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Most callers to a Tri Cities telephone town hall on the transit referendum Wednesday night said they will likely vote No, citing many different complaints about the state of transportation in the area.

Getting young people to complete their apprenticeships is job one for a new advisor who has been appointed to look after skilled trades programs in the Tri-Cities.

March is "leave the phone alone" month as police and ICBC launch a distracted driving campaign to battle the second-leading cause of car crash fatalities in B.C.

The man charged in connection with the hit-and-run death of a Riverside secondary student 18 months ago will plead guilty later this week.

FortisBC's Eagle Moun-tain Woodfibre Gas Pipeline project, which reaches into Coquitlam, is one step closer to construction.

Girls may be having a harder time with adolescence than boys but that could be because they hit puberty earlier and are more tied to their smart phones, says School District 43 assistant superintendent Julie Pearce.

There are many things John Abou-Samra does very well, chief among them accounting and helping others, often using one to further the other. "God loves a cheerful giver," he says many times during an interview with The Tri-City News.

The new Burke Mountain Fire Hall in Coquitlam has been operational for a couple of weeks. The 17,440-sq. ft.

Runners will soon be able to retrace Terry Fox's footsteps after Coquitlam council approved plans to post signs along the Port Coquitlam cancer crusader's Tri-City training route.

A push to raise money for a new video gastroscope and other diagnostic gear at Eagle Ridge Hospital in Port Moody is now more than half-way to its goal.