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Environmental learning: no school for these students
Students enrolled in a new environmental program in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows district won’t be going to school this week, or any time in the immediate future. They’re part of an experiment that will...
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Newcomers to provincial politics fight for empty seat in Maple Ridge-Pitt...
With Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows NDP MLA Mike Sather retiring, the open seat is being contested by a mixture of relative newcomers and veterans to politics. Conservative Manuel Pratas was shocked even by...
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Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows candidates make last attempt to sway voters
All four candidates in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows made their pitch to voters at the riding’s last all-candidates meeting at at Meadowridge Secondary school on May 2. Questions posed by the Maple Ridge...
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Maple Ridge-Mission incumbent supporters positive about election’s outcome
Supporters of Maple Ridge-Mission incumbent, Liberal Marc Dalton, are remaining positive heading into tonight’s voting. Wilson Sieg, Dalton’s campaign manager, says of the riding’s current MLA, “We’re...
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Advance voter turn out up in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows
Both Maple Ridge ridings saw more voters taking advantage of early voting opportunities, a trend that appears to be mirrored on General Voting Day. Elections B.C. released its advance voter polls,...
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Liberal takes traditionally NDP riding in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
After leading Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows under NDP leadership for eight years, retiring MLA Michael Sather’s empty seat gets filled by veteran Pitt Meadows councillor, Liberal Doug Bing. Describing his...
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Maple Ridge-Mission Liberal incumbent wins by a larger margin
Squeaking by in 2009 by only 68 votes, Liberal candidate Marc Dalton, the only incumbent in Maple Ridge’s ridings, secures his spot as Maple Ridge-Mission’s MLA by a much wider margin this go around....
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Runner-up in zumba ‘sex challenge’ party, but now (sort of) ready to face...
With two fun runs circled on my weekend (how to escape yard work) calendar — Saturday with the inspiring LatinRunners and Sunday in Fort Langley with the always-active MEC crew — I kind of wondered...
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