The City of Maple Ridge missed the new housing target set by the province in its second year, and even the first year’s numbers were overstated. City council sent the second-year housing target progress report to the province, for the period of July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. The province set targets in June […]
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B.C is adding 5,000 trades-training spaces to for students across every region in the province for 2026-27. Premier David Eby made the announcement at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) in Cloverdale July 28. KPU is getting 462 of those new skilled-trades training seats for September. The additional seats brings KPU up to 1,762 trades-training seats. The
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A toddler was rushed to hospital by air ambulance after falling into the water at Whonnock Lake. Maple Ridge RCMP responded to a call for medical emergency assistance at around 8 p.m. on Monday, July 27, in the 27800 block of 113 Avenue at the popular local recreation site. There they found a two-year-old in
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A University of British Columbia professor says a recent study near Summerland shows forest practices are resulting in more frequent and more intense flooding. Younes Alila, a professor with the Department of Forest Resources Management at the university, studied the forest area near Summerland, along with Spencer Pearson-Atkins and Xu Jian (Joe) Yu, also from
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A man was saved from the swift-moving waters of the Fraser River in Chilliwack with the help of technology. At about 8:30 a.m. on July 28, a man was calling for help from the river near Old Orchard Road and Arnold Road. Several officers responded immediately, said Const. Bradley Holditch of the Upper Fraser Valley
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