Maple Ridge residents will soon have more ways to stay cool during the warmer weather, and affordable fun for their families, with the city spray parks opening daily starting May 16. Hammond Outdoor Pool will be opening June 6 for weekends and then daily starting June 28, pending approval from Fraser Health. The City operates […]
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Two wrestlers from the Maple Ridge Secondary program won medals at the national championships. The event was held in Grande Prairie, Alta. in late April, and featured more than 700 athletes from across the country. Tyson Deane-Freeman, Grade 11, took silver in the Greco Roman competition, which is a traditional wrestling style that does not
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Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said one of the four people who were in quarantine in the Island Health region has tested positive for the Andes strain of hantavirus, after a cruise ship was struck with the virus earlier this month. The four arrived at Victoria International Airport on Sunday, May 10, and have
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Dear Editor, [RE: LETTER – COVID lessons were not lost on many, April 19, www.mapleridgenews.com] I was so disheartened to read the response from the angry anti-vaxxer from Maple Ridge, listing out the lessons he says ‘we’ learned from COVID. His final comment was to suggest that the reduced response to the measles vaccine is
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As the unemployment rate in B.C. hit a level of 6.8 per cent in May, Minister of Jobs Ravi Kahlon tried to put a positive spin on the news. His statement about the increase in the rate acknowledged the impact of U.S. tariffs and the Iran war, but quickly switched to saying “British Columbia is
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