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New champions were crowned at the fourth annual Dancing in the Ridge competition, which raised thousands for those in need in the community. The event raised $21,000 for the Maple Ridge Community Foundation’s Community Chest program, which gives out one-time financial assistance to families or individuals facing an immediate crisis that could lead to a […]

Vernon, Revelstoke and Penticton will be included in a province-wide protest demanding a halt to old-growth logging on Tuesday. In Vernon, it’s being dubbed a “showdown at BC Timber Sales,” and the local organizers, which include the Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance and the Interior Watershed Task Force, are driving that adversarial image home by encouraging

An indoor bike park is about to open in Maple Ridge. The North Shore Bike Park was forced to move from its home in North Vancouver, but after volunteers put in a construction effort to rival the building of the pyramids, it has been reassembled in a Maple Ridge industrial park. Owning partner Mike Upton

Lung cancer screening is now available in Maple Ridge. The free service is offered by BC Cancer, through the Provincial Health Services Authority, at Ridge Meadows Hospital, for eligible people who are at a high risk of lung cancer and who are not experiencing any symptoms. According to BC Cancer, lung screening can provide at-risk

B.C. has agreed to change its policies for how it prioritizes Indigenous people for liver transplants, and to end practices alleged to be discriminatory, the province confirmed on Thursday (Nov. 13). The changes were agreed to in a settlement between the province and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) to resolve a longstanding Human