Local News

The young man who stabbed Jesse Penner to death outside a Port Coquitlam house party in 2006 won't be getting out of jail early because he's too dangerous.

One week after the dramatic helicopter rescue of three hikers stranded in the wilderness north of Pitt Lake, Coquitlam Search and Rescue says it's high time Coquitlam had its own chopper rescue team rather than relying on its neighbour's.

Port Coquitlam Heritage and Cultural Society is celebrating local police, fire and ambulance officials as part of its PoCo Guardian Angels heritage display this fall.

When students at Port Coquitlam's Birchland elementary return to school next week, they will have to find somewhere other than the playground to share stories about their summer.

It was a slow grind to get there but about 50 residents and area business owners braved the United Boulevard gridlock created by an overturned tractor-trailer Wednesday to get a peek at plans for a hotel and convention centre at the Boulevard Casino.

Victims of the 99 Begin St. condo fire are asking their neighbours to watch out for three cats missing since the blaze.

The results are in and Tri-City residents voted 'Yes' to scrapping the harmonized sales tax (HST), with the biggest support for axing the tax coming from Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. Residents there voted 55.

A Tri-City group involved in homeless outreach programs will bid next month to run the new homeless shelter and transitional housing facility in Coquitlam.

Criminal record checks will be processed faster in Coquitlam thanks to a new piece of fingerprint technology at the local RCMP detachment.

A long-distance bear is checking out homes and garbage south of Mary Hill and the city of Port Coquitlam is urging people to lock their trash away.