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A man died in a fire at a townhouse Thursday in Maple Ridge.

Man dies in Maple Ridge townhouse fire

Maple Ridge fire department is still investigating what started a fire in a townhouse on 207A Street

A man died in a fire at a townhouse Thursday in Maple Ridge.
Attorney General and Minister of Justice tours the wing at Alouette Correctional Centre for Women where BC Corrections’ new Mother-Child Program is now offered. The Mother-Child Program provides women in custody the opportunity to live and bond with their newborns, while still ensuring the health, safety and security of the child.

Maple Ridge prison opens new mother-child unit

New mothers will be allowed to raise their babies while incarcerated at the Alouette Correctional Centre for Women in Maple Ridge

Attorney General and Minister of Justice tours the wing at Alouette Correctional Centre for Women where BC Corrections’ new Mother-Child Program is now offered. The Mother-Child Program provides women in custody the opportunity to live and bond with their newborns, while still ensuring the health, safety and security of the child.
City of Pitt Meadows employee salaries rose 4.4 per cent last year.

A call to freeze to Pitt council salaries

They have risen 50 per cent in six years, staff pay up too

City of Pitt Meadows employee salaries rose 4.4 per cent last year.
Staff are running Pitt airport until a new general manager is hired.

Pitt Meadows airport replacing general manager

Airport board of directors are implementing a new strategic plan and say they need new leadership

Staff are running Pitt airport until a new general manager is hired.
A screen shot from a Farsi children's program produced by Parvaz Film.

Ridge company suspended under temporary Foreign Worker program

Parvaz Film Corporation is suspended from using the program while an investigation is underway.

A screen shot from a Farsi children's program produced by Parvaz Film.
Jassi Sidhu in an undated photograph with her husband Sukhwinder ‘Mithu’ Sidhu.

Maple Ridge mother, uncle accused in ‘honour-killing’ appeal extradition to India

Jassi Sidhu's mother Malkit Kaur Sidhu and uncle Surjit Singh Badesha are accused of planning her murder

Jassi Sidhu in an undated photograph with her husband Sukhwinder ‘Mithu’ Sidhu.
Ridge Meadows RCMP Insp. Dan Splinter with a fully automatic assault rifle seized from a house in Mission May 29.

Ridge Meadows RCMP seize guns, ammo, drugs

White van stopped in downtown on May 29, led to Mission search

Ridge Meadows RCMP Insp. Dan Splinter with a fully automatic assault rifle seized from a house in Mission May 29.
Colleen Flanagan/the news Vicuña Art Studio instructor Maria Daley with a painting by student Bonnie McPherson titled I love spring, and Gina Miller with a painting by student Michelle Harding titled My budgie tribute, created in memory of  Harding’s pet bird.

Maple Ridge artists set to ‘Spring into Summer’

Vicuña Art Studio and Gallery hosts show on June, 12,13 and 14 featuring 50 artists from Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows

Colleen Flanagan/the news Vicuña Art Studio instructor Maria Daley with a painting by student Bonnie McPherson titled I love spring, and Gina Miller with a painting by student Michelle Harding titled My budgie tribute, created in memory of  Harding’s pet bird.
B.C. Premier Christy Clark addresses a room of Pitt Meadows citizens of the century on Friday at the South Bonson Community Centre. On stage with Clark were Pitt Meadows mayor Deb Walters, MLA Doug Bing and centennial celebrations coordinator Erin Mark.

B.C. premier faces questions about teachers strike at Pitt Meadows celebration

Christy Clark says BCTF bargaining can happen without job action

B.C. Premier Christy Clark addresses a room of Pitt Meadows citizens of the century on Friday at the South Bonson Community Centre. On stage with Clark were Pitt Meadows mayor Deb Walters, MLA Doug Bing and centennial celebrations coordinator Erin Mark.
Students from Samuel Robertson Technical High School in Maple Ridge perform at last year’s School of Rock concert at the ACT.

Six Maple Ridge bands ready to rock the ACT

Students from Samuel Robertson Technical's School of Rock hosts their annual concert Friday June 6

Students from Samuel Robertson Technical High School in Maple Ridge perform at last year’s School of Rock concert at the ACT.

Pitt Meadows council supports delay of Metro waste incinerator

Coun. Elkerton advises, be mindful of cost to taxpayer.

Ridge Meadows RCMP stand outside the front entrance of Garibaldi secondary after a lock-down Thursday afternoon.

Lockdown ends at Maple Ridge schools

RCMP say lockdown was requested following a police situation near Garibaldi secondary and Blue Mountain elementary in Maple Ridge

Ridge Meadows RCMP stand outside the front entrance of Garibaldi secondary after a lock-down Thursday afternoon.

Feds reject Pitt Meadows request to become an ‘airport of entry’

All passengers and crew on board a flight from the U.S. must be “CANPASS Qualified.”

Feds reject Pitt Meadows request to become an ‘airport of entry’

Canada Border Services Agency too thin to open another port

A bulldozer tears down the a townhouse unit at Northumberland Court. The property on North Avenue, now empty, continues to be a dump site. (INSET) A mattress dumped on another vacant lot at the end of 224th Street, near the Haney Bypass.

Northumberland site still a problem

Neighbours complain about derelict property on site of old ghetto in downtown Maple Ridge

A bulldozer tears down the a townhouse unit at Northumberland Court. The property on North Avenue, now empty, continues to be a dump site. (INSET) A mattress dumped on another vacant lot at the end of 224th Street, near the Haney Bypass.
Firefighters hose down a wooden building that housed several businesses along Lougheed Highway, east of 105th Avenue Monday afternoon.

Fire burns through Maple Ridge furniture shop

Blaze started at the back of Albion Flats Landscape Supply on Lougheed Highway just east of 105th Avenue

Firefighters hose down a wooden building that housed several businesses along Lougheed Highway, east of 105th Avenue Monday afternoon.

Mosaic puts Osprey plots up for sale

Pub and chapel sites in Pitt Meadows listed, but not zoned for more homes

Jassi Sidhu.

Maple Ridge mother, uncle to be extradited to India

Jassi Sidhu was killed after marrying a man against her family's wishes.

Jassi Sidhu.

Unregistered secondary suites see escalating fees in Pitt Meadows

City says everyone must pay their fair share

Transportation minister doesn't want any new rules on party buses.

B.C. still stalling on party bus rules

Transportation minister though says enforcement of existing regs needed

Transportation minister doesn't want any new rules on party buses.