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Simon Fraser's business school will be getting a new name after local industrial developers Ryan and Keith Beedie donated $22 million to the school this week.

A vacant city-owned retail space next to Port Coquitlam city hall would be ideal for a museum and archive display centre, according to a member of the PoCo Heritage and Cultural Society.

TransLink is taking steps to deal with two Tri-City transportation headaches and at least one mayor is happy about it.

By Carol Aun Black Press A recent review of a 2008 murder at a New Year's Eve party in Mission has uncovered new leads and investigators believe there are people living in the Tri-Cities who may have information about the case.

By Diane Strandberg The Tri-City News Want to know how your kids are doing in school? There could be an app for that.

While the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games brought more than $168 million in new business to Metro Vancouver communities such as Richmond, Surrey and Maple Ridge, Tri-City companies were left out in the cold during the initial investment bonanza.

A $49-million replacement for Centennial secondary could house services for youth and immigrants under a new provincial program to make schools more accessible to the community.

Security of online voting was the main concern for Coquitlam city council as it voted this week to ask the provincial government to look at putting a program in place within the next three years. On Monday, council voted 7-1 in favour of Coun.

Since 1975, a humble gang of Port Moody boating enthusiasts have been the standard-bearers for on-the-water safety on Burrard Inlet.

Another hurdle in the effort to bring rapid transit to the Tri-Cities was jumped last week when the province announced the Evergreen Line has received the necessary environmental approvals. The $1.