Dear Editor, With all the talk we’re hearing about the Metro Vancouver and the wages that are made there, I would like to bring this same issue closer to home. While our school district is making cuts to buses, Grade 7 band, and i’m guessing EAs and other teachers aids, our upper managers are sitting […]
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The glaciers are enormous, the water is deep blue, and the contrast of that blue with the ice is stunning. That’s how Dr. Sophia Johannessen from Sidney remembers her experience of visiting the coldest place on earth, Antarctica. “And then there were penguins,” she said. “So many penguins.” Johannessen, is a research scientist with Fisheries
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Maple Ridge’s street and park tree initiative, and specifically the planting of 1,000 new trees, is about three-quarters of the way to being realized. A three-year initiative, with funding from the feds, was embarked upon last fall in Maple Ridge. According to a report issued by the city on Friday, tree planting began last October,
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Jack Roslovic and Kasperi Kapanen had two goals apiece, leading the Edmonton Oilers to a 6-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Saturday at Rogers Arena. Zach Hyman and Vasily Podkolzin also scored for the Oilers (24-17-8), with Burnaby’s Ryan Nugent-Hopkins adding two assists. Surrey-born Tristan Jarry earned the win in goal, making
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A Maple Ridge woman who bought three $50 gift cards that contained zero funds has been frustrated in her attempts to get her money back. “I’m out $150,” Lorraine Comeau complained. She purchased two Starbucks cards worth $50 each as Christmas gifts, and learned one of them was already empty. Her daughter asked where she
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