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On an after-tax basis, Canadian dividends are generally worth 1.31 to 1.45 times more than the earnings on interest income. Case in point: an Ontario investor in the highest tax bracket would have to purchase a bond yielding 5.

A new restaurant opening in the Tri-Cities is getting involved in the community with a donation to the Coquitlam Foundation. Cora Breakfast and Lunch at 3025 Lougheed Hwy., Coquitlam, is hosting an official opening Thursday, April 21 at 9 a.m.

Former Coquitlam mayor Jon Kingsbury was found guilty Friday in B.C. Supreme Court of impersonation with intent to gain advantage as well as forgery and fraud over $5,000.

In ancient Japanese lore, the folder of 1,000 paper cranes is granted a wish such as luck, long life or recovery from an illness.

Residents across the Tri-Cities will be excavating their dusty storage rooms and the dark recesses of their basements as they prepare for city-wide garage sales later this month.

Steve Lindsay built Lindsay Music, a cavernous Port Coquitlam rock and roll palace, from the ground up with his own two hands. "There was just nothing here when I bought it," he said. "I put in the windows, the walls, everything.

It's a tale of two ridings, one battle-hardened with election-ready veterans game for a fight; the other an uneven contest with three political Lilliputians facing a political giant.

This morning, Tri-City churches shut their doors on the final night of the cold/wet weather mat program to shelter the homeless for the winter.

The introduction of green cart kitchen waste collection in Coquitlam last fall should not increase the number of bear sightings in the municipality this summer, according to the city's Bear Aware co-ordinator.

Thieves are thinking twice about stealing cars in the Tri-Cities, according to the latest ICBC statistics, which show a dramatic decrease in auto theft since the introduction of the bait car program.