Thousands of people packed Memorial Peace Park before lining the streets of downtown Maple Ridge for the 22nd annual Christmas in the Park and Santa Claus parade Saturday evening. Christmas in the Park featured Christmas cookie decorating, and photos with the Grinch, for those who were not intimidated by his Grinchy behaviour. The Downtown Maple […]
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The Ridge Meadows Flames got a pair of weekend wins over the Burnaby Steelers – one by blowout, and one by shutout. Friday night, Dec. 5, at the Cam Neely Arena the Maple Ridge junior squad beat the Steelers 7-3. The Flames took a 4-0 lead early in the game, on four straight power play
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Elenore Sturko, MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale, has not ruled out a run for the leadership of the B.C. Conservative Party—and she’d consider rejoining the party, if invited back. Sturko, former Conservative and now independent MLA, left the party after butting heads with former Conservative Party leader John Rustad. With the party caucus recently removing Rustad as
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B.C. Premier David Eby says legislative amendments are in the works after a court judgment invalidated part of a provincial law because it fails to adequately align with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA). Eby warns the judgment could put the courts in the “driver’s seat” for determining what must be
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Chilliwack’s second annual Tuba Christmas brought some holiday cheer to an otherwise dreary Saturday. About two dozen tuba and euphonium players gathered in District 1881 to play an hour of Christmas music. Organizers set up tents to keep the musicians mostly dry as they worked through their set. The free concert is one of several
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