October 2025

This fall, the cities of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows are reminding residents that fireworks and firecrackers are prohibited to be sold or set off in these cities. As Halloween, Diwali and fall celebrations approach, Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows city halls advise residents they need a valid permit to set off fireworks. These regulations […]

Quarterback Nathan Rourke scored on a spectacular 70-yard touchdown run, leading the B.C. Lions to a 37-24 win over the visiting Edmonton Elks in CFL action Friday night at B.C. Place. Rourke also threw for 338 yards and a touchdown as the Lions (10-7) won their fifth straight game. The Lions have clinched a playoff spot

Brock Boeser scored the winner in a shootout, lifting the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-2 win over the host Chicago Blackhawks in NHL action Friday night at the United Center in Chicago. Jake DeBrusk and Max Sasson scored in regulation for the Canucks (3-2-0). Kevin Lankinen made 31 saves and was perfect in the shootout for the win

Once on the province’s housing “naughty list,” Maple Ridge appears to be a city reformed. The B.C. housing minister wrote to Maple Ridge city council about surpassing its target for new housing, as set by the province, last year. “I commend the city for exceeding its first-year housing target of 612 new net units by

A Native American tribe in Washington State is taking the B.C. government to court for prohibiting the Nation from participating in consultations for multiple infrastructure projects. Lummi Nation, which is based in western Washington, filed the petition for a judicial review in B.C. Supreme Court in Victoria on Sept. 29. The Lieutenant Governor and the