Colleen L. Flanagan

6 days ago | mapleridgenews.com | Colleen L. Flanagan

City of Pitt Meadows will be receiving $3.6 million from the province to upgrade components of the Kennedy Drainage Pump Station. The project, which will be done in consultation with the Katzie First Nation, includes installing higher-capacity pumps and new debris screens. These upgrades will ensure that fish can travel from the Katzie Slough into the Pitt River during high-water periods. "As many of you know most of the City of Pitt Meadows is located in the flood plain.

1 week ago | mapleridgenews.com | Colleen L. Flanagan

An image of a compass is stitched onto the regalia of Oscar Joseph. It is a symbol for both the missing and the spirits of those murdered to find their way home. Just like the red dresses that were hung throughout Pitt Meadows Spirit Square on Monday, May 5, in honour of Red Dress Day, a sombre day of awareness, commemoration, and acknowledgement to reflect on the more than 1,000 murdered and missing Indigenous women, girls, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community across Canada.

1 week ago | mapleridgenews.com | Colleen L. Flanagan

Local Scouts gathered together at the Ridge Meadows Home Show to showcase the group's 2025 Scouts Canada Three Rivers Rally Day. There were more than 120 entries of 'Kub Kars' and 'Scout Trucks' from Scouting groups across the Lower Mainland including: Maple Ridge; Pitt Meadows; Langley; Mission; and Chilliwack. The event is not just about the racing. Each Scout designs their racing vehicle, then they cut it out using carpentry tools, and assemble the vehicle themselves.

1 week ago | mapleridgenews.com | Colleen L. Flanagan

A 420 square foot tiny home was the winner of the Best Booth Award at this years Ridge Meadows Home Show. John and Dawn Beck, with Rolling Bear Tiny Homes, out of Surrey, were ecstatic to win the award. "This is a labour of love," said Dawn of the tiny home on display, just outside the front entrance to Planet Ice, which she noted was built in two and a half months.

1 week ago | mapleridgenews.com | Colleen L. Flanagan

Visitors to the Ridge Meadows Meadows Home Show were impressed with the size and quality of this year's event. Maple Ridge resident Camille Ellison has been to the home show for the past five years. She thoroughly enjoyed the trades show as she is looking for a quote on a new deck. She was impressed by the amount of vendors. Ethel St.Croix thought the home show was great. "It brings everybody together," she said as she waited for her children who were on a ride called the Tornado.