A recent provincial court hearing landed a motorist a $4,500 fine and a two-year park access prohibition for entering a closed section of the Trans-Canada Highway in Rogers Pass — not once, but twice — during avalanche control. In a statement to Black Press Media, Parks Canada shared that, last winter, a traveller drove through […]
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Thousands are in the dark following a windstorm Monday that knocked power out to many areas across the province. BC Hydro is reporting outages throughout the Okanagan, Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and various regions in B.C. Check BC Hydro for updates.
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The regional transit authority is boosting winter services on 37 Metro Vancouver Bus routes, including in Maple Ridge. TransLink has added more service on both the 745 and 746 routes to shorten wait times. The 745 Haney Place-Cottonwood will see buses every 30 minutes toward Haney Place from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m., from 60
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WARNING: This story includes details from a murder trial and may be triggering for some readers. Graphic testimony about a badly disfigured body dominated a Kelowna courtroom Monday as the second-degree murder trial of Gabriella Sears entered its second week, with a senior crime scene officer describing what he found inside a Sycamore Road home
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A local hockey team will be making children in need happy this holiday season after a successful toy donation drive on Saturday. All 17 players on the Ridge Meadows Rustlers U13 A2 team stood in the foyer at Planet Ice in Maple Ridge collecting new, unwrapped toys for children up to the age of 16.
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