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School District 43 has $1.2 million in extra funds to support large elementary schools and struggling students thanks to strike savings and other surplus funds from this year - but the cash won't stretch far.

A million dollars of extra Community Link funding will be used to work with disengaged elementary and middle school students who are at risk of quitting school.

Now that the Port Moody-Coquitlam byelection is over, NDP-elect Joe Trasolini has another hurdle to jump - the Georgia Strait.

Non-residential construction investment spending in Metro Vancouver rebounded from the fourth quarter of 2011 with gains in all three building categories in the first quarter of 2012, according to Vancouver Regional Construction Association's analysi

More than 334 rebates have been given out to Port Coquitlam residents who have retrofitted their bathrooms with high-efficiency plumbing fixtures so far this year.

The senior girls soccer show will go on - at least for now.

The city of Port Coquitlam has received its sixth consecutive Canadian Award for Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association, one of 43 local governments to receive the recognition in Canada.

Low voter turnout kept contented voters homes, says BC Liberal candidate Dennis Marsden, and resulted in heavy losses for his party in the Port Moody-Coquitlam byelection .

When Glen Foster travels to the Himalayas next week he will be combining two of his greatest passions: mountaineering and medicine.

Voting was brisk this morning at the Port Moody Recreation Centre for the Port Moody-Coquitlam byelection, according to district electoral officer Julie Brassington.