Dear Editor, While I appreciate road improvements along the Lougheed Highway – in the Whonnock/Ruskin area – I do not appreciate what appears to be a disregard for the proper disposal of items utilized in the process. I feel it’s the employer’s responsibility to ensure their employees are not leaving items just laying around after […]
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There’s a lot of summer activities coming up in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, and the wider Lower Mainland. But this year, it might be a good idea to pack an umbrella or a couple of ponchos. The July 2 weather, in which it rained steadily across most of the region for several hours, looks like
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If there was any doubt that the Phillips Backyard Festival has become Victoria’s marquee summer music event, Friday (July 10) night erased it. A capacity crowd of roughly 5,000 packed the backyard of Phillips Brewing Co. as the annual festival opened with one of its biggest headliners yet, three-time Grammy Award winner Chance the Rapper.
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The Maple Ridge Burrards had their big guns firing as they beat the New Westminster Salmonbellies 12-8 on Thursday night (July 9) at Queen’s Park Arena. Western Lacrosse Association scoring leader Marcus Klarich had a goal and four assists, team captain Tyler Pace scored a hat trick and added two helpers, and wiley vet Riley
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When a humpback whale named Pop Tart found itself in a tangle, Greater Victoria’s whale watching community sprang into action. Identified as the 2016 calf of famed Salish Sea humpback whale Big Mama, Pop Tart spent nearly a week entangled in fishing gear, described as a buoy with a rope more than 30 metres long.
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