Three Climate Champions were recognized with awards at the Earth Day celebration in Maple Ridge on April 18. James Rowley of the Maple Ridge Climate Hub presented the awards, which are now in their fifth year of being presented. “With these awards we celebrate people, businesses, and organizations in our community who are taking real […]

Dear Editor, [RE: LETTER – Taxpayers shouldn’t subsidize garbage pickup, Feb.18, www.mapleridgenews.com] I read with interest the letter from a reader regarding their thoughts on municipal garbage collection. I am a former sanitation worker for a large municipality, and I spent over a decade operating and loading garbage and recycling trucks. I have always been

Victoria’s most famous sleeping beauty is keeping his fans waiting. Roger the yellow-bellied marmot has yet to pop his head up from his winter hibernation at his longtime home in the grounds of Victoria’s Fairmont Empress Hotel. Estimated to around 18 years old, the seasoned snoozer has already outlived the typical 15-year life expectancy of

An Alberta driver has been sentenced more than two years after a crash that destroyed a tow truck and Mercedes. Dalvir Singh Jhattu, 38, was sentenced April 8 to a six-month conditional sentence order, 90 days of house arrest, a 12-month Canada-wide driving ban and conditions that include no possession or consumption of alcohol, drugs

Until a last-minute deal with the First Nations Leadership Council on Sunday afternoon, Premier David Eby says he was fully prepared to introduce legislation to suspend parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) on Monday. Instead, he was convinced to commit the B.C. government to jointly working with First Nations