A trio of talented young Maple Ridge hockey players were selected in the Western Hockey League Prospects Draft, which was held on May 6 and 7. A first-round pick, 22nd overall, was Jacson Bradbeer who was chosen by the Swift Current Broncos. The 5-9, 151 pound offensive defenceman posted a whopping 61 points (9 goals, […]
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Crew members aboard a fishing vessel were rescued last week after their vessel hit a rock and partially sank. After hitting a rock in Barkley Sound, fishing vessel Northern Challenge, an 11.5-metre (40-foot) fishing trawler, became partially submerged. The Coast Guard vessels CCG Cape Sutil and Bamfield 1 responded to the incident site, which a
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Students at Maple Ridge Secondary and members of the community walked 7,000 laps of the school’s track on Tuesday, May 5, in honour of Red Dress Day. The walk, which has been taking place for the past three years to mark the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and those
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Volunteers were up at the crack of dawn setting up for the annual Kiwanis Club of Golden Ears 2026 Spring Plant Sale. About 15 people were busy unloading more than 1,000 hanging baskets and planters at 5 a.m. for the sale in the parking lot at Ridge Meadows Hospital. There were baskets for full sun,
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Police are urging anyone with information about the Inez mural vandalized on Red Dress Day to come forward with it. “Chilliwack RCMP is investigating an incident of vandalism involving one of the city’s most beloved murals, located on Victoria Avenue in downtown Chilliwack,” said Cpl. Carmen Kiener, media relations officer, in a release May 7.
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