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Today's edition of our newsletter is the last one with new news for the year, but we at the #TriCitiesDispatch want to leave on a high note before signing off for the holidays! Please enjoy our traditional list of Christmas deep cuts, now with more new (old) songs: buff.ly/aabDHr6

Nine years after buying property on Cottonwood Avenue for parkland expansion, the city is looking for a contractor to either demolish or haul away the house. More in the Tri-Cities Dispatch: buff.ly/NudI6yL #Coquitlam #TriCitiesDispatch

Thanks to Scott Pearce for this beautiful burst of last season's colours outside Place des Arts, as published in today's Dispatch newsletter. See your photos here, too: email it with your name to [email protected] or tag a post with #TriCitiesDispatch. #Photography

Coquitlam-based Photonic Inc. will receive up to $23 million as part of the first phase of the Canadian Quantum Champions Program (CQCP.) Read more in the Dispatch: buff.ly/OwRIzUY #Coquitlam #TriCitiesDispatch

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Twenty new temporary shelter spaces will be opening at the site of the former Riverview Hospital early next year, the province announced on Wednesday. More in the Tri-Cities Dispatch: buff.ly/nd2pwCs #Coquitlam #TriCitiesBC #TriCitiesDispatch

Thanks to Antoinette Lebrun of the Tri-City Photography Club for this fantastic slice of sky over Glenayre in Port Moody, as published in yesterday's newsletter. See your photos here, too: email it with your name to [email protected] or tag a post with #TriCitiesDispatch. #Photography

All five mayors in the Tri-Cities have added their signatures to a joint letter urging B.C. Premier David Eby to repeal major housing legislation introduced over the past two years. Read more in the Tri-Cities Dispatch: buff.ly/i3wxJWG #BCPoli #TriCitiesBC #TriCitiesDispatch

Located on the former Coquitlam College site, the project is spread over 10 lots in the 500-block of Brookmere Avenue. However, three homeowners in the neighbourhood have opted not to sell to the developer, Onni Group. More in the Dispatch: buff.ly/dzmBvF1 #Coquitlam #TriCitiesDispatch

Thanks to Rich Sobel for this close-up of moss, lichen and a mushroom having a world summit on an old tree at Mountain View Elementary, from yesterday's newsletter. See your photos here, too: email it with your name to [email protected] or tag a post with #TriCitiesDispatch. #Photography

In an effort to lessen the strain on its emergency department, Eagle Ridge Hospital (ERH) is looking to hire permanent staff for 25 beds. Read more in the Tri-Cities Dispatch: buff.ly/jL1zjiz #PortMoody #TriCitiesBC #TriCitiesDispatch

A team of volunteer scuba and free divers pulled more than 450 pounds of garbage from Sasamat Lake on Dec. 7, including 275 drink containers, in a Christmas-time cleanup. Read more in the Tri-Cities Dispatch: buff.ly/XaISwlv #PortMoody #TriCitiesDispatch

Thanks to Bill Marshall for this beautiful view of a rainbow arcing over Minnekhada in Coquitlam, published in today's Dispatch newsletter. See your photos here, too: simply email it with your name to [email protected] or tag a post with #TriCitiesDispatch. #Photography

A lot of hard work has earned a young athlete some prestigious hardware. Hockey and lacrosse para athlete Spencer Moore was presented with Port Moody’s 2025 Youth Sports Award on Tuesday. More in the Tri-Cities Dispatch: tricitiesdispatch.com/teen-wins-po... #PortMoody #TriCitiesDispatch

Persistent flooding at Buntzen Lake has stretched for more than a month, swallowing beaches and causing the closure of trails, docks and other amenities. Read more in the Tri-Cities Dispatch: buff.ly/XvF2HXL #Anmore #TriCitiesDispatch

Thanks to Vincent Gorman for capturing this beautiful view of the skies over Minnekhada in Coquitlam, as published in today's Dispatch newsletter. See your photos here, too: simply email it with your name to [email protected] or tag a post with #TriCitiesDispatch. #Photography

Port Moody’s holiday season is slated to hit full steam on Dec. 20 when the CPKC Holiday Train rolls into town, bringing thousands of lights, live music and a full slate of family festivities. More in the Tri-Cities Dispatch: buff.ly/go1MHR1 #PortMoody #TriCitiesDispatch

