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These guides answer the questions people actually ask about getting things done locally: where to eat, what is open on a long weekend, which trades to call, and what to do on a wet Sunday. They are written for people who are going this weekend, not for people planning a trip next year.
Written and checked by
Fern Kellaway
20 guides published
I rank places and say what the ranking is based on, and where a guide leans on the public map data or on what a business says about itself, it says so. Some of it is logistics: parking, opening hours, how to feed eight people on a Saturday without a booking. Some of it is me being opinionated about lunch.
The one rule I hold to is that the guides cover the whole city, including the half that is harder to write about.
Newest
Port Coquitlam has 14 businesses listed under accountants. Nine of them operate in the Lincoln area. If you need a tax return filed or monthly books kept, the options range from suite-based offices to independent practices.
Notes from the loop
A guide that likes everything is useless. So I rank things, I say why, and I tell you when I haven't been back since the owners changed.
More from the blog
The newest guide sits at the top. I go back and rewrite the older ones when something changes on the ground.
The Port Coquitlam directory lists 20 businesses under Dentists. You can choose a clinic based on the area you live in or the specific treatment you need. One office is a hygiene practice, while others handle restorative work and family care.
Port Coquitlam's Christmas season is grouped under Winter in the City, anchored by Christmas in the Square at Leigh Square and the Parade of Lights in early December.
Port Coquitlam's Remembrance Day 2026: Veterans Park cenotaph ceremony on November 11, hosted by the Royal Canadian Legion, with parade details and poppy campaign information.
Nightmare on Rae Street's home-haunt display, the City's Halloween Howl at Hyde Creek and Halloween Spooky Skate, and the fireworks permit rules for Port Coquitlam.
A free outdoor screening of Zootopia 2 at Gates Park on Saturday, the self-guided Bike the Dike route running right through Labour Day, spray parks to eight, and one pool closure to know about.
Walk the 25 kilometre Traboulay loop, dig into the railway past, bowl a frame or throw an axe. A local's list of things to do in PoCo, rainy days included.
With the Traboulay loop and two rivers, PoCo is built for dogs. Here are the vets, groomers and supply shops that keep the city's pets cared for.
Wet roads and commuter kilometres keep PoCo's repair bays busy. Here is the lay of the land, from the McLean Avenue belt to the tire, glass and transmission specialists.
PoCo's salons, barbers, nail studios and spas are small, independent and scattered across the city's strips. A local's guide to booking your next appointment.
Finding licensed childcare in PoCo means tours, waitlists and a lot of questions. Here is where the programs are and what to ask before you put a deposit down.
Strength gyms in industrial bays, yoga studios in the plazas, and one of the deepest martial arts scenes around. A guide to training in PoCo, whatever your level.
Tips and corrections
Somewhere I missed, or something I got wrong?
I read everything that comes in. If a place has closed, changed hands, or is simply better than I gave it credit for, tell me and I'll go back and eat there again.