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The construction of additional highway lanes means motorists should expect delays when approaching the Cape Horn Interchange in Coquitlam July 6 to 7. Starting at 8:30 p.m.

Coquitlam Mounties - mounted on bikes, not horses - will be tweeting along with followers on Canada Day. "The advantage of being on a bike is that I'm more in tune with my surroundings," said Const. Jamie Phillipson in a release.

Mother and daughter duo Cherie and Braidey Sturgeon share a lot together but they never dreamt they would graduate from high school together. But, last Thursday, that's exactly what they did wearing matching caps and gowns.

Drivers heading through Port Moody can expect to see Evergreen Line construction ramping up this summer and ratcheting up in the fall, with a weekend-long closure of the Ioco Road/Barnet Highway intersection.

Port Moody will call on Metro Vancouver to work with residents of vintage summer cottages in Belcarra Regional Park to keep them as rental homes.

More than a dozen parents wearing matching t-shirts and bearing a petition with hundreds of names called on School District 43 to work with them to improve education opportunities for their children with autism.

The number of city staffers in Coquitlam earning more than $100,000 per year grew last year, according to the municipality's 2012 Statement of Financial Information.

The city of Port Coquitlam paid out $429,000 to outgoing chief administrative officer Tony Chong last year, a sum largely made up of banked holiday time over his 17-year tenure.

A new middle school under construction in Anmore Village will now be called Eagle Mountain not Twin Lakes as originally proposed.

The government's decision to suspend "productive" contract talks and begin a new round of bargaining with teachers has created uncertainty, says the new president of the Coquitlam Teachers Association.