November 2025

Carrie Parsons didn’t expect a personal writing project to turn into one of Victoria’s fastest-growing connection engines, but the signs were there, literally. Long before her Meet a Stranger gatherings started drawing crowds in Fairfield, she was leaving handwritten invitations around town, offering to buy a stranger a cup of coffee in exchange for an […]

As temperatures cool, motorists are coping with winter driving conditions. In some areas of Canada, the snow is already on the ground, while in places with mild temperatures, the roads are bare, but black ice can become a winter driving hazard. Take time to prepare for winter travel to avoid an unexpected walk in a

As the high school basketball season begins, the Pitt Meadows Marauders has both its senior boys and senior girls teams ranked in the Top 10 in their class in provincial rankings. B.C. School Sports ranked the Marauders boys ninth in B.C. at the triple A level, and the girls seventh. “It’s a good time right

Thousands of dollars were distributed to community organizations at the Maple Ridge Community Foundation Funding and Impacts Night. The event took place Wednesday, Nov. 19, at Burnett Fellowship Church, where grants awarded from both the Maple Ridge Community Foundation Endowment Fund, and from directed funds – these are grants from people who have started their

In a day full of Indigenous celebration in Lake Country, Vernon-Lumby MLA Harwinder Sandhu stepped up against recent opposition to Truth and Reconciliation. Sandhu and Lake Country Mayor Blair Ireland were in attendance at the 28th Winter Family Gathering Traditional Pow Wow, presented by the Lake Country Native Association at the Winfield Community Hall on