33-700: The Tri-City News is a Canadian online community based in Port Coquitlam and published by Glacier Media , and serving the Tri-Cities region of British Columbia 's Lower Mainland . It was established in 1985 as a weekly printed newspaper. In the 2008 Better Newspapers Competition from the Canadian Community Newspapers Association, the Tri-City News took second place in "Best All-Round Newspaper" for large circulation newspapers, and won
66-651: A bridge over the Harrison River . Around 1929, portions of the highway which followed Nicomen Slough were relocated. From 1928 to 1931, contractors and the Public Works Department built in sections what is now the present alignment of Lougheed Highway from the Pitt River Bridge through to Mission . The route followed the already existing powerlines in Pitt Meadows, went through Haney , continued in
99-566: A junction with Highway 9 at Agassiz. 18 km (11 mi) northeast of the Highway 9 junction, it leaves Kent. Another 12 km (7.5 mi) northeast, Highway 7 finally reaches its eastern terminus at a junction with Highway 1 at Haig , just across the Fraser River from the main part of Hope. Lougheed Highway as it exists today is the direct successor to the Dewdney Trunk Road , which
132-434: A municipality on March 7, 1913. Port Coquitlam was originally developed mostly as farmland. Given the expansion and increasing density of Vancouver, it has now been developed for suburban housing, especially in the northern and southwestern areas of the city. The economy is diversified, with a variety of industrial and commercial developments, including metal fabrication, high technology industries, and transportation. In
165-451: A rate of 9.8%, spurred by numerous immigrants. By 2001 they comprised 25% of the population. English was the first language for 76% of the inhabitants. In 2009, Port Coquitlam was rated 85th for its murder rate (for Canadian cities with a population over 50K). The 2021 census found that English was spoken as mother tongue by 62.4% of the population. Chinese languages made up the next largest first language category. Chinese languages were
198-573: A six-lane cross section was completed. From October 2004 to about November 2005 the section from 285 Street to Mclean Street in Silverdale was widened to four lanes. In 2011, widening of the highway to four lanes from Wren street to Nelson street was completed. From May 2018 to July 2020, work was underway to widen the portion of highway between Nelson Street and the Silverdale area in Mission. The project
231-558: A very congested area, it is one of the few major arterial highways in the area. The Mary Hill Bypass, officially known as Highway 7B , runs adjacent to the Fraser River from the Pitt River Bridge on the east to the Port Mann Bridge on the west. The Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a major rail yard in the central sector of the city. In October 2009, the new Pitt River Bridge, a new seven-lane cable-stayed bridge , opened to
264-683: Is on the north bank of the confluence of the Fraser River and the Pitt River . Coquitlam borders it to the north and west. Pitt Meadows lies across the Pitt River from it. Port Coquitlam is bisected by Lougheed Highway and the Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway. Port Coquitlam is often referred to as "PoCo". It is Canada's 93rd-largest municipality by population . The area was long inhabited by indigenous peoples , most recently by
297-665: Is pronounced / ˈ l oʊ h iː d / . The highway is named after Nelson Seymour Lougheed , MLA for the Dewdney District and the BC Minister of Public Works (1928–1929), who ran a logging company in the area. Highway 7's total length under the jurisdiction of the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation (MOT) is 118 km (73 mi). Highway 7 is signed as far west as Granville Street on Broadway in Vancouver, all
330-414: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Port Coquitlam had a population of 61,498 living in 22,884 of its 23,671 total private dwellings, a change of 4.9% from its 2016 population of 58,612. With a land area of 29.16 km (11.26 sq mi), it had a population density of 2,109.0/km (5,462.2/sq mi) in 2021. During the second half of the 1990s, the population grew at
363-495: The 2021 census , religious groups in Port Coquitlam include: Being primarily suburban, Port Coquitlam relies heavily on its vehicular roads to move people and goods. For example, two of its major arterial roads, Shaughnessy Street and Lougheed Highway bisect Port Coquitlam north to south and east to west, respectively. TransLink provides a number of bus routes throughout the city. The most used bus routes in this section of
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#1732838537375396-573: The Coast Salish people , including the Kwikwetl'em . The first European settlers began farming beside the Pitt River in 1859. A major impetus to the creation of a municipality was when the Canadian Pacific Railway moved its freight terminus from Vancouver to "Westminster Junction", building a spur line to the Fraser River port of New Westminster in 1911. Port Coquitlam was first incorporated as
