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The glaciers are enormous, the water is deep blue, and the contrast of that blue with the ice is stunning. That’s how Dr. Sophia Johannessen from Sidney remembers her experience of visiting the coldest place on earth, Antarctica. “And then there were penguins,” she said. “So many penguins.” Johannessen, is a research scientist with Fisheries […]

Maple Ridge’s street and park tree initiative, and specifically the planting of 1,000 new trees, is about three-quarters of the way to being realized. A three-year initiative, with funding from the feds, was embarked upon last fall in Maple Ridge. According to a report issued by the city on Friday, tree planting began last October,

A Maple Ridge woman who bought three $50 gift cards that contained zero funds has been frustrated in her attempts to get her money back. “I’m out $150,” Lorraine Comeau complained. She purchased two Starbucks cards worth $50 each as Christmas gifts, and learned one of them was already empty. Her daughter asked where she

Dear Editor, I was a recipient of a ‘Random Act of Kindness.” Wow, I smiled the rest of the day and into the next day. I was at London Drugs and the person behind me paid for my purchase. Thank you so much! K. Hayek, Maple Ridge