So far this year, there have been 93 cases reported of cyclospora in B.C., a parasite infection that causes explosive diarrhea, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control estimates. Those are typical numbers for this time of year, according to Dr. Mayank Singal, Public Health Physician for enteric, zoonotic, and vector-borne diseases at the BCCDC, who […]
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B.C.’s Community Safety Unit has seized $8 million worth of unlicensed cannabis products in enforcement actions at four separate locations since May, the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General announced on Wednesday (July 15). The unit confiscated a “significant” amount of cannabis, including cannabis plants, dried cannabis and cannabis edibles, at warehouses in Richmond,
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Dear Editor, Why is Maple Ridge footing the bill for a new pool that will surely be a shared amenity? Ie. 90 per cent of the Pitt kids living south of Lougheed Highway will be able to ride their bikes to the Hammond pool quicker than almost all kids from Maple Ridge. It is obvious
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There is still time to purchase a hot or iced coffee to support Tim Hortons Camp Day. All day on Wednesday, July 15, 100 per cent of proceeds from a coffee purchased at the restaurant chain is going to Tim Hortons Foundation Camps to help children from underserved communities change their lives. Maple Ridge RCMP
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A gruesome instance of animal cruelty has taken place at McArthur Island Park in Kamloops. Staff Sgt. Janelle Shoihet of the Kamloops RCMP confirmed that, just before 8 a.m. on Friday, July 10, frontline officers were called to a playground on McArthur Island for a report of a mutilated marmot. Shoihet said it was the
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