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A group of 1st Laity View Scouts worked hard cleaning headstones at Maple Ridge Cemetery. Owen, Wyatt, and Anthony, were able to clean more than 60 headstones on Wednesday, April 29. The trio are working towards their Chief Scout’s Award. Many public headstone preservation sessions will be taking place over the summer. They are put […]

A new playground is going to be built at a Maple Ridge school, one of 25 announced by the province on Friday. On May 1, Lisa Beare, Minister of Education and Child Care, was at Fairview Elementary for the announcement, along with school board chair Elaine Yamamoto and trustees Hudson Campbell and Pascale Shaw. Beare

A man was shot dead in broad daylight at a Surrey business on Monday afternoon (May 4). The shooting happened at an office complex at 13049 76 Ave., where Surrey Police and IHIT (Integrated Homicide Investigation Team) officers remain on scene. A Black Press freelancer on scene reported the call came about 3 p.m. Monday.

Two new cherry varieties, developed in Summerland, will be introduced to global markets. The Sansia and Safirah cherries, developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s sweet cherry breeding program, will be launched by World Fresh Exports Inc. “This is an incredibly exciting moment for us,” said Sarah Bistritz, global sales and operations manager for World Fresh.

The fate of the Ekati diamond mine won’t be known for at least another week, after the mine’s owner filed for insolvency protection in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) allows for businesses to come up with a plan to figure out finances so creditors can be