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Spud isn’t a big dog, but he still likes to run around and get some exercise and sniff out some of his peers in a safe environment.

As of June 10, though, when the off-leash area in Volker Park closes and the fence is removed, Spud, a cairn terrier, will be look-

ing for a new playground.“I’m upset with fact it’s being

closed,” said Gordon Westrand, Spud’s owner. “I just don’t think the public is being told why it’s being done.”

The Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Parks and Leisure Ser-vices Commission made the deci-sion at its April 10 meeting after hearing from residents who live nearby.

Parks and facilities director Da-vid Boag said the residents had a compelling case.

“The closure, I would say, is

largely about the noise,” although there were also complaints about dust and people walking dogs outside the fence.

People were upset about being woken early on Sunday mornings or from dogs barking after hours. Video clips backed up the resi-dents’ concerns.

“I would say the biggest part is the noise throughout the day for the people who live in such close proximity to the park,” Boag said.

The off-leash section of the park has been open for about four years and cost about $5,000 to in-

stall the fence. A water fountain for the play-

ground and a tap for the park was installed for $10,000.

Last July, dog walkers found broken auto glass in the off-leash area.

And a month ago, Westrand and his wife found about 40 tacks strewn on the ground.

But noise, not vandalism, was the deciding factor, Boag said.

“The commission just felt it was just too great a burden to put on folks in that neighbourhood.”

Noise the problem at Volker off-leash area

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Residents object to closing dog park

Call to orderCentennial narrator Erin Mark and Staff Sgt. Major John Buis, playing a poundkeeper, take part in a re-enactment of the inaugural Pitt Meadows council meeting on Friday.See story, p3.

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Too late to lower tax increase

A bylaw that sets this year’s tax in-crease has won the reluctant support of three Pitt Meadows councillors, quelling fears that a split council would put tax collection in jeopardy.

Couns. Bruce Bell, Janis Elkerton and Dave Murray said they would vote to pass the 2014 property tax rate bylaw at a meeting Tuesday as they ran out of time to slash this year’s tax increase any further.

“We’re stuck with putting the budget through,” Elkerton said Monday. “We have to deal with the reality that we have to have a budget passed by May.”

Failure to pass a property tax rate bylaw amounts to an offence under B.C.’s Community Charter, which requires municipalities to annually adopt a bylaw that authorizes them to collect taxes.

See Taxes, p4

See Dog park, p5

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Donning a top hat, coat-tails and a bushy salt-and-

pepper beard, Mayor Deb Walters channeled the ghost of John Blaney, Pitt Meadows’ first reeve, to call the city’s inaugural council meeting to order.

One hundred years to the day of incorporation, six pioneers imme-diately got down to business, their modern counterparts decked out in period costumes to recreate the mo-mentous event on Friday.

Bill Park, a former fire chief and grandson of the city’s first clerk, William James Park, watched from the front row as council hired and swore in its first constable, played by Staff Sgt. Major John Buis, who was dressed in a North West Mounted Police uniform from the 1800s and sported a coiffed, curled moustache.

Council of the day passed resolu-tions to borrow money, send a del-egation to Victoria, and instruct the clerk to write to Ottawa to inquire about a wharf at the end of Harris Road.

Leslie Norman, the curator of Pitt Meadow Museum and Archives, described the meeting, held in the Number 1 School Building, as “short, pragmatic and quick.”

Much has changed and much

hasn’t, says Mayor Walters, reminisc-ing about a time when the municipal-ity had a population of less than 250.

The present council now boasts four strong women, while debates about salaries and taxes continue to this day. Just like it did in 1914, Pitt Meadows is still begging Ottawa to chip in a fair share of tax dollars to build roads and fix bridges.

“There are still the same problems and same issues, but everything is at a much larger scale,” Walters said.

On Friday, each member of Pitt Meadows council portrayed a peer from 1914, whose names now grace

city streets: Bruce Bell was William R. McMyn; Dave Murray was Rob-ert Sharpe; Janis Elkerton played William Reid; Gwen O’Connell was Roland Thomson, a First World War veteran who was killed in Somme in 1916; Tracy Miyashita, tucked her hair under a top hat, and wore a thick handle-bar moustache to evoke Wil-liam Richardson.

