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A 24-year-old man has been arrested following an armed robbery crime spree last weekend in Maple Ridge and Langley. Police received six separate reports of robbery between Friday, Dec. 5, and Sunday, Dec. 7 – all believed to have been committed by the same suspect. Four of the incidents occurred in Maple Ridge and two […]

Hope’s riverbanks held strong against heavy rainfall and atmospheric river conditions Wednesday (Dec. 10). Despite receiving 140 millimetres of rain Wednesday night the District of Hope said that the riverbanks “largely held with freeboard to spare.” “There are localized areas of flooding in low-lying areas that tend to flood when events like this occur,” said

Several major highways out of Hope remain closed due to flooding and mudslides. The Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt, the eastbound lane of Highway 1 between Chilliwack and Hope and Highway 3 between Hope and Princeton all remain closed. Highway 1 eastbound in the Bridal Falls area is closed due to a mudslide. Engineers have

The murder trial of Nicholas Bellemare heard testimony Thursday from an officer who entered a Coquitlam condo with Ridge Meadows RCMP Const. Rick O’Brien, who was killed during the raid. Bellemare is accused of having opened fire on officers with an AR-15 rifle as they raided the apartment – a drug stash house on the

A minor hockey team in Maple Ridge is holding a holiday toy drive in support of the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society. The Ridge Meadows Rustlers U13 A2 hockey team will be collecting new, unwrapped toys suitable for children up to the age of 16. “This is our first year hosting the toy