Awards

BLK MKT by Avant won the 2022 Cannabis Brand of the Year Canada. (blk-mkt.ca)

High praise for Kelowna cannabis brand

BLK MKT won the 2022 Cannabis Brand of the Year by ADCANN

 

The 18th annual Business Excellence Awards on Mar. 5 had 115 attendees and gave out seven awards in a variety of categories. (The News)

Nominees set to be announced for Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Business Excellence Awards

The 19th annual award show takes place on March 25, with nominee luncheon on Jan. 13

 

This image released by Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment shows Gabriel LaBelle in a scene from “The Fabelmans.” (Merie Weismiller Wallace/Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment via AP)

Golden Globe nominations led by ‘Banshees,’ ‘Everything Everywhere’

The Globes also spread nominations around to a number of Oscar favorites

 

Community Service Youth Award winner Ruby Gibb with Mayor Nicole MacDonald and John Barnes (right) who served on the awards task force. (Neil Corbett/The News)

Pitt Meadows honours some of its best citizens

Community Service Awards part of Christmas celebrations

Community Service Youth Award winner Ruby Gibb with Mayor Nicole MacDonald and John Barnes (right) who served on the awards task force. (Neil Corbett/The News)
The Voyager RV Centre dealership is located in Lake Country. (Contributed)

Lake Country RV dealership one of top 5 in North America

Voyager RV Centre celebrated at a reception in Las Vegas

The Voyager RV Centre dealership is located in Lake Country. (Contributed)
FILE - Various Grammy Awards are displayed at the Grammy Museum Experience at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J, on Oct. 10, 2017. The 2023 Grammy Awards will air live Sunday, Feb. 5. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Partial list of nominees for the 65th Grammy Awards

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A partial list of nominees in the top…

FILE - Various Grammy Awards are displayed at the Grammy Museum Experience at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J, on Oct. 10, 2017. The 2023 Grammy Awards will air live Sunday, Feb. 5. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Shubham Joshi was awarded the sapphire category prize in the UBC Clinical Educator Recognition Draw on Oct. 31, 2022. (Pitt Meadows Physiotherapy/Special to The News)

Pitt Meadows physiotherapist wins UBC draw

Shubham Joshi was awarded the sapphire category of the UBC Clinical Educator Recognition Draw

Shubham Joshi was awarded the sapphire category prize in the UBC Clinical Educator Recognition Draw on Oct. 31, 2022. (Pitt Meadows Physiotherapy/Special to The News)
Owners Kevin Fulton (left) and Brandi Fulton (centre) of Silver Valley Brewing won a bronze medal at the 2022 BC Beer Awards. (Brandon Tucker/The News)

Maple Ridge Brewery wins bronze at BC Beer Awards

Silvery Valley Brewing won third place in the North American porter & stout category

Owners Kevin Fulton (left) and Brandi Fulton (centre) of Silver Valley Brewing won a bronze medal at the 2022 BC Beer Awards. (Brandon Tucker/The News)
Kristi Maier started as the executive director of the Chamber of Commerce Serving Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows on Oct. 3. (Chamber of Commerce Serving Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows/Special to The News)

Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows business excellence awards gala delayed

Chamber of Commerce has re-opened award nominations until end of November

Kristi Maier started as the executive director of the Chamber of Commerce Serving Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows on Oct. 3. (Chamber of Commerce Serving Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows/Special to The News)
Warren Barr and Lily Verney-Downey smile at the bar of their Pluvio Restaurant, which was recently named Canada’s best fine dining restaurantby TripAdvisor. (Andrew Bailey photo)

Ucluelet restaurant named Canada’s best fine dining experience

Pluvio tops TripAdvisor’s Best of the Best Awards

Warren Barr and Lily Verney-Downey smile at the bar of their Pluvio Restaurant, which was recently named Canada’s best fine dining restaurantby TripAdvisor. (Andrew Bailey photo)
Lisa Farquharson, publisher of the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News, is impressed with the number of people who voted for their favourite local businesses in this year’s A-List competition. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)

Votes tallied: Who’s the best?

