After 35 years beside the Maple Ridge Museum, the historic caboose has been demolished. Built in Montreal in 1944, it was moved into place on the museum property in 1991 by the Dewdney Alouette Railway Society. Demolition of the caboose began on Thursday, Feb. 5, and continued on Friday, Feb. 6, although workers were on […]
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The Colorado Rockies have announced they will erect a new statue to Maple Ridge’s favourite ball player, Larry Walker. Walker has a ball park named for him in his home town Maple Ridge, and the Major League Team where he had his best statistical seasons has announced they will unveil the new monument on Aug.
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For the 12th year, a memorial march will be taking place in Maple Ridge to bring awareness to the missing and murdered Indigenous women locally and across the country. But, for the founder of that march, the meaning of the event is much more. Yvonne Desabrais started the march in Maple Ridge in the memory
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The Canadian charges against Dances With Wolves actor and self-described medicine man Nathan Chasing Horse remain unresolved despite his recent conviction in the United States. Chasing Horse, also known as Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, 49, was convicted by a jury in Nevada on Jan. 30 of 13 charges out of the 21 sworn against
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Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke met with federal leaders in Ottawa this week to ensure the federal government understood “the severity of the extortion crisis in Surrey” – but there’s no word on the declaration of a national state of emergency. There have been 46 reports of extortion, 11 extortion-related shootings and 29 victims (17 of
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