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Coquitlam’s Justin Buren is being looked at to help lead a young SFU Clan football team from the wilderness of a winless season in 2016. The senior wide receiver was a rare glimmer of light on a team that averaged only 8.

Jasmine Lew’s gold medal jump of 5.99 metres at the Legion National Track and Field Championships in Brandon, Manitoba was more than just her personal best. It was her triumph over an injury that could have ended her season.

The Coquitlam Adanacs returned from Ontario with a little less luggage. They didn’t have to pack the Minto Cup after the defending national champions were swept by the Six Nations Arrows in the best-of-five final in Brampton.

Coquitlam sprinter James Linde won silver in the 200m sprint at the World University Games in Taipei, Taiwan on Saturday. It was Canada’s first medal in the meet’s athletics competition. Linde, who was running in lane one, finished just .

Port Coquitlam’s minor lacrosse system will lose if the city’s Junior A team, the PoCo Saints, move to Maple Ridge.

The Simon Fraser University men’s soccer team is ranked no. 13 heading into the 2017 season, but expectations for the team as it opens training camp are much higher.

An app on a phone or tablet will ensure players on the Coquitlam Express aren’t returning to the ice with a possible concussion after they’ve suffered a blow to the head. The BC Hockey League has signed a service agreement with HeadCheck Health Inc.

Six unanswered goals in the second period by the Six Nations Arrows was the difference as the Ontario Junior A lacrosse champions put the defending Minto Cup national champion Coquitlam Adanacs up against a wall with a 9-4 win Wednesday in Brampton,

Finn Wakeling was just four-years-old when his dad, James, installed a special seat in the middle of the family canoe so he could enjoy paddling trips with his parents on Pitt Lake and up Widgeon Creek.

A 9-2 loss to the Six Nations Arrows on Saturday at the Minto Cup may have been the best thing to happen to the Coquitlam Adanacs.