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Ridge Meadows players Aidan Chabot, Zach Lovett, and Brandon Osborne helped U18 Team Canada win bronze at the 2023 ISBHF World Junior Ball Hockey Championships. (Liberec/Special to The News)

B.C. athletes become world champion ball hockey players

A total of 26 B.C. players were at 2023 ISBHF World Junior Ball Hockey Championships

Ridge Meadows players Aidan Chabot, Zach Lovett, and Brandon Osborne helped U18 Team Canada win bronze at the 2023 ISBHF World Junior Ball Hockey Championships. (Liberec/Special to The News)
Cyclist Maggie Coles-Lyster was forced to withdraw from the Giro d’Italia Donne due to the continued adverse effects of her recent bronchitis. (Maggie Coles-Lyster/Special to The News)

B.C. cyclist forced to withdraw from international competition due to illness

Maggie Coles-Lyster dropped out halfway through the 1,000 km Giro d’Italia Donne

Cyclist Maggie Coles-Lyster was forced to withdraw from the Giro d’Italia Donne due to the continued adverse effects of her recent bronchitis. (Maggie Coles-Lyster/Special to The News)
Belfor Property Restoration is continuing to work through the rubble of the Edge On Edge 3 building, which is all that remains after the June 9 fire. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)

Lower Mainland bar hosts Halloween in July event to raise money for fire victims

The Wolf Bar fundraiser will take place on July 7

Belfor Property Restoration is continuing to work through the rubble of the Edge On Edge 3 building, which is all that remains after the June 9 fire. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)
Ridge Meadows RCMP Supt. Wendy Mehat let the public know that missing teen Esther Wang was found alive and well in Golden Ears Provincial Park on June 29. (Brandon Tucker/The News)

Missing teen spent 54 hours lost in Golden Ears Provincial Park

Esther Wang emerged from the forest on Thursday evening and is reunited with family

Ridge Meadows RCMP Supt. Wendy Mehat let the public know that missing teen Esther Wang was found alive and well in Golden Ears Provincial Park on June 29. (Brandon Tucker/The News)
Larissa Franklin will be one of seven B.C. athletes playing with Team Canada at the 2023 WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup Group Stage. (Larissa Franklin/Special to The News)

B.C. softball players join Team Canada in journey to World Cup

7 of the 16 Team Canada athletes that will be in the world cup group stage are from B.C.

Larissa Franklin will be one of seven B.C. athletes playing with Team Canada at the 2023 WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup Group Stage. (Larissa Franklin/Special to The News)
A fire in the early morning hours of June 10 has evacuated more than 200 Maple Ridge residents. (Brandon Tucker/The News)

VIDEO: 200 people displaced after large fire in downtown Maple Ridge

Cash donations are the preferred method of giving back, according to Canadian Red Cross

A fire in the early morning hours of June 10 has evacuated more than 200 Maple Ridge residents. (Brandon Tucker/The News)
41-year-old Arthur Comeau was shot and killed in Maple Ridge on April 28, 2022. (The News files)

Maple Ridge man charged with second-degree murder after Lower Mainland shooting

41-year-old Arthur Comeau was killed on April 28, 2022

41-year-old Arthur Comeau was shot and killed in Maple Ridge on April 28, 2022. (The News files)
Last year, Hope Air was able to facilitate 10,251 travel arrangements for Canadians in medical need. (Hope Air/Special to The News)

Give Hope Wings fundraiser cleared for takeoff at B.C. regional airports

Western leg of Hope Air fundraising campaign starts at Pitt Meadows airport on June 10

Last year, Hope Air was able to facilitate 10,251 travel arrangements for Canadians in medical need. (Hope Air/Special to The News)
Ridge Meadows Burrards will be hosting a female lacrosse tournament called Reign Storm from June 8 to 11. (Ridge Meadows Burrards/Special to The News)

700 female lacrosse players travel to Lower Mainland for province-wide tournament

Reign Storm tournament takes place in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows from June 8 to 11

Ridge Meadows Burrards will be hosting a female lacrosse tournament called Reign Storm from June 8 to 11. (Ridge Meadows Burrards/Special to The News)
Timothy Gorman and his dog have been missing from Maple Ridge since May 15. (Ridge Meadows RCMP/Special to The News)

RCMP search for missing Maple Ridge man and his dog

Timothy Gorman is still believed to be somewhere in the Lower Mainland

Timothy Gorman and his dog have been missing from Maple Ridge since May 15. (Ridge Meadows RCMP/Special to The News)
(L-R) Coach Chris MacDonald, Mackenzie Bickell, Hudson LaFayette, Aidan Schumer, Dylan MacDonald, and John Paul Kahlert helped the UBC Thunderbirds claim victory at the NAIA Men’s Golf Championships. (NAIA/Special to The News)

