elementary school students.

Port Coquitlam councillors will consider a proposal that would see $5,000 in community cultural development grants doled out to two local organizations.

Skeptics on Port Moody council didn't derail a visioning exercise between the city and TransLink to determine the fate of Murray and Clarke streets now that an overpass is off the to-do list.

Port Moody residents whose community work dates back decades were honoured by being granted the Freedom of the City at a special Port Moody council meeting Tuesday. Mary Anne Cooper and Ron Curties were awarded with symbolic keys at the event.

Pumpkins may be orange but Port Coquitlam residents should not be discouraged from throwing them away in their green waste bin after Halloween.

oquitlam residents wanting to shape Burke Mountain's newest neighbourhood will have to wait until the new year to give feedback.

When Belcarra Mayor Ralph Drew is asked when the last time was that someone challenged him in an election campaign, he has to think about it. "1996?," he asks. "It has been quite a while. I'm not even sure, to tell you the honest truth.

Retailers and customers along Coquitlam's main drag for furniture shopping will get some relief tomorrow morning (Saturday) when the new King Edward Street overpass opens.

A back-to-basics Golden Spike Days enabled the society that runs the annual summer fair at Rocky Point Park to repay its $14,000 debt to the city of Port Moody.

The creation of 26 single-family lots on Heritage Mountain that's considered a neighbourhood blight by some and a model of suburban planning by others was approved by Port Moody council following a public hearing Tuesday.