The District of Hope has hired private security to patrol the streets following a “recent spike of wire thefts” in Hope. According to Kevin Dicken, director of operations for the district, district staff were informed last week (Dec. 28 – Jan. 4) that the wire theft has spread from Richmond Hill to Park Street and […]
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Maple Ridge Lions Club is hosting its annual day of mid-winter fun and expects hundreds of people to attend again this year. The Winter Family Fun Day & Market will be held on this year’s Family Day – which falls on Monday, Feb. 16, running from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Albion Fairgrounds,
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Ahead of the new RCMP headquarters opening up in Pitt Meadows this spring, the new police detachment is issuing a call out for volunteers. Back in 2019, under the direction of then mayor Bill Dingwall, Pitt Meadows council began reviewing local police services, and by November 2021 was given permission from the province to separate
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British Columbia’s prescribed safer supply program — aimed at providing people at high risk of overdose with regulated alternatives to toxic street drugs — is undergoing a major shift, drawing sharp criticism from the Opposition. As of Dec. 30, 2025, all prescriptions under the Prescribed Alternatives program must now be taken under the supervision of
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A B.C. Supreme Court justice will ponder whether a non-jail sentence is viable for a woman who killed a man helping to pave the Trans-Canada Highway near Nanaimo over four years ago. B.C. Supreme Court justice Douglas Thompson previously found Christianne Marie Boufford, 53, guilty of dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing bodily
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