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VIDEO: Maple Ridge Santa parade draws thousands downtown to celebrate the season

Thousands of people packed Memorial Peace Park before lining the streets of downtown Maple Ridge for the 22nd annual Christmas in the Park and Santa Claus parade. Beginning at 4 p.m. families lined up to have their photos taken with Santa Claus, who was in the Maple Ridge Leisure Centre’s Alder Room, and also with […]

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Laugh-out-loud panto to take Maple Ridge on a journey to Wonderland

SPECC-tacular Productions is planning a trip to the magical world of Wonderland for the holiday season. The Maple Ridge theatre group will be presenting “Alice in Wonderland A Musical Pantomime” based on the imagination of Lewis Carroll, the author of “Alice in Wonderland” and “Alice Through the Looking Glass”. There is a major time theme

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B.C. government asked to address rabbit abandonment

As domestic rabbits hop around swaths of urban land on Vancouver Island, the provincial government is facing calls to create a co-ordinated strategy to address the problem. The Union of B.C. Municipalities executive passed a resolution last month requesting that the province develop a strategy to address the root causes of feral rabbit abandonment across

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Okanagan SAR teams find unhoused person unrelated to search for missing woman

On a search for missing Lake Country woman Natalie “Chantelle” Taylor on Saturday, Dec. 6, search and rescue teams found a different unhoused individual. In total, 54 SAR volunteers from the Central Okanagan, Penticton, Oliver, Osoyoos, Vernon, Kamloops, and Nicola Valley, including three dog teams and a drone team, were out along Beaver Lake Road

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