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James Rowley and Leanne Koehn are opening the doors of Hammond Forever House to the public on Oct. 14 for tours. (Amber Light Photography/Special to The News)

Get an inside look at how Hammond Forever House was created

The 100-year-old Maple Ridge property will offer tours to the public on Oct. 14

James Rowley and Leanne Koehn are opening the doors of Hammond Forever House to the public on Oct. 14 for tours. (Amber Light Photography/Special to The News)
Drake’s new album For All the Dogs was released Oct. 6, and features the song Another Late Night, which has an accompanying music video that was shot in Maple Ridge. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Invision - Jonathan Short)

VIDEO: Drake’s new album drops, with B.C. music video

For All the Dogs is out now, with Another Late Night video shot in Maple Ridge

Drake’s new album For All the Dogs was released Oct. 6, and features the song Another Late Night, which has an accompanying music video that was shot in Maple Ridge. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Invision - Jonathan Short)
A regimental funeral service will be held for Const. Rick O’Brien on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at the Langley Events Centre. (Special to The News)

Funeral details revealed for slain B.C. Mountie

A regimental funeral for Rick O’Brien will be on Oct. 4 at Langley Events Centre

A regimental funeral service will be held for Const. Rick O’Brien on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at the Langley Events Centre. (Special to The News)
Const. Rick O’Brien, 51, of the Ridge Meadows RCMP was killed on Sept. 22 while executing a search warrant in Coquitlam. (Ridge Meadows RCMP/The News)

Charges laid in homicide of B.C. RCMP officer

Nicholas Bellemare is facing first-degree murder and attempted murder with a firearm charges

Const. Rick O’Brien, 51, of the Ridge Meadows RCMP was killed on Sept. 22 while executing a search warrant in Coquitlam. (Ridge Meadows RCMP/The News)
A memorial has been set up at the Ridge Meadows RCMP detachment in Maple Ridge to honour Const. Rick O’Brien, who was killed on Sept. 22 while executing a search warrant in Coquitlam. (Brandon Tucker/The News)

PHOTOS: Community rallies to honour slain B.C. RCMP officer

A memorial is at the Maple Ridge detachment, with a GoFundMe also available

A memorial has been set up at the Ridge Meadows RCMP detachment in Maple Ridge to honour Const. Rick O’Brien, who was killed on Sept. 22 while executing a search warrant in Coquitlam. (Brandon Tucker/The News)
Dwight Ballantyne is the founder of The Ballantyne Project, which was awarded Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2023 Indigenous Business Awards. (The Ballantyne Project/Special to The News)

Lower Mainland man wins Young Entrepreneur of the Year at Indigenous Business Awards

Dwight Ballantyne is the founder of The Ballantyne Project

Dwight Ballantyne is the founder of The Ballantyne Project, which was awarded Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2023 Indigenous Business Awards. (The Ballantyne Project/Special to The News)
A serious incident has shut down all eastbound traffic on Highway 1 near Abbotsford on the afternoon of Sept. 9. (Contributed to Black Press Media)

VIDEO: Car crash shuts down eastbound travel on Highway 1 near Abbotsford

Vehicles have not moved for nearly an hour in the aftermath of the incident

A serious incident has shut down all eastbound traffic on Highway 1 near Abbotsford on the afternoon of Sept. 9. (Contributed to Black Press Media)
Ridge Meadows and Coquitlam Search and Rescue teams rescued an injured hiker in a party of three people attempting to climb Mount Robie Reid on Sept. 7. (RMSAR/Special to The News)

American hikers rescued from Golden Ears Provincial Park in multi-team operation

Coquitlam, Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue pulled 3 hikers from Mount Robie Reid

Ridge Meadows and Coquitlam Search and Rescue teams rescued an injured hiker in a party of three people attempting to climb Mount Robie Reid on Sept. 7. (RMSAR/Special to The News)
Danko Jones (centre-left) filmed the music video for his new song Get High in Maple Ridge, which featured Remo Colasanti (centre-right) and fellow musician Damian Abraham (right). (Danko Jones/Special to The News)

PHOTOS: New music video from Danko Jones features Maple Ridge business owner

Get High was released by the Toronto rock band on Sept. 7

Danko Jones (centre-left) filmed the music video for his new song Get High in Maple Ridge, which featured Remo Colasanti (centre-right) and fellow musician Damian Abraham (right). (Danko Jones/Special to The News)
Victoria Vancek (left) and Gina Armstrong will be offering the first-ever haunted walking tours around Pitt Lake this fall. (Victoria Vancek/Special to The News)

B.C. sisters run first haunted walking tours around Pitt Meadows lake

Victoria Vancek and Gina Armstrong have tours of Pitt Lake on Sept. 9, 10, and 23

