A group of authors under the publishing company Wharfinger’s Press will be at Bean Around Books on March 14. Jaimen Shires, Jordan Bray, Sarah Gamer, Aidan MacAulay, and Shirley White, will be at the cafe reading from their works. Shires, who currently lives in Maple Ridge, has two books, “Vote Bob” and “Bird Droppings”. The […]

Bensyn spent more than half of his first year on earth in the hospital, far from his home in Fort St. John. He was born on October 31, 2024, with Down syndrome and complex heart defects. His parents knew that their baby’s journey would be a difficult one after finding out, while pregnant, that Bensyn

B.C.’s River Forecast Centre has issued high streamflow advisories for all of coastal B.C. The centre issued the three advisories Friday (March 13) at 11:30 a.m.: for the north and central coasts, Vancouver Island and the south coast. A strong atmospheric river is forecast to hit coastal B.C. beginning midday on Sunday (March 15) and

The completion of a three-year feasibility study has further solidified efforts to remove Enloe Dam and restore access to the Similkameen River for native salmon species. A wooden dam on the river was built in 1906 to generate electricity, about 5.6 kilometres west of Oroville in Washington State, before it was replaced in 1920 with

Maple Ridge’s synchronized skating teams are looking back on a great season of competition, which included three gold medals in their last skate of the year. The Ice Symmetrix juvenile and pre-novice teams attended the 2026 Mountain Regional Synchronized Skating Championship in Spruce Grove, Alberta, at the end of January. They achieved their highest results