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A nna Saint's backpack is a little lighter these days because she is one of 320 Grade 9 students at Port Coquitlam's Riverside secondary school who have given up pens, paper and heavy books for a single digital device.

It seems some people aren't getting the message when it comes to distracted driving. Volunteers wrote down licence plate numbers of 32 drivers who were spotted openly texting or on their phones at the corner of North Road and Austin Avenue this week.

Efforts to contain costs have resulted in a balanced budget for School District 43 so far this school year.

Got Styrofoam but don't want to trash it? The city of Coquitlam now has a place for its residents to drop off the packaging - for free.

The Tri-City's two MPs squared off on the federal budget this week, with Conservative James Moore touting its economic strengths and the NDP's Fin Donnelly branding it as "thin on ideas and solutions.

Drivers in the Tri-Cities will need to pay attention to traffic pattern changes with Evergreen Line construction heating up.

The Dairy Queen in the 1000-block of Lougheed Highway (across from Ikea) was robbed Wednesday around dinner time and Coquitlam RCMP are looking for information. Cpl.

Child-killer Allan Schoenborn has been denied a request he be allowed escorted community day-trips outside the walls of the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam, where he is currently housed.

School District 43 will be holding open houses and a Twitter chat to distribute information and get feedback on its 2013/'14 operating budget.

UPDATE: 4:44 p.m. - Stacy Galt told The Tri-City News that she has been informed by Crown Counsel that Allan Schoenborn's request for escorted community access has been denied. The Review Board has yet to confirm their decision publicly.