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A camera-equipped van will soon be cruising the streets of Port Coquitlam on behalf of BC Assessment.

Tom Mulcair, leader of the national New Democratic Party, made a whistle-stop at the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Coquitlam Friday and told business leaders that big business should pay their fair share of taxes.

It was half folk festival, half protest rally as hundreds of School District 43 teachers and their supporters marched from Port Coquitlam schools to Leigh Square for music and speeches Friday afternoon.

Students are learning to play in new ways at Port Coquitlam's Castle Park elementary school with the third construction of an accessible playground.

There's less snow in the mountains to replenish local reservoirs but Metro Vancouver isn't expecting any drinking water supply shortage this summer.

A potentially controversial subdivision project goes before Port Moody council at a public hearing Tuesday. Members of the public will be allowed to comment on a proposed seven-lot subdivision at 622 Foresthill Pl.

The topic of education continues to be front and centre in the Tri-Cities, with another rally planned for tomorrow, Friday, by School District 43 teachers. The rally is slated for 4 p.m.

The Tri-Cities' three mayors are set to leave on their trip across Canada - in a motor home - after the Metro Vancouver board meeting on Friday.

A planned public school teachers walkout next Wednesday will cancel school field trips, extra-curricular activities and facility rentals and close StrongStart centres on that day in School District 43.

New fees and a plan to regulate pleasure craft mooring in Port Moody inlet will receive more public input before the city adopts a strategy aimed at preventing live-aboards, illegal sewage dumping and derelict vessels from mooring in the inlet.