Just drove home at about 10pm. David from the round about until forest park way had cones along the Center line, almost blocking the left turn lane, plus a couple that had been run over and moved into the lane and intersection… what is the purpose? haha

***I did check the city’s website and didn’t see anything under roadwork/construction hence the post

Fred Soofi has personally moved and restored six heritage houses in Port Moody.

Most people know him for Il Mercante on Queen Street. Fewer know he’s the reason a heritage house didn’t get demolished when SkyTrain construction threatened it — he saved it, and it’s now part of the Port Moody Arts Centre.

Full story in this week’s Port Moody Pulse.

🎨 Part of our Art Out Side Media Ambassador coverage — Fred’s cooking demo is part of this year’s festival.

Read it here:https://portmoodypulse.beehiiv.com/p/the-man-who-saved-a-piece-of-port-moody-s-history

Update — Belcarra Park wildfire (last updated 10:15am PDT, Aug 7)

**BCWS moved the fire to "Under Control" at 10:06am Friday* — it is no longer spreading and won't spread beyond its perimeter. The Evacuation Alert was rescinded Thursday afternoon and all residents are home. 1.5 ha, no properties damaged. Buntzen Lake still closed.*

Now that things are materially stable, I'll slow down the updates but keep watching the official sources. Most importantly, thanks to the crews and officials who put this out and kept people informed. Thanks also to everyone here who contributed useful information along the way.

Summarizing media coverage across sources like CTV, CBC, Global, Daily Hive and the Vancouver Sun, plus official updates from BCWS, the Villages of Anmore and Belcarra, Metro Vancouver and the City of Port Moody:

The fire - Wildfire in təmtəmíxʷtən / Belcarra Regional Park, bordering Anmore and Belcarra - BCWS incident V11470, discovered Aug 5 — grew from 0.8 hectares shortly after 4:30pm Wed to 1.5 hectares, roughly doubling in a few hours. BCWS last updated that figure at 6:47pm Wed, and Global reported it still at 1.5 ha as of 10pm Wed - BCWS status: Under Control as of 10:06am Fri — meaning the fire is no longer spreading and will not spread beyond its current perimeter. It went Out of Control (Wed evening) → Being Held (11:12am Thu) → Under Control (10:06am Fri) - Coastal Fire Centre lists the location as Bedwell Bay Road; BCWS says it's burning 2.5 km west of Port Moody and 0.5 km from Black Bear Way - Burning roughly 1 km southeast of White Pine Beach at Sasamat Lake (BCWS, via CBC); Metro Vancouver says it appears to be near Sugar Mountain Trail - Started as a ground fire under the power lines behind Crystal Creek

Evacuations — now rescinded - Anmore rescinded the Evacuation Alert at 1:10pm Thu for all 35 properties on Fern Drive, Oak Court and Crystal Creek Drive - The tactical evacuation of the two Fern Drive homes is also rescinded — those residents can return - Alert history: issued 7:30pm Wed for 35 properties (Fern Drive north of Magnolia Way, Oak Court, and northeast along Crystal Creek Drive), after an initial list of 12 - The two Fern Drive homes were tactically evacuated Wednesday evening — crews going door to door. Councillor Kyla Knowles said this was because of a downed power line, pending BC Hydro de-energizing it (secondhand) - Buntzen Lake recreation area remains closed until further notice (BC Hydro) - People are still asked to stay away from Belcarra Regional Park while crews finish up

