Colleen Flanagan

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Police incident on 228 Street north of Dewdney Trunk Road. (Neil Corbett/The News)

Loud bang shakes Maple Ridge neighbourhood

Police bomb squad on scene at a boarded up house on 228 Street

Police incident on 228 Street north of Dewdney Trunk Road. (Neil Corbett/The News)
Dominika and Gavin McDonald and their three-year-old Alexander, by some of the damage that, they claim, was caused by their tenants. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)

Trashed house has B.C. landlords rethinking renting, looking for protection

Rental property now has holes in the wall, broken cubboards, and scratched floors

Dominika and Gavin McDonald and their three-year-old Alexander, by some of the damage that, they claim, was caused by their tenants. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)
A secondary school teacher in the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows School District has received a three day suspension of his certificate of qualification for an incident that happened in 2021. (The News files)

Hitting student in the stomach nets B.C. teacher a 3-day suspension

Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows teacher Randy Peter Faresin will serve the suspension from Dec. 13-15

A secondary school teacher in the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows School District has received a three day suspension of his certificate of qualification for an incident that happened in 2021. (The News files)
Statue of Lady Justice. (Black Press files)

Sexual assault convictions against former B.C. hospital X-ray technician overturned

Alleged victim says it’s a “slap on the face”

Statue of Lady Justice. (Black Press files)
Members of the RCMP lined up outside the Langley Events Centre on Wednesday, Oct. 4, for a final salute to Const. Rick O’Brien following his funeral ceremony. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)

VIDEO: Final salute to Ridge Meadows constable at Lower Mainland funeral

Thousands of first responders turned out to honour the life of Const. Rick O’Brien

Members of the RCMP lined up outside the Langley Events Centre on Wednesday, Oct. 4, for a final salute to Const. Rick O’Brien following his funeral ceremony. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)
Taryn Stephenson stands outside her vandalized store. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)

VIDEO: Man vandalized B.C. business with smoke bombs; fundraiser launched

The goal of the GoFundMe for T’s Once Upon A Tea Leaf is $50,000

Taryn Stephenson stands outside her vandalized store. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)
Ashleigh Daniels, a police officer in Coquitlam signs the book of condolences for fallen Ridge Meadows RCMP Const. Rick O’Brien. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)

Fundraiser for family of fallen Lower Mainland officer at more than $100,000

Money will go towards Const. Rick O’Brien’s wife and six children

Ashleigh Daniels, a police officer in Coquitlam signs the book of condolences for fallen Ridge Meadows RCMP Const. Rick O’Brien. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)
First responders – one BC Emergency Health Services worker and 17 members of Pitt Meadows Fire and Rescue – lined Lougheed Highway by Harris Road, to salute a motorcade of police vehicles escorting a fallen officer through the city into Maple Ridge. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)

VIDEO: First responders salute fallen Lower Mainland officer during procession

Procession was on its way to Abbotsford

First responders – one BC Emergency Health Services worker and 17 members of Pitt Meadows Fire and Rescue – lined Lougheed Highway by Harris Road, to salute a motorcade of police vehicles escorting a fallen officer through the city into Maple Ridge. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)
<em>Tim and Faith</em> by Madeline Merlo is out now. (Madeline Merlo Facebook/Special to The News)

Lower Mainland country star releases new single

Madeline Merlo considers Tim and Faith her first love song

<em>Tim and Faith</em> by Madeline Merlo is out now. (Madeline Merlo Facebook/Special to The News)
A swarm of witches paddled across the Alouette River in Pitt Meadows at a former event. (The News files)

Witches planning to gather on Pitt Meadows river for 3rd annual paddle

Those who want to watch can go to Silver Bridge on Harris Road

A swarm of witches paddled across the Alouette River in Pitt Meadows at a former event. (The News files)
Sarah Mingo and her boyfriend Max Mnguni have a long road to recovery after being seriously injured in a crash involving the motorcycle they were riding and an SUV in Maple Ridge on Friday, Sept. 8. (Special to The News)

