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Teachers and support workers across School District 43 are bracing for job cuts after trustees gave final approval to the 2014/'15 school operating budget that will result in 150 jobs being lost.

One man was taken to hospital with serious injuries Tuesday night after an explosion ripped through all three floors of his Port Coquitlam home.

A strip of school land deemed to be surplus by School District 43's board of education will be sold for housing.

School librarians have launched a campaign to raise awareness of concerns they have about cuts to teacher-librarian staff in B.C. public schools, including School District 43.

Go play outside. Help, too.

David Rathwell wants his daughter to take a bus from the Coquitlam bus station to Coquitlam Centre - across the street - rather than negotiate a new crosswalk he says is too dangerous.

School District 43 trustees managed to save five teaching jobs by cutting a contingency fund but they couldn't unanimously agree on a final operating budget for 2014/'15.

The BC Nurses Union (BCNU) is complaining that a faulty paging system and inadequate staffing at Eagle Ridge Hospital led to unsafe conditions and a nurse being hit in the head with a rock by a patient.

A group of parents is planning to hold a rally at Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA Linda Reimer's office in the hopes of raising awareness about their education funding concerns.

It wasn't about the quality of the operator or a lack of need for daycares for the ever-expanding population of Burke Mountain.