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Classical piano concert raising funds for food bank in Maple Ridge

A classical concert featuring talented young pianists in the community will be raising money for the food bank in Maple Ridge. The seven musicians will be performing pieces by German composer Johannes Brahms, Polish composer Frederic Chopin, and Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff – in addition to a piano and cello duet. Piano teacher Dan Wardrope […]

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Former Langley developer accused of $800K fraud from within U.S. prison

A former Langley developer has been accused of defrauding a U.S. development company of $800,000, while he was still in prison for another, unrelated fraud. Mark John Chandler is best known in B.C. for his involvement in the development of Murrayville House, a condo complex near Langley Memorial Hospital. In 2019, after the Murrayville House

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UVic researchers discuss why B.C. couldn’t replicate Portugal’s drug strategy

At the end of the 20th century, Portugal faced a major public health crisis as a surge in heroin use drove addiction rates, overdose deaths, and infectious diseases to record highs. By the late 1990s, up to 100,000 people were estimated to be using drugs in a country of just 10 million, giving Portugal one

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Accused Maple Ridge drug dealer loses bids to have arrest, search ruled illegal

An accused drug dealer from Maple Ridge had his multiple legal attempts to have the case against him thrown out denied by the courts. Fraser David George Vickers faces two trafficking charges from his arrest in September 2020, when Ridge Meadows RCMP allegedly found him in possession of fentanyl and methamphetamine. Vickers, born in 1985,

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