The City of Maple Ridge is pursuing an operating budget with a 3.5-per-cent tax increase for 2026. That’s well down from the 6.3 per cent called for in the city’s 2025-2029 financial plan, approved by council last year. At budget meetings on Dec. 8 and 15, councillors spoke about keeping the increase low during tough […]

Close to 300 seniors gathered at Maple Ridge Alliance Church for the annual Christmas lunch put on by Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services on Tuesday, Dec. 16. The event provided seniors with a free, full traditional turkey feast, with all the fixings, along with punch, coffee, and dessert. There was live entertainment and Santa Claus

Dear Editor, I would like to give a large “Thank You!” to all the people who stopped what they were doing to help the guy that did a hard fall onto the sidewalk in front of SportChek store. Thank you to the couple that rushed into the store to get help, and to another couple

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) says it’s been informed that BC Assessment will not be going forward with planned changes to the assessed value of pipelines. The decision not to change the pipeline valuation model comes as “very good news” for municipalities and regional districts, according to TNRD board chair Barbara Roden. Local governments were

BC Hydro says power has been restored to about 88 per cent of the 120,000 customers impacted during a windstorm on B.C.’s south coast overnight. The windstorm, which started Tuesday (Dec. 16), knocked out power to more than 120,000 BC Hydro customers in the Lower Mainland, Sunshine Coast, Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. BC