Live there long enough and you’ve probably seen some of those faces before in small-town Vancouver Island. Maybe one was attached to somebody wrapping a choice cut of beef for you at Ladysmith’s Bouma Meats, or serving up a plate of curried chicken to your table at the Haida Way diner in Chemainus. But before […]
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Spawning season is underway on the B.C. coast. Throughout November, chum and coho salmon are spawning, and according to the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s State of the Salmon report, both species are making a comeback. “It’s just a really cool opportunity to see these species come back and spawn in your backyard,” said Eric Hertz, foundation
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A lot of people probably wish that summer — and summer weather — was still here, and in October nearly 8,000 drivers in B.C. were presumably trying to defy the calendar by driving as if road conditions were ideal. Unfortunately for them, speed limits matter even more than usual when days get shorter and weather
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It was a short celebration to mark a big achievement. Salmon Arm city officials gathered beneath the giant treble clef Salmon Arm’s downtown on Wednesday, Nov. 12, to recognize the city landmark’s recent win in this year’s Municipal World Magazine’s Great Canadian Landmark Contest. The win was announced on Oct. 18 at the 31st annual
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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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