People living near Colebrook Road came away from another meeting with Surrey's Mayor full of confidence crime issues will be addressed. Bob Campbell with the Panorama Ridge Ratepayers Association says Dianne Watts agreed to utilize all city resources to target problem homes. Campbell says those include derelict homes, or homes run by slum … [Read more...]
Surrey’s mayor pledges to unveil a crime fighting plan for Panorama Ridge
March 14, 2013 by
People living in Panorama Ridge left a meeting with Surrey's mayor with some hope a plan is coming after four bodies have been found on the same road this year. Bob Campbell with the local ratepayers association says people voiced their frusterations to Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts and the RCMP. "The mayor said she was going to come up with a plan and … [Read more...]
Curtain falls on Kistilano’s Ridge Theatre
February 4, 2013 by
It was an emotional night for those who enjoyed the last show at a Kitsilano landmark Sunday. The iconic Ridge Theatre is now closed, making way for new condo development. The theatre has been screening movies at Arbutus Street and 16th Avenue since 1950. Movie-goers say it’s a big loss: “I'm really sad that's there's going … [Read more...]
Man abducts, beats woman in Maple Ridge
January 21, 2013 by
Police are looking for a man who abducted and beat a woman over the weekend in Maple Ridge. RCMP say the incident happened after the woman agreed to help a man who said he needed help getting his car started. When she agreed to help, he pulled out a weapon and forced the woman to drive her car out of the area. He started beating … [Read more...]
Tumbler Ridge Mayor applauds Federal Court decision to throw out injunction
December 14, 2012 by
The Mayor of Tumbler Ridge is welcoming a Federal Court decision dismissing two unions' efforts to keep sixty Chinese miners from arriving in the province to start work at a Northern BC mine. Darwin Wren says he's pleased HD Mining will be continuing work with a new underground mine in his community, saying there are a lot of local people working … [Read more...]
Intel Red Ridge lands in the FCC: Medfield tablet dreams are reborn
December 9, 2012 by
Mentions of Intel's Red Ridge tablet platform began cropping up in earnest well over a year ago, but things have been fairly quiet on the Medfield front -- with a few exceptions, of course -- ever since. Now, however, Intel's signaling that it may be ready to pop the cork at CES, as the label you're peering at above just made it through FCC … [Read more...]
Hearing on Chinese miners in Tumbler Ridge continues
November 17, 2012 by
A Federal Court ruling is expected next week on whether hundreds of Chinese miners should be allowed to work in Tumbler Ridge. Seventeen are already here and sixty more are expected to arrive within a month. Two unions representing Canadian miners are seeking an injunction while the Federal Government reviews the temporary foreign worker … [Read more...]
Large grow op in Maple Ridge
October 18, 2012 by
RCMP have taken down a large marijuana grow operation in east Maple Ridge. Mounties stumbled across the grow-op at a home on Ferguson Avenue on Monday while visiting the home on an unrelated matter. They found nearly one thousand plants in various stages of growth, along with several guns. A 42 year old man and his 35 year old wife were … [Read more...]
City Councillors discuss the fate of Varsity Ridge Bowling Centre
October 15, 2012 by
An advocate for the Varsity Ridge Bowling Centre on Vancouver’s west side, says he's supportive of a motion going before City Council Tuesday, if the ridge cannot be saved from demolition. Councilor Adriane Carr is calling for staff to work with the park board in considering options for the city to provide a bowling centre on the west … [Read more...]
Fire in Maple Ridge claims 4 new homes, damages others
September 26, 2012 by
Four brand new homes have been destroyed in Maple Ridge after a fire in a construction site. Maple Ridge Fire chief Howard Exner says there is no word yet on the cause. But says the fire spread so quickly as the houses were under construction. "Well it was a very aggressive fire there was bascially four houses that were … [Read more...]
