Local News

Remo Faedo has been named the interim fire chief of Port Moody Fire Department among burning questions about its management.

James Moore, the federal representative for Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, was sworn in yesterday as MP - and as minister of heritage and official languages the day before.

The numbers are in from Sunday's Wheel to Heal and they are some of the biggest ever for the annual Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation cycling fundraiser.

A resident of downtown Port Coquitlam said he and his neighbours are losing sleep due to the sound of train whistles at the nearby Kingsway Avenue rail crossing.

More "Welcome to Coquitlam" signs will spring up at major entrances in the city after council this week voted to spend $50,000 on the project.

Several Tri-City public school administrators and teachers will be saying goodbye to their students and hello new schools for the next school year.

Paris, Florence and... Port Moody? Resident Linda Balzer wants to put Moody on the map by introducing "love locks" to the Rocky Point pier.

A Coquitlam environment advisory group studying whether the city should ban the sale and use of cosmetic pesticides was to hear today (Wednesday) from a representative of the Canadian Cancer Society.

Port Moody Mayor Joe Trasolini said he plans to sound off to management at Canadian Pacific Rail about the noise of night-time locomotives on the Ioco line.

When most people think of city services, road maintenance and garbage collection are often the first things that come to mind.