Monisha Martins

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Fire guts Maple Ridge garage

A fire was quickly put out Saturday night in Maple Ridge after firefighters spotted a flicker of flames while driving past the property.

John Becker will be running against Pitt Meadows current mayor Deb Walters. He received 1,202 votes in the 2011 civic election, 823 less than Walters’ 2,025.

Becker back to run for Pitt mayor

Former councillor lost to Deb Walters in 2011 election

John Becker will be running against Pitt Meadows current mayor Deb Walters. He received 1,202 votes in the 2011 civic election, 823 less than Walters’ 2,025.
Adrian Nelson put a wire mesh around a tree to prevent beavers from chewing through it.

Living in harmony with beavers

Maple Ridge townhouse complex uses non-lethal means to stop beavers from chewing through trees

Adrian Nelson put a wire mesh around a tree to prevent beavers from chewing through it.
(Clockwise) Raccoon Hat; Copper Rose Shawl and My Empty Womb: a celebration of menopause.

Fibre artist weaves way into Osprey Village

Rebecca Fisher picked for artist residency in Pitt Meadows

(Clockwise) Raccoon Hat; Copper Rose Shawl and My Empty Womb: a celebration of menopause.
A wall blocks the east entrance to the Katzie First Nations reserve along Wharf Street to stop garbage dumping.

Katzie close Wharf Street in Maple Ridge

First Nation based in Pitt Meadows wants people to stop dumping garbage on reserve land

A wall blocks the east entrance to the Katzie First Nations reserve along Wharf Street to stop garbage dumping.
A man broke his leg after diving off rocks into Alouette Lake on Sunday, July 13.

Man injured after diving off cliff in Maple Ridge

Man broke his leg after diving into Gold Creek near Alouette Lake in Maple Ridge on Sunday

A man broke his leg after diving off rocks into Alouette Lake on Sunday, July 13.
Bystanders comfort a dog that was left in a Humvee on Thursday in the parking lot of Save-On-Foods in Maple Ridge.

Dog rescued from Humvee parked in scorching sun in Maple Ridge

BC SPCA inundated with calls this summer to rescue pets left in parked vehicles.

Bystanders comfort a dog that was left in a Humvee on Thursday in the parking lot of Save-On-Foods in Maple Ridge.
Sandra and Remo Colasanti with their trademark clone 'Remo's Roots'.

Ridge marijuana company has big plans

Remo Cannabrands will create new line of pot-infused food and drinks for U.S. market

Sandra and Remo Colasanti with their trademark clone 'Remo's Roots'.
AA Maple Ridge firefighter hoses down a section of hedge and fence in the parking lot of Javan Beauty Salon and Snap Fitness along Dewdney Trunk Road where a fire started Wednesday morning. It was most likely caused by an improperly disposed cigarette.

Smokers spark brush fire in Maple Ridge

Fence, hedge on Dewdney Trunk Road set alight twice in two hours

AA Maple Ridge firefighter hoses down a section of hedge and fence in the parking lot of Javan Beauty Salon and Snap Fitness along Dewdney Trunk Road where a fire started Wednesday morning. It was most likely caused by an improperly disposed cigarette.
A recent review of Fraser Health says Ridge Meadows, Surrey Memorial and Burnaby hospitals all have double the national average rate of nursing-sensitive events, “with no demonstrated improvement over the past three years.”

Ridge Meadows Hospital scores low in Fraser Health review

Maple Ridge hospital has double the national average rate of nursing-sensitive events

A recent review of Fraser Health says Ridge Meadows, Surrey Memorial and Burnaby hospitals all have double the national average rate of nursing-sensitive events, “with no demonstrated improvement over the past three years.”
Search and rescue volunteers look for a 22-year-old woman from Surrey who drowned after falling into Gold Creek on June 25.

Golden Ears park needs cell signals

It's bizarre, there is no service, says Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue.

Search and rescue volunteers look for a 22-year-old woman from Surrey who drowned after falling into Gold Creek on June 25.
Kanaka Creek Coffee open mic host Pam Burns adjusts the mic for Rob Dramer before he performs.