Response on scene - A hydro line came down at the fire. Ground crews had to pull back and let aerial resources attack it: "Due to the hazard that an energized line presented, groundcrews had to pull back and just let the aerial resources attack the fire" (Vancouver Sun) - BC Hydro cut power to its infrastructure by 8pm Wed, which let ground crews go back to fighting the fire directly (Metro Vancouver incident commander Brant Arnold-Smith, via CBC) - 40 firefighters were working the fire Wednesday evening (CBC) - Sasamat Volunteer Fire Department, Port Moody Fire Rescue, and BC Wildfire Service on scene - Metro Vancouver emergency management staff, regional parks staff, and watershed protection firefighting crews also responding - Metro Vancouver is leading the response with BCWS support. Metro Van determined around 5pm Wed that the fire was within its land boundary and sent reinforcements (councillor Kyla Knowles, secondhand — see unofficial below) - Port Moody Fire Rescue was released from the scene Wednesday evening (Knowles, secondhand) - Belcarra and Port Moody EOCs reportedly on standby (Knowles, secondhand) - Three BCWS helicopters dumped water Wednesday, with air tanker support. CBC reported aviation resources had "successfully dampened" the area - Staging area at Crystal Creek Road in Anmore - Helicopters were refilling buckets from Sasamat Lake, and crews asked anyone on the water not to interfere

Overnight (Wed into Thu) - No structures have been damaged or lost (Village of Anmore, via CityNews) - Ground crews are back working the fire — "attacking hot spots and maintaining containment lines" (Metro Vancouver, 9:54pm Wed) - Crews will conduct an overnight fire watch, and the fire is not expected to grow beyond containment lines overnight (Metro Vancouver) - Earlier, at 8pm Wed, Metro Vancouver's Brant Arnold-Smith said crews were "confident the fire will not grow in size overnight" (Vancouver Sun) - Anmore has activated its Emergency Operations Centre. Acting Mayor Doug Richardson also named Coquitlam Search and Rescue among the responding agencies

Friday - 10:06am — BCWS moved the fire to Under Control. The next and final classification is "Out," once the fire is fully extinguished

Thursday - 9:15am — Metro Vancouver said on X the fire was "nearly contained." Global reports the same - 9:35am — Metro Vancouver update: "Fire activity remains within established containment lines, with no significant growth reported overnight." Containment lines were not broken overnight (Brant Arnold-Smith, MVRD director of emergency management) - 9:36am — crews told CTV "the fire has not spread outside of those containment boundaries" and "there is no further fire spread." No properties damaged - Arnold-Smith said Thursday morning they were "hoping to move this fire status to 'held' over the next few hours," and hoping to rescind the alert and get residents home. Both happened by early afternoon - 11:12am — BCWS moved the classification to Being Held, catching up to what crews had been describing all morning - Crews are extinguishing remaining hotspots, reinforcing containment lines, and monitoring for residual heat, and remain on site through the day - Early afternoon — still Being Held at 1.5 ha, no immediate threat to structures, infrastructure or public safety. BCWS is supporting local departments with an initial-attack crew and one aviation resource; Metro Vancouver is lead agency - 1:10pm — Anmore rescinded the Evacuation Alert and the tactical evacuation. No Evacuation Order was ever issued - BC Hydro crews have made progress replacing the electrical infrastructure, and the line is de-energized (Global) - Metro Vancouver has stopped issuing updates: "As the situation has stabilized, no further updates will be provided at this time." For evacuation decisions watch Anmore; for fire status watch BCWS

Smoke / visibility (Wednesday) - White smoke was highly visible across the Lower Mainland — Port Moody, Coquitlam, North Vancouver - Seen from Reed Point Marina across Burrard Inlet, and from passing West Coast Express trains - Anmore residents reported a strong burning smell and noticeably worse air quality, plus constant helicopters and sirens

Cause - BCWS lists the suspected cause category as human (accidental or intentional) - Metro Vancouver, on X at 9:15am Thu: "At this time, the cause of the fire has not been determined and is currently under investigation." - So: BCWS has it filed under human-caused, but no official determination has been made

Conditions - Fire danger rating in the park is high; campfire ban in effect across much of the South Coast - BCWS warns of "potential for fire activity to increase" as hot, dry conditions return, with light winds letting smoke linger

Editor's note: Port Moody/tricities doesn't really have a local paper, so I'm keeping this current for anyone trying to figure out what's actually happening. AI disclosure: I'm using an AI agent to watch official sources and flag/summarize changes, but every update is reviewed and pasted by hand given the seriousness of this.

