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Junior B Ridge Meadows Flames honour their own

Junior B Ridge Meadows Flames honour their own

Rookie of the year honours went to Matt Bissett, linemate Danny Brandys was named the team’s Most Valuable Player

Junior B Ridge Meadows Flames honour their own

Maple Ridge’s Sarah Thon wins U-18 B.C. Cup

Thon, a five-foot-nine defenceman, plays for the Pacific Steelers of the Junior Women’s Hockey League

Katya Romanenko and Lera Kalmykov of Maple Ridge’s Origami Rhythmics rhythmic gymnastic club took home the top spot in the duo ball novice competition at the 2012 Western Canadian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship last weekend in Burnaby.

Local gymnasts shine at Western Canadian finals

Maple Ridge gymnasts had a strong showing at the 2012 Western Canadian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship last weekend in Burnaby.

Katya Romanenko and Lera Kalmykov of Maple Ridge’s Origami Rhythmics rhythmic gymnastic club took home the top spot in the duo ball novice competition at the 2012 Western Canadian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship last weekend in Burnaby.
Maple Ridge’s Nick McBride was drafted by the Prince Albert Raiders in the 2012 WHL Bantam Draft Thursday morning.

Maple Ridge’s Nick McBride taken 23rd overall in WHL draft

Six-foot-two goalie taken by Prince Albert Raiders in second round

Maple Ridge’s Nick McBride was drafted by the Prince Albert Raiders in the 2012 WHL Bantam Draft Thursday morning.
A member of the Delta Islanders passes the ball during a bantam A1 game against the Ridge Meadows Burrards at Pitt Meadows Arena Complex on Sunday.  The Burrards made short work of the Islanders, beating them 12-2.

Ridge Meadows Burrards junior B squad off to 3-0 start

The Ridge Meadows junior B Burrards are off to their best start in franchise history.

A member of the Delta Islanders passes the ball during a bantam A1 game against the Ridge Meadows Burrards at Pitt Meadows Arena Complex on Sunday.  The Burrards made short work of the Islanders, beating them 12-2.

Union won’t ‘go after’ teachers who violate extracurricular volunteering ban

Maple Ridge Teachers Association already getting questions about colleagues who are still helping out, outside of class

Maple Ridge secondary senior Lauren Lamont will be playing basketball for the University of Northern B.C. Timberwolves this fall after signing a scholarship with Prince George CIS Canada West division school.

Lamont heads north to UNBC

Maple Ridge Rambler signs scholarship with first-year
CIS basketball program

Maple Ridge secondary senior Lauren Lamont will be playing basketball for the University of Northern B.C. Timberwolves this fall after signing a scholarship with Prince George CIS Canada West division school.
Darnell Pratt was released from prison in November but violated parole two days later and returned to Kent prison after two weeks on the run.  He will be released again next month.

De Patie killer to be released next week

Darnell Pratt leaving Kent Institution, seven years after dragging death

Darnell Pratt was released from prison in November but violated parole two days later and returned to Kent prison after two weeks on the run.  He will be released again next month.
Bantam Burrards bring home lacrosse silver

Ridge Meadow Burrards squads open minor lacrosse season with wins

Junior girls' team still looking for starting goalie

Bantam Burrards bring home lacrosse silver

Local runners finish 2012 Boston Marathon despite heat and humidity

Of the 26,000 runners who signed up for the race, 4,000 pulled out due to the heat, while 2,000 failed to finish the race.

After three and a half years, the Extra Foods in Maple Ridge will reopen next month after workers voted to accept a new six-year contract last week.

Extra Foods strike over

Workers bring picket line down Friday afternoon after voting 93 per cent in favour of new contract

After three and a half years, the Extra Foods in Maple Ridge will reopen next month after workers voted to accept a new six-year contract last week.
Bantam AAA Royals off to perfect start

Bantam AAA Royals off to perfect start

Ridge Meadows sweeps opening series with Kamloops

Bantam AAA Royals off to perfect start

Spring report cards up in the air in Maple Ridge

LRB to decide whether report cards will be sent home

Erin Laverty (left) and Mikayla Streng jostle for control of the ball during the West Coast Auto Group FC U-13 girls’ gold tryouts March 31 at the Westview secondary’s artificial turf field. Tryouts lasted more than a month.

West Coast FC not bothered by defections

Pitt Meadows Soccer Club voted Monday night to formally change their name to the West Coast Auto Group FC.

Erin Laverty (left) and Mikayla Streng jostle for control of the ball during the West Coast Auto Group FC U-13 girls’ gold tryouts March 31 at the Westview secondary’s artificial turf field. Tryouts lasted more than a month.
Maple Ridge Secondary’s Colton Koopmans won bronze in the Canadian juvenile Greco-Roman wrestling championships in Fredericton, New Brunswick on Sunday.

Maple Ridge wrestler third at nationals

MRSS senior Colton Koopmans wins bronze in Greco-Roman, finishes in top 10 in freestyle.

Maple Ridge Secondary’s Colton Koopmans won bronze in the Canadian juvenile Greco-Roman wrestling championships in Fredericton, New Brunswick on Sunday.

Job action could sink school sports

Teachers to vote on B.C.-wide extracurricular ban

Fraser Valley Phantom fall to Edmonton Thunder

Fraser Valley Phantom fall to Edmonton Thunder

The Phantom midget AAA girls lost 3-2 in Game 1 on Friday, then 3-1 in Game 2 on Saturday.

Fraser Valley Phantom fall to Edmonton Thunder

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows soccer merger voted down

Friends of Golden Ears want questions answered about failed merger of two associations

Ball hockey players take part in last year’s U-17 Western Challenge Cup.

Renegades celebrate 10 years of ball hockey

Season opener set for this Friday at Cam Neely Arena

Ball hockey players take part in last year’s U-17 Western Challenge Cup.
A plan to privatize medical transcription services could save the Fraser Health and other Lower Mainland health authorities more than $3 million annually, but the Hospital Employees’ Union claims the plan could put patient confidentiality and the accuracy of medical records at risk.

Private medical transcription services riles HEU

35 hospitals in the Lower Mainland, including Ridge Meadows Hospital in Maple Ridge, produce 4.5 million minutes of dictated notes per year

A plan to privatize medical transcription services could save the Fraser Health and other Lower Mainland health authorities more than $3 million annually, but the Hospital Employees’ Union claims the plan could put patient confidentiality and the accuracy of medical records at risk.