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Police found a woman deceased in a vehicle on a residential street in Pitt Meadows on Monday evening. (Special to The News)

Woman found dead in car in Pitt Meadows

Cause of death unknown, pending coroner’s report

Const. Craig Andrews is a new recruit with the Ridge Meadows RCMP. (Ridge Meadows RCMP/Special to The News)

Ridge Meadows RCMP Profiles series: Being the New Guy

In part 1 of six, a rookie officer in Maple Ridge tells his story

  • Jan 24, 2022
Dr. Adrian Walton with Basil the ball python. (Special to The News)

Maple Ridge vet has big snakes that need homes

Boa constrictor and ball python will be up for adoption

Two people are in hospital after a shooting incident in Mission.

Shooting incident in Mission leaves two people seriously injured

A 61-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman are in hospital

Two people are in hospital after a shooting incident in Mission.
A monoprint using a gel plate by Greta Guzek called <em>White Shadow 1</em>. (The ACT Art Gallery/Special to The News)

Explore gel plate monoprinting in Maple Ridge

Singular/Serial: Contemporary Monoprinting will be at the ACT until Saturday, Feb. 19

A monoprint using a gel plate by Greta Guzek called <em>White Shadow 1</em>. (The ACT Art Gallery/Special to The News)
The Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows School District will be receiving rapid antigen test kits for staff. (The News files)

Rapid antigen test kits coming for SD42 staff

Independent and First Nations schools across province also receiving kits

The Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows School District will be receiving rapid antigen test kits for staff. (The News files)
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Mourners attend a candlelight vigil for Jasmine Lovett and Aliyah Sanderson in Calgary, Sunday, May 12, 2019. A Calgary man who admitted to murdering his former girlfriend but denied killing her daughter is scheduled to receive a verdict in the case. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
‘We got justice’: Man who killed girlfriend also found guilty in her toddler’s death
People leave a COVID-19 vaccination site in Montreal, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Omicron may be peaking but COVID-19 isn’t done with us just yet: Tam
Dozens of signs were held at the Willow Inn in Quesnel on Thursday, Jan. 20 where the body of 33-year-old Carmelita Abraham was recently found. A Quesnel man is facing charges of murder and indignity to human remains. (Rebecca Dyok photo)
VIDEO: ‘No woman should go through this’ — Community gathers to honour murdered B.C. woman
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux waits to appear before the Commons Finance committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 10, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
PBO report questions need for Liberals’ planned stimulus spending
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Provincial conservation officers fined an angler $575 for using a barbed hook. (@ConservationOfficerService/Special to The News)

Angler in Maple Ridge on the hook for $575

Caught using a barbed hook

Provincial conservation officers fined an angler $575 for using a barbed hook. (@ConservationOfficerService/Special to The News)
Truck flipped on the Golden Ears Bridge on-ramp. (Colleen Flanagan/The Maple Ridge News)

Semi flipped at Golden Ears Bridge on-ramp in Pitt Meadows

Ambulance called to the scene for one person

Truck flipped on the Golden Ears Bridge on-ramp. (Colleen Flanagan/The Maple Ridge News)
(The Canadian Press/Tijana Martin)

Patients with COVID in Fraser Health may now share hospital rooms with uninfected

Public health officials say hospital space is at a premium

(The Canadian Press/Tijana Martin)
The Maple Ridge Leisure Centre and other fitness centres were able to reopen on Thursday. (The News files)

Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows gyms are back in action

Maple Ridge Leisure Centre fitness room adds midday closure for cleaning

The Maple Ridge Leisure Centre and other fitness centres were able to reopen on Thursday. (The News files)
Rose is missing an eye and waiting to be adopted at the Maple Ridge branch of the BC SPCA. (Special to The News)

Maple Ridge SPCA receives thousands from Betty White challenge

More than $5,000 was donated to local animal welfare charity in honour of the late American actress

Rose is missing an eye and waiting to be adopted at the Maple Ridge branch of the BC SPCA. (Special to The News)
Janis Dunning and her husband, Jacques Lemay, were appointed to the Order of Canada on Dec. 29. (Special to The News)

Former Maple Ridge resident appointed to the Order of Canada

Janis Dunning received the honour for her contribution to the arts

Janis Dunning and her husband, Jacques Lemay, were appointed to the Order of Canada on Dec. 29. (Special to The News)
Twelve people have tested positive for COVID-19 at Maple Ridge’s Baillie House long-term care facility. (The News files)

COVID outbreak declared at Baillie House in Maple Ridge

12 have tested positive at long-term care home at Ridge Meadows Hospital

Twelve people have tested positive for COVID-19 at Maple Ridge’s Baillie House long-term care facility. (The News files)
Yennadon students will be encouraged to walk and bike, to and from school, through new provincial pilot program. (City of Maple Ridge/Special to The News)

Pilot project at Maple Ridge school to encourage students to bike, walk

Yennadon elementary is one of 12 schools across the province participating in pilot project

Yennadon students will be encouraged to walk and bike, to and from school, through new provincial pilot program. (City of Maple Ridge/Special to The News)
A semi-truck lost a load of crushed cars on the Trans Canada Highway near Kamloops Thursday morning. (A&M Towing)

UPDATE: Spill of 30 crushed cars cleaned up on Highway 1 near Kamloops

Crews were on scene since 4:30 a.m. until almost 4 p.m. cleaning up

A semi-truck lost a load of crushed cars on the Trans Canada Highway near Kamloops Thursday morning. (A&M Towing)
The latest COVID case counts by local health area, according to the BC Centre for Disease Control. (Special to The News)

Positive COVID tests drop to 326 in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows

Down from 880 the week prior, by CDC stats

The latest COVID case counts by local health area, according to the BC Centre for Disease Control. (Special to The News)
The COVID-19 outbreak at Maple Ridge Seniors Village has been declared over. (Google)

COVID outbreak over at Maple Ridge Seniors Village

Was declared on Jan. 10 after 11 people tested positive for COVID

The COVID-19 outbreak at Maple Ridge Seniors Village has been declared over. (Google)
Air ambulance was called off after a single vehicle crash along Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge Wednesday afternoon. (Google Maps)

Traffic jammed after crash in Maple Ridge

Single vehicle, patient lying beside vehicle

Air ambulance was called off after a single vehicle crash along Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge Wednesday afternoon. (Google Maps)
The Rai family have donated $10,000 to the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation. (Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation/Special to The News)

Owners of Maple Ridge roofing company donate $10,000 to hospital foundation

Money to go to a portable ultrasound

The Rai family have donated $10,000 to the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation. (Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation/Special to The News)
Treena Innes, left, and Dr. Ursula Luitingh, with the Bouquets for Baba Giving Program, deliver flowers to McKenney Creek Hospice on Friday, Feb. 19. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)

Founder of Maple Ridge program Bouquets for Baba recognized by Canucks organization

Treena Innes won tickets to Canucks game in Toronto

Treena Innes, left, and Dr. Ursula Luitingh, with the Bouquets for Baba Giving Program, deliver flowers to McKenney Creek Hospice on Friday, Feb. 19. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)