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Tri-Cities votes today: 2026 municipal election guide
Polls are open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. across Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody for the 2026 general local election. Where to vote and what to bring.
Maillardville and Festival du Bois: Coquitlam's French heart
Maillardville was founded in 1909 by French Canadian mill workers recruited to Fraser Mills. Their legacy lives on in Festival du Bois each March.
Campbell Valley Regional Park: Langley's 29 km of trails and history
Campbell Valley Regional Park packs 29 km of trails, a historic farmstead, a schoolhouse, and even an old NASCAR oval into south Langley's largest park.
Terry Fox's Port Coquitlam: the hometown behind the Marathon of Hope
Terry Fox grew up in Port Coquitlam, starred at the high school now named for him, and planned the Marathon of Hope here. The story of PoCo's famous son.
Evergreen Cultural Centre: the Tri-Cities' stage beside Lafarge Lake
Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam's Town Centre Park has a 257-seat black box theatre, art gallery and studios. What is on and when the gallery is open.
Burnaby Village Museum: the free 1920s village at Deer Lake Park
Burnaby Village Museum recreates a 1920s village with 31 buildings, a 1912 carousel, and a restored interurban tram. Admission is free, at Deer Lake Park.
Mill Lake: the Abbotsford mill pond that became the city's front yard
Mill Lake anchors central Abbotsford with a loop trail and boardwalks, but it began as a Sto:lo fishery and boomed as one of BC's biggest sawmill sites.
Burnaby Mountain: trails, totems and the best free viewpoint nearby
Burnaby Mountain rises 370 metres over Burrard Inlet, with SFU, conservation-area trails, mountain bike runs and a sunset viewpoint at Centennial Park.
Fort Langley: the birthplace of BC, an easy day trip east
Fort Langley National Historic Site preserves the 1827 Hudson's Bay Company post where BC was proclaimed in 1858. What to see and how to visit.
Pitt Lake: the tidal fjord lake at the Tri-Cities' back door
Pitt Lake, just past Pitt Meadows, is the Lower Mainland's second-largest lake and one of the world's few tidal lakes, ringed by two provincial parks.
Queen's Park: New Westminster's 1887 original, BC's first park
Queen's Park opened in 1887 for Queen Victoria's golden jubilee and was BC's first public park. Its arena, petting farm, trails, and 135 years of stories.
Alouette Lake guide: Maple Ridge's mountain reservoir
Alouette Lake stretches 16 km beneath the Golden Ears, was renamed in 1914, and hides a dam-and-tunnel power story. Beaches, paddling, and history.
Coquitlam River: the red fish river at the heart of the Tri-Cities
The Coquitlam River runs 18 km from Coquitlam Lake to the Fraser, takes its name from sockeye salmon, and anchors the region's trails and conservation work.
Crescent Beach: Surrey's old-fashioned seaside, forty minutes away
Crescent Beach is a small beachside community in South Surrey on Boundary Bay, home to about 1,200 residents, with a long sandy shoreline and village strip.
Historic Stewart Farm: Surrey's 1890s farmhouse on the Nicomekl River
Historic Stewart Farm preserves an 1890s farmhouse and 54 acres on the Nicomekl River in South Surrey, once the heart of a 440-acre family farm.
Coquitlam Crunch: the city's outdoor stair-climbing gym
The Coquitlam Crunch is a 2.2-kilometre uphill trail with 242 metres of elevation gain and 894 stairs. Access points, parking and how to do the workout.
Riverview Hospital: the story of Coquitlam's Essondale grounds
Riverview Hospital opened in 1913, once housed 4,725 patients, and shaped Coquitlam for a century. Its history, 2012 closure, and what stands there now.
Green Timbers: the Surrey forest that taught BC how to replant
Green Timbers Urban Forest is 560 acres of replanted rainforest in Surrey, the birthplace of BC reforestation, with 10 km of trails and a trout lake.
Port Moody's Shoreline Trail: 230,000 walks a year along the inlet
Port Moody's Shoreline Trail runs from Rocky Point Park to Old Orchard Park, with a paved multi-use path and a gravel walking trail with a new boardwalk.
Traboulay PoCo Trail: the 25-kilometre loop around Port Coquitlam
The Traboulay PoCo Trail is a 25.3-kilometre walking and cycling loop around Port Coquitlam along three rivers. History, highlights and how to ride it.