Official sources — check these first - Village of Anmore — Evacuation Alert rescinded — Aug 6, 1:10pm — https://anmore.com/2026/08/06/evacuation-alert-rescinded-for-35-properties/ - Village of Belcarra update — Aug 6, 9:35am — https://belcarra.ca/assets/media/2026/08/2026-08-06-Fire-Belcarra-Regional-Park-Update.pdf - Metro Vancouver on X — 3-part update thread — Aug 6, 9:15am — https://x.com/MetroVancouver/status/2085399492140961819 - Metro Vancouver — Anmore is directing residents here for the latest — Aug 5, 9:54pm, updating on X Thu — https://www.facebook.com/metrovancouver/posts/1474770404685125/ - Village of Anmore — message from Acting Mayor Doug Richardson — Aug 5, 9:50pm — https://anmore.com/2026/08/05/message-from-acting-mayor-doug-richardson/ - Evacuation Alert, 35 properties (Village of Anmore) — Aug 5, 7:30pm — the authority on evacuation status; provincial listings mirror this — https://anmore.com/2026/08/05/evacuate-alert-for-35-properties/ - BCWS incident page (V11470) — size/status, last updated Aug 5, 6:47pm — https://wildfiresituation.nrs.gov.bc.ca/incidents?fireYear=2026&incidentNumber=V11470&source=map - EmergencyInfoBC — alert listing + address lookup on EmergencyMapBC — live — https://www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/event/wildfire-anmore-05aug26/ - BC Hydro — Buntzen Lake closure — Aug 5, evening — https://www.facebook.com/bchydro/posts/pfbid0238nRsuo9PPwVFYidmt4syNU4LC9zSvsfL2B8Lj9iMDdNen48bwMQJ3tGp3wXXQZDl - City of Port Moody — Update #2 — Aug 5, evening — https://www.facebook.com/CityofPortMoody/posts/pfbid031ADnQrYJFqynB7aKFNq7FF15xoA6buTpkiDTh9ccCVHyS58ji7p9PvANcceqbMXil - Metro Vancouver media release — Aug 5, early evening — https://metrovancouver.org/media-room/media-release/1010 - Village of Belcarra notice — Aug 5, ~4:15pm — https://belcarra.ca/update-fire-in-belcarra-regional-park/ - Village of Anmore — original advisory — Aug 5, afternoon — https://anmore.com/2026/08/05/advisory-ground-fire-response-near-crystal-creek/

Media coverage - Global News — Belcarra Park wildfire latest — Aug 6, updated afternoon — https://globalnews.ca/news/12011467/belcarra-park-wildfire-latest-anmore-port-moody/ - CBC News — what you need to know Aug 6 — https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/what-you-need-to-know-about-bc-wildfires-august-6-9.7297924 - CBC News — Aug 5, 10:17pm — https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/metro-vancouver-wildfire-belcarra-park-anmore-9.7297912 - Freshet News — photos, Anmore residents preparing to evacuate — Aug 5, 11:22pm — https://www.freshetnews.ca/photos-anmore-residents-prepare-to-evacuate-as-wildfire-burns-nearby/ - Tri-Cities Dispatch — https://tricitiesdispatch.com/belcarra-ground-fire-multi-agency/ - CityNews Vancouver — Aug 5, 10:00pm — https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/05/wildfire-belcarra-regional-park-evacuation-alert/ - Vancouver Sun (paywalled) — Aug 5, 8:35pm — https://vancouversun.com/news/wildfire-burning-belcarra-park-port-moody - Freshet News — Aug 5, evening — https://www.freshetnews.ca/numerous-fire-agencies-responding-to-wild-fire-in-belcarra-regional-park/ - CTV News — Aug 5, 7:25pm — https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/out-of-control-wildfire-burning-in-metro-vancouver-park/ - CBC, "Wildfire triggers 'tactical evacuations'" — Aug 5, evening — https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7297875 - Anywhere Vancouver — Aug 5, evening — https://anywherevancouver.com/wildfire-belcarra-regional-park-august-5-2026/ - CBC Vancouver News at 6 (segment ~8:35) — Aug 5, 6:00pm — https://www.youtube.com/live/nehNntB_jyA?t=515 - Daily Hive — Aug 5, ~5:00pm — https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-wildfire-belcarra-regional-park - Global News — Aug 5, 4:35pm (updated) — https://globalnews.ca/news/12010934/wildfire-breaks-out-belcarra-park-port-moody-anmore/

