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Dear Editor, (Open letter to Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows MLA and Education Minister Lisa Beare) As a resident of Maple Ridge and a long-time homeschool mom, I’m deeply disappointed and frustrated to hear of the government’s recent decision to cut funding from Christian Homelearners eStreams (CHeS), without warning or reason. I am myself a homeschool graduate, […]

Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is concerned after four grey whales have been found dead around Vancouver Island this month. “Two of those four dead grey whales were extremely emaciated. Never seen such poor body condition,” said Paul Cottrell, DFO marine mammal co-ordinator for the Pacific region. One of those starved whales was

A man who was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for second-degree murder in Calgary has been arrested in Abbotsford. A press release on Wednesday (April 22) from the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia (CFSEU-BC) said the man was arrested on Tuesday at 12:50 p.m. The release said the suspect – whose name

Mission residents had the chance to ask questions and share comments with Fraser Health leadership at the health authority’s public board meeting on Wednesday (April 22). The meeting at Best Western Plus Mission City Lodge came amidst 51 consecutive nights of reduced hours at Mission Memorial Hospital’s emergency department. Board members provided updates on staffing,

In wake of the Tumbler Ridge shooting, many support services are available to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week: 310-Mental Health Support at 310-6789; Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868; Suicide Crisis Helpline: 988; KUU-US (Indigenous) Crisis Line: 1-800-588-8717; Métis Crisis Line: 1-833-638-4722; Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868. Tumbler