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Seventeen men, including two from Surrey, B.C., have been arrested by Peel Regional Police and face a total of 106 criminal charges in connection with the ongoing extortion crisis targeting the South Asian community in the Peel Region in Southern Ontario. Police believe that the majority of those arrested have ties to the international criminal […]

The lawyer for the Quesnel city councillor sued for defamation by the wife of Mayor Ron Paull says the lawsuit should be dismissed because Pat Morton’s real aim is to punish and suppress political expression. On May 12 in Quesnel, before BC Supreme Court Justice Ronald Tindale, Anja Nel said the public interest in Coun.

Building connections in the community is what the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News’ Design an Ad contest is all about. The competition has elementary school classes from across SD42 design and create ads for businesses across both communities. This year, 140 students in six classes from three elementary schools across the district took part in

What does B.C.’s population of western painted turtles have in common with a team of fictional ghostly baseball players? “If you build it, they will come,” says restoration specialist Julie Budgen, from Sooke-based Corvidae Environmental Consulting. That “Field of Dreams philosophy” was at the heart of a Vancouver Island project to create a protected nesting

A South Surrey mom is rallying community support while advancing in a national fundraising competition benefiting BC Children’s Hospital. Keya DeSmet is currently competing in the Super Mom contest, a nationwide initiative that’s working to support the Children’s Miracle Network. The contest is based on weekly public voting, with participants advancing through rounds towards a