“I wish it was lower,” Coquitlam Coun. Craig Hodge acknowledged. “I wish there were more things that we could do. But not this year.” Read more in the Tri-Cities Dispatch: buff.ly/BdlzSYM #Coquitlam #TriCitiesDispatch

Thanks to Lynne Cregg-Guinan for this bucolic photo of Como Lake under a sunset and after a rainfall, published in today's Dispatch newsletter. See your photos here, too: simply email it with your name to [email protected] or tag a post with #TriCitiesDispatch. #Photography

Pricey civic-building retrofits are sowing doubt in some Port Moody councillors as to whether the city can realistically reach its climate goals. Read more in the Tri-Cities Dispatch: buff.ly/fpezTWa #PortMoody #TriCitiesDispatch

A proposed development in Anmore has elicited criticism from Port Moody, the Mossom Creek Hatchery and the Sasamat Volunteer Fire Department. Council discussed those concerns and the staff response at Tuesday’s meeting. More in the Dispatch: buff.ly/mcgiKWG #Anmore #PortMoody #TriCitiesDispatch

Thanks to Diana Clark for this fantastic photo of sun-resistant fog hugging the shoreline, as seen in yesterday's Dispatch newsletter. See your photos here, too: simply email it with your name to [email protected] or tag a post with #TriCitiesDispatch. #Photography

Port Moody’s long-running Winter Farmers Market is facing an uncertain future after the Grow Local Society was told it must leave its long-time home outside the recreation centre. Read more in the Dispatch: buff.ly/9nWxMxK #PortMoody #TriCitiesDispatch

Port Moody is making a bid to win $100,000 in new funding for local non-profits and the title of Canada’s Kindest Community in a national contest run by Coca-Cola and Community Foundations of Canada. Read more in the Tri-Cities Dispatch: buff.ly/i5hQoe2 #PortMoody #TriCitiesDispatch

Thanks to Susan Maclaren for this lovely view of the long, leafy path in Port Moody, as published in today's issue of the Dispatch newsletter. See your photos here, too: simply email it with your name to [email protected] or tag a post with #TriCitiesDispatch. #Photography

Expert says drop in overdoses and drug deaths is likely the result of a changing supply, not local efforts. Read more in the Tri-Cities Dispatch: tricitiesdispatch.com/overdose-cal... #TriCitiesBC #TriCitiesDispatch

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has dismissed a negligence lawsuit brought by a man who dislocated his knee after falling in the Coquitlam Centre food court, ruling the accident was caused by his own “deliberate lunges." Read more in the Dispatch: buff.ly/DEL4SvS #Coquitlam #TriCitiesDispatch

Thanks to frequent contributor Teresa David for this lovely photo of fungi popping up like summertime patio furniture, from today's Dispatch newsletter. See your photos here, too: simply email it with your name to [email protected] or tag a post with #TriCitiesDispatch. #Photography

Despite the company’s protests that it doesn’t handle waste, Ground X is now on the hook for $454,023 for repeatedly discharging liquid waste near Pitt River in Port Coquitlam. Read more in the Tri-Cities Dispatch: buff.ly/ZRN6Xga #PortCoquitlam #TriCitiesDispatch

The B.C. Employment Standards Tribunal upheld a determination ordering a Port Moody food truck operator to pay a former worker thousands of dollars in unpaid wages, overtime, vacation pay, and business expenses. Read more in the Dispatch: buff.ly/oYm7ABh #PortMoody #TriCitiesDispatch

Thanks to Scott Pearce for finding the seat at the centre of the season, as seen in this picture from yesterday's Dispatch newsletter. See your photos here, too: simply email it with your name to [email protected] or tag a post with #TriCitiesDispatch. #Photography

Coquitlam should aspire to have 40 per cent of the city shaded by tree canopy by 2050, says Metro Vancouver - but given the city’s rate of development, that goal is “unrealistic,” according to a city staff report. Read more in the Dispatch: buff.ly/X6EZKLM #Coquitlam #TriCitiesDispatch

(Warning: Disturbing details) Newly released court documents reveal the full scale of the violence and organization behind an April 2024 home invasion in Port Moody’s quiet Heritage Woods neighbourhood. More in the Dispatch: buff.ly/iovHgpU #Crime #PortMoody #TriCitiesDispatch

