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Kids will be able to attend Coquitlam Express games for free this coming season. But the team is limiting capacity to 50% at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex and other safety rules to minimize the risk of spreading COVID-19 have yet to be announced.

Wade MacLeod is heading to England to continue his professional hockey career with the Manchester Storm. Three years ago, he was relearning how to walk and talk after having a glioblastoma tumour removed from his brain for the third time.

Jewel Lew is heading to York University in Toronto to play field hockey with her sister, Jade, who joined the team last year. They're excited to be playing again, and together, after more than a year on the sidelines and apart.

Port Coquitlam's Doug Blessin is aiming high at the Tokyo Paralympics. The competitive target shooter said he expects nothing less than a medal, after he finished sixth in one of his events at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The BCHL team will also play three friendlies on the road, but the number of fans that can attend remains in limbo with COVID-19 cases on the rise.

Kim Elliott is in the Coquitlam Sports Hall of Fame as an assistant coach for the Centennial Centaurs girls basketball team that won consecutive provincial high school championships in 1987 and 1988. He was also a star baseball pitcher.

Interested athletes, coaches and volunteers are encouraged to visit Town Centre Park this weekend for free annual event's return.

Eagle Ridge and Spani pools are closing this weekend for swimming and artistic meets, but other facilities with water amenities will be open for public use.

After a year off the floor because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a truncated schedule this summer as public health restrictions eased, the Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs are champions again — sort of.

Canada's first Ninja Tag arena is up and running in Coquitlam. Its operator says the experience, that fuses the childhood game of tag with challenging obstacles like swaying beams and giant rolling balls, is "more fun than running on a treadmill."