Maple Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykin took on the role of his district’s reeve John C. McFarlane as council re-enacted a public hearing from 1915 to settle a dispute about a tiny, jagged sliver of land between the adjacent

municipalities.Between 4,000 and 5,000 people

visited Pitt Meadows’ civic centre to celebrate the city’s 100th birthday on Friday, an event followed by a gala Saturday, which drew a perfectly cos-tumed crowd of 180.

“Often when we celebrate one of life’s milestones, we pause for a mo-ment to reflect upon our past, pres-ent and future and the celebration of Pitt Meadows centennial is no differ-ent,” Walters added.

“It’s our history and we learn from it. From our humble beginning, we have seen growth and development,

experienced struggles and celebra-tions and everything in between. Our future looks strong and prosper-ous and Pitt Meadows is a commu-nity to be proud of. I take great pride in saying this is home.”

For centennial coordinator Erin Mark, the festivities were unforget-table.

“The response was phenomenal,” said Mark.

A hundred volunteers helped both events run smoothly and Mark reminds residents that the celebrations will continue until the end of the year.

Party of the century for Pitt Meadows

When you hold an event in April, you can expect the showers that precede the May flowers.

Earth Day was like that as the atten-dance at the event waxed and waned on Saturday according to the weather.

“The Iron Chef competition was a great success,” said organizer Leanne Koehn, with the Ridge Meadows Recycling So-ciety.

Seven restaurants showed up at Memo-rial Peace Park to compete in the Iron Chef chili-tasting competition that was part of Earth Day this year.

GM Restaurant claimed the spot as best overall and most unique chili, while Big Feast Bistro and Catering placed second overall, followed by The Well in Chances

Maple Ridge gaming centre.“They [GM Restaurant] had a fantas-

tic tofu chili. Of course, it won the most original, or unique.”

But when it came to a blind taste test as decided by a media panel, Big Feast was tops.

Funds from the cooking competition went to Friends in Need Food Bank.

“The Stone Soup went well. So many people brought so much food for it, it was wonderful,” Koehn said.

Volunteers with Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Community Kitchen, which helps low-income people cook healthy food at low cost, made the soup.

Stone soup is based on folklore in which hungry travellers arrive at a village, fill up a cooking pot with water and throw in a stone. When the villagers ask what they are cooking, they reply stone soup, but that it needs a bit of garnish to make

it taste great. So, each villager pitched in with whatever vegetable they can offer until finally a soup is made and shared amongst the group.

Community Kitchen also got restocked with groceries in the process.

The Family Freecycle offered used clothing, toys and books while Cycle Re-cycle offered recycled bicycles.

Five cultural events were sponsored by the community arts grant.

Earth Day has taken place in Maple Ridge since 1970. Next year’s focus has already been decided.

“Next year, our theme is, ‘water, water, everywhere.” While Maple Ridge has a lot of it, there’s scarcity around the world, Koehn said.

In keeping with year’s focus on food, the Haney Farmer’s Market held its first market of the year, celebrating its 10th anniversary.

Usually, about 3,000 people attend the event, but this year that number could be down slightly, Koehn added.

The next Haney Farmers Market takes place May 10, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.


Rick Higgs, co-chair of the Pitt Meadows Centennial Celebration Committee, holds a schedule of events as he watches a re-enactment of the inaugural Pitt Meadows council meeting on Friday; (right) CAO Kim Grout and Mayor Deb Walters take part in the reenactment.

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Victoria will no longer require you to barricade yourself if you want to sip a beer in a beer gar-den at outdoor festivals.

Instead, imbibers can sit with everyone else, and their fami-lies, thanks to another change announced in the liquor laws.

The change is now in effect, the latest unrolled as part of the Liquor Policy Review, but it’s not having any effect on one of Maple Ridge’s signature sum-mer events.

“We have a beer garden and we’re not going to change it,” said Lorraine Bates, organizer with Country Fest.

The event in Albion Fair-grounds will go on unchanged, with a fenced-off beer garden because of security concerns, said Bates. The free event takes place July 26 and 27.