Kanaka Creek open mic marks five years

A place in Maple Ridge where musicians thrive

Kanaka Creek Coffee open mic host Pam Burns adjusts the mic for Rob Dramer before he performs.
Vocalist Kelsey Fortin growls into the mic while Treachery practice for their Adstock performance. The band shares a youth spot with Vacant Eyes, another metal band from Maple Ridge. (Inset) Treachery is Josh Collins - lead guitar ;Connor Rasmussen - vocals; Luke Dobishok - Bass; Kelsey Fortin - vocals; Nic Landry - Drums and Jacob McCallum - rhythm guitar.

Death growls and ‘djent-le’ Treachery

Metal band from MRSS gets ready to play Adstock X, a free hardcore, metal and punk concert which takes place Sunday July 6 in Maple Ridge

Vocalist Kelsey Fortin growls into the mic while Treachery practice for their Adstock performance. The band shares a youth spot with Vacant Eyes, another metal band from Maple Ridge. (Inset) Treachery is Josh Collins - lead guitar ;Connor Rasmussen - vocals; Luke Dobishok - Bass; Kelsey Fortin - vocals; Nic Landry - Drums and Jacob McCallum - rhythm guitar.
Neila Scott of Wild Glide BC on a Segway. The City of Pitt Meadows is allowing the company to offer Segway tours on certain dikes on a trial basis for the next three months.

Ridge company offers Segway tours on Pitt dikes

Wild Glide B.C. is the only company in Metro Vancouver to offer guided tours on the two-wheeled electric vehicles.

Neila Scott of Wild Glide BC on a Segway. The City of Pitt Meadows is allowing the company to offer Segway tours on certain dikes on a trial basis for the next three months.
There have been no cases of the West Nile virus anywhere in B.C. for several years.

Help keep mosquitoes under control

Fewer nuisance calls in Metro Vancouver so far this year.

There have been no cases of the West Nile virus anywhere in B.C. for several years.
Search and rescue volunteers enter the water below the falls in Golden Ears park during a search for two men in May 2013.

Search called off for woman who drowned in Golden Ears park

Water levels have to drop before crews will resume search for Surrey woman believed to have drowned in a creek, east of Maple Ridge

Search and rescue volunteers enter the water below the falls in Golden Ears park during a search for two men in May 2013.
The study released Thursday by the Pivot Legal Society found that, on average, a person in B.C. is bitten by a police dog every other day. (Inset) Bill Evanow spent 10 days in hospital in March 2011 after he was mistaken for a suspected car thief and bitten by a police dog in his backyard in downtown Maple Ridge.

Renewed call to regulate police dogs

Maple Ridge man suing RCMP, wants changes to training

The study released Thursday by the Pivot Legal Society found that, on average, a person in B.C. is bitten by a police dog every other day. (Inset) Bill Evanow spent 10 days in hospital in March 2011 after he was mistaken for a suspected car thief and bitten by a police dog in his backyard in downtown Maple Ridge.
Swift water rescuers from the Maple Ridge Fire Department and Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue enter Gold Creek in Golden Ears Provincial Park to look for the bodies of two men who drowned while swimming last summer. On Monday, a 23-year-old woman drowned after falling off the top of the falls.

Search continues for woman who fell into Maple Ridge creek

Police believe the woman drowned after plunging into a fast-moving creek in Golden Ears Provincial Park

Swift water rescuers from the Maple Ridge Fire Department and Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue enter Gold Creek in Golden Ears Provincial Park to look for the bodies of two men who drowned while swimming last summer. On Monday, a 23-year-old woman drowned after falling off the top of the falls.
Ken Joyner reads through archives from the former taxpayers’ association.

Ex-alderman revives Pitt Meadows ratepayers group

Ken Joyner wants to keep the city's residential taxes down.

Ken Joyner reads through archives from the former taxpayers’ association.
Pitt Meadows council to tackle expense claims

Pitt Meadows council to tackle expense claims

Accept's Bell's motion to review travel and community relations budgets

Pitt Meadows council to tackle expense claims