Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West Credits Community Pressure for School Reconstruction

Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West credits community pressure for school reconstruction

VICTORIA — Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West says community pressure is responsible for the provincial government's decision to speed up the reconstruction of an elementary school destroyed by fire almost two years ago.

Corrective to an Oct. 18 story on Port Coquitlam school reconstruction

In an Oct. 18 story about the reconstruction of Port Coquitlam school, the Canadian Press erroneously reported that Brad West was the mayor of Coquitlam. In fact, he is the mayor of Port Coquitlam.

Coquitlam Mayor Brad West credits community pressure for school reconstruction – Energeticcity.ca

VICTORIA — Coquitlam Mayor Brad West says community pressure is responsible for the provincial government’s decision to speed up the reconstruction of an elementary school destroyed by fire almost two years ago. Hazel Trembath Elementary burned down on Oct. 14, 2023, under suspicious circumstances, and the provincial government Friday released its plans to build a brand-new school for 240 students at a cost of nearly $39 million with fast-tracke…