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Terry Fox 's importance to British Columbia was immortalized with a four-statue memorial in front of B.C. Place Stadium this year.

The 2011 bear season in the Tri-Cities was one of the busiest in recent years, with 17 bruins destroyed for garbage habituation or because of car accidents or injuries.

The long-promised $1.4-billion Burnaby-to-Coquitlam Evergreen Line line went from ridicule to reality in 2011 when regional mayors voted in favour of a 2-cent-a-litre gas tax hike.

Plans for a new homeless shelter and transition housing in the Tri-Cities continued this year, with BC Housing in December choosing a developer and operator for the facility at 3030 Gordon Ave.

The year 2011 was marked with sadness when a beloved mother and neighbour was killed in a tragic traffic accident and the Fox family lost the indomitable Betty Fox. However, spirits were lifted when a new memorial to Terry Fox was unveiled at B.C.

Elected officials in Coquitlam won't be getting their usual pay hike come Jan. 1. Over the past few years, remuneration for the mayor and councillors typically went up to match the civic union workers' contract of 3% to 4% annually.

Six years after winning the MLA job for Port Moody-Coquitlam, BC Liberal MLA Iain Black called it quits to take over as president and CEO of the Vancouver Board of Trade this fall.

After nearly three years of community consultation, Coquitlam city council unanimously gave the green light in April to rejuvenate Austin Heights , a neighbourhood in dire need of an upgrade.

Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam's MP - and Canada's minister of heritage and official languages - James Moore secured his fifth mandate in May and his Conservatives swept to majority in Parliament.

The year 2011 was marked with sadness when a beloved mother and neighbour was killed in a tragic traffic accident and the Fox family lost the indomitable Betty Fox. However, spirits were lifted when a new memorial to Terry Fox was unveiled at B.C.