Coquitlam News

By Diane Strandberg - The Tri-City News Published: May 24, 2013 10:00 AM Updated: May 24, 2013 10:21 AM Cash-strapped School District 43 paid its former secretary treasurer $148,495 in severance when he left his job last December after less than three and a half years at SD43, district records show.

On May 16, Metro Vancouver's environment and parks committee recommended declining a $19,000 funding request from the Stanley Park Ecology Society to expand its Co-Existing with Coyotes educational program throughout the area.

Carol Todd has been nominated for a 2013 Me to We award, sponsored by Canadian Living and AOL/Huffington Post Impact Canada.

Stepping out on the meridian along Barnet Highway, it doesn't take long for the RCMP officer with the radar gun to catch a live one.

Maple Creek middle Grade 6/7 French Immersion teacher, Nichole Van Sickle, left, with student Shannon Lo and the ledger for keeping track of spending.

A man accused of murdering another and dumping his body in a Maple Ridge field will face a trial in B.C. Supreme Court.

Built in 1959, the Westwood circuit was carved into the mountain's ridge beside the Coquitlam river by the Sports Car Club of B.C. It's a housing development now, a knot of quiet residential streets with names like Mulberry, Maplewood and Chickadee.

By Staff Writer - The Tri-City News Published: May 23, 2013 2:00 PM Updated: May 23, 2013 2:24 PM Christopher Fogale, a 32-year-old Port Coquitlam resident, is charged with one count each of possession of a break-in instrument, a controlled substance and stolen property, as well as prowling at night and theft.

By Staff Writer - New Westminster News Leader Published: May 23, 2013 1:00 PM Updated: May 23, 2013 1:46 PM Since Fraser Surrey Docks doesn't plan to hold any open houses on its coal-transfer facility proposal in New Westminster, the city along with local senior government politicians have decided to hold a town hall meeting of their own.

Janice Pang, a Grade 9 student at Coquitlam's Pinetree secondary, and Kelvin Zhang, a Grade 7 student at Port Coquitlam's Maple Creek middle, were part of Team BC that headed to the Canada-wide Science Fair in Lethbridge, AB, last week.

Kevan Cornes, Coquitlam's manager of facilities, operations and construction for the parks department, at the washroom facility at the renewed Mackin Park.

Ewan Halliday was a finalist in the boys U-12 division of the Coquitlam Junior Spring Challenger at the Coquitlam Tennis Club in B.C. last weekend.

Bring the family down to PoCo's Leigh Square for a day of music, song, dance and delicious food at the Polonez Tri-City Polish Association's annual Polish Culture & Heritage Day Sunday, from 12:30 to 6 p.m. There will also be arts and crafts on display and for sale, as well as activities just for kids.

By Kerry Vital - BC Local News Published: May 23, 2013 9:00 AM Updated: May 23, 2013 9:15 AM Mission Group Properties is bringing a different type of home to Coquitlam's Burke Mountain with Secret Ridge, which offers unique "paired homes." A paired home is attached like a townhome, but is much larger and has the feel of a single-family residence.

A new federal law that will ban medicinal marijuana growing in residential neighbourhoods is likely good news for most Langley Township residents, and public safety officials.

This SUV was travelling westbound on Dewdney Trunk Road last Thursday when a tree fell in front of it, causing the driver to swerve and hit another tree.

By Staff Writer - The Tri-City News Published: May 22, 2013 11:00 AM Updated: May 22, 2013 11:36 AM Canadian Tire is asking customers to support kids wishing to be involved in organized sport but who can't afford to.

BC Hydro is advising Coquitlam residents that crews will be replacing power poles in Coquitlam over the next several months.

By Staff Writer - The Tri-City News Published: May 22, 2013 8:00 AM Updated: May 22, 2013 8:34 AM Michael Louis Andrews, 55, was last seen by staff members just before 9 p.m. on Friday, May 17.

Residents of about 20 homes in Mission, B.C., have been allowed to return after a gas leak and fire forced their evacuation.