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A Port Coquitlam organization that runs a transition home for women and children affected by violence and abuse will have to pay property taxes next year.

Port Coquitlam city council has unanimously advanced a bid to build a duplex at 3609 St. Thomas St. — a corner lot close to Sun Valley Park.

The concerns from residents who showed up generally centred around parking and noise for a residential three-block street in the middle of Port Coquitlam without any sidewalks.

The rezoning bid for a proposed 65-space child care centre in the middle of Grant Avenue was voted down 5-1 following a public hearing this week.

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) are popular modes of transportation in the United States. Would this system work in the Tri-Cities, especially on Lougheed Highway?

An advocacy group for arts, culture and entertainment in Port Coquitlam is pitching the idea of hosting an annual festival.

The president of the Port Coquitlam Heritage and Cultural Society came cap in hand before local politicians yesterday, Sept. 26, to ask for more money.

A Port Coquitlam resident is wanting to stay in their home, meaning a proposed townhome development will need to be built on two separate sites.

A 65-space childcare centre could soon be approved for an old Port Coquitlam mid-block home on Grant Avenue, but the look of the facility could be better, council believes.

Port Coquitlam should be spending and saving more than twice what it currently does on replacing its municipal assets. The city currently reinvests an