429-540: The Lougheed Highway and Broadway , is an alternative route to Highway 1 through the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia . Whereas the controlled-access Highway 1 follows the southern bank of the Fraser River , Highway 7 follows the northern bank. Highway 7 was first commissioned in 1941, and originally went from Vancouver to Harrison Hot Springs ; between Port Moody and Port Coquitlam it followed
462-517: The "Best Front Page" category. In 2015, Black Press sold the News to Glacier Media . The printed edition ceased publication August 10, 2023. Port Coquitlam Port Coquitlam ( / k oʊ ˈ k w ɪ t l ə m / koh- KWIT -ləm ) is a city in British Columbia , Canada. It is one of 21 municipalities comprising Metro Vancouver . Located 27 km (17 mi) east of Vancouver , it
495-832: The Canadian Pacific Railway Oxford Street rail yard. A 25.3 km (15.7 mi) hiking and biking trail, known as the Traboulay PoCo Trail , completely surrounds the city. In August 2018, U-bicycle launched a dockless bicycle sharing system in the city. Public schools in Port Coquitlam are part of School District 43 Coquitlam and consists of several private schools as well. Secondary schools: Middle schools: Elementary schools: The Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique operates one Francophone primary and secondary school: école des Pionniers-de-Maillardville . Lougheed Highway Highway 7 , known for most of its length as
528-489: The MOT's jurisdiction 300 m (980 ft) after the interchange. TransLink again has jurisdiction of Highway 7 from the point east of Ottawa Street to the point east of United Boulevard. Highway 7 falls under the MOT's jurisdiction again after Ottawa Street, crossing over the Pitt River Bridge into Pitt Meadows . 6 km (3.7 mi) southeast of the Pitt River bridge, it crosses into Maple Ridge at Maple Meadows Way, and
561-522: The Metro Vancouver Regional District are the 159, which connects southern Port Coquitlam to SkyTrain at Braid station . Other bus routes in the city include the 160, which links Port Coquitlam with Vancouver via Coquitlam Central Station and Moody Centre station , and the 173/174, which runs a loop through the northern half of the city, linking it with regional buses at Coquitlam Central and Port Coquitlam station . Two major stops in
594-565: The Mt. Woodside section was improved significantly. Work on the Agassiz-Haig Highway was also sought over. Around 1958, the highway was widened to four lanes from Boundary Road to North Road, entirely in Burnaby . In the 1970s, several sections of the highway were widened from Coquitlam to Maple Ridge. In 1971 or early 1972, work to widen the highway to four lanes from Cape Horn to Pitt River Road
627-785: The city include Port Coquitlam Centre and Port Coquitlam Station. The remainder of Port Coquitlam is served by a network of Community Shuttles. Port Coquitlam is the only one of the Tri-Cities to not have SkyTrain. However, this may change in the future with a Millennium Line extension into the downtown area. When the Evergreen Extension was built, the first few metres of track and a track switch to allow for an eventual eastward extension to Port Coquitlam were built at Coquitlam Central station. This would create two branches where trains would alternate between going north to Lafarge Lake–Douglas or east to downtown Port Coquitlam. A feasibility study
660-519: The entire projected road and it wouldn't be until 1946 that the effort to build the road recommenced. The missing link in the road from what is now Lakeside Drive to Blue Mountain St. and Brunette Avenue was completed by June 1948. On August 14, 1950, the present truss bridge that carries eastbound traffic over the Coquitlam River was officially opened by Roderick Charles MacDonald . In September 1954,
693-598: The highway from Albion to Mission. In 1991 and 1992, the section between Highway 11 and Grant Street was widened to four lanes for $ 4,571,000. In 1992 and 1993, the highway was widened to four lanes from the western boundary of Langley I.R. 5 to Whonnock for $ 12.7 million In 1999, portions of Highway 7 and a former alignment were devolved to the municipalities of Burnaby , Coquitlam , Port Coquitlam, and Maple Ridge. Around 2001, work to widen Lougheed highway from Brunette Avenue to Schoolhouse Street in Coquitlam to
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#1732838537375726-565: The highway then crosses into Mission another 20 km (12 mi) east. 9 km (5.6 mi) of Highway 7's entry into Mission, it meets a junction with Highway 11 . 8 km (5.0 mi) east of the Highway 11 junction, Highway 7 leaves Mission over the Hatzic Pump Bridge . 27 km (17 mi) east of the Highway's eastern exit from Mission, Highway 7 enters the Municipality of Kent . 14 km (8.7 mi) east, it reaches
