The B.C. government is forming a task force to monitor the impacts of the war in Iran — but the province’s farmers are already feeling the pinch. The war is causing major spikes in the price of both fuel and fertilizer just as planting season is getting underway. “Between feed, fuel, and fertilizer, it’s completely […]
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The Carney government is temporarily pausing the federal fuel tax until Labour Day, which the prime minister says could save drivers up to 10 cents at the pump. In Ottawa on Tuesday (April 14), Prime Minister Mark Carney announced several “new measures to bring down costs for Canadians,” which included suspending the federal fuel excise
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Ridge Meadows Minor Baseball hosted its annual Opening Day event on Saturday, April 11 at Pitt Meadows Athletic Park, and recognized award winners from the 2025 season. It’s now the largest minor baseball association in British Columbia, with more than 80 teams, and over 1,000 athletes. The association is starting its 71st season, and players,
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Maple Ridge will soon have a new garden to memorialize the city’s Japanese pioneers. Construction on a Japanese Garden at Jim Hadgkiss Park has started, marking a milestone in a project to honour the legacy and contributions of early Japanese Canadian families who settled in Maple Ridge in the early 1900s, and helped shape the
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WARNING: This story discusses disturbing material A Langley man has been convicted of a five charges linked to making and possessing child sexual abuse material, following a trial in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster. James Karl Ross was found guilty of possession child pornography, transmitting child pornography, making sexually explicit material available to a