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TransLink has released a five-year action plan.
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Minister for Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly responds to a question during a news conference at the NATO Summit in Madrid on June 29, 2022. The impact on Canadian jobs and global inflation were factored into Ottawa’s decision to return a turbine being repaired in Montreal to a Russian energy giant, a position paper for Ministers produced in a court case shows. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

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Johnny Bootleg will be performing at Summer Happenings this Friday, Aug. 12. (Special to The News)

Maple Ridge is set to rock this Friday

Free concert Aug. 12, in Memorial Peace Park

The City of Maple Ridge is putting on a free movie night for residents. (City of Maple Ridge/Special to The News)

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A man enters Freedom Mobile store in Toronto on Thursday, November 24, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

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