November 2025

Six years after first putting her postpartum struggle into words, Revelstoke’s Hilary Thorpe hopes her essay in a new book helps normalize the emotional lows many women face during and after pregnancy. Beyond Blue, published by feminist-focused Caitlin Press from Vancouver Island’s Qualicum Beach, seeks to build a community of healing and hope for mothers […]

A woodworker who specializes in building clocks, cutting boards and pepper mills is going to be a special guest at this year’s Whonnock Weavers and Spinners Guild Annual Exhibit and Sale. John Lougheed’s work will be on for sale at the guild’s 44th annual juried show, along with a wide range of handmade fibre articles

A Maple Ridge society that helps women and children fleeing domestic abuse is one of 150 community organizations across the country to benefit from the RONA Foundation’s Home Sweet Home campaign. The third annual campaign, held from Sept. 1 to Oct. 12 this year, raised more than $530,000 for Canadian organizations that support victims of

Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge MP Marc Dalton said the latest federal budget is going to make life financially tougher for Canadian families. The Conservative doesn’t anticipate Prime Minister Marc Carney’s Liberal government to fall over the budget announced this week, despite how much it adds to the national debt, expecting the NDP will either support it