Maple Ridge

Ridge Meadows RCMP have been granted an detention order until August for seized items in a child luring, child pornography case. (The News files)

RCMP in Lower Mainland investigating child luring, pornography case

Case involves 12- to 13-year-old girls after complaints made in 2022

 

Darryl Seres was identified as the person who died in a fatal car crash in Maple Ridge on Friday, Jan. 5. (Facebook/Special to The News)

Former Conservative Party of BC president victim of fatal Lower Mainland crash

Darryl Seres died in a crash along the Haney Bypass in Maple Ridge on Friday, Jan. 5

 

TJ Tahid of Maple Ridge is training with a top Dutch team. (Canadian Premier League/Special to The News)

B.C. teen soccer pro training with top Dutch side

Maple Ridge’s TJ Tahid is in the Netherlands with Feyenoord Rotterdam

 

B.C.’s New Years baby Taylor Stutsky with her mother Julia Goryn and Travis Stutsky, her father. (Special to The News)

From Prague to Maple Ridge: Meet B.C.’s 2024 New Year baby

Taylor Stutsky was born seconds after midnight at Royal Columbian Hospital

B.C.’s New Years baby Taylor Stutsky with her mother Julia Goryn and Travis Stutsky, her father. (Special to The News)
A production called <em>The Painter</em> was filmed at Mission Trailhead in Maple Ridge on Dec. 12, 2022. (City of Maple Ridge/Special to The News)

B.C.-filmed ‘The Night Agent’ was Netflix’s most watched title this year

Series was filmed in Golden Ears Provincial Park and along Maple Ridge’s Abernethy Way

A production called <em>The Painter</em> was filmed at Mission Trailhead in Maple Ridge on Dec. 12, 2022. (City of Maple Ridge/Special to The News)
Debbie Harbowy, mother of Rebecca Harbowy, 36, who has been missing since Nov. 23, with part of a search crew handing out posters Wednesday afternoon in the area surrounding the Billy Miner Ale House and Café. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)

VIDEO: Mother of missing B.C. woman critical of hospital staff

Rebecca Harbowy missing since she left Ridge Meadows hospital in the early morning on Nov. 23

Debbie Harbowy, mother of Rebecca Harbowy, 36, who has been missing since Nov. 23, with part of a search crew handing out posters Wednesday afternoon in the area surrounding the Billy Miner Ale House and Café. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)
The Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows School District has cancelled trips to Japan, Europe and New York because of the COVID-19 outbreak. (THE NEWS-files)

B.C. teacher’s artwork targeted by followers of far-right social media account

Teacher is now worried about their safety after being harassed and threatened

The Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows School District has cancelled trips to Japan, Europe and New York because of the COVID-19 outbreak. (THE NEWS-files)
Frank The Tank, a sulcata tortoise found wandering in a Richmond field, has left the Maple Ridge branch of the BC SPCA for his forever home. (Mark Vosper/Special to The News)

VIDEO: Wandering B.C. tortoise Frank the Tank finds his forever home

African tortoise found in Richmond field of bok choy gets backyard big enough for his personality

Frank The Tank, a sulcata tortoise found wandering in a Richmond field, has left the Maple Ridge branch of the BC SPCA for his forever home. (Mark Vosper/Special to The News)
Maple Ridge city Councillor Ahmed Yousef was holding this intruder down when he took his photo. (Ahmed Yousef/Special to the News)

B.C. politician, nabs intruder on his property, unhappy police let him go.

Maple Ridge RCMP will not pursue charges after councillor suprises intruder in home renovation

Maple Ridge city Councillor Ahmed Yousef was holding this intruder down when he took his photo. (Ahmed Yousef/Special to the News)
A two-vehicle collision on Nov. 15 sent two men to the hospital in Maple Ridge with serious injuries. (Curtis Kreklau/Special to The News)

PHOTOS: Driver catches fire after serious vehicle collision in Maple Ridge

Two drivers were sent to hospital after crash on Wednesday evening

A two-vehicle collision on Nov. 15 sent two men to the hospital in Maple Ridge with serious injuries. (Curtis Kreklau/Special to The News)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Nov. 14 that 450 new permanent jobs would be created in Maple Ridge thanks to a $1.05-billion partnership with E-One Moli and the provincial and federal governments. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)

Prime Minister announces 450 permanent jobs coming to B.C.

Justin Trudeau unveiled the $1.05-billion partnership with E-One Moli

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Nov. 14 that 450 new permanent jobs would be created in Maple Ridge thanks to a $1.05-billion partnership with E-One Moli and the provincial and federal governments. (Colleen Flanagan/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)
Maple Ridge’s Whonnock Lake was a backdrop for scenes in Netflix romantic series Virgin River. (Netflix, Special to The News)

Virgin territory: popular Netflix series uncovering beautiful B.C.

Scenes from romantic drama Virgin River exposing multiple Lower Mainland locations

Maple Ridge’s Whonnock Lake was a backdrop for scenes in Netflix romantic series Virgin River. (Netflix, Special to 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)
The fallen hiker and his partner were taken to safety by a long-line rescue. (RMSAR/Special to The News)

Climber survives 20-storey B.C. park plunge by clinging to snowbank

Woman suffers 70m fall in Golden Ears Mountains, rescued by Maple Ridge team

The fallen hiker and his partner were taken to safety by a long-line rescue. (RMSAR/Special to The News)
Maria Kovacs had a successful human rights complaint against the City of Maple Ridge over accessibility for visually impaired people. (The News files)

B.C. blind woman awarded $35,000 due to traffic circles and bike lanes

Tribunal says Maple Ridge failed to consider needs of disabled in roadwork, orders changes

Maria Kovacs had a successful human rights complaint against the City of Maple Ridge over accessibility for visually impaired people. (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)
Drake’s new album For All the Dogs was released Oct. 6, and features the song Another Late Night, which has an accompanying music video that was shot in Maple Ridge. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Invision - Jonathan Short)

VIDEO: Drake’s new album drops, with B.C. music video

For All the Dogs is out now, with Another Late Night video shot in Maple Ridge

Drake’s new album For All the Dogs was released Oct. 6, and features the song Another Late Night, which has an accompanying music video that was shot in Maple Ridge. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Invision - Jonathan Short)
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)
The suspect in the death of Const. Rick O’Brien will be back in court on Nov. 7. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

Nicholas Bellemare faces a charge of first degree murder

The man accused of killing a Ridge Meadows RCMP officer in Coquitlam…

The suspect in the death of Const. Rick O’Brien will be back in court on Nov. 7. (Special to Langley Advance Times)