“It’s not a priority and we don’t put a lot of emphasis on it,” said Bates.

“We’d rather be known as a family event.”

Opening up the entire spec-tating area in front of the stage to beer drinkers would require more security than the single guard now used, she explained. It will make it harder to police.

“It’s just easier to monitor in a fenced area.”

Deddy Geese, organizer with the Maple Ridge Caribbean Festival, wants to keep some

kind of fence around the beer garden at the downtown festi-val, which takes place this July 12 and 13.

But a metre-high fence would work better instead of the two fences more than two metres high, with a dead zone in be-tween, that separated the beer garden from the rest of the crowd last year.

“It’s certainly very interesting news.”

With government support de-clining and less corporate sup-port, beer sales are a major fun-draiser for the free event which takes place in Memorial Peace Park, Geese said.

“I think it’s a great idea. I think finally Canada has finally come to the age of responsible drink-

ing like they do in Europe.”This year, the beer garden will

be managed by a separate cater-er and it’s not sure what kind of area will be created.

Geese said some people still get carried away and given a hot day, and prolonged drink-ing there could be problems. Municipal laws will also have an effect.

Under the new rules, organiz-ers could apply for a whole-site special occasion licence. That could require a perimeter fence, plus secondary fencing within the event where the liquor is being sold. Once people have purchased their alcohol, they will be allowed to consume it anywhere within the whole-site area.

Victoria relaxes Victorian-era beer garden rules ‘It costs us to deliver’Taxes from front With the clock ticking towards a legislated May

15 deadline, city director of finance Mark Roberts warned council in April there were serious conse-quences if members were unable to reach a com-promise.

Penalties include a fine of up to $2,000, imprison-ment for up to six months - or both.

Bell, Elkerton and Murray remain opposed to the city’s 1.9 per cent tax increase, as they believe the city’s budget can still be tightened.

The city received a petition signed by 1,500 peo-ple calling for a “zero tax increase” for the second year in a row.

Although they’ve yielded, Bell, Elkerton and Murray intend to keep an eye on spending for the rest of the year to save taxpayers money.

Elkerton said she will vote against a $200,000 “natural park”– proposed for land at Airport Way and Bonson Road – although it’s already in this year’s budget.

Earlier this month, the three councillors man-aged to remove the proposed North Lougheed Connector from the city’s long-term transporta-tion plan, which could mean the city won’t spend $50,000 this year for a study.

“There are still items that will impact the budget and create more surplus at the end of the year,” said Elkerton, reminding residents that many sugges-tions to cut spending were defeated during budget discussions with a 4-3 vote split.

Former Coun. Doug Bing, elected as the MLA for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows last May, stayed on till February to ensure the 2014 budget passed and phoned in to cast his final vote.

Murray noted that his own motion in January to whittle down the tax increase to one per cent failed in a similar 4-3 split. Murray proposed the city look at cutting back small items such as grass cutting, janitorial services, as well as scrutinize the services it contracts out – a sum which totalled $2.9 million in 2012. (Figures for 2013 won’t be available until June.)

“We’ve run out of time and it wouldn’t be fair to have staff go through another budget exercise at this point,” said Murray.

This was the first time Pitt Meadows crafted two budgets - one with no tax increase and a second, which initially proposed increasing taxes by three per cent.

Bell noted that several items that presented “no risk” to service levels were dumped back into the budget, costing taxpayers $38,000.

“We move on,” he said, adding that financial scrutiny will continue.

A 1.9 per cent increase, the lowest tax hike in a decade, will add $52 to the tax bill for the average single-family home, valued at $450,000. Multi-family dwellings, valued at $270,000, will see their bills increase by $2, or 0.11 per cent.

“We are not hiding anything with extra lev-ies, like other municipalities do,” said Mayor Deb Walters, relieved to hear her colleagues would not be thwarting tax collection to make a point about spending.

Walters reminds residents that the costs to deliv-er services goes up every year, so it’s likely increases won’t remain as low as 1.9 indefinitely.

“People want decent roads, people want the grass cut and people want the feel-good things, as well,” said Walters. “It’s important to remember it costs us to deliver those services.”


