The Province has approved the business plan for the expansion of Eagle Ridge Hospital’s emergency department, more than doubling the number of treatment spaces from 19 to 39.

Port Moody is receiving federal-provincial investment in critical clean water and wastewater infrastructure, announced Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA Linda Reimer on behalf of Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Peter Fassbender.

Provincial funding of $5 million will bring 55 new affordable-rental homes for people with low and moderate incomes at a proposed housing development in Port Moody.

Companies linked to an international scam involving a non-existent sweepstakes have forfeited $101,403 to the Province of  British Columbia, which now wants to reunite the victims with their money.

Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Peter Fassbender was joined by Ron McKinnon, MP for Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam, on behalf of the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and TransLink board chair Don Rose to announce that the Evergreen station plazas will be built over the summer and to give a sneak peek tour of Inlet Centre Station in Port Moody.

With more than 20,000 online visits and counting to a provincewide discussion, community members in Port Moody will be joining an in-person session this evening as part of a comprehensive public consultation on issues facing people with disabilities in B.C.

Evergreen Line construction crews pushed an enormous concrete box under the Barnet Highway and reopened the road to traffic eight hours ahead of schedule over the long weekend.