Victoria Vancek (left) and Gina Armstrong will be offering the first-ever haunted walking tours around Pitt Lake this fall. (Victoria Vancek/Special to The News)
Steve Deakin (right) earned three gold medals and one silver medal at the 2023 Pickleball Canada National Championship. (Ann Schubert – Pickleball Canada/Special to The News)

PHOTOS: B.C. player strikes gold at pickleball nationals

Steve Deakin earned 3 gold medals and 1 silver at Pickleball Canada National Championship

Steve Deakin (right) earned three gold medals and one silver medal at the 2023 Pickleball Canada National Championship. (Ann Schubert – Pickleball Canada/Special to The News)
Missing Kwikwetlem First Nation councillor Stephanie Patterson was found dead in a rural part of Mission on Aug. 15. (Anna Burns/Black Press)

Kwikwetlem First Nation releases statement on councillor’s murder

Stephanie Patterson was found dead in Mission on Aug. 15

Missing Kwikwetlem First Nation councillor Stephanie Patterson was found dead in a rural part of Mission on Aug. 15. (Anna Burns/Black Press)
Team BC won silver after finishing the Baseball Canada Cup with a record of 4-3. (Baseball Canada/Special to The News)

Team BC athletes win silver at Baseball Canada Cup

The U17 squad lost to Team Ontario 11-8 in final match of Saskatchewan tournament

Team BC won silver after finishing the Baseball Canada Cup with a record of 4-3. (Baseball Canada/Special to The News)
Missing person Stephanie Patterson was last seen leaving her Coquitlam residence on Friday, Aug. 11. (Coquitlam RCMP/Special to The News)

UPDATE: Missing Kwikwetlem councillor found dead in Mission

Stephanie Patterson had been reported missing on Aug. 11

Missing person Stephanie Patterson was last seen leaving her Coquitlam residence on Friday, Aug. 11. (Coquitlam RCMP/Special to The News)
Otto Csaszar was found deceased near the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows border on Monday, Aug. 7. (Ridge Meadows RCMP/Special to The News)

Missing elderly Maple Ridge man found dead on Monday night

76-year-old Otto Csaszar was located near the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows border

Otto Csaszar was found deceased near the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows border on Monday, Aug. 7. (Ridge Meadows RCMP/Special to The News)
Brianna Campardo (centre) won the Women’s Bikini - Open Class D division of the 2023 Vancouver Pro Qualifier and earned her IFBB Pro Card. (Twixpix Photography/Special to The News)

Maple Ridge woman earns bodybuilding pro card in 9 months

Brianna Campardo won her bodybuilding class at the 2023 Vancouver Pro Qualifier

Brianna Campardo (centre) won the Women’s Bikini - Open Class D division of the 2023 Vancouver Pro Qualifier and earned her IFBB Pro Card. (Twixpix Photography/Special to The News)
A vehicle crash on Lougheed Highway near Spilsbury Street on Aug. 1 resulted in one person dying after a motorcycle collided with a minivan. (Shane MacKichan/Special to The News)

VIDEO: 1 person dead after motorcycle collides with minivan in Maple Ridge

Incident occurred on Lougheed Highway on Tuesday evening

A vehicle crash on Lougheed Highway near Spilsbury Street on Aug. 1 resulted in one person dying after a motorcycle collided with a minivan. (Shane MacKichan/Special to The News)
Ridge Meadows RCMP are investigating a shooting in downtown Maple Ridge in the early hours of Tuesday, Aug. 1. (The News files)

BREAKING: Downtown Maple Ridge shooting sends 1 person to hospital

The incident occurred at 224 Street and Dewdney Trunk Road on Aug. 1

Ridge Meadows RCMP are investigating a shooting in downtown Maple Ridge in the early hours of Tuesday, Aug. 1. (The News files)
Maple Ridge tattoo artist and singer Alex Rousey released his song called <em>Maple Ridge</em> on June 29. (Alex Rousey/Special to The News)

B.C. city gets unofficial anthem thanks to local rapper’s new song

Alex Rousey released his song ‘Maple Ridge’ on June 29

Maple Ridge tattoo artist and singer Alex Rousey released his song called <em>Maple Ridge</em> on June 29. (Alex Rousey/Special to The News)
Police tape is shown in Toronto, Tuesday, May 2, 2017. A new poll suggests most Canadians feel they're less safe now than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, and most think the provincial and federal governments are doing a poor job of addressing crime and public safety. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

BREAKING: Multi-vehicle crash shuts down Golden Ears Bridge

Wednesday morning commuters should expect major delays

Police tape is shown in Toronto, Tuesday, May 2, 2017. A new poll suggests most Canadians feel they're less safe now than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, and most think the provincial and federal governments are doing a poor job of addressing crime and public safety. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy