UPDATE: 11 p.m. A wildfire that sparked east of Pemberton off the Sea-to-Sky Highway is now considered held. A blaze that is considered held, is projected, based on fuel and weather conditions and resource availability, to remain within the current perimeter, control line or boundary, according to BC Wildfire. BC Wildfire remains on scene along […]

A White Rock hospital is set for its 10th maternity diversion since December — this time, while a maternity diversion is also in place for Ridge Meadows Hospital in Maple Ridge. While the ‘temporary’ maternity diversions have been happening since December of last year at Peace Arch and Ridge Meadows hospitals, they have previously only

A complaint about a man selling pot to high school students led to the seizure of 16 pounds of illicit cannabis, and that was just one of five significant drug busts the Maple Ridge RCMP highlight from March’s drug enforcement. The Mounties said their specialized teams, frontline officers, and traffic sections were all disrupting the

George Abbott, a former B.C. cabinet minister, has been appointed as the next chief commissioner of the B.C. Treaty Commission. The provincial government and the First Nations Summit announced Abbott’s appointment Tuesday (April 7) ahead of the end of Celeste Haldane’s third term on Saturday, April 11. Haldane was first appointed in 2017 and served

Overnight closures at Mission Memorial Hospital’s emergency department will continue into next month, Fraser Health announced on Tuesday (April 7). The emergency department will operate from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. until May 4, making it 51 straight nights with reduced hours at the E.R. Fraser Health initially announced the temporary change in hours for