Pitt Meadows

Giovanni Manu helped bring the Thunderbirds to a winning record of 6-5 for the 2022 season. (Bob Frid/UBC Athletics)

2023 CFL Draft loses star UBC linemen Giovanni Manu and Theo Benedet

The top-ranked Thunderbirds opted out of the upcoming spring draft in hopes of title shot

Giovanni Manu helped bring the Thunderbirds to a winning record of 6-5 for the 2022 season. (Bob Frid/UBC Athletics)
Ridge Meadows RCMP are investigating the year’s first shooting. (Black Press files)

Man wounded in targeted shooting in Maple Ridge

Ridge Meadows RCMP looking for witnesses, video

Ridge Meadows RCMP are investigating the year’s first shooting. (Black Press files)
Carter Cavan’s sign worked – Alex Ovechkin gave him his stick after the game. (Special to Black Press)

VIDEO: B.C. boy gets to meet his hockey hero Alex Ovechkin, given game stick

Alex Ovechkin gave Carter Cavan his stick, then later signed it

Carter Cavan’s sign worked – Alex Ovechkin gave him his stick after the game. (Special to Black Press)
Multiple fake emergency calls have been sent out by Apple products in rural B.C. areas in the last couple of weeks. (Kimberley SAR/Special to The News)

B.C. search and rescue warns nature goers about relying on tech in the wilderness

Reminder comes amidst rise in false emergency calls being sent by Apple products

Multiple fake emergency calls have been sent out by Apple products in rural B.C. areas in the last couple of weeks. (Kimberley SAR/Special to The News)
The Salvation Army kettle campaign will once again be seen in front of BC Liquor stores. (The News files)

Kettle campaign bell ringers now allowed in front of liquor stores across B.C.

Liquor Distribution Branch reverses decision, will welcome Salvation Army

The Salvation Army kettle campaign will once again be seen in front of BC Liquor stores. (The News files)
Stuart Richardson (right) watches a saxophone quartet play at ValleyFair Mall in Maple Ridge as bellringers for the Salvation Army. (Neil Corbett/The News)

Salvation Army not allowed in front of BC Liquor stores this Christmas

Liquor branch says it already has campaign for food banks, Share-a-Bear

Stuart Richardson (right) watches a saxophone quartet play at ValleyFair Mall in Maple Ridge as bellringers for the Salvation Army. (Neil Corbett/The News)
A small airplane crashed into the ditch beside one of the runways at Pitt Meadows Regional Airport at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 24. (Brandon Tucker/The News)

Plane crash at Pitt Meadows airport

A plane has crashed into a ditch by the runway, no injuries reported

A small airplane crashed into the ditch beside one of the runways at Pitt Meadows Regional Airport at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 24. (Brandon Tucker/The News)
Carol Todd and her daughter Amanda. (Special to Black Press Media)

Man who harassed Amanda Todd may not get more jail time, says victim’s mother

Aydin Coban scheduled to return to the Netherlands this week

Carol Todd and her daughter Amanda. (Special to Black Press Media)
The Trail’s Edge townhouses in Maple Ridge. (Google/Special to The News)

B.C. man can have inflatable spa on patio, despite strata objections

Civic Resolution Tribunal rules tub qualifies as patio furniture, cancels fines

The Trail’s Edge townhouses in Maple Ridge. (Google/Special to The News)
Carol Todd and her daughter Amanda. (Special to Black Press Media)

Carol Todd ‘glad Amanda got justice’ after tormentor’s 13-year prison sentence

Sentencing ‘sets high bar’ as precedent for those convicted of internet sextortion in future

Carol Todd and her daughter Amanda. (Special to Black Press Media)
The IIO B.C. is seeking witnesses after a crash in Mission involving a Ridge Meadows RCMP member left a man with serious injuries. (The News files)

Ridge Meadows RCMP member under IIO investigation after Mission crash

The officer was off-duty at the time of the collision

The IIO B.C. is seeking witnesses after a crash in Mission involving a Ridge Meadows RCMP member left a man with serious injuries. (The News files)
LEGO Masters contestants Dave and Emily in season three. (Tom Griscom, FOX/Special to The News)

B.C. siblings compete in LEGO Masters TV contest

Now watching themselves in series on CTV

LEGO Masters contestants Dave and Emily in season three. (Tom Griscom, FOX/Special to The News)
Two suspects were apprehended by customers and mall security. (Special to The News)

Three people charged after bear-spray robbery at Maple Ridge mall

ValleyFair Mall security and customers caught two alleged robbers, police got a third

Two suspects were apprehended by customers and mall security. (Special to The News)
Donations of clothing and household items were handed out before the Thanksgiving dinner. (Special to The News)
Donations of clothing and household items were handed out before the Thanksgiving dinner. (Special to The News)
BC Sports Hall of Fame is holding a Greg Moore lap of honour. (Special to The News)

BC Sports Hall of Fame hosts virtual race in memory of racer Greg Moore

Memorial iRacing event will start on Monday, Oct. 3 at 1 p.m.

BC Sports Hall of Fame is holding a Greg Moore lap of honour. (Special to The News)
(Neil Corbett/The News)

Suspects caught in jewelry store robbery attempt in Maple Ridge

Ambulances lined the parking lot of ValleyFair Mall on Friday, Sept. 30

(Neil Corbett/The News)
The proposed new federal riding of Pitt Meadows-Fort Langley. (Special to The News)

‘Dog’s breakfast’ new riding panned at public hearing

Commissioners acknowledge changes are needed to Pitt Meadows-Fort Langley

The proposed new federal riding of Pitt Meadows-Fort Langley. (Special to The News)
Police investigators are at the scene of a shooting at 227th Street and Lee Avenue in Maple Ridge. (Neil Corbett/The News)

Shooting in Maple Ridge on Sunday night

Victim seriously injured, RCMP ask public for dash cam and other video

Police investigators are at the scene of a shooting at 227th Street and Lee Avenue in Maple Ridge. (Neil Corbett/The News)
Bennett Warren, 4, and his brother Wyatt, 3, leave a box of free pet treats at at Horsemen’s Park in honour of their uncle Trent Edward Gibney for Suicide Prevention Month. (Special to The News)

B.C. family using kindness to de-stigmatize mental health in honour of loved one

Boxes of free pet treats left at parks to spark conversation about suicide and mental health

Bennett Warren, 4, and his brother Wyatt, 3, leave a box of free pet treats at at Horsemen’s Park in honour of their uncle Trent Edward Gibney for Suicide Prevention Month. (Special to The News)
Elmer Tippe has passed away. Born in 1933, he made a tremendous impact on country music, as a radio DJ and as a musician. (Black Press Media files)

Country music trailblazer dies at 89 in the Lower Mainland

Elmer Tippe died Wednesday, Sept. 7 at Ridge Meadows Hospital

Elmer Tippe has passed away. Born in 1933, he made a tremendous impact on country music, as a radio DJ and as a musician. (Black Press Media files)