West Coast Express service has been interrupted on Thursday afternoon, due to an issue with the tracks near Port Haney Station in Maple Ridge, according to TransLink. The transit authority said all service has been suspended this afternoon. West Coast Express customers are advised to take SkyTrain to Coquitlam Central Station. Extra bus service at […]

While folks across B.C. look forward to longer summer days ahead, Langford Coun. Kimberley Guiry already has winter on her mind. With the jump now made to permanent daylight saving time, Guiry has flagged concerns about longer dark fall and winter mornings and the impact on children’s safety. From early November until the end of

Moody’s credit rating agency has downgraded B.C. a notch, blaming “entrenched deficits” and a “deterioration in long-term fiscal management.” The Thursday (March 19) decision is the agency’s second downgrade for the province in two years, lowering B.C. to Aa2, or two notches below the top Aaa status. These credit rating decisions signal to investors that

A mudslide triggered by heavy rain derailed a freight train near Prince Rupert earlier this week, disrupting service along the key northern corridor to the city’s port—and later revealing a significant diesel spill. On March 16, 27 CN Rail cars derailed approximately 20 kilometres south of Prince Rupert, near Mile 80 on Highway 16. Initial

Dear Editor, A town doesn’t change all at once. It shifts slowly, almost quietly, until one day you look around and realize something familiar has been reshaped. For those of us who have lived in Maple Ridge our entire lives, the change has been both subtle and significant. What was once unmistakably a small town