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Port Moody book lovers will have to wait a little longer to get new reading material for the new year. The reopening of the city’s public library has been delayed until Jan. 8. The library had been scheduled to reopen Jan.

If it’s time to say goodbye to your Christmas tree, there are several Tri-City service groups and city departments that will help you send it back to nature in the new year.

School District 43 has hired 319 teachers since January of 2017 to meet collective agreement requirements that were killed by the BC Liberals in 2002 and restored by the Supreme Court of Canada last year.

Many details are sketchy about how marijuana will be distributed once it is approved by the federal government for recreational use this summer.

Theft prompted resignation of city employee

Cold, bruised and tired, but otherwise alright, Annette Poitras and her three canine companions emerged from the backcountry thanks to the efforts of Coquitlam Search and Rescue after spending two nights lost in the woods in November.

With the year closing out, many Tri-City residents will remember 2017 as the year of festivals, projects and programs celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday.

NDP’s Glumac & Liberal’s Isaacs win their ridings

Two Tri-City young people who died of an opioid overdose and whose deaths were ruled accidental in 2017 brought home concerns about what has become a provincial health care crisis.