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A Riverside secondary graduate, Amritpal Gill is full of enthusiasm about running for political office in his hometown. He wanted to run for a city council seat earlier but having two young children has kept the West Vancouver firefighter extra busy.

School District 43 gets an A for its enrolment projections this year - with the result that its budget revenue projections should be on target. Enrolment is holding steady at about 30,100 students, according to a head count that took place Oct.

The Port Coquitlam Health Unit has been relocated to Port Moody while Fraser Health looks for a new PoCo site to provide children's immunizations, speech assessments and Best Beginnings, a health information program for new parents.

With the murders of two Canadian soldiers on home soil recently, Remembrance Day has new meaning this year. And Tri-City Legions are marking the special day by paying tribute to the fallen with parades, cenotaph services, lunches and music.

Last month's attacks on Canadian soldiers in Ottawa and Montreal have prompted the RCMP to arm officers who appear in public in red serge and to take extra steps to protect auxiliary constables who volunteer unarmed in the community.

The turnout for the first advance polls of civic elections is typically strong. And on Wednesday, almost 1,400 Tri-City voters cast ballots early for the Nov. 15 election. Port Moody had the strongest showing with 497 voters on Nov. 5.

With the return of dark, rainy weather, Coquitlam RCMP is reminding pedestrians, cyclists and drivers to stay safe on the road.

There were no heated exchanges. No nasty jibes. No accusatory tones about slate politics.

Concerns about candidate residency, fiscal accountability and transparency of school board matters topped the agenda at an all candidates' meeting held by the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce.

Witnesses are needed for a collision involving a pedestrian on the evening of Monday, Nov. 3. Police were called to Lansdowne Drive and Eagleridge Drive shortly after 5:30 p.m.