Why should we be woken up by a Kelowna Amber Alert when we’re in Coquitlam? Not everyone is affected. Some people have serious health conditions, and province wide alerts can do more harm than good. Why alert the entire province for a localized emergency?

Looking for someone services small appliance. Please share

Been living here for 4 years and every time there are water restrictions.

What's the reason? If it's a one off thing I can understand, but if it's every year, the water supply is insufficient.

This summer felt way more rainy than the last 2, yet the restriction is more severe (level 3).

Could somebody explain what is going on with the water?

Hello,

Our central AC unit broke down and I'm looking for recommendations on someone trustworthy to fix or replace it. It's a 2.5 ton system that's about 10 years old now.

When the thermostat calls for cool air, the indoor unit turns on but not the outdoor unit. I had someone come to check and said it's a refrigerant leak, but they only recommended to top it up and not fix the leak for $750 which seemed odd. When asked, they said it's difficult to find leaks and often not worth the money. They also offered to replace the indoor and outdoor unit for $7,000 + gst.

I asked a second company over the phone and it'll be $800 + gst to refill and come back in a few weeks to look for the leak. If the leak is indoors it'll be 3k to fix. A new indoor/outdoor unit will be 6.5k.+ gst.

I have no idea if I'm getting my tail pulled here and need advice. Do you know anyone reliable and honest who can come take a look? I just find it unbelievable I have to drop 7-8k on a new unit, when I think the average lifespan of these are 12 to 15 years.

Thank you!!

Hi everyone,

Two young men came to my father in law's today saying that they wanted to give him a free fire blanket and had to show him how to use it inside his house. My father in law has Parkinson's and luckily my mother in law was there to question these young men. They had no identification, no uniforms, no badges and somehow they knew my father in law's name. They said their manager told them to come to his house to give it. They had phoned him before and said he won a blanket. He's an old man with Parkinson's and obviously got confused.

We're very frustrated because he's a vulnerable senior. We're going to phone the police to give a description. Has anyone else dealt with this before? Anyone else with vulnerable family members, please be aware of this. Apparently it's a scam where people come into your house and assess your valuables. this was around the lagoon near Terry Fox secondary.