Thanks to Lynn Hanas for this fantastic snapshot from Lafarge, published in yesterday's Dispatch newsletter. See your photos here, too: simply email it with your name to [email protected] or tag a post with #TriCitiesDispatch. #Photography

The ongoing litigation between Port Coquitlam and Kwikwetlem First Nation will not touch anyone’s house, according to the First Nation's Chief and Council. Read more in the Tri-Cities Dispatch: buff.ly/IkVJXY7 #PortCoquitlam #TriCitiesDispatch

Port Moody city councillor Samantha Agtarap acknowledged the motion was largely “performative,” but said the general public needs to be aware the city is losing out on potential revenue due to legislation out of its control. More in the Dispatch: buff.ly/uHUQKbw #PortMoody #TriCitiesDispatch

Thanks to Teresa David for this beautiful view of a Suter Brook sunrise, as published in yesterday's edition of the Dispatch newsletter. See your photos here, too: simply email it with your name to [email protected] or tag a post with #TriCitiesDispatch. #Photography

As the days shorten and temperatures drop, the Tri-Cities still have no viable temporary winter shelter or extreme weather response shelter for the unhoused population. More in the Tri-Cities Dispatch: buff.ly/bLfebc8 #TriCitiesBC #TriCitiesDispatch

The initiative aims to strengthen mental-health support for firefighters, city staff and residents after difficult calls and during emergency operations. Read more in the Tri-Cities Dispatch: buff.ly/LKFwcpr #PortCoquitlam #TriCitiesDispatch

Thanks to Erin Adams for capturing this beautiful moment of the sunshine peering through the trees on Westwood Plateau, from today's Dispatch newsletter. See your photos here, too: simply email it with your name to [email protected] or tag a post with #TriCitiesDispatch. #Photography

An MLA’s effort to speed up housing construction could make new buildings more dangerous, according to several members of Coquitlam council who blasted the bill at Monday’s meeting. Read more in the Dispatch: buff.ly/ycj3e7D #BCPoli #Coquitlam #TriCitiesDispatch

Coquitlam Search and Rescue (SAR) has suspended its large-scale ground search for missing Coquitlam hiker Alfred Wong after six days of intensive efforts on Burke Mountain failed to turn up a single clue. More in the Dispatch: buff.ly/K7ko72N #Coquitlam #TriCitiesDispatch

Thanks to Scott Pearce for this brilliant photo of the sulphur rolling through town, published in today's Dispatch newsletter. See your photos here, too: simply email it with your name to [email protected] or tag a post with #TriCitiesDispatch. #Photography

Failing to fix a leak that dripped dirty water on a resident’s vehicles cost a Port Coquitlam strata $1,452, according to a recent Civil Resolution Tribunal ruling. More in the Tri-Cities Dispatch: buff.ly/K8Dl56f #PortCoquitlam #TriCitiesDispatch

On Tuesday evening, Port Coquitlam council unanimously approved a rezoning that clears the way for a two-phase development that would add between 300 and 350 beds to the Hawthorne Seniors Care Community. Read more in the Dispatch: buff.ly/vK23iEk #PortCoquitlam #TriCitiesDispatch

Thanks to Dale Wilkie for this fantastic view of a lobster-red amanita mushroom, as published in today's edition of the Dispatch newsletter. See your photos here, too: simply email it with your name to [email protected] or tag a post with #TriCitiesDispatch. #Photography

In a Nov. 7 letter, the Tri-Cities, Burnaby and New Westminster riding associations asked for B.C. Conservative party leader John Rustad to be replaced with an interim leader and for a new leadership contest. More in the Tri-Cities Dispatch: buff.ly/4rlHOQ6 #BCPoli #TriCitiesBC #TriCitiesDispatch

The Tri-Cities real estate market continued to cool in October, with benchmark prices edging down across most categories and sales slowing to well below seasonal norms. Read more in the Tri-Cities Dispatch: buff.ly/zCd57qt #TriCitiesBC #TriCitiesDispatch

Thanks to Bernie Pregler for this vibrant photo of a backyard bursting with beautiful colour, published in today's Dispatch newsletter. See your photos here, too: simply email it with your name to [email protected] or tag a post with #TriCitiesDispatch. #Photography