SEARCH WARRANT NETS 700 PIECES OF MAIL
Port Moody Police officers seized more than 700 pieces of suspected stolen mail during a recent search warrant.
Over the Summer months, the Port Moody Police Department responded to a string of mail thefts and storage locker break-ins at Suter Brook Village. Several suspects were identified which led officers to two Surrey residences where simultaneous search warrants were executed on Thursday, August 28. Three suspects were arrested during the execution of the search warrants – two of which had outstanding arrest warrants unrelated to this investigation.
During the search, officers seized about 730 parcels, packages, and pieces of mail destined for Port Moody and other local areas. Officers seized numerous other items like building fobs, keys, security passes, jewelry and a firefighter badge [see image].
“We have seen an uptick mail theft and storage locker break-ins in Port Moody this year,” states Constable Sam Zacharias. “We strongly urge residents to frequently collect their mail and ensure their storage lockers are well-secured. We also recommend stratas regularly conduct fob audits as we are seeing stolen fobs as a means of illegally accessing buildings.”
The matter remains under investigation as evidence is examined. Police are in the process of recommending charges against all three suspects.
KFC Proposed for Port Moody PetroCanada
A rezoning application proposes demolishing the existing building at 3102 St. Johns Street and replacing it with a larger store and KFC restaurant. Photo: Proponent
STAFF REPORT
SEPTEMBER 5, 2025 7:55AM
Port Moody’s Land Use Committee will review a proposal on Sept. 8 to add a KFC restaurant and expand the Petro-Canada convenience store at 3102 St. Johns Street.
The 32,098-square-foot property sits between Buller Street and Electronic Avenue and is currently zoned Service Station Commercial (C4). That zoning allows gas stations and small retail, but prohibits food service.
The applicant, Urban Systems, on behalf of Petro-Canada, is seeking rezoning to a Comprehensive Development zone.
The plan calls for demolishing the existing one-storey building and replacing it with a new commercial unit on the southeast corner of the site. The proposal includes a 133 m² convenience store, a 98 m² KFC with a walk-up window, and 23 parking spaces, including eight at the gas pumps.
To make way for the project, eight trees and two hedges would be removed. One driveway access on St. Johns Street would shift slightly west, and the existing westbound bus stop would be relocated a short distance east.
In a staff report, development planner Sarah Bercu wrote that while the site is in the Moody Centre transit-oriented-development area, which encourages taller, mixed-use buildings, “the proposal to renew the commercial building is seen as an interim development until the property owner is prepared to fully develop the site to the highest and best use.”
Bercu added that modernizing the gas station and expanding its commercial component “is a positive advancement for the site.” The project will also be reviewed by the city’s architect and landscape architect consultants.
A sustainability review gave the proposal an overall score of 38%, with stronger marks in economic sustainability (69%) and lower scores in cultural (14%), environmental (34%), and social (16%) areas.
The Land Use Committee, which includes representatives from neighbourhoods across Port Moody, will decide whether to recommend council endorse, amend, or reject the project.