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A medicinal marijuana dispensary is being proposed for St. Johns Street in Port Moody. In a presentation to city council Tuesday, CannaLifeMD representatives said they've selected a site at 3131 St. Johns St.

Port Moody council is backing the Yes campaign after a visit Tuesday from Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore on behalf of the Mayors' Council's transportation plan.

"You use to be able to walk in here," says Ken Petherick, the operations manager at Coquitlam Centre as he opens the door to a room jammed with green-waste carts.

Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart's third election win for the city's top job was also the most expensive, according to recently released financial disclosure statements for the 2014 civic campaign.

A three-year old education program that encourages School District 43 high school students to follow their passions has won a national award from the Canadian Education Association.

A flower representing the innocence of children is the new symbol of the Children of the Street Society, and will be distributed next month in Coquitlam and elsewhere in B.C.

The tunnel boring equipment for the new $1.4 billion Burnaby to Coquitlam Evergreen Line is expected to make another stop underground in Port Moody in early March, requiring some advance construction work.

More soil to fill in a large property at the base of Burke Mountain in Coquitlam will be hauled in this year. Last week, Coquitlam city council okayed a conservation permit to allow One World Farms Inc.

Trade unions, developers and big business played big roles in last fall's civic election in Port Coquitlam. But, for the most part, it was the candidates themselves who shelled out to win seats on city council.

The chief of the Kwikwetlem First Nation will run for a second term.