Maple Ridge is a community with a proud Remembrance Day tradition. Each year on Nov. 11, Memorial Peace Park in downtown Maple Ridge is filled for the ceremony at the cenotaph. Some years as many as 6,000 attend. It is the local observance of nation-wide tradition on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of […]
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Brock Boeser’s third-period goal stood up as the winner, helping the Vancouver Canucks to a 4-3 win over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday at Rogers Arena. Jake DeBrusk, Drew O’Connor and Conor Garland also scored for the Canucks (8-8-0), with Kevin Lankinen earning the win in goal, making 29 saves. Kiril Marchenko (2) and
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The Abbotsford Canucks franchise record losing streak has now reached 10 games. The defending Calder Cup champions dropped games to the Colorado Eagles on Friday (Nov. 7) and Saturday (Nov. 8) as the winless steak hit double digits. The last time a Vancouver Canucks AHL affiliate had a winless streak this long was the 2013-14
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Melvin Vernon Ryan, a soldier in the Canadian Armoured Corps, was on the shores of Dieppe when he lost his closest, childhood friend during the Second World War. The pair enlisted in the military at the age of 17, just after war began because, according to Melvin’s daughter Verna Ryan, they wanted to know what
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The Saskatchewan Roughriders are headed to the Grey Cup. Trevor Harris tossed a three-yard touchdown to Tommy Nield with 11 seconds to play, lifting the Riders to an exciting 24-21 win over the B.C. Lions in the CFL’s Western Final Saturday at Mosaic Stadium in Regina. The Lions held a 21-17 lead late and had
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