759-522: The intersection with Barnet Highway . This portion was replaced by the Sharpe Street Extension which completed and opened on September 5, 1975. In 1981 work to widen the North Road to Cape Horn Interchange section was completed. Work on widening of the section of highway from Haney to Albion was being done during the early to mid-eighties. Through the 1990s, efforts were made to widen
792-403: The mother tongues of 8.2% of residents, including 4.5% Cantonese and 3.4% Mandarin . Other common first languages were Persian (3.0%), Korean (2.6%), and Tagalog (2.4%). As a single response, French was the first language of 0.9% of the population. 3.5% of residents listed both English and a non-official language as mother tongues, while 0.4% listed both English and French. According to
825-468: The public replacing the existing crossing. The previous crossing was made up of 2 swing bridges, which were removed upon completion of the new bridge. The Pitt River Bridge crosses the Pitt River , connecting Port Coquitlam to neighbouring Pitt Meadows. In March 2010, the Coast Meridian Overpass , a new four-lane cable-stayed bridge, opened to give a new option for traveling north to south over
858-449: The section of Lougheed through the flats south of Maillardville and around Cape Horn was opened in a two-lane configuration. Previously, the highway followed streets that now make up both Brunette and Cape Horn Avenues. In 1957 several bridges including the first Pitt River Bridge and the bridge at Harrison Mills were replaced. W. A. C. Bennett opened the new Pitt River and Harrison River Bridges on October 21. Around that time via
891-444: The then existing Dewdney Trunk Road. In 1953, Highway 7 between Vancouver and Coquitlam was moved to its current alignment. Its eastern end was moved south from Harrison Hot Springs to Agassiz in 1956, and then east to Ruby Creek in 1968. In September 1972, the eastern end of Highway 7 was extended to include a junction with Highway 1 just north of Hope . The name of the highway, unlike that of Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed ,
924-522: The vicinity of the already existing River Road, and then followed the Fraser River to Mission. Ideas for a highway connecting Haney to Mission the via the path the Lougheed takes today can be traced back at least to 1919. Around the time of the construction of today's Lougheed through Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge , construction of what was then called the "Central Arterial Highway" started through Burnaby. The provincial government however, failed to complete
957-627: The way east through Burnaby into Coquitlam, which is under the jurisdiction of the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink). The section under the MOT's jurisdiction begins at the westbound exit with Highway 1 near Schoolhouse Street, with a total length of 2.3 km (1.4 mi). The highway then turns immediately northeast, meets with Highway 1 at the Cape Horn Interchange , and has an exit with United Boulevard. The highway leaves
990-600: Was completed around 1900. In fact, portions of the Trunk Road were incorporated into the Lougheed Highway. A subsidized ferry service across the Pitt River was instigated on September 27, 1902, and was replaced in March 1915 by the first Pitt River Bridge . In the mid-1920s, the section from Harrison Mills to Agassiz over Woodside Mountain was built, being completed by the end of the 1926/27 fiscal year. This also included
1023-479: Was completed successfully. As of 2022 , only one section remains to be widened to four lanes from Vancouver to Mission. This section, from 266 St. to 287 St. is, as of December 2022, under construction. On November 14, 2021, the province experienced extreme rainfall events that led to debris flows and flooding. As a result, two mudslides occurred late that evening near Seabird Island on the Agassiz - Haig section of
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1056-502: Was completed. The Agassiz-Haig section of the highway was finally opened in September 1972 after many years of construction and want. By early 1973 the segment from the Pitt River Bridge to Haney had also been widened to a four-lane standard. From about 1953 and up until 1975, Highway 7 followed Westwood Street from today's Orchid Street intersection, over the now-gone Scott Creek bridge and along Coquitlam / Port Coquitlam border to
1089-594: Was conducted, started during early 2020 and running for about six months. Both Mayor Brad West, the Port Coquitlam City Council, and the Coquitlam City Council have voiced support for the extension. However, as of 2022, no funding had been secured nor a formal plan created. The Lougheed Highway passes through Port Coquitlam, running from Coquitlam in the west to the Pitt River Bridge in the east. Although this highway has made much of Port Coquitlam
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