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The Como Lake Relays for elementary school students has been running - literally - for 33 years but there won't be a 34th event in 2012. The relays were scheduled for last Wednesday but were cancelled due to the ongoing B.C.

A decision by B.C.

New View Society is celebrating Mental Wellness Week May 1 to 5 with the theme Reflect, Reveal and Renew and is hosting three events to raise the profile of the organization that has provided support for individuals and families challenged by mental

Gord Penner has been an outspoken critic of the justice system's treatment of victims ever since his son, Jesse, was stabbed to death outside a Port Coquitlam house party in 2006.

The city of Port Moody has hired a new city manager.

A city that former Port Moody Mayor Joe Trasolini used to visit because he had a beef with government will now be his part-time home after winning the byelection last Thursday in Port Moody-Coquitlam.

Canucks fans are not the only people devastated by the team's early playoff exit. Tri-City businesses that depend on the popularity of Vancouver's NHL team will be feeling the financial pinch after the club lost its first-round series against the L.

Port Coquitlam residents asked the city to keep this year's tax bill as low as possible and staff have responded, putting to council a budget proposal with a 2.97% increase.

A controversial bid to build six townhomes in Maillardville will mean about a dozen trees will be axed - including one that's more than century old.

Coquitlam residents and business owners can no longer use cosmetic pesticides on their lawns and gardens.