Pitt Meadows News

For the past nine years, every June, Maple Ridge's Doris Jenkins straps on her running shoes and joins the hundreds-strong throng at the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation's annual Fund Run.

A SCOTS pilot and his future in-laws died in a plane crash as he took them on a sight-seeing flight.

On Sunday, May 27, join Cystic Fibrosis Canada Vancouver Chapter at the eight annual Great Strides walk in Pitt Meadows.

By Monisha Martins - Maple Ridge News Published: May 24, 2012 4:00 PM Updated: May 24, 2012 4:16 PM The City of Pitt Meadows is set to adopt a policy that will guide public consultations for new cellphone tower locations.

The Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 2831 donated $1,200 towards the purchase of a new procedure chair for Ridge Meadows Hospital and the Girls World program.

It will provide information and strategies for participation and employment planning.

While Westcoast Express continues to run normally, job action by CP Rail workers will still an effect on local operations come Wednesday.

Judith Matola was featured on the cover of the TIMES' special edition about Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows charities assisting people around the world.

By Phil Melnychuk - Maple Ridge News Published: May 22, 2012 3:00 PM Updated: May 22, 2012 3:47 PM Canadian Pacific rail and its Teamsters are working out their differences without holding big-city commuters hostage in the process.

By Phil Melnychuk - Maple Ridge News Published: May 22, 2012 3:00 PM Updated: May 22, 2012 3:19 PM So it will be business as usual Wednesday at West Coast Express commuter rail stations in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

The Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay started at Thomas Haney Secondary on Thursday morning and was carried to Pitt Meadows where relay medal on its first leg from Maple Ridge to Pitt Meadows on Thursday morning.

An apology to Japanese-Canadians by the B.C. government last week resulted from a request from a man whose family farm in Pitt Meadows was taken from them during the Second World War.

Rick Hansen's smile is charismatic and infectious. It was a focus of attention 25 years ago when he first rolled into Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows in May 1987.

While campaigning for mayor of Oak Harbor last year, Scott Dudley didn't breathe a word about what he was planning to do six months later - save a life by donating a kidney.

More cities within Metro Vancouver will soon prod their residents to put kitchen scraps and other food waste in green bins for curbside pick-up instead of throwing it in the garbage.

Wedding dresses, gambling, good food, and plentiful drinks were in order at the annual Rotary Ladies Night last Wednesday evening, but the net benefit will be that hungry children in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows get a nutritious meal at lunch.

Shelagh MacGregor, branch manager Jayne Perrault, and Debbie MacDonald from Vancity presented Annika Polegato, RMHF representative with a donation of $5,000. This donation will fund the launch of a community kitchen for families living in poverty in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

Rick Hansen greeted Gordon Kirkland, the official bearer of the Rick Hansen Relay Medal for the Pitt Meadows leg, Thursday afternoon at Pitt Meadows Spirit Square.

The BC Coroners Service has identified three people who died after a float plane crash en route to Pitt Meadows crashed near Peachland on Sunday.

The dogs, which were owned by Dave Dugha, were deemed dangerous, according to Lesley Elchuck, bylaw enforcement officer for the City of Pitt Meadows.