After devouring a few pounds of chicken wings on Tuesday night – as a way of a practice round – Jeff LaBelle planned to go a little easy on his food intake Wednesday to help prepare him for tonight’s eating fest. The 39-year-old Maple Ridge millwright is one of 13 finalists in a provincial eating […]

Hundreds of students at Alouette Elementary marked Pink Shirt Day on Wednesday, Feb. 25, with a Kindness Parade. Every class took part in the parade, walking from the school grounds on Isaac Crescent, escorted by members of the Ridge Meadows RCMP, to two local retirement homes on 224 Street to deliver cards and treats to

Students at Douglas Park Community School in Langley City marked Pink Shirt Day on Wednesday by handing out “kindness flowers.” School Principal Mark Touzeau explained it was a symbolic way of spreading kindness on a day devoted to stopping bullying. “Every student is provided with a flower,” Touzeau told the Langley Advance Times. “Some classes

As B.C. reckons with the events surrounding the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge that left nine dead, a program aiming to prevent future mass killings by paying people to turn in prohibited firearms is just getting up and running across Canada. The program allows people to get money — several thousand dollars in some cases