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By Gary McKenna & Tom Fletcher Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth said he is considering seeking his party's leadership nomination for a second time after current NDP chief Adrian Dix announced Wednesday he will resign.

A tentative province-wide deal for a two-year contract for CUPE support workers could cost School District 43 just under $1 million a year.

A multi-million dollar project to upgrade one of Coquitlam's oldest roads is nearly done. But finishing the work along King Albert Avenue may be delayed until next year due to the colder and wet weather.

A leading expert on childhood trauma who trains crisis response teams across North America is coming to School District 43 to talk about how children are affected by social media and how to parent them through it.

The Tri-Cities' new federal ridings have yet to be officially re-jigged but the area's two MPs have already made up their minds about where they will seek re-election in two years.

Another voice has been added to the chorus demanding the provincial government reopen Riverview Hospital - and this one has direct experience helping people with mental illness.

A Douglas College researcher and students in the college's therapeutic recreation program will be studying the health and well-being of people living with mental illness.

A 64-year-old Coquitlam man suffering from Alzheimer's disease has been reported missing and police are hoping the public can help provide information that leads to his whereabouts.

Three more names are on the ballot for the Coquitlam council byelection next month. On Thursday, former Olympic wrestler Chris Wilson declared his candidacy for one of two open councillor jobs, saying he wants to be "a champion for our city.

The Dominion Triangle has been growing in leaps and bounds, adding shopping, services, industrial warehousing and Mosaic Homes' Fremont Blue residential community.