Sasamat Lake: the warm-water beach day at the edge of Port Moody
Sasamat Lake, inside Belcarra Regional Park, is one of Greater Vancouver's warmest swimming lakes, with White Pine Beach and a floating bridge at the south end.
Ioco: the company town Imperial Oil built on Port Moody's shore
Ioco began in 1914 as housing for Imperial Oil's new refinery and grew into a planned townsite. It is now a protected heritage area in Port Moody.
ƛ̓éxətəm (Colony Farm) Regional Park: 260 hectares of bird country
Colony Farm, officially renamed in 2023, is a 260-hectare park on the Coquitlam River with over 200 bird species. The name means "be invited."
Crystal Falls: why Coquitlam blocked its hidden waterfall trail
The Crystal Falls trail has been blocked since 2021 because most of it crosses private land. What happened and the city's plan to one day make it official.
təmtəmíxʷtən/Belcarra Regional Park: a Tri-Cities giant
təmtəmíxʷtən/Belcarra Regional Park covers 1,100 hectares between Indian Arm and Sasamat Lake. Trails, beaches, the 2021 renaming, and how to plan a visit.
POMO Museum: Port Moody's railway station that became a time capsule
The POMO Museum occupies Port Moody's second CPR train station, moved by truck in 1978. Inside: a 1921 sleeper car and a barrel of postcards.
Mundy Park: Coquitlam's biggest park, lakes, trails and all
Mundy Park is Coquitlam's largest park at 176 hectares, with two lakes, forest trails, sports fields, an outdoor pool and disc golf. What to see and do.
Golden Ears Provincial Park: the Tri-Cities' mountain playground
Golden Ears Provincial Park, past Maple Ridge, is one of BC's busiest provincial parks: 556 square kilometres of peaks, Alouette Lake, trails and camping.
Fraser Mills: the sawmill town that built Coquitlam rises again
Fraser Mills was a company sawmill town and its own municipality from 1913. Its mill closed in 2001; now a 5,500-home waterfront community rises there.
Deer Lake Park: Burnaby's cultural lake near the Tri-Cities
Deer Lake Park pairs easy lakeside trails with the Burnaby Village Museum, art gallery and Shadbolt Centre. Summer boats, a carousel and no motors.
Port Coquitlam breaks ground on $12.45M covered sports facility
Construction has started on Port Coquitlam's Multi-Sport Facility on Shaughnessy Street, a covered year-round venue for lacrosse, ball hockey, basketball and.
Gates Park Sports Hub opens in Port Coquitlam
Port Coquitlam's rebuilt Gates Park Sports Hub is open with a synthetic turf field, warm-up pitch and four pickleball courts. Grandstand in 2027.
Buntzen Lake: the complete Tri-Cities guide
Hours, parking passes, buses, trails and the beach at Buntzen Lake, the BC Hydro reservoir north of Port Moody that is one of the region's busiest recreation.
Brewers Row: a walking guide to Port Moody's brewery street
Six breweries in three blocks make Port Moody's Murray Street one of Metro Vancouver's best beer crawls. How to walk Brewers Row.
Rocky Point Park: Port Moody's waterfront playground
Pier, pool, spray park, kayak rentals and the Shoreline Trail: Rocky Point Park at 2800 Murray Street is Port Moody's best-known park. What to do and when to.
Minnekhada Regional Park: quiet trails above the Pitt River
Minnekhada Regional Park in northeast Coquitlam offers easy 10 km trails, marsh wildlife and the High Knoll viewpoint over the Pitt-Addington Marsh. How to.
West Coast Express: the Tri-Cities commuter train, explained
The West Coast Express links all three Tri-Cities to downtown Vancouver on weekday rush hours. Stations, train times, direction rules and how it fits with.
Lafarge Lake and Town Centre Park: Coquitlam's front lawn
Town Centre Park is Coquitlam's 42-hectare city-centre park wrapped around Lafarge Lake, steps from the SkyTrain. Trails, sports, festivals and the.
The Evergreen Extension: the Tri-Cities' SkyTrain, explained
The Millennium Line's Evergreen Extension put the Tri-Cities on the SkyTrain map in 2016. Stations, connections and why it changed the region.