UBC Thunderbirds claim victory at national golf tournament

The B.C. team finished at five-over-par at the 2023 NAIA Men’s Golf Championships

(L-R) Coach Chris MacDonald, Mackenzie Bickell, Hudson LaFayette, Aidan Schumer, Dylan MacDonald, and John Paul Kahlert helped the UBC Thunderbirds claim victory at the NAIA Men’s Golf Championships. (NAIA/Special to The News)
Brennan Sonne, head coach of the Saskatoon Blades, was declared the WHL Coach of the Year for the 2022-23 season. (Steve Hiscock - Saskatoon Blades/Special to The News)

WHL Coach of the Year award goes to former Lower Mainland player

Brennan Sonne got Saskatoon Blades to semifinals in 2nd year as head coach

Brennan Sonne, head coach of the Saskatoon Blades, was declared the WHL Coach of the Year for the 2022-23 season. (Steve Hiscock - Saskatoon Blades/Special to The News)
Jaime Perrault (right) helped Team Canada qualify for the Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship by going unbeaten in the qualifiers. (Canada Soccer/Special to The News)

B.C. teens help bring Team Canada to Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship

Jaime Perrault put up a goal and two assists during Canada’s perfect 4-0 run in qualifiers

Jaime Perrault (right) helped Team Canada qualify for the Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship by going unbeaten in the qualifiers. (Canada Soccer/Special to The News)
A traffic collision at Laity Street and Lougheed Highway involving a pedestrian resulted in two vehicles being flipped onto their sides late Thursday morning. (Shane MacKichan/Special to The News

UPDATE: Pedestrian dead after being struck by out-of-control vehicle in Maple Ridge

Police say the vehicle was travelling east in a westbound lane on Lougheed Highway

A traffic collision at Laity Street and Lougheed Highway involving a pedestrian resulted in two vehicles being flipped onto their sides late Thursday morning. (Shane MacKichan/Special to The News
Jaime Perrault (2nd from left) will be returning for her second season with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy. (Vancouver Whitecaps FC/Special to The News)

B.C. players return for second season with Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy

The women’s team won the inaugural season of League1 BC soccer

Jaime Perrault (2nd from left) will be returning for her second season with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy. (Vancouver Whitecaps FC/Special to The News)
B.C. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth helped award 48 recipients working in the correctional field in the province with the Corrections Exemplary Service Medals and Bars. (The News files)

B.C. correctional workers given prestigious provincial awards

48 people were given awards for 10 years, 20 years, and 30 years of service

B.C. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth helped award 48 recipients working in the correctional field in the province with the Corrections Exemplary Service Medals and Bars. (The News files)
Members of IERT surrounded a vehicle stopped on Lougheed Highway on Friday afternoon in connection to a Port Moody kidnapping. (Neil Corbett/The News)

UPDATE: Five arrested in alleged kidnapping

Police swarm vehicle in Lower Mainland to rescue kidnapped man

Members of IERT surrounded a vehicle stopped on Lougheed Highway on Friday afternoon in connection to a Port Moody kidnapping. (Neil Corbett/The News)
Mayor Nicole MacDonald and the rest of Pitt Meadows city council voted not to become a funding partner in the Harris Road underpass project during the April 18 council meeting. (Brandon Tucker/The News)

City of Pitt Meadows votes not to become a funding partner in underpass project

Port authority was asking for $49.6 million from city for Harris Road underpass

Mayor Nicole MacDonald and the rest of Pitt Meadows city council voted not to become a funding partner in the Harris Road underpass project during the April 18 council meeting. (Brandon Tucker/The News)
A stabbing incident at a Maple Ridge home sent three individuals to hospital on Saturday morning. (Brandon Tucker/The News)

Maple Ridge stabbing sends 3 people to hospital

The incident happened Saturday morning on Garden Street

A stabbing incident at a Maple Ridge home sent three individuals to hospital on Saturday morning. (Brandon Tucker/The News)
Several members of the Hopcott family, which runs Hopcott Farms in Pitt Meadows, were selected as the BC Outstanding Young Farmers of 2023. (Hopcott Farms/Special to The News)

Lower Mainland family declared BC Outstanding Young Farmers of 2023

The Hopcott siblings will be competing for the national title later this year

Several members of the Hopcott family, which runs Hopcott Farms in Pitt Meadows, were selected as the BC Outstanding Young Farmers of 2023. (Hopcott Farms/Special to The News)