The City of Maple Ridge has updated its Official Community Plan (OCP) and neighbourhood plans to support the city’s focus on increasing the supply of affordable housing, and to meet provincial requirements introduced in 2024. Having met the provincial deadline of Dec. 31 to align local government land use policies with the new housing legislation, […]

A valiant playoff run by Vancouver Whitecaps FC fell short in Florida on Saturday, Dec. 6, when they lost the MLS Cup final. The Whitecaps played the Lionel Messi-led Inter Miami for the 2025 league title at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, 11:30 a.m. start Pacific time. The home team won 3-1. The Whitecaps were

Vancouver Giants captain Ty Halaburda scored twice, the second time with 12.4 seconds to go in the game for a 3-2 win over the visiting Portland Winterhawks at Langley Events Centre Friday. Burke Hood picked up his 10th win of the season with another standout performance, making 39 saves on 41 shots. He is now

Ottawa’s new energy and pipeline deal with Alberta is a reckless move by Prime Minister Mark Carney, one that may fatally wound his “Team Canada” approach to the era of Trump and tariffs. Carney’s memorandum of understanding covers a lot of ground, from interprovincial electricity connectivity, to nuclear power, to AI data centres, but the

Two people were taken to the hospital with “serious injuries” after a fight on a party bus in Surrey early Saturday morning (Dec. 6), police said. Police responded to a 9-1-1 call from a party bus driver around 1 a.m., who stated that a fight had broken out on the bus. The driver had stopped