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While Coquitlam appears to be the only Lower Mainland municipality on track to make a provincial deadline for urban watershed updates, its latest plan also comes with a hefty price tag.

Coquitlam's first ever archivist has done a lot of digging through the history vaults since she was hired last summer. And soon, Emily Lonie will be uncovering a new policy framework for the city for how it should handle its collections.

Residents will have the opportunity to have their say on the future of the Port Coquitlam Recreation Complex.

The union representing School District 43 support staff is looking for a new slate of school trustees to endorse in the wake of a forensic report outlining the problems that led to last year's $8-million deficit.

A nna Saint's backpack is a little lighter these days because she is one of 320 Grade 9 students at Port Coquitlam's Riverside secondary school who have given up pens, paper and heavy books for a single digital device.

It seems some people aren't getting the message when it comes to distracted driving. Volunteers wrote down licence plate numbers of 32 drivers who were spotted openly texting or on their phones at the corner of North Road and Austin Avenue this week.

Efforts to contain costs have resulted in a balanced budget for School District 43 so far this school year.

Got Styrofoam but don't want to trash it? The city of Coquitlam now has a place for its residents to drop off the packaging - for free.

The Tri-City's two MPs squared off on the federal budget this week, with Conservative James Moore touting its economic strengths and the NDP's Fin Donnelly branding it as "thin on ideas and solutions.

Drivers in the Tri-Cities will need to pay attention to traffic pattern changes with Evergreen Line construction heating up.