Teens critically injured after Lower Mainland crash

Ridge Meadows RCMP searching for more witnesses to Friday, Sept. 8, collision

Sarah Mingo and her boyfriend Max Mnguni have a long road to recovery after being seriously injured in a crash involving the motorcycle they were riding and an SUV in Maple Ridge on Friday, Sept. 8. (Special to The News)
A teenager died after being pulled from the water in Golden Ears Provincial Park. (The News files)

Teen dies after being pulled from water in Golden Ears Provincial Park

Firefighters responded to a call for a water rescue at about 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 22

A teenager died after being pulled from the water in Golden Ears Provincial Park. (The News files)
Former MLA Michael Sather, pictured with his wife Annette LeBox, recently made public his diagnosis of aphasia, a rare form of dementia that affects communication. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)

Former B.C. MLA reflects on rare dementia diagnosis

Michael Sather was diagnosed with the same rare dementia actor Bruce Willis has

Former MLA Michael Sather, pictured with his wife Annette LeBox, recently made public his diagnosis of aphasia, a rare form of dementia that affects communication. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)
Esther Wang walked out of the trail after she went missing for 54 hours in Golden Ears Provincial Park. (Estherwangvolleyball - Instagram/Special to The News)

B.C. teen missing in Golden Ears Provincial Park credits air cadets and god for finding her way home

Esther Wang was missing for 54 hours before walking out of the woods on her own

Esther Wang walked out of the trail after she went missing for 54 hours in Golden Ears Provincial Park. (Estherwangvolleyball - Instagram/Special to The News)
Lucas Yao played his first piano recital at Pyatt Hall at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra School of Music.(Special to The News)

Piano prodigy, 8, plays premiere B.C. recital to raise funds

Lucas Yao, 8, played eight pieces raising money for his music education

Lucas Yao played his first piano recital at Pyatt Hall at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra School of Music.(Special to The News)
Esther Wang went missing during a hike in Golden Ears Provincial Park on June 27. (Estherwangvolleyball - Instagram/Special to The News)

VIDEO: Search underway for teen missing in Golden Ears Provincial Park

Search and Rescue also deployed for girl who went missing during a hike

Esther Wang went missing during a hike in Golden Ears Provincial Park on June 27. (Estherwangvolleyball - Instagram/Special to The News)
Dennis Stock is still looking for Stormy. (Special to The News)

UPDATE: Lower Mainland man still looking for lost cat after massive condo fire

Dennis Stock discovered his other three cats deceased, hoping for miracle

Dennis Stock is still looking for Stormy. (Special to The News)
Amy Bachmann’s dater description says she grew up on a dairy farm, backpacked Southeast Asia, and is “outdoorsy” and loves hiking. However, she is content to leave the farm work to her siblings and father. (CTV/Special to The News)

Lower Mainland woman looking for love on TV

Amy Bachmann is a dater on the new CTV reality television show Farming For Love

Amy Bachmann’s dater description says she grew up on a dairy farm, backpacked Southeast Asia, and is “outdoorsy” and loves hiking. However, she is content to leave the farm work to her siblings and father. (CTV/Special to The News)
Maple Ridge resident Sue Ashley pictured topless with her daughter in front at Rolley Lake Provincial Park. (Special to The News)

Topless sunbather told to cover up and act her age by park employee at Lower Mainland lake

Maple Ridge woman wants others to know it is legal for women to go topless in public

Maple Ridge resident Sue Ashley pictured topless with her daughter in front at Rolley Lake Provincial Park. (Special to The News)
Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue and Coquitlam Search and Rescue were called to Golden Ears Provincial Park Friday evening, May 20. (Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue Facebook/Special to The News)

Woman suffering from heat-related illness rescued in Golden Ears park

A woman suffering from a heat-related illness was taken to hospital in Maple Ridge

Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue and Coquitlam Search and Rescue were called to Golden Ears Provincial Park Friday evening, May 20. (Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue Facebook/Special to The News)