Maple Ridge Fire & Rescue crews are dealing with a wildfire located at the top of the Rock Ridge area, along the interface with the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest. Crews were dispatched on Friday night (May 22) at approximately 7 p.m., and report the fire is not escalating as of Saturday morning. The fire is […]

Overtime was once again the Achilles’ heel for the Nanaimo Clippers as their season ended with a 4-3 overtime loss in Game 5 of the B.C. Hockey League championship series. Down 3-1 in the best-of-seven Rogers BCHL Cup final, the Clippers were at Centennial Regional Arena in Brooks, Alta. Friday, May 22 for the fifth

The Ridge Meadows’ Hospice Society’s poignant fundraiser Hike for Hospice is coming up this Sunday, May 24 at Allco Park in Maple Ridge. The hospice invites residents to have a picnic in the park, and take part in a 1.3 km memorial walk to honour loved ones. There is music, a ceremonial flower petal release

As orcas cruised by the Breakwater headed for Oak Bay, killer whales of the floral variety were making waves on dry land near Victoria’s Inner Harbour. Returning for their 17th summer, a towering mother and calf topiary packed full of more than 10,000 individual plants has once again surfaced at the corner of Government and

A B.C. hockey legend and artist will soon open a new gallery in downtown Parksville, appropriately named Gallery 35. Richard Brodeur (No. 35) has been painting professionally for more than 30 years, known in particular for his nostalgic paintings of backyard hockey rinks reminiscent of childhood memories. Before he became known as “King Richard” for