The public can get details about the city’s plans for an new industrial area. The City of Maple Ridge is hosting online information sessions about the 256th Street Industrial Lands Area Plan today, Jan. 14 from 12:30 to 2 p.m., and again on Jan. 15 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Those wanting to watch must […]
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Updated on Jan. 14 at 12:02 p.m. A train carrying coal derailed near Elkford on Tuesday, Jan. 13, and blocked Fording River Rd. CPKC spokesman Terry Cunha said there were 22 cars carrying coal that went off the rails around 7:30 a.m., approximately 25 kilometres north of Elkford. Elk Valley RCMP Sgt. Svend Nielsen said
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Freedom of speech and religious freedom are in jeopardy, according to some Conservatives. Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee MP Scott Anderson says the looming Bill C-9 is cause for concern and he will be discussing it at an Emergency Town Hall. The event at the Schubert Centre Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 6:30 p.m., is with Ontario MP Andrew
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Four hikers stranded in the Golden Ears Mountains during a winter storm were rescued on Tuesday, Jan. 13. Rick Laing, spokesperson for Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue, said his team got the call on Saturday, but could only get the group off the mountain after they spent three more nights there. Fortunately, they found the
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Police in Surrey are investigating after shots were fired at a Newton business. The early-morning shooting, which happened shortly after 2 a.m. Wednesday (Jan. 14) in the 8000-block of King George Boulevard, appears to be related to the ongoing series of extortions in the city, a Surrey Police Service release noted. A business was damaged
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