April 2026

Maple Ridge will soon have a new garden to memorialize the city’s Japanese pioneers. Construction on a Japanese Garden at Jim Hadgkiss Park has started, marking a milestone in a project to honour the legacy and contributions of early Japanese Canadian families who settled in Maple Ridge in the early 1900s, and helped shape the

WARNING: This story discusses disturbing material A Langley man has been convicted of a five charges linked to making and possessing child sexual abuse material, following a trial in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster. James Karl Ross was found guilty of possession child pornography, transmitting child pornography, making sexually explicit material available to a

The B.C. General Employees Union, representing the unionized workers at the Kootenay Lake ferries, has filed an unfair labour practice complaint at the Labour Relations Board. A union news release alleges that the ferry operator, Western Pacific Marine, has refused to sign and implement the terms of the collective agreement that members ratified on June

Vancouver Giants head coach Parker Burgess will not return next season. His departure, announced Tuesday afternoon, comes after a season that ended with the Giants last in their division. Giants Majority Owner Ron Toigo called it “a difficult season.” “The results fell short of our expectations, but we appreciate his efforts and contributions to the

A four-year investigation into a drug trafficking network has resulted in a man’s extradition back to Canada this week and the continued hunt for another suspect last seen in Victoria. Drugs and Organized Crime (DOC) investigators with the RCMP’s Federal Policing Pacific Region (FPPR) travelled to Germany to escort 29-year-old Isaac Oliveira Scott home, following