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Fashion experts dish out top trends for Tri-City consumers

A local mall will bring fashion experts together online to dish out the best summer fashion advice. For each week in June, Coquitlam Centre's blog will offer top tips for wearing this season's hottest trends.

Port Moody entrepreneur bring a taste of Korean beer to Tri-Cities

Similar to store-bought milk, eggs and bread, Korean-brewed Cass beer carries an expiration date on its packaging label. And that's why CoBees Enterprise Ltd.

Tips for safe barbecuing

Port Coquitlam firefighters are reminding residents to be careful with their barbecues and outdoor grills after poorly stored charcoal briquettes set fire to a porch at a PoCo home last weekend.

Coquitlam woman gets 4 years for stealing $1.1 million

A Coquitlam woman has been sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay more than $1.1 million in restitution after being convicted of stealing from her employer and their family.

Battling giant problem

The city of Coquitlam is once again waging war on an invasive plant that has been cropping up around Metro Vancouver since 2006, causing what city officials call a "serious threat to human health.

Check out debt settlement companies before you pay, warns BBB

A recent TransUnion study suggests that Canadian debt loads continue to grow, finding that total debt per consumer, excluding mortgages, grew to $25,597 in the first quarter of 2011.

Complaints about plans for Colony Farm

A fish hatchery proposed for Colony Farm as part of the environmental remediation effort for damage caused by the construction of the new Port Mann Bridge is being panned by members of the Burke Mountain Naturalists.

Would you help seduce this man?

Maillardville will be gussying itself up and putting its best face forward for a popular francophone television show called La Petite Séduction. The program, which is aired by Radio-Canada television and seen by 1.

Money to remediate former PoMo industrial site

A vacant lot on a seldom travelled stretch of road in Port Moody is one step closer to redevelopment as the B.C. government put up more than $160,000 for its renewal last week.

More help for homeless

Homelessness initiatives in the Tri-Cities may have helped significantly reduce the overall number of people sleeping on the streets but the hardest work still lies ahead, according to one housing advocate.