Port Coquitlam News

Deadlines for entries must be into the city by June 29 for awards that recognize the efforts of local residents and businesses who work to beautify the community.

Neighbours of a Port Coquitlam, B.C., forensic psychiatric facility say they're worried about their safety after two patients recently walked away.

Residents of Port Coquitlam will get a chance to weigh in on a temporary homeless shelter being proposed for the Northside Church Grace Campus.

RCMP Const. Marko Duran drives away from provincial court in Port Coquitlam on May 9, 2012.

Robert William Pickton is shown in this undated file television image in his Port Coquitlam, B.C. home.

Books Plus runs in The Tri-City News each Friday to highlight programs and happenings in the Tri-Cities' three libraries: Coquitlam Public Library , Port Moody Public Library and Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam.

David Fomradas is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for failing to return on a day-pass from the Colony Farm Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Port Coquitlam.

Coquitlam RCMP made a public appeal today to locate Gregory Owen Schleen, 49, who was last seen Wednesday at a forensic psychiatric hospital in Port Coquitlam but failed to return to his cottage at the Colony Farm Forensic Hospital.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's released its better life index, which provides a guide to some of the happiest countries in the world.

The former commanding officer of the B.C. RCMP, Gary Bass , along with Senior commission counsel, Art Vertlieb , make their way back to the hearing after a break in the Missing Women Inquiry in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, May 23, 2012.

SHARE Family & Community Services Society hosts a free alcohol and drug addiction education workshop, from 7 to 8: 30 p.m. at 2615 Clarke St.

While Westcoast Express continues to run normally, job action by CP Rail workers will still an effect on local operations come Wednesday.

A man who hijacked the car of a B.C. actress and smashed it into a building in downtown Vancouver has disappeared after being granted a day pass from a psychiatric hospital.

While many B.C. school boards are struggling with declining enrolments and school closings, one is booming.

By Janis Warren - The Tri-City News Published: May 18, 2012 3:00 PM Updated: May 18, 2012 3:10 PM The Rick Hansen Relay started at 8:20 a.m. Friday in Coquitlam with Lynda Baker, the city's community events co-orindator, and ended at the base of Thermal Drive in Port Moody with Derrick Hill, a Port Coquitlam resident who was part of the original ... (more)

Jaxson Creasey, front, and Ramesh Ferris, with helmet, wheel through Port Coquitlam during the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay.

Port Moody's DreamRider Theatre Troupe will visit a trio of Port Coquitlam schools to promote the company's latest production, H2 Whoa! The play is intended to raise awareness about water conservation while inspiring kids and their parents to make more ecologically sustainable choices when it comes to our water supply.

Frame grab of Robert Pickton while in his jail cell on February 23, 2002. Two Vancouver police officers who worked on the force's missing women investigation say the RCMP didn't pursue Pickton as a suspect with enough urgency.

Public input workshops on Riverview's Heritage Conservation Plan are taking place May 22 and 23 in Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam.

By Diane Strandberg - The Tri-City News Published: May 17, 2012 9:00 AM Updated: May 17, 2012 9:59 AM Seismic upgrading of older schools is once again on the front burner and School District 43 and a Coquitlam francophone public school will benefit.