Almost 1,000 people attended as the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows School District hosted its annual Skilled Trades Showcase event on Thursday at Thomas Haney Secondary. There were 57 different industry groups represented – college programs, industry recruiters, and employers. Students from Vancouver Community College’s hairstyling program demonstrated their skills, and numerous kids tried driving heavy equipment […]

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An association that speaks for all Canadian Legion branches, including Aldergrove, has taken issue with the U.S. president for downplaying the role Canada and other NATO allies played in Afghanistan. A Jan. 30 letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney from the leadership of The Royal Canadian Legion praised his “inspiring” remarks at an international meeting

Vancouver Giants head coach Parker Burgess called it “disappointing.” Saturday, the short-handed team suffered a 9-2 loss to the Kelowna Rockets at Langley Events Centre. Rockets scored six goals in the second period, including three on the power play, leading to a 7-2 lead after 40 minutes. Vancouver played without five regulars who were out

In late January, Environment Canada issued weather alerts in many parts of the country during some of the coldest days of the winter. These included severe weather alerts for much of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, as well as warnings about hazardous weather in eastern Alberta and through much of Ontario and southern Quebec. Still,