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Ron Antalek of the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation, which co-hosted the screening of Super 30 with the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Arts Council, honours Dr. Bijou Mathew and the subject of his hit book Anand Kumar

Blockbuster movie with links to B.C. tells story of inspirational teacher

Indian mathematician Anand Kumar and Dr. Bijou Matthew in Maple Ridge

Ron Antalek of the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation, which co-hosted the screening of Super 30 with the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Arts Council, honours Dr. Bijou Mathew and the subject of his hit book Anand Kumar
(THE NEWS/files)                                Jamie Seip, seen here at the Rally for Ridge events is part of a group that is cleaning up homeless camps.

Residents in this B.C. town defend cleaning up homeless camps

Homeless advocate has complained to police about ‘vigilantism’

(THE NEWS/files)                                Jamie Seip, seen here at the Rally for Ridge events is part of a group that is cleaning up homeless camps.
(Neil Corbett/THE NEWS)                                Leslie Michael wears the Apollo 11 jacket he made. The moon landing enthusiast has been working on a lunar mission scrap book for 50 years, and it is going up for auction this weekend, the anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s first step on the moon.

Moonstruck amateur historian chronicled lunar missions

Maple Ridge man’s 50-year-old scrapbook under the gavel on anniversary of the moon walk

(Neil Corbett/THE NEWS)                                Leslie Michael wears the Apollo 11 jacket he made. The moon landing enthusiast has been working on a lunar mission scrap book for 50 years, and it is going up for auction this weekend, the anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s first step on the moon.
A transgender female inmate has filed a complaint with B.C. Human Rights Tribunal regarding treatment at Alouette Correctional Centre for Women in Maple Ridge. (THE NEWS/files)

B.C. transgender inmate loses bid to appeal extradition at Canada’s top court

Hayden Patterson is an inmate at Maple Ridge women’s prison in relation to a 2014 U.S. murder charge

A transgender female inmate has filed a complaint with B.C. Human Rights Tribunal regarding treatment at Alouette Correctional Centre for Women in Maple Ridge. (THE NEWS/files)
These week-old kittens were found in a box on a median in Maple Ridge. (Contributed)

Box of kittens found on median of busy B.C. street

Maple Ridge SPCA has four abandoned week-old kittens

These week-old kittens were found in a box on a median in Maple Ridge. (Contributed)
Manon Eburne said someone tags her car windows when she parks outside the Westbrooke in Pitt Meadows. (Neil Corbett/THE NEWS)

B.C. senior’s car vandalized for more than 18 months

Retired RCMP officer determined to catch ‘tagger.’

Manon Eburne said someone tags her car windows when she parks outside the Westbrooke in Pitt Meadows. (Neil Corbett/THE NEWS)
Jassi Sidhu was 25 when she was killed in India. (THE NEWS/files)

B.C. man faces deportation over father’s honour-killing conviction

Father lied to immigration, was later acquitted of charges in Jassi Sidhu’s murder

Jassi Sidhu was 25 when she was killed in India. (THE NEWS/files)
A bear in a back yard in Maple Ridge. (THE NEWS files)

Wounded bear killed by conservation officers after returning to B.C. subdivision

Officers first shot bear in May, but it ran into wooded area of Maple Ridge.

A bear in a back yard in Maple Ridge. (THE NEWS files)
A dog bit a city bylaw officer at Anita Place Tent City on Friday. (THE NEWS/files)

Dog bites bylaw officer at B.C. homeless camp

Head of city bylaws department suffers ‘nasty bite’

A dog bit a city bylaw officer at Anita Place Tent City on Friday. (THE NEWS/files)
(Contributed)                                Brendan Post has been an avid outdoorsman and performed heavy lifting for his job in the movie industry.

B.C. mountain biker sent home from hospital twice, despite broken vertebrae

Released in Maple Ridge to go home with three fractured vertebrae

(Contributed)                                Brendan Post has been an avid outdoorsman and performed heavy lifting for his job in the movie industry.
(Contributed)                                Max and Jayden Brewer.

Young boys find ancient stone tool at B.C. lake

Lower water line unearths artifact, likely from Katzie

(Contributed)                                Max and Jayden Brewer.
Maple Ridge mayor under fire after saying homeless ‘raping and pillaging’ city

Maple Ridge mayor under fire after saying homeless ‘raping and pillaging’ city

Mike Morden says words in video were ‘an expression of frustration’

Maple Ridge mayor under fire after saying homeless ‘raping and pillaging’ city
Gloria Zerbinos (right) with her mother Pangiota in 2012. (File)

B.C. woman, already serving time for mom’s murder, sentenced for killing inmate

Gloria Zerbinos of Surrey had been in prison awaiting trial for stabbing her mother to death

Gloria Zerbinos (right) with her mother Pangiota in 2012. (File)
A year later, B.C. cab driver who was beaten with tire iron still can’t get support

A year later, B.C. cab driver who was beaten with tire iron still can’t get support

Had teeth knocked out, left unconsious on Golden Ears Bridge

A year later, B.C. cab driver who was beaten with tire iron still can’t get support
Dead Canada geese found floating in a ditch in Pitt Meadows. (Contributed)

30 dead Canada geese found floating in B.C. ditch

Conservation officers are investigating after the birds were spotted in Pitt Meadows

Dead Canada geese found floating in a ditch in Pitt Meadows. (Contributed)
Prison guards at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre in Maple Ridge (Neil Corbett/Maple Ridge News)

Guards protest firing of fellow officers charged with assault at B.C. prison

Corrections officers demonstrated in Maple Ridge on Friday afternoon

Prison guards at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre in Maple Ridge (Neil Corbett/Maple Ridge News)
‘Tom’ Nghiem Vo of Maple Ridge has suffered acid burns to most of his face and one eye. (Contributed)

B.C. couple attacked with acid, slashed with knife in Vietnam

Warning, graphic images: Man has burns on 80 per cent of his body, slashed with knife

‘Tom’ Nghiem Vo of Maple Ridge has suffered acid burns to most of his face and one eye. (Contributed)
(Contributed)                                Jim and Tula Gonczol on their wedding day 26 years ago.

B.C. man known as ‘Papa Jimmy’ dies making daily trek to his wife

Maple Ridge 85-year-old made visits to New West for 12 years

(Contributed)                                Jim and Tula Gonczol on their wedding day 26 years ago.
Ridge Meadows RCMP Insp. Aaron Paradis as the Grinch. (Contributed)

B.C. RCMP make Grinchy video

Christmas and anti-crime messages in an eight-minute film project

Ridge Meadows RCMP Insp. Aaron Paradis as the Grinch. (Contributed)
This injured deer was seen in the Fern Crescent area of Maple Ridge. (Contributed)

Deer shot by arrow, put down by B.C. conservation sparks investigation

Conservation officers looking for information about Maple Ridge incident

This injured deer was seen in the Fern Crescent area of Maple Ridge. (Contributed)