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It’s beginning to look a lot like spring. Winter has yet to hit most of the province with snow. Instead, record-breaking temperatures blasted 28 communities across B.C. Monday, Dec. 15. The hottest spot was Kamloops as the mercury rose to 18.6 degrees Celsius. That broke the 1962 record of 13.3. It felt more like summer […]

Pitt Meadows Mayor Nicole MacDonald and Maple Ridge Mayor Dan Ruimy joined with other cities across the region pushing back against the province’s new housing laws, and telling government to scrap housing targets. However, the NDP government says it’s not going backward on changes designed to create more housing, noting rents are coming down. “A

A Maple Ridge woman was sentenced to house arrest for taking part in “a violent swarming attack” on her neighbour in the trailer park where they both lived, and stealing her dog. Shiny Christy Antonius, 49, was found guilty of robbery in June of this year, and on Dec. 8 Madam Justice Shelley Fitzpatrick sentenced

Strong winds are expected overnight Tuesday, Dec. 16 and into Wednesday morning for a large part of Interior B.C. Environment Canada issued a special weather statement due to a “vigorous cold front” which will bring strong southwesterly winds throughout the Interior including to the Okanagan Valley, Similkameen, Nicola, South Thompson, the Fraser Canyon, the Cariboo

Rain is expected to continue for the Fraser Valley on Tuesday (Dec. 16) with between 50 and 70 mm in the forecast. Environment Canada issued a “yellow” rainfall warning for parts of the Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver early this morning, including Abbotsford, Chilliwack, North Vancouver, Coquitlam and Maple Ridge. The new colour-coded weather alerts