Grant Trower drove his Ford F-350 over the road towards his home as though he was navigating a minefield. Trower wasn’t on a forest service road. An unpaved stretch of Highway 31 between Marblehead and Trout Lake, in a rural area north of Kootenay Lake, was so pocked with potholes that Trower couldn’t go faster […]
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City of Maple Ridge is advising residents that crews are actively engaged in clean-up and repairs following the heavy rainfall weather event last week. The storm period that lasted from March 15 to 20 included a yellow-orange heavy rainfall warnings Environment and Climate Change Canada and High Streamflow to Flood Watch advisories issued by the
City of Maple Ridge receives 115 storm-related calls following last week’s rainfall Read More »
Mikael Granlund scored twice, leading the visiting Anaheim Ducks to a 5-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Tuesday at Rogers Arena. Alex Killorn, Mason McTavish and Troy Terry also scored for the Ducks (40-27-4), who had lost seven straight games in Vancouver. Lukas Dostal earned the goaltending win, making 27 saves. Jake
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The insurance broker for Lake Okanagan Resort is denying claims made in a civil suit that blames the company for a lack of restored water and sewer services after the resort burned down in the 2023 wildfire. Lake Okanagan Resort was destroyed after the McDougall Creek wildfire ripped through the Central Okanagan in August 2023.
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Dear Editor, Re: tree planting. Just wait for summer. Every tree with its precious shade will be appreciated. With any luck our citizens will water and otherwise nurture them. Linda King, Maple Ridge
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