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Schools were quiet today Friday in School District 43 as teachers joined their B.C. colleagues in study sessions and took down their picket lines.

The outdoor gymnasium in Port Coquitlam's Gates Park is being replaced this week a little sooner than the city had planned.

Slate politics has come to Coquitlam as a group of Coquitlam council candidates is banding together under the banner of "Protect Coquitlam" in the run-up to the civic election in November.

Drivers using the intersection of United Boulevard at Mary Hill Bypass will encounter nighttime detours starting this week and continuing to the end of October.

A Belcarra resident is running for school trustee in Anmore/Belcarra - the first challenger for the villages' seat on the School District 43 board of education in several elections.

School District 43 is taking issue with the province's Temporary Education Support for Parents program to rebate $40 per child per day to parents.

Five police officers from the Tri-Cities will be among more than 100 who are gearing up to take part in the Cops for Cancer ride this fall.

A former Port Moody chief administrator is going for another job at city hall: the mayor's. Gaetan Royer announced Wednesday he plans to seek the top chair in the Nov.

More than 60 people were caught in Coquitlam RCMP CounterAttack road checks throughout the summer. Of the 61 drivers who were caught in July and August, two are facing criminal charges and four were given an administrative driving prohibition. Cpl.

At least one Tri-City group is homeless because of the strike. Members of the 754 Phoenix Squadron Air Cadets have no place to meet because they can't get access to Moody elementary school.