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A bill that would place greater reliance on professionals during the building approvals process has passed second reading in the B.C. legislature. The professional reliance act, brought forward as a private member’s bill by Nanaimo-Lantzville MLA George Anderson to speed up development approvals, garnered full support from the B.C. NDP in a vote on Monday, […]

A Summerland musician has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Paul Rodgers, founding member of Bad Company and Free, was the only Canadian inducted into the Hall of Fame this year. Because of health concerns, Rodgers, 75, was not able to attend the ceremony in Los Angeles, but Canadian performer Bryan

Maple Ridge Concert Band will be joining forces with the Westview Secondary School Senior Concert Band for an upcoming concert called “A Cornucopia of Music”. All three programs of concert band will be performing including the ABC Beginner Band – a learning program for music reading and raw beginners wanting to learn how to play

Speaker Raj Chouhan broke a tie in the B.C. legislature on Wednesday evening on a major energy bill, with the government again pushing through its agenda without the support of the NDP’s sometime partner, the B.C. Greens. Like Bills 14 and 15, the controversial energy and infrastructure bills that passed at the end of the

Help-Portrait Ridge Meadows is back for its 13th year, offering free, professional family photos for anyone in need. Each year volunteers come together including: hair stylists, makeup artists, photographers, editors, framers, and other general volunteers, to put together the event. Those who show up for a portrait will get a mini makeover before posing for