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One person is dead and several others are injured after a serous crash Tuesday afternoon closed Lougheed Highway at Pitt River Road in Coquitlam.

Name: Linda Reimer Occupation: Coquitlam city councillor Contact: 778-383-7493, [email protected] Social media: lindareimer.ca (web), @reimer4MLA (Twitter), lindareimerforMLA (Facebook) Campaign office: 3131 St. Johns St., Port Moody

Name: Barbara Lu Occupation: BC Liberal employee Contact: 604-474-1791, [email protected] Social media: barbaralu.ca (web), @lu4bc (Twitter), lu4bc (Facebook) Campaign office: 109-2331 Marpole Ave., Port Coquitlam

Coquitlam-Burke Mountain: April 20 at 2 p.m. at Coquitlam Public Library, City Centre branch (Civic Association of Iranian Canadians and Tri-City Chinese Canadian Association); April 29 at 7 p.m.

Name: Douglas Horne Occupation: MLA Contact: 1-800-691-9158, [email protected] Social media: douglashorne.ca (web), @douglas_horne (Twitter), /supportdouglashorne (Facebook) Campaign office: 202-1194 Lansdowne Dr., Coquitlam

Thieves broke into four Tri-City schools over the weekend, targeting the vending machines in at least two of them. Port Moody Police reported break-ins at Port Moody and Heritage Woods secondary schools. Const.

The Conseil Scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique (CSF, B.C.'s francophone school board) will help plan and design a new school to replace the aging École des Pionniers in Port Coquitlam. The $22.

They'll be cut from every level and department and no area will be exempt. That was the conclusion of Superintendent Tom Grant as he laid out a broad plan to axe a $12 million deficit next year by cutting staff.

A full house is expected at tonight's special public board meeting to talk about the School District 43 2013/'14 operating budget.

Two Tri-City residents participating in the Boston Marathon on Monday said they had crossed the finish line three minutes before the explosions went off.