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• Blues musicians perform in the village

  Friends and family are hosting Budstock, a memorial blues concert to Bud Rogers, at the Fort Pub in Fort Langley Sunday.

• Schools prepare for return of students

  Students dread it, and parents can't wait for it, but it's here again, and the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows School District is ready.

• Pitt Meadows wants casino

  By Monisha Martins - Maple Ridge News Published: September 02, 2010 2:00 PM Updated: September 02, 2010 4:39 PM Pitt Meadows council wants a casino and convention centre in the city, perhaps built on an unused swath of commercial land along Lougheed Highway originally slated for a mall.

• New, improved Pitt arena taking shape

  By Robert Mangelsdorf - Maple Ridge News Published: September 02, 2010 2:00 PM Updated: September 02, 2010 2:37 PM It may not look pretty now, but big changes are in store for Pitt Meadows Arena.

• Customer demand lands new air service for Comox flyers

  Air passengers will soon be able to fly to several new destinations across the South Coast of British Columbia.

• Power outage forces arena patrons out into the rain

  By Robert Mangelsdorf - Maple Ridge News Published: September 01, 2010 11:00 AM Updated: September 01, 2010 12:29 PM Hundreds of parents and hockey players were forced out into the rain Tuesday afternoon after the power went out at the Pitt Meadows Arena during the Ridge Meadows Minor Hockey Association's rep team try-outs. The outage occurred just ...

• Three Visions in one art show

  Dorothy and Lea Sevcov. Crazy Quilt and Doodlemania, Zentagle paintings by Dorothy Sevcov.

• B.C. receives new commuter rail cars

  Commuters in British Columbia will benefit from seven new passenger rail cars, part of a project to add space for 2,000 more riders daily to the West Coast Express.

• Rotary dishes out $57k to local groups

  The Meadow Ridge and Haney Rotary Clubs have handed out $57,000 to local groups.

• Bulletin Board

  Singles over 45 walking group meets every Saturday morning at 9:15 a.m. for walks in the Tri-Cities, Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge areas.