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B.C.’s mental health and addictions critic says the psychiatric unit at Vernon’s hospital is on diversion “for the foreseeable future.” But while Conservative Skeena MLA Claire Rattée alleged this diversion is leaving psychiatric patients to languish in hallways and emergency departments, Interior Health says this is not the case. Speaking in the legislature Monday, April […]

Living with two cats is often described as peaceful, calming, and even therapeutic. Clearly, those people have never met Lana and Lucy—my roommates. Lana, the big brown tabby, carries herself like a retired prizefighter—broad, confident, and convinced she owns not just the house, but the surrounding postal code. Lucy, on the other hand, is a

Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows will be well represented at the upcoming 48th annual B.C. Country Music Awards night. The evening will be co-hosted by Maple Ridge native Madeline Merlo along with Chad Brownlee. Merlo is up for Entertainer of the Year against: JoJo Mason of White Rock/Surrey; B.C. band The Washboard Union; and Tyler

A suspicious grass fire ignited in Dilworth Park on Wednesday at about 7:30 p.m., in what is considered a well-frequented area. According to Platoon Captain Scott Clarke, firefighters were mopping up after an early blaze that heavily damaged a home on Elwyn Road when reports began to come in of a grass fire near Chilcotin

Maple Ridge city hall will be glowing purple as part of the national Lights for Lupus campaign. This year landmarks in nine communities across the province will be decorated in purple lights, marking the largest-ever provincial show of support for World Lupus Day. Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease and is often called “the disease