Rents in B.C. are down – a total of 14.4 per cent decline in average asking rents for purpose-built apartments over the last three years. The reductions have been less dramatic in some other areas, including the rental of entire houses or condo units, but just about every category of rental housing, and most regions […]
IN OUR VIEW: Rent is finally dropping, and we need it to drop farther still Read More »
Dear Editor, [RE: Maple Ridge city council considers pay hike for incoming council, April 7, www.mapleridgenews.com] Twenty twenty-six (2026) will bring many changes to the cost of living due to the war of choice by our neighbours to the south. Europe is already reeling from the cost of gasoline, heating fuel, goods and services. We
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A provincial politician talked in the BC Legislature about Maple Ridge’s Hayden Yerbury, and how his injury showed tight knit family that is the lacrosse community. Stephanie Higginson, MLA for Ladysmith-Oceanside, told how the 15-year-old was struck in the head by a ball during a pre-game warmup, suffered a “devastating injury,” and is now recovering
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At approximately 4:12 p.m. on April 17, Langley RCMP arrested three male youths and one male adult in connection with a stabbing incident earlier in the day in the 27200-block of Fraser Highway. The incident sent two youths to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The four individuals are to remain in custody while the
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There’s an upcoming opportunity to see the Maple Ridge RCMP cells without breaking the law. The Maple Ridge RCMP is hosting an open house for the public coming up on Saturday, May 9, from noon to 3 p.m., to celebrate the launch of the Maple Ridge detachment. Following Pitt Meadows getting an autonomous RCMP detachment
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