One person is dead after being hit by a train on Sunday night, Feb. 22, in Maple Ridge. First responders raced to the incident at around 8:30 p.m. in the 22300 block of River Road, by Port Haney Station. Fire Chief Dave Samson with Maple Ridge Fire and Rescue said BC EHS were the first
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A 39-year-old Langley man has been given a 30-month prison sentence after he was arrested with a sawed-off shotgun, bear spray, machete, and body armour in his car. Stephen George Johnson was arrested in Surrey on May 16, 2024 by an officer with the Uniform Gang Enforcement Team of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit
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Dear Editor, [RE: Transportation projects to spur growth in Maple Ridge economy, Feb. 6, www.mapleridgenews.com] On Jan. 27, Maple Ridge city council approved the Lougheed Transit Corridor Area Plan (LTCAP). It was made clear that this was a broad overall plan and not a design, stating no decisions have been made. However, the next step
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One person has died after an overnight fatal crash in South Surrey in a water-filled ditch. Surrey Police Service is investigating the single-vehicle collision which happened at 9:37 p.m. Sunday (Feb. 22) on 168 Street north of 40 Avenue. Surrey Fire Service firefighters were able to remove the driver — a man in his 20s
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The B.C. paramedics union says it has reached an agreement in principle with the province after union members returned a strike vote last week. CUPE Local 873 members of the Ambulance Paramedics of B.C. say 80 per cent of membership participated in the vote in mid-February after talks stalled earlier in January. Details of the
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