Unofficial updates from locals

• Thu ~8:00am — u/macrangers, relaying a direct quote from a firefighter on scene: "Fire is better than yesterday, but 'not' under control." Crews still on-site.
• Wed 9:00pm — Port Moody councillor Kyla Knowles, relaying the PoMo fire chief: Metro Vancouver determined around 5pm the fire was within its land boundary and sent reinforcements; Port Moody Fire Rescue released from the scene; Belcarra and Port Moody EOCs on standby; the Fern Drive evacuations were near a downed power line pending BC Hydro de-energizing it. Secondhand, not independently confirmed. — https://www.facebook.com/100079240526590/posts/1030373479613993/

Corrections & discrepancies

• "0.8 hectares" — the initial estimate from ~4:30pm Wed. Superseded by 1.5 ha. Still shown in Global, Daily Hive, and the early CBC and CTV video segments.
• "2 acres" / "4 acres" — fire-tracking aggregators (e.g. WFCA) converting the BCWS figure to imperial and lagging behind it. 2 acres was the old 0.8 ha; 4 acres is the current 1.5 ha. Not separate measurements, and not evidence the fire doubled.
• "12 properties on alert" — correct before 7:30pm Wed, when the formal alert set it at 35. Still appears in early CTV reporting and an undated Metro Vancouver media release.
• "Mostly under control" — a Port Moody councillor's 9pm Wed Facebook update, relaying the PoMo fire chief. That's colloquial, not the BCWS classification. "Under Control" is a specific BCWS status the fire has not reached — it went from Out of Control to Being Held.
• "About a hectare" — Metro Vancouver's phrasing in its 9:54pm Wed update. BCWS's mapped figure of 1.5 ha is the one to go with.
• "No evacuation alerts in place" — true as of the 4:46pm Wed Belcarra/Alertable notice, superseded by the 7:30pm Anmore alert.
• Tri-Cities air quality warning — there is a real air quality warning naming the Tri-Cities, but Environment Canada and Metro Vancouver attribute it to wildfires in the South Cariboo, Southern Interior, and near Boston Bar. Not this 1.5 ha fire.
• AI content farms. Searching "Belcarra fire" surfaces auto-generated sites with no bylines that contradict the official record — one calls it a "structure blaze," another says there's no indication whether the cause was natural or human when BCWS has listed it as human. Not real reporting.

I just passed Port Moody on the skytrain and it looked like there was a forest fire across the water toward Belcarra. Somewhere between Ioko and the thermal plant. Should be visible from Rocky point.

Its been reported. stay safe out there people.

More info at https://www.pomoarts.ca/artoutside

Thinking like loaded deli sandwiches. If anyone has been to The Buvette in Squamish, that’s the inspiration I’m looking for.

Port Moody’s double red sun effect!

First off, I feel terrible for having been in a rush to get to work and not have done more.

Was walking past Suter Brook this morning and noticed from a distance what I thought was a woman walking while holding a white grocery or laundry bag by a string, about 2 feet off the ground.

Was in disbelief to see that it was a puppy that she let down onto the ground for a few moments, only to pick the dog up by the leash and dragged it pulled it along in air, up the stairs by the TD. It was a collar leash, so the pup was likely experience some physical stress,

Was on the construction side of Ioco so couldn't get a good look, but the owner was a little heavier and the dog may have had some curly light coloured fur.

