Plenty more tagging shifts are available ahead of Remembrance Day on Nov. 11. There are 18 shifts that require volunteers in front of: Langley Farm Market at 207 Street and Lougheed Highway, Walmart at 224 Street and Lougheed Highway, Kanaka Creek Liquor Store at 11225 240 St., and Rona at 21213 Lougheed Highway. Each shift […]
Poppy taggers needed ahead of Remembrance Day in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows Read More »
A new facility, specializing in the food storage and distribution of local crops and value-added food processing, will be constructed in Summerland. On Nov. 7, a groundbreaking ceremony for the Okanagan Food Hub was held at 15815 Highway 97. The food hub is described as a state-of-the-art facility that will have more than 2,100 square
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Sherri chose to leave us on her son Andrew’s 29th birthday, October 6, 2025, which ensures that she will never be forgotten. She arrived in Maple Ridge on December 15th, 1970 with a heart big enough to hold her family, friends, fishing community, beloved coworkers, the Golden Ears Metis Society, the lheidli t’enneh, and most
Sherri Lynne Thompson Britton Read More »
The Conservative Party of B.C. has issued a statement claiming that, in light of the closure of the mill in 100 Mile House, the NDP is destroying the province’s softwood industry. On Nov. 7, Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Lorne Doerkson, as well as forestry critic and Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Ward Stamer, pointed blame at the B.C. NDP
Conservative forestry critic calls closure of 100 Mile West Fraser mill ‘devastating” Read More »
Sparky? Fire Cat? Miss Mew? Or simply Cat? Folks in the rural Vancouver Island community of Metchosin can’t seem to agree on a name for the feline that has prowled the municipal grounds for roughly 14 years. But one thing’s certain – whatever his name, and no matter who you ask, he’s a local legend.
Purr-fectly in charge: Meet the cat who’s become top dog in a B.C. fire hall Read More »