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School District 43 teachers and students are wrapping up a week of job action , rallies and study sessions - followed by two days of classes - and looking forward to a two-week spring break.

Report cards with grades could soon be sent home in students' back packs. But they won't contain marks dating back to last fall, according to the BC Teachers' Federation.

A Douglas College career fair held Wednesday to match jobs to job seekers was well attended - and it wasn't only students who showed up at David Lam Campus.

Customers that used the TD Bank in Port Moody between 1:30 and 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 8, are being advised to contact their financial institution after a debit card skimmer was discovered attached to an ATM machine.

A 22-year-old Port Coquitlam man will serve an additional three-and-a-half years in a federal penitentiary for two violent sexual assaults that occurred two years ago.

Coquitlam needs to get more aggressive when it comes to lobbying for transit on Burke Mountain, the mayor said this week.

The Coquitlam daycare operator charged with the death of an infant in her care is now being charged with manslaughter.

Port Coquitlam residents will get the chance to ask questions of staff and city council members and provide their feedback on the upcoming financial plan at an open house this weekend.

Women are being invited to an event for personal development, inspiration and business at the Executive Inn Hotel in Coquitlam on June 1.

Charges have been stayed against a Port Moody man who allegedly imported a large amount of opium in the fall of 2009.