An unseasonably warm winter has broken some records in the region. While the normal maximum temperature for this time of year is around five degrees Celsius, both Vernon and Salmon Arm were well above that on Thursday, Feb. 26. Salmon Arm set a new record of 15.2 C, breaking the 10.6 record set in 1932. […]
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Canada’s mountain guide and forecasting industries have detailed the rigorous safety training that heli-skiing operators undergo, amid the recent death of a guest skier in an avalanche near Revelstoke while on tour with a local company. On Thursday, Feb. 19, Revelstoke’s Selkirk Tangiers Heli Skiing (STHS) recovered and evacuated a member of a visiting tour
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Let’s see the community Through Your Lens. We want to see Pitt Meadows & Maple Ridge as you see it. Send us a photo showing how you view the community, and it could be featured in a future edition of the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News. Please include the photographer’s full name and tell us where
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A 25-year-old was arrested in Abbotsford on Tuesday (Feb. 24) for dangerous driving and refusing to provide a breath sample after allegedly travelling over 200 km/h in a 60 km/h zone. According to a social media post from the Abbotsford Police Department, a patrol officer clocked a grey pickup driving at 198 km/h in an
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Tim Walters loves football but argues we need less of it. During the balmy afternoon of Monday, Feb. 23, inside the student lounge of Okanagan College’s Salmon Arm campus, the English professor and researcher shared with an attentive audience a public presentation on his ongoing work related to the climate cost the Fédération Internationale de
Football loving B.C. professor red cards upcoming FIFA World Cup for carbon emissions Read More »