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Sponsored by Urban Impact, and Vancity, Port Coquitlam residents are encouraged to bring boxes of files and paperwork for secure, confidential, on-site shredding.

Darcie Clarke, the mother of three children murdered by their father, Allan Schoenborn, is moving out of the Tri-Cities after the B.C. Review Board granted her ex-husband restricted day trips into the community.

The north end of Coquitlam's Town Centre Park will soon be covered with red poppies as part of an outdoor tribute to Canadian armed servicemen and women.

It will not be long before Metro Vancouver mandates green waste collection for all multi-family housing and Port Coquitlam councillors want to make sure developers are ready.

If Port Moody residents vote in favour of allowing the city to borrow $16 million to pay for a new fire hall, homeowners could see a 3% levy added to their property tax bill this year. If they don't, it's back to the drawing board.

PORT MOODY-WESTWOOD PORT COQUITLAM Port Moody's Pleasantside Community Association is hosting an all-candidates meeting Sunday, April 17 at 7 p.m. in the Old Orchard community hall at the corner of Ioco Road and Bentley, above Old Orchard Park.

RIDING: PORT MOODY-WESTWOOD-PORT COQUITLAM MARK IRELAND,NDP The NDP has long campaigned for safe and affordable childcare for all.

Work to complete the King Edward overpass in Coquitlam is taking longer than expected and commuters should expect more road closures before the project is complete in the spring of 2012.

The Coquitlam RCMP is asking for the public's assistance in locating a mentally ill woman who is missing from Riverview Hospital. Linda Muriel Stephen was last seen by staff and residents at the facility at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, April 8.

"Anytime there's excitement around a big event like this, scammers will try to take advantage of unwitting fans," says BBB president and CEO Lynda Pasacreta.