It’s the last week for the Salvation Army’s kettle campaign. It’s Christmas time in Ridge Meadows, and for most of us this means running around to stores and family gatherings to make the holiday season perfect for those we love. At the Salvation Army Ridge Meadows, the same holds true – only they’re making Christmas […]

The man convicted of killing Abbotsford woman Chelsey Gauthier in 2017 has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. At the Supreme Court of BC in Abbotsford on Thursday (Dec. 18), Gary Losch, 70, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for manslaughter and two years in prison for indignity to human remains, to be

A Vancouver Island food market will be paying six women $750,000 after reaching a settlement in a class-action lawsuit against them and a former employee who was found to have secretly recorded women in the store’s bathroom. The $750,000 settlement will be split among the six plaintiffs in the suit, with different amounts allocated between

Despite the CPKC Holiday Train’s 90-minute delay getting through Rogers Pass Wednesday afternoon, the cold, rain and hail didn’t dissuade hundreds from waiting at the Revelstoke rail yard for the Barenaked Ladies to roll in. On a railway tour across British Columbia to raise money for local food banks this holiday season, the iconic Canadian

Live Here, Shop Here is a Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News campaign that spans the holiday season to spotlight the value of shopping local. It is the high degree of expertise and personal service that people receive when they shop local, something typically missing when shopping at big box stores and online retailers. There is