Maple Ridge group’s inaugural New Year’s Day plunge attracts the brave and daring

More than 100 people put on their bathing suits and ran into Hayward Lake to welcome the New Year on Thursday, Jan. 1. The Maple Ridge Cold Plunge group held their inaugural New Year’s Polar Bear Swim at the lake with hot chocolate, coffee, and treats for everyone who turned out. Marcel Larouche came all […]

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‘A little blessing’: Interior Health’s 2nd baby of 2026 born in Kamloops

After a week’s worth of patiently waiting, a Kamloops couple has their good luck charm. Crystelle Jose Areuano, 23, and Paul Ibizugbe, 29, are overjoyed upon the arrival of their first child, a baby girl, who was born at 4:54 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 1 at Royal Inland Hospital, making her the second 2026 baby born

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TOP STORIES OF THE YEAR: Murder-suicide horrifies Maple Ridge neighbourhood

A Maple Ridge neighbourhood was horrified when a couple was murdered in their home, allegedly by their neighbour, who then proceeded to commit suicide. Bruce Richards and Roxanne Davidson, aged 67 and 66, were killed just before 11 p.m. on July 23. Police were called to their house at the corner of 239 Street and

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