Almost all highways were closed leading in and out of Hope by Wednesday evening, as heavy rains persisted in the region. Highway 7 was the first to close in the afternoon, when a landslide near the Haig Station hit the roadway. That closure runs between Highway 9 and Ross Road and assessment is expected on […]

Police raced to the Salvation Army’s housing facility in Maple Ridge Wednesday afternoon after they received a call about a man with a weapon. An unmarked vehicle and three marked vehicles could be seen outside in the parking lot at 222 Street and Lougheed Highway at around 3:15 p.m. However, Ridge Meadows Mounties said, when

The Ministry of Transportation and Transit has issued a travel advisory for areas in the Fraser Valley where there is a risk of flooding. People are asked to avoid travel unless necessary until the heavy rainfall passes and water levels subside. The ministry issued the advisory on Wednesday at about 7:15 p.m., following a day

Two people have been sentenced for the homicide of a Maple Ridge man in 2023. Maple Ridge residents Kimberley Buitenweg and Joseph McWilliams were both sentenced to five years in prison on Monday, Dec. 8, for the manslaughter of Surinderjit “Jack” Singh. The court also imposed a 10-year firearms prohibition on the pair. Singh, 55,

Officials in Princeton are monitoring the river levels of the Tulameen and Similkameen Rivers in advance of an incoming atmospheric river. The town is monitoring the Tulameen River below Vuich Creek, the Similkameen River above Goodfellow Creek, the Pasayten River above Calcite Creek and the Similkameen River at Princeton, where the two rivers join. Some