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The Coquitlam Express opens its training camp this weekend. It will also be the first chance for fans of the BC Hockey League team to watch them in action since the league cancelled the 2020 playoffs because of the COVID-19 pandemic that also forced it to play games last season in empty arenas.

A basketball court in Port Coquitlam was like a second home for a young player growing up nearby. Saturday, on what would have been Karin Khuong's 17th birthday, it was named after her after she passed away last year from cancer.

The Coquitlam Express junior hockey team is taking two of its home games on the road this season. But the team isn't going too far.

Three first-career goals lifted the Panthers to a 4-1 win over the Ridge Meadows Flames on the road in a semi-normal start to the new Pacific Junior Hockey League season.

A Coquitlam Little League baseball player is battling a brain tumour as family friends rally the community to help support his family.

A new wintertime lacrosse league could offer opportunities to players from the PoCo Saints and Coquitlam Adanacs organizations to develop their skills and land a pro contract in the National Lacrosse League.

After witnessing players' struggles through a 2020/'21 season disrupted by COVID-19 public health restrictions, Coquitlam Express general manager has brought aboard a new coach to look after their mental and emotional well-being.

United Rugby Club is offering girls a chance to learn the sport through a unique program that keeps them playing together as soon as kindergarten age.

Friday's high school football game between the Centennial Centaurs and Mt. Douglas Rams was only a pre-season scrimmage. But for players and coaches on both teams, it was their first chance to line up opposite an opponent in almost two years.

It's not just youth who were adversely impacted by shutdowns of amateur sport because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some oldtimer hockey players struggled with the loss of their weekly outlet for exercise and camaraderie.