Dear Editor, [RE: GUEST SHOT – Pitt Meadows airplane traffic is booming, March 27, The News] It was good to see some information on our “little” airport. Thanks for publishing Paul Kershaw’s article. The increase in take-offs and landings at our airport is a little alarming. As someone who lives in the area, this is […]

Let’s see the community Through Your Lens. We want to see Pitt Meadows & Maple Ridge as you see it. Send us a photo showing how you view the community, and it could be featured in a future edition of the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News. Please include the photographer’s full name and tell us where

Armstrong’s oldest veteran, and Canada’s oldest Black Second World War veteran, has passed away at the age of 104. Alvie Burden passed on Thursday, March 26, marking the end of a “remarkable century-long arc,” according to the Facebook group Black Canadian Veterans Stories. “The imprint he leaves—service, longevity, and a life lived with quiet purpose—continues

A longtime country legend is soon making his way to Abbotsford, and he’ll be bringing his award-winning honky-tonk brand of music with him. Dwight Yoakam has been a staple of the country music scene since the ’80s, with his journey taking him to some of the biggest stages in the world. However, the American singer

A film by Paul Schrader is being screened at The ACT. “Oh, Canada” tells the story of ailing filmmaker Leonard Fife, played by Richard Gere, who wants to tell his life story, unfiltered, before it’s too late. As the director of lauded documentary reports, he has much to be proud of, but his avoidance of