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Priyanka Ketkar

Priyanka Ketkar

Priyanka Ketkar has been a journalist since 2011 with extensive experience in community-driven news writing, feature writing, and editing. She joined Black Press in 2020 as a reporter/editor for two publications in Northern B.C. She holds a masters in journalism and English literature, and has experience working in India, U.S.A., and now Canada. Priyanka believes in giving a voice to the voiceless through her writing and is always on the lookout for stories hidden in people's hearts and places.
priyanka.ketkar@mapleridgenews.com

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Recent Work by Priyanka

Waves Coffee House founder dies in a car crash in Pitt Meadows

Waves Coffee House founder dies in a car crash in Pitt Meadows

‘He was super-driven, so passionate and just so kind,’ said Kami Rahmati’s son
B.C. family in need of support after mother’s stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis

B.C. family in need of support after mother’s stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis

Seek funds to cover treatment and care for their three autism-diagnosed kids
Volunteers to donate 200 bikes to migrant farm workers impacted by B.C. flooding

Volunteers to donate 200 bikes to migrant farm workers impacted by B.C. flooding

Seek help repairing bikes in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows
Ridge Meadows pharmacy offering free rapid tests; accepting donations for a local scholarship

Ridge Meadows pharmacy offering free rapid tests; accepting donations for a local scholarship

The Noah Trulsen Memorial Scholarship deadline is fast approaching
Maple Ridge apartment fire leaves one person with life-threatening injuries

Maple Ridge apartment fire leaves one person with life-threatening injuries

Fire blazed in a suite of the three-storey affordable housing complex
Homicide detectives investigating after individual found dead in Langley

Homicide detectives investigating after individual found dead in Langley

‘Not a random act,’ says Langley RCMP
Fire crew rescues driver and dog after vehicle crashes into Esso pump in Pitt Meadows

Fire crew rescues driver and dog after vehicle crashes into Esso pump in Pitt Meadows

Crews also respond to another fire incident just 100-feet-away
Maple Ridge dance school’s ‘Dancers for Dairy’ event raises over $8,000 for an Abbotsford farm

Maple Ridge dance school’s ‘Dancers for Dairy’ event raises over $8,000 for an Abbotsford farm

Raffle ticket draw will be held on Dec. 16 during the academy’s Christmas recital
Family of late Maple Ridge man devastated after wedding ring of 72 years lost at B.C. hospital

Family of late Maple Ridge man devastated after wedding ring of 72 years lost at B.C. hospital

Family warns people to take charge of dead loved ones’s things intead of leaving it up to hospitals
Are you this dog’s owner? BC SPCA looking out for dog displaced during Abbotsford flooding

Are you this dog’s owner? BC SPCA looking out for dog displaced during Abbotsford flooding

The dog was brought from the Chilliwack branch to Maple Ridge due to evacuations
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