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Maple Ridge Mayor Dan Ruimy has been appointed to a third year as chair of Metro Vancouver’s Housing Committee. The committee oversees the Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation, which operates 3,400 units of affordable rental housing across 49 sites, serving about 10,000 tenants. “If we weren’t there, who knows where they would be,” Ruimy said. Ruimy […]

While Interior Health (IH) has confirmed that there is currently a neurologist shortage at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH), Dr. Pete Bosma said more neurologists are needed across the region. Currently, KGH has six-and-a-half full-time neurologists, and coverage when it comes to strokes is not affected. Kelowna has been a “go-to” because neurologists at KGH also

Dear Editor, I appeared before mayor and council in 2025 to plead with them to keep our taxes low. And, I will again be appearing before them to reiterate the need to keep our municipal tax burden has low has possible in 2026. This is due to the Trump’s unjustified tariffs, which is greatly affecting

Police in Surrey are hoping the public can help them find a woman who has been missing since last October. Surrey Police Service and the RCMP Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit are renewing an appeal to the public to assist in locating 39-year-old Yvonne Jackson. Jackson has been missing since Oct. 6, 2025, and police

A toxic drug advisory was issued by Fraser Health on Thursday (Jan. 8) after a potent sedative with effects irreversible by naloxone was detected in the unregulated opioid supply. “Friends, family, and community members using unregulated substances may face increased harms of unknowingly taking different substances than intended,” Fraser Health said. According to the advisory,