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The City of Maple Ridge will allow a mulligan for new lawns, despite Metro Vancouver’s watering ban. Metro Vancouver’s stage 2 water restrictions are in effect, but the municipality is offering a short-term grace period for lawn watering permits. This measure supports residents and businesses who made financial commitments to recently complete new lawn or […]

Two assaults in Chilliwack on Sunday (May 3) are believed to be related, including one in which a youth was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Chilliwack RCMP said in a news release on Tuesday (May 5) that the assaults occurred at approximately 2 a.m., within a short period of time and in close proximity

Louise Arbour, a former Supreme Court of Canada judge, has been selected as Canada’s next Governor General. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Arbour would be the country’s 31st Governor General on Tuesday (May 5). She is the first Governor General appointed by King Charles III. The announcement from Carney’s office says Arbour is a world-renowned

July 6, 1962 – March 20, 2026 Debbie was born Debra Lee Thompson on July 6, 1962, at Grace Hospital in Vancouver, alongside her twin sister and lifelong best friend, Dianne Barbara. With only two delivery rooms at the hospital at the time, there is a high probability they were born in the same room

A blue heron with an oyster attached to its toe was transported from Vancouver to Maple Ridge for emergency care. The bird was brought to Dewdney Animal Hospital on Saturday, May 2, after a participant in a boat race on False Creek, who happened to be a biologist with Marine Mammal Rescue, noticed the experiencing