Maple Ridge writer Jack Emberly has written a new book, and plans a launch event on Dec. 15 at Greystone Retirement Community. Titled “Goodbye Chums and Other Tales From My School House Daze,” the book reflects on Emberly’s years as an educator. “Anything can happen in Better Days Elementary,” says the author. “In the first […]
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“Hey, can you hear me? Are you all right?” A young woman, probably in her 20s, was calling to a man of around the same age who was slumped on the sidewalk. “Wake up. Can you hear me?” The man was not responding. This happened recently, at the end of the workday, as I was
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Maple Ridge East MLA Lawrence Mok and the Food Bank on Wheels are partnering on a food drive. The drive is happening from now until Monday, Dec. 15, and Mok’s office at 102-23015 Dewdney Trunk Rd. is accepting food donations and needed items from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. from Monday to Friday. The recommended
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A 63-year-old Chilliwack woman was killed after being struck by a vehicle while trying to cross Vedder Road on Tuesday (Nov. 25). In an update on Wednesday (Nov. 26), Chilliwack RCMP said a 63-year-old man driving a 2007 GMC Sierra struck the woman in the Vedder Road and Luckakuck Road intersection at approximately 4:22 p.m.
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Country is the theme of a new bar in town and owners want to make it a smoking hot destination. Spurs Country Bar has taken over the space that was once the Haney Public House, at the corner of 222 Street and Lougheed Highway. Yvan Charette, former owner of the Haney, is the current owner
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