In June, The Friends in Need Food Bank served almost double the number of households as it did during the same month in 2025. The food bank’s executive director Kim Boekhorst was before city council on July 7 to talk about the increasing demand for groceries in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. Last month the […]
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Daily FIFA World Cup soccer match updates and news for Black Press Media publications. It is the first time since 1990 that all four semi-finalists are prior World Cup champions. There are no matches until Tuesday, when France takes on Spain in the semifinals in Dallas at 12 p.m. PT. England will take on Argentina
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The new city council elected this October will not be bound by the results of the referendum on borrowing $393 million for new recreation facilities. Mayor Dan Ruimy, who supports the plan and is standing for re-election, explained the referendum questions on borrowing will allow voters to choose whether or not to support the three
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The duo of Hanneke Supply and Helena Bangert took first place in the doubles category of the 2026 Quality Foods Sand Sculpting Competition in Parksville on July 12. The three-day competition in the community park drew 30 sand sculptors from all over Canada and the world to create their best representation of the ‘Beauties and
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A Pitt Meadows master of speeches has advanced to the semifinals in a global competition involving 30,000 speakers from around the world. Stefano Cossalter will be representing Canada when he heads to the semifinals of the Toastmasters International Speech Contest taking place in Vancouver this year. He is now in the top 26 global speakers.
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