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New Westminster-Coquitlam NDP MP Fin Donnelly has been appointed Western Economic Diversification critic for Canada's official Opposition.

A Coquitlam woman is being treated in hospital after Coquitlam firefighters rescued her from her smoke-filled apartment late Sunday evening.

Port Coquitlam residents may end up paying less in property tax this year than was initially proposed by the city. Originally, the draft financial plan called for a rate increase of 4.

A two-week spring break and longer Remembrance Day weekend have become virtual traditions in School District 43. Once again, money savings from closing schools for an extra six days will be used to help balance the budget.

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.