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Former Hope mayor recalls ceremonial drive over freshly opened Coquihalla Highway

Former Hope mayor Bud Gardner has a special memory of the opening of the Coquihalla Highway: he was in the car with then-premier Bill Bennett as it burst through the vinyl barrier at the Nicolum Creek Bridge to celebrate the occasion. Gardner recalls that the day – Friday, May 16, 1986 – was filled with

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School board votes to keep Ridge Meadows College for now

The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows School Board decided against a staff recommendation to phase out Ridge Meadows College. But the future of the college is still in question. A report by superintendent Teresa Downs asked trustees to consider fiscal constraints, program sustainability, as well as “the district’s responsibility to prioritize its legislated K-12 mandate.” The board

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‘Disappointed’: Revelstoke losing 125 railroaders as CPKC relocates labour to Kamloops

A major Canadian railway company confirms that Revelstoke, a historic railroader town, will lose about 125 jobs this summer as it relocates a mass of labour to Kamloops. CPKC has been public with the Revelstoke community since summer 2025 about its intent to move a substantial chunk of its workforce two-and-a-half hours west, due to

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