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Bear-spray attacker sentenced

A man who was sentenced last year for using bear spray on staff at an Abbotsford grocery store has been convicted in another case.

Teachers: don't let students take FSA test

Coquitlam Teachers' Association will once again be asking parents to withdraw their Grade 4 and 7 children from participating in Foundation Skills Assessment tests, which begin next week.

Daycare checked 4 years before death of infant

A Coquitlam daycare operator charged Monday in connection with the 2011 death of an infant in her care had two previous violations reported to Fraser Health.

Three bears killed as they denned in PoCo backyard

A mother bear and two cubs trying to den under a garden shed at a home on Port Coquitlam's north side were destroyed Tuesday after conservation officers made several attempts to trap the animals.

Principals shuffled at SD43

With a new year come new faces in principals' offices at Tri-City Public schools. The following School District 43 appointments will be made effective Jan.

PLEHANOV TRIAL: Teacher felt 'guilty' for not doing more

An Eagle Ridge elementary school teacher who testified he saw a Grade 3 student sitting on a substitute teacher's lap said he feels guilty he didn't do more at the time.

PLEHANOV TRIAL: Two girls say they sat in teacher's lap

Two girls testified at Aleksandr Plehanov's trial Wednesday that the former substitute teacher had them sit on his lap.

IntegrityBC aims for $ reforms

About 9,000 homeowners in the provincial riding of Port Moody-Coquitlam will get a postcard in the mail next week as part of a campaign to reform B.C.'s electoral finance laws.

No field of dreams; driver tears up PoCo school turf

At least one driver, maybe more, with a big-wheeled truck is tearing up a kids' soccer pitch at Citadel middle school and turning a basketball court into a mud pit.

Work to start in spring on new Pitt River middle

A ground-breaking held Tuesday for the $20-million Pitt River middle school replacement has staff and students excited they could soon see work begin on the long-awaited project.