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Two incumbents on Coquitlam city council - one a longtime politician, the other a first-term elected official - announced this week they want to keep their jobs. Coun.

Local businesses, government agencies, church groups and volunteers are coming together next Tuesday to provide support and services to people who are homeless or living on the margins.

Educating Tri-City civic candidates about homelessness and the need for more affordable housing is the goal of a briefing session next week in Port Coquitlam.

Port Moody council isn't ready to take back the Murray-Clarke corridor from TransLink without first talking about some other options.

Radio waves in the Tri-Cities may soon be buzzing with the sound of music, local news, traffic and weather with the approval this week of a radio antenna on top of a tower in Newport Village.

The best way for the Tri-Cities to renew its arts scene is to include the area's numerous cultural groups, said one of Canada's most respected artistic directors.

This year is turning out to be one of the busiest for bears in the Tri-Cities, with 15 killed so far, including one whose cubs got caught in a school dumpster Wednesday.

Dancers now have a new home away from home in Port Coquitlam with the opening of the Live Love Dancewear dance apparel store.

The frantic cries of two bear cubs trapped in a dumpster at Summit middle school Wednesday morning resulted in the tranquilizing and removal of a bear family.

PORT MOODY A former Green Party candidate who has run both provincially and federally has set her sights on a Port Moody council seat in this fall's civic election.