Smoke from two wildfires burning north of Boston Bar can be seen above the west side of Okanagan Lake. Several people took to social media Saturday evening to report a large plume of smoke in the hills above Westside Road. The Brunswick Creek fire was first reported on July 2 and is now estimated at […]
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A grass fire that sparked off Highway 97 and Sneena Road, Saturday evening, was quickly doused. According to West Kelowna Fire Chief Jason Brolund, crews responded to the area at about 5:30 p.m. as flames were quickly spreading right off the highway. The fire was located near Bridge Hill and grew to about 300 feet
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Kim Dumore, trustee and the current vice chair of the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows School Board, will not be seeking re-election in October. Dumore made the announcement on Friday, July 3, with a post online. In it she said that serving the community for the past eight years was one of the greatest honours of
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The BC SPCA is hosting summer camps for kids in Maple Ridge throughout July and August. At the Maple Ridge facility at 10235 Jackson Rd., there are Action for Animals camps for kids aged 8-10, running in July; a junior camp for ages 6-7 from July 28 to 31, and camps for ages 11-13, in
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School’s out, summer is in session, and it’s a time when parents should put screen time into the background. Screen time jumps by 30 per cent after class is out, but the Canadian Paediatric Society recommends a maximum of two to three hours per day for kids over five, and only an hour for those
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