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Kami Rahmati, founded the New Westminster-based coffee house and expanded it to over 27 franchises in B.C. and Alberta. (Kayvan Rahmati/Special to The News)

Waves Coffee House founder dies in a car crash in Pitt Meadows

‘He was super-driven, so passionate and just so kind,’ said Kami Rahmati’s son

Kami Rahmati, founded the New Westminster-based coffee house and expanded it to over 27 franchises in B.C. and Alberta. (Kayvan Rahmati/Special to The News)
Catherine getting ready for the next round of chemo, with her three kids for support. (GoFundMe/Special to The News)

B.C. family in need of support after mother’s stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis

Seek funds to cover treatment and care for their three autism-diagnosed kids

Catherine getting ready for the next round of chemo, with her three kids for support. (GoFundMe/Special to The News)
Steve Nicklen, one of the individuals who supports migrant farm workers, repairing bikes at his home in Maple Ridge. (Special to The News)

Volunteers to donate 200 bikes to migrant farm workers impacted by B.C. flooding

Seek help repairing bikes in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows

Steve Nicklen, one of the individuals who supports migrant farm workers, repairing bikes at his home in Maple Ridge. (Special to The News)
Noah Trulsen with his mother, Lorraine. (The News/files)

Ridge Meadows pharmacy offering free rapid tests; accepting donations for a local scholarship

The Noah Trulsen Memorial Scholarship deadline is fast approaching

Noah Trulsen with his mother, Lorraine. (The News/files)
The same building had been the location of a fire back in April 2021. (Shane MacKichan/Special to The News)

Maple Ridge apartment fire leaves one person with life-threatening injuries

Fire blazed in a suite of the three-storey affordable housing complex

The same building had been the location of a fire back in April 2021. (Shane MacKichan/Special to The News)
Police are at a rural property in South Langley after an overnight murder Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

Homicide detectives investigating after individual found dead in Langley

‘Not a random act,’ says Langley RCMP

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Police are at a rural property in South Langley after an overnight murder Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
Pitt Meadows fire department responded to the vehicle on fire outside Esso. (Mike Larsson/Special to The News)

Fire crew rescues driver and dog after vehicle crashes into Esso pump in Pitt Meadows

Crews also respond to another fire incident just 100-feet-away

Pitt Meadows fire department responded to the vehicle on fire outside Esso. (Mike Larsson/Special to The News)
Ridge Meadows RCMP responded to a home for reports of a male stabbed in the chest. (Shane MacKichan/Special to The News)

VIDEO: Police respond to a stabbing in Maple Ridge

Man taken by ambulance from a neighbouring house

Ridge Meadows RCMP responded to a home for reports of a male stabbed in the chest. (Shane MacKichan/Special to The News)
Dancers for dairy during the fundraising event. (Sarah Stubley/Special to The News)

Maple Ridge dance school’s ‘Dancers for Dairy’ event raises over $8,000 for an Abbotsford farm

Raffle ticket draw will be held on Dec. 16 during the academy’s Christmas recital

Dancers for dairy during the fundraising event. (Sarah Stubley/Special to The News)
Doug and Alma were married for 72 years. (Donna Adams/Special to The News)

Family of late Maple Ridge man devastated after wedding ring of 72 years lost at B.C. hospital

Family warns people to take charge of dead loved ones’s things intead of leaving it up to hospitals

Doug and Alma were married for 72 years. (Donna Adams/Special to The News)
The neutered male has no permanent forms of identification. (BC SPCA Maple Ridge/Special to The News)

Are you this dog’s owner? BC SPCA looking out for dog displaced during Abbotsford flooding

The dog was brought from the Chilliwack branch to Maple Ridge due to evacuations

The neutered male has no permanent forms of identification. (BC SPCA Maple Ridge/Special to The News)
The crash resulted in the car being engulfed in fire. (Shane MacKichan/Special to The News)
The crash resulted in the car being engulfed in fire. (Shane MacKichan/Special to The News)
The police are looking for dash cam footage and requesting anyone who witnessed the incident and hasn’t spoken to them, to come forward to help with the investigation. (Black Press Media file photo)

Port Coquitlam man dies in fatal Maple Ridge pedestrian collision

Incident led to road closures on Lougheed Highway Sunday night

The police are looking for dash cam footage and requesting anyone who witnessed the incident and hasn’t spoken to them, to come forward to help with the investigation. (Black Press Media file photo)
Volunteers have been loading helicopters with supplies and essentials for flood-impacted people in Hope, Merritt, Boston Bar and other regions. (Jeremy Prasad/Special to The News)
Volunteers have been loading helicopters with supplies and essentials for flood-impacted people in Hope, Merritt, Boston Bar and other regions. (Jeremy Prasad/Special to The News)
Knowles and Tammera Morine collected more than three full SUVs filled with essential supplies for the people in Hope and Abbotsford. (Jaime Anne/Special to The News)
Knowles and Tammera Morine collected more than three full SUVs filled with essential supplies for the people in Hope and Abbotsford. (Jaime Anne/Special to The News)
Dave Craik and Lisa Craik with the kind man who opened his home to them for shelter in Hope. (Special to The News)
Dave Craik and Lisa Craik with the kind man who opened his home to them for shelter in Hope. (Special to The News)
B.C. Hydro’s spill along with heavy rains prompted a flood alert downstream of Alouette Dam on Monday. (Alouette River Management Society/Special to The News)

Diminishing risk of new flooding on Alouette, says B.C. Hydro

North Alouette flow rate and water levels continue to drop

B.C. Hydro’s spill along with heavy rains prompted a flood alert downstream of Alouette Dam on Monday. (Alouette River Management Society/Special to The News)
Tania and Scott with their dog, sitting inside a fogged-up car, waiting for help to arrive. (Tania Honeysett/Special to The News)

‘Everyone’s helping each other’: Maple Ridge woman trapped on Hwy. 7 due to mudslide

People getting airlifted, but not enough communication, point out the stranded

Tania and Scott with their dog, sitting inside a fogged-up car, waiting for help to arrive. (Tania Honeysett/Special to The News)
Extremely high water levels at the Alouette River. (Neil Corbett/The News)

UPDATE: B.C. Hydro’s spill along with heavy rains prompts flood alert downstream of Alouette Dam

‘There’s significant amount of flooding in our city,’ says city Counc. Ahmed Yousef

Extremely high water levels at the Alouette River. (Neil Corbett/The News)
Residents took to street to help redirect cars and alert motorists of closures at 132nd Ave. (Neil Corbett/The News)

Flooding, exposed gas line, downed trees and wires, prompt road closures in Maple Ridge

City expects more closures if weather activity continues; several schools closed

Residents took to street to help redirect cars and alert motorists of closures at 132nd Ave. (Neil Corbett/The News)