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EDITORIAL: Density can work in Coquitlam & Port Moody with amenities

EDITORIAL: Density can work in Coquitlam & Port Moody with amenities

The coming of the Evergreen Line to the Tri-Cities brings challenges but accompanying housing density doesn't have to be a bad thing in Coquitlam and Port Mody
Coquitlam council's development decisions are falling short

Coquitlam council's development decisions are falling short

Government has a difficult job to do but community issues can't be solved with "a set of architectural eyesores, a couple of basketball courts and the planting of apple trees," says Coquitlam letter writer Michael Baumann.
Development having 'depreciating impact' on Burquitlam

Development having 'depreciating impact' on Burquitlam

Coquitlam's Burquitlam area has been neglected and is now being hurt by some Evergreen Line-related development, says letter writer Ben Craig.
$150k for foreign students? What about B.C. special needs kids?

$150k for foreign students? What about B.C. special needs kids?

BC Parents of Special Needs Children say B.C. funding for international student scholarships would be better spent helping students with special needs.
QUESTION: Going private?

QUESTION: Going private?

Was it apathy or ideology that prompted doctors to elect controversial physician Dr. Brian Day as Doctors of B.C.
Finding ways to deter garbage-eating bears

Finding ways to deter garbage-eating bears

Re. “Green bin buffet a ‘perfect storm’ for bears” (The Tri-City News, May 22).
Public transit needs to be multi-modal

Public transit needs to be multi-modal

Re. “Sky Train vs. LRT debate (Opinion, The Tri-City News, May 22).
Swatter should be ID’d

Swatter should be ID’d

Re. “Coquitlam ‘swatter’ pleads guilty” (The Tri-City News, May 20).
Blue Sky development should not go forward

Blue Sky development should not go forward

Michael Baumann writes expressing his dismay that Blue Sky is reaching the next stage of their highrise proposal on North Road.
QUESTION: SkyTrain vs. LRT debate

QUESTION: SkyTrain vs. LRT debate

We don’t envy Surrey the LRT versus SkyTrain debate that the Tri-Cities went through about a decade ago.