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The commission re-jected Boag’s suggestion for more time to make a decision and for reduced opening hours for the dog park.

Boag also suggested that a public process take place before a final deci-sion.

“We discussed a pro-cess that evening … but some people just felt strongly that it’s too close to neighbours.”

Westrand, a former school board chairman in Coquitlam, can accept a decision made after discussion by both sides. But there’s been no op-

portunity for input from dog owners.

“They’ve eliminated that. They’ve taken away our right to question the validity of their argu-ment. I just think it’s to-tally undemocratic,” he said.

“I found when govern-ment gets into trouble, at any level, they get in trouble by making very quick decision without a lot of input from the public.”

Westrand said whenev-er he goes by other parks, they’re usually empty.

“This is a park that’s well used,” he added. “Kids yelling, dogs bark-

ing, isn’t that what parks are supposed to be for?”

There’s more noise from the school than the dogs, he pointed out.

“Are we going to close down a school?”

Nancy Patrick, a dog owner, is circulating a petition to keep the park open and will present it at a future council meet-ing.

She says dog own-ers were never given a chance to address any issues and bylaw offi-cers never visited. There was no option to reduce hours or noise.

“It seems very unfair.”The Maple Ridge and

Pitt Meadows Parks and Leisure Services Com-mission will hear sugges-tions about alternative sites on May 15.

Other off-leash dog ar-eas in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows:

• Albion Fairgrounds;• Hoffman Park;• Jerry Sulina Park;• North Bonson Park;• leash optional dike

trail from the Pitt River Bridge to Pitt Meadows Marina (new);

• leash option dike trail from the north end of Harris Road in Pitt Meadows, which offers both north and south walking trails (new).

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A Maple Ridge woman has been charged in con-nection with the murder of Burnaby grandmoth-er.

Christina Docherty, 61, was found around 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 2 in an apartment in the

4900-block of Hastings Street.

RCMP found the cir-cumstances of her death suspicious and called in the Integrated Homi-cide Investigation Team, which assumed conduct of the investigation from the initial stages.

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could assist in putting the pieces of this investi-gation together,” said Sgt. Jennifer Pound. “The perseverance shown by the investigators has paid off as four months later we can confirm an arrest and charge approval for this tragic death.

Police arrested Trudy Gail Hunter on Friday, April 25, in Maple Ridge. She has been charged with second-degree

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VICTORIA – Last week’s views on Earth Day myths attracted a fair amount of criti-cism.

One tireless mem-ber of the “Alberta tar sands killing the plan-et” crowd scolded me for daring to mention that 60 per cent of the oil pollution in the oceans around North America comes from natural seeps. That’s eight times more than all pipeline and tanker spills combined, and it’s been going on 24 hours a day for the last 10,000 years or so.

This fact blows another hole in the carefully crafted narrative that only Ca-nadian oil exports to Asia would destroy our delicate ecosystems.

That narrative is why the daily Alaska supertankers along the B.C. coast are ignored, as is the barbaric shale oil rush in North Dakota that can be seen from space. U.S. oil barons are flaring off the vast volume of natural gas that comes up with the more valuable light crude, while the U.S. environment lobby obsesses over the Keystone XL pipeline.

Here’s another one that may upset people indoctrinated by our school system, media and our supposedly green B.C. Liberal government.

B.C.’s recent pine beetle epidemic was caused by human carbon emissions, right? Everybody knows that. Gordon Campbell hammered the point home in

speeches for years.In 2012, I participated in a B.C. forests

ministry tour of facilities, where hardy seedlings are grown for reforestation. Test plantings were also underway to see if the range of southern tree spe-cies is shifting northward due to climate change.

During the bus ride, I asked the prov-ince’s top forest scientists if Campbell was right. The answer? We don’t have enough evidence to conclude that. As for shifting tree habitat, those decades-long experiments are continuing.

The scientists confirmed what I already knew, which is that the most recent bark beetle epidemic is the latest of many. It’s the largest “on record,” but the record goes back less than a century.

In 2008, I interviewed Lorne Swanell on the occasion of his 100th birthday. A graduate of UBC’s school of forest engineering, Swanell began his career with the forests ministry in