Veteran city councillor Judy Dueck has announced she will again run for city council, and if successful would surpass 30 years of service in public office in Maple Ridge. Local elections will be held across B.C. on Oct. 17. The end of this term marks 20 years on city council for Dueck, and prior to […]
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Salmo RCMP are asking for help after a 28-year-old woman went missing from the Shambhala Music Festival. Kayla Boisvert was last seen at the West Kootenay festival on Monday, July 27 around 2:15 a.m. She was reported missing on July 28. Boisvert is described as 6′ (183 cm) tall with black hair with long blonde
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A Vernon forestry company’s bid to reduce a $75,000 fine, incurred after it caused a landslide in the Shuswap, has been denied. Tolko will have to pay the full amount after the Forest Appeals Commission found the fine was reasonable, nearly a decade after a logging road Tolko built caused an estimated 11,500 cubic metres
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Madeline Merlo is up for one of the biggest awards handed out by the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA). Merlo has been nominated for Female Artist of the Year against fellow singer/songwriters: Jess Moskaluke, Meghan Patrick, Sacha, and Tenille Townes. “So very honored CCMA,” said Merlo online. “See y’all there!!” The Canadian Country Music Association
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The shuttering of Winnipeg’s Community Review means 200,000 households will no longer get the benefit of a free community newspaper delivered to their door. It also means that more than 800 people who deliver the paper and their families will be affected. This is an unforced error that never should have happened. How did we
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