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Long time Coquitlam teacher Chris King has announced that he will be a candidate for school trustee in Port Coquitlam this November.

Riverview Park elementary students in Coqutlam got an unscheduled break this morning, Wednesday, when their school was closed due to a power outage. School District 43 is keeping parents updated through social media and on the school's website .

Bring your yoga mat because the benefits of enjoying nature and yoga will be combined in one special event at Colony Farm Regional Park to mark World Rivers Day this Sun, Sept. 28.

The nearly three-week strike at the start of the school year has the parents of some international students upset and wanting a refund from School District 43 for time lost due to the work-stoppage.

An aquatic strategy endorsed last year by Coquitlam council and costing taxpayers $21,500 will now have its "assumptions tested," a senior city manager said. The price tag for the revision? Up to $40,000.

The nomination period for the municipal election doesn't open until next Tuesday but already Coquitlam residents' groups have set dates for their all-candidates meetings.

Work is progressing on the Poirier dry-floor sports court, a 25,000 sq. ft. facility being built beside Coquitlam's Dogwood Pavilion that is due to open this fall. User time for the $3.

The province's Independent Investigations Office is looking for witnesses to an incident involving Vancouver cops in Port Moody last week, when a suspected armed robber suffered a fractured jaw while being arrested.

School District 43's 30,000 students headed back to school Monday and 555 of them went to the brand new Eagle Mountain middle school which opened in Anmore.

A Maple Ridge man was arrested and several weapons were seized after Port Moody Police responded to an incident in the Klahanie Drive area early Friday morning. Officers received a report at around 1 a.m.