Record numbers of readers picked their A-List faves

Lisa Farquharson, publisher of the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News, is impressed with the number of people who voted for their favourite local businesses in this year’s A-List competition. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)
The Camerons: Robert, Carol, Cory, and Roberta. (Josh Piercey/Revelstoke Review)

Revelstoke resident receives award for saving the lives of both her parents

Roberta Cameron was awarded the Vital Link award in Revelstoke on Oct. 17

The Camerons: Robert, Carol, Cory, and Roberta. (Josh Piercey/Revelstoke Review)
Sandra Maley, Devon Jones, Kasper, Jenna, and Kiel Mason, Caralea Taylor, and Lauren Barras. Jones was presented with the Vital Link Award on Oct. 4. (Josh Piercey/Revelstoke Review)

Revelstoke residents receive awards for performing life-saving CPR on baby

Devon Jones and Kirsten Miola were awarded Vital Link Awards for their actions on April 13, 2022

Sandra Maley, Devon Jones, Kasper, Jenna, and Kiel Mason, Caralea Taylor, and Lauren Barras. Jones was presented with the Vital Link Award on Oct. 4. (Josh Piercey/Revelstoke Review)
Palesa Malakoane graduated from SRT in 2022, and with the help of the Standing Tall Education Award, was able to travel to Alberta to attend school at Mount Royal University. (Coast Capital/Special to The News)

Maple Ridge teen wins education award worth $3,500

Palesa Malakoane graduated from SRT in 2022 and now studies chemistry in Alberta

Palesa Malakoane graduated from SRT in 2022, and with the help of the Standing Tall Education Award, was able to travel to Alberta to attend school at Mount Royal University. (Coast Capital/Special to The News)
Curtis Baldwin (left) last played on the PGA in 2014, where he scored one-under-par in the PC Financial Open. (Curtis Baldwin Facebook/Special to The News)

Meadow Gardens Golf Club manager nominated for PGA of BC award

Awards to be handed out at Oct. 12 celebration

Curtis Baldwin (left) last played on the PGA in 2014, where he scored one-under-par in the PC Financial Open. (Curtis Baldwin Facebook/Special to The News)
Rick Mercer arrives for the Toronto Film Critics’ Association Gala, in Toronto, Monday, March 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Rick Mercer wins the Leacock Medal for Humour for memoir ‘Talking to Canadians’

The book details Mercer’s rise to stardom

Rick Mercer arrives for the Toronto Film Critics’ Association Gala, in Toronto, Monday, March 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
MP Marc Dalton congratulated winners of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Awards. (Special to The News)

Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows residents honoured for contributions

63 locals win the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Award

MP Marc Dalton congratulated winners of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Awards. (Special to The News)
This is the second year that the City of Maple Ridge has run this Innovation Challenge program for community businesses. (The City of Maple Ridge/The News)

Maple Ridge announces list of Innovation Challenge finalists

7 local businesses now have the chance to win thousands of dollars

This is the second year that the City of Maple Ridge has run this Innovation Challenge program for community businesses. (The City of Maple Ridge/The News)
The Donaldson family of Bradner Farms has received the Century Farm Award from the provincial government. Robert Donaldson (in the centre in the plaid shirt) passed away on Aug. 11. (Photo from Bradner Farms)

Abbotsford family honoured for more than 100 years of farming

Bradner Farms celebrates 4 generations of farming with provincial award

The Donaldson family of Bradner Farms has received the Century Farm Award from the provincial government. Robert Donaldson (in the centre in the plaid shirt) passed away on Aug. 11. (Photo from Bradner Farms)
Moontock of Surrey is the recipient of the Dakota Leslie Memorial Fan Vote in the 2022 Fraser Valley Music Awards.

Winners of 2022 Fraser Valley Music Awards announced in 16 categories

Musicians honoured from across Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley

Moontock of Surrey is the recipient of the Dakota Leslie Memorial Fan Vote in the 2022 Fraser Valley Music Awards.
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