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he year ahead for Douglas College will be one of fine-tuning course offerings for young high school grads and career-bound adults and planning for growth that the Evergreen Line will bring when it opens in 2016.

There were Spider-Men, Ninja turtles and ladies in feathered party hats at the annual Penguin Plunge in Port Moody on Jan. 1.

Whether you closed out 2014 by hooting and hollering at the stroke of midnight or barely acknowledged the passing year with a muffled snore, bring on 2015 with an ice cold dip in Burrard Inlet at the annual Penguin Plunge.

A small sinkhole that developed in the asphalt on Cecil Drive in Port Moody has been repaired says the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.

Drivers and pedestrians tired of the Evergreen Line construction only have one more year of disruption, promises project director Amanda Farrell, and then testing will begin on the $1.4 billion Burnaby to Coquitlam rapid transit project.

School District 43 continues to meet or beat the provincial average when it comes to graduating students. The third largest school district with what what trustees have argued has one of the lowest per pupil funding rates in B.C.

The one-lane wooden Bailey bridge that connects Coquitlam to New Westminster at United Boulevard/Braid Street became a hot political issue - again - this year when it was closed for repairs due to structural problems.

Any parent who has taken her child to the emergency room knows it can be a terrifying experience. In the summer, Eagle Ridge Hospital renovated two rooms in its ER to make the experience a bit more comforting.

Six years ago, the final Suter Brook parcel was supposed to be home to a hotel (in exchange for 455 additional residential units) but concerns about traffic, parking and too much density put those plans on hold.

In May, the "Three Amigos" - better known as the Tri-Cities' mayors Richard Stewart (Coquitlam), Greg Moore (Port Coquitlam) and Mike Clay (Port Moody) - set off on a cross-country adventure in an RV, with the annual Federation of Canadian Municipali