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More sunny days to come

It’s only the beginning of February, but it could be mistaken for spring as temperatures rose to 8 C in Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge on Saturday.

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Ridge commuters detoured by fire

Rush hour is snarled in Maple Ridge tonight. A power pole burst into flames just before 5 p.m. Friday in front of Quality Inn on Lougheed Highway just...

Murder victim due in court next week

Court records indicate that Brandon James Howson, the 26-year-old man who was found murdered in Pitt Meadows Tuesday, was due to appear in New Westminster...

Update: Pitt murder appears targeted

The body of the man found in Pitt Meadows on Tuesday morning has been identified as 26-year-old Brandon Howson of Maple Ridge.

Program helps hire students

A government program provides funding to non-profits and small businesses to employ youth.

Bear attack left its scars

The bear raised its head and glared menacingly at Michael Sather.

Body identified as Ridge man

A body found Tuesday morning in a remote, rural area of Pitt Meadows has been identified as that of a 26-year-old Maple Ridge man, but his name has not...

Hannah House opening new doors

Hannah House will almost double its capacity in the next few weeks.

Ridge singer is 'people's choice'

Maple Ridge's Iris Del Castillo is the people's choice to sing at the Variety's Got Talent contest this Friday.

Ridge teen signs with University of Idaho

Size is just one part of the equation when it comes to contact sports.

Incorporation can offer tax breaks

Everyone wants to pay as little in taxes as possible. There's good news if you have an incorporated business, as there are many avenues for you to explore...

Bank donates $20,000

Twenty thousand dollars was donated to the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Arts Council by Westminster Savings to allow people to attend performances at ...

Grant DePatie's killer walks again in May

He has already been released and re-arrested twice, but in just a few months, the man who dragged a Maple Ridge gas attendant to his death will be released...

Council on the web

Maple Ridge council meetings can now be viewed online via the District's website.

Fund helps scouts

A $1,500 cheque was presented to the Three Rivers Area Scouts from the Maple Ridge Community Foundation on behalf of the George Mussallem Youth Fund.

Hospice society combines romance with charity

The Ridge Meadows Hospice Society will be in a romantic mood at its fundraiser next Saturday.

Modest growth in real estate prices eyed

After surprising growth in 2011, Greater Vancouver real estate prices will rise just two per cent in 2012, Canada Mortgage and Housing is forecasting.

RCMP hunting for armed bandit

Mounties are on the hunt for an armed bandit who robbed the Shoppers Drug Mart in west Maple Ridge Monday night.

Women build shed

Two Maple Ridge women are training in the trades, and will be involved in building a shed to benefit the Lions Club.

Fistful of ministers visit Tuesday

Four high-level provincial politicians will be hosted by the local chamber of commerce next Tuesday.

Update 5 with video: Body identified as Ridge man

A body found Tuesday morning in a remote, rural area of Pitt Meadows has been identified as that of a 26-year-old Maple Ridge man, but his name has not...

RCMP hunting for armed bandit

Mounties are on the hunt for an armed bandit who robbed the Shoppers Drug Mart in west Maple Ridge Monday night.

Premier mends fences with recyclers

The premier of B.C. agrees the developmentally disabled people working at the recycling depot in Maple Ridge are doing real work.

Matrix focuses Ridge council work

It wasn't Councillor Bob Masse's top priority in the election campaign, but garbage became the "defining" issue of his campaign.

Photos: Dragon celebration ignites heated mayors bidding war

The live auction at the Chinese New Year Celebration on Saturday night at the Heritage Hall created a heated bidding war between the mayors of Pitt Meadows...

Photos: Seniors get into groove with Elvis

They wore saddle shoes and bobby socks, scarves tied flirtatiously off to the side - it felt like it was the 1950s at Willow Manor on Friday afternoon...

Reading Library move made easier by sale of books

Sandy Richardson has been saying "Shh!" as the community librarian in Pitt Meadows for about 35 years.

Haney info needed

Dewdney Alouette Railway Society is working on its diorama of Port Haney at the Maple Ridge Museum but need information about the old telephone office...

Ridge man knew when he was beat

A Maple Ridge man accused of trying to extort $500,000 out of his uncle threw in the towel halfway through his trial and pleaded guilty to a pair of charges...

Broken leg teaches kid a hard lesson

While playing with a frien, an 11-year-old boy darted out into the street from between two parked cars and was struck by a car unable to stop in time.

Lodge retreat aids patients

Five days and nights for two at an exclusive lodge in northern B.C. is the prize package in a lottery for the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation.

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Abbotsford's Jarrod Bacon found guilty at cocaine conspiracy trial

Notorious Abbotsford gangster Jarrod Bacon and his former father-in-law Wayne Scott were found guilty Friday of conspiring to traffic cocaine back in ...

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Timm-ber!

Demolition of the former Timms Community Centre got underway in earnest this week, and the walls started falling soon after.

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River cleanup Sunday

Garry Elgear will devote parts of his Super Bowl Sunday to cleaning up the Coquitlam River.

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Surrey council's letter to TransLink is too little and took too long: residents

SURREY - Three months after Surrey city council agreed to send a letter to TransLink on behalf of concerned residents asking to ban 32nd Avenue as a truck...

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32nd Avenue Alliance 'elated' with city motion

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Alleged bank robbers arrested

Police have arrested two suspected serial bank robbers, alleged to have committed 34 bank heists throughout Metro Vancouver between Oct. 11 and Dec. 20...

Man struck trying to cross Lougheed Highway

A 54-year-old man was struck by a car when he attempted to cross a dimly-lit road outside of a crosswalk, according to Ridge Meadows RCMP Cpl. Alanna ...