The new Japanese Garden building built in Jim Hadgkiss Park will be named the Ichigo Garden, in honour of the strawberry farmers that helped build Maple Ridge. Maple Ridge city council honoured the naming request from the Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association (VJGA). That group worked with the city on the project. It explained the concept […]
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Some sharp-eyed fans in the stands at Langley Events Centre on Saturday may have recognized the 6’5” 225 lb. visitor who was cheering on the Bandits as they avenged their defeat earlier in the month by flattening Ottawa BlackJacks. On Sunday, the team announced fan favourite Mitch Creek would be returning to the Bandits for
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Hundreds of people turned out for the 23rd annual Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation Fund Run on June 7, raising thousands for needed hospital equipment, supplies, and programs. More than 200 runners – and walkers – came out to Fairview Elementary School, despite the rain, in addition to 42 volunteers. So far, more than $56,000 has
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Maple Ridge RCMP are investigating what they described as a fatal motor vehicle incident Saturday night at Lougheed Hwy and 287 St. Staff Sgt. Marcel Pinto said it happened around 8:45 p.m. between 287 St. and Hayward St. in Mission. Westbound traffic on Lougheed Hwy was closed until 4:35 a.m. Sunday. “The scene was cleared,
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Cinematic and literary depictions of future wars tend towards spectacular explosions, flickering lasers, and giant robots. They do not usually feature a couple of grunts in a dugout using video game controllers to manoeuvre a small drone so they can blow up a couple of enemy grunts in another dugout. The current wars between Russia
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