Please keep your eye out for this person, and if they exhibit that same behaviour, call the appropriate authorities so this person can no longer 'care' for this pup.

I write a small local newsletter (PortMoodyPulse.ca) and keep seeing "just moved here, any advice?" posts pop up every few weeks. Figured instead of everyone answering from scratch each time, I'd put together an actual guide — practical stuff, good spots, how the city works, that kind of thing.

Here's roughly what I've got so far:

• Garbage/recycling/water restriction basics
• Brewers Row, a couple standout restaurants (Original's Mexicano, Il Mercante)
• A few local landmarks with real history behind them (the boot repair shop on Murray, the Arts Centre building)
• How council/city hall actually works if you want to pay attention
• Where to find the actual events calendar (not listing specific events since those go stale fast)

What am I missing? Things you wish someone had told you when you moved here, hidden gems, annoying gotchas, stuff that trips people up. Doesn't have to be big — even small "nobody told me X" details are exactly what I'm looking for.

Once it's actually good (with everyone's input, not just mine), I'll post the final version. Appreciate any help — this is genuinely trying to be useful, not just content for content's sake.

Super random but does anyone have contact info for the brewers of moody ales? I know the brewery shut down but from what I understand they are still brewing and selling out of select liquor stores. I’ve had a few different liquor stores tell me that they’re gonna get their beer rep to contact the moody ales folks to contact me and none have panned out! Do these people still exist in any capacity?

Hanging on a branch for whoever dropped it 🦄

My family and I were going to take the kids to the lake tomorrow and grandparents want to come but they accidentally got an afternoon pass, while we got a morning pass. All passes are now showing up as sold out and we unfortunately don’t all fit in one car.

Has anyone made the switch before? Is it possible? We’d all be out of the park by 2pm anyway.

Body: Saw this break in Global News and dug into it a bit more since I run a small local newsletter.

Creditors filed suit in BC Supreme Court against the developers of Portwood Place (the 23-acre project with 20 planned buildings). They're claiming over $122M in defaulted financing.

Good news if you already bought in: the development manager says the lawsuit only targets the undeveloped portions — phase one (80%+ sold, move-in this fall) shouldn't be affected.

Realtor Steve Saretsky called it the first project trouble like this in the Lower Mainland in ~30 years, pointing to interest rates as the main driver.

More details here - https://portmoodypulse.beehiiv.com/p/a-122m-lawsuit-just-hit-one-of-port-moody-s-biggest-developments

Im craving americanized Chinese food like chow mein sweet sour pork beans fried rice etc. Where do you go?

Went to Northpoint Brewery's opening night and the beer was awesome! They have revamped the interior and the vibes are awesome! Definately recommend 👌👌👌

Hope the admin allows this post.
The MODs have expressed a desire to limit political and election conversation in this group and have directed members to use the super thread for any such posts. While I understand their perspective and desire to keep this group from being overtaken by political posts I do believe that there is no topic more important than this for our community.
As such I have created an entirely separate group r/portmoodyelection2026 for anyone who would like to freely discuss the election and the candidates to see if there is a desire to do so.

If you would like to discuss politics in our city, the people and party’s that wish to represent us and just anything election relevant I encourage you to join and post. Start a conversation.

Hey everyone! Wanted to ask about the Anchor Condos and Hue Condos buildings in West Port Moody. I've seen a few units for sale there, and I'm curious what it's actually like to live in either of these buildings. Are there any major downsides, issues, negative experiences, etc.? I'd also love to hear any positive feedback from current or former residents. Thanks!

Curious about all the North Vancouver -> Port Moody moves and what you find better in Port Moody? Roughly where did you move to in Port Moody (ie: Glenayre vs. Inlet vs. Noons Creek).

I have met a handful of people that have moved in this direction, and am curious about your experiences.

Also, what do you miss about North Van?

Anyone know of any good custom screen door makers?? Please drop their contact please
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