Local News

As a former nurse and the current co-owner of Westwood Cycles in Port Coquitlam, getting involved in Wheel to Heal was a natural for Kelly Hobbis.

A portion of traffic fines paid by commuters in the Tri-Cities last year were returned this week to local municipalities.

About 10 per cent of homeowners in Port Coquitlam and Port Moody will be fined for not paying their utility bills on time.

Non-profit sports groups in Coquitlam that have or want to organize provincial, national or international tournaments in the city this year may get some financial relief.

Predicting when interest rates will rise has become a Canadian pastime of late.

Port Moody residents will be heading to the polls this weekend and next to have their say on whether the city should borrow $16 million to build a new fire hall.

Coquitlam needs more public art but who should pay for it? That's the question city council is wrestling with as it considers an upcoming staff report on projects to beautify public spaces.

The first of what is expected to be a handful of all-candidates meetings for the May 2 federal election has been announced.

PORT MOODY-WESTWOOD-POCO MARK IRELAND, NDP Recent federal governments have downloaded more responsibilities onto municipalities, without a matching increase in funding.

The trial of a former Coquitlam substitute teacher charged with multiple sex crimes against children will begin next week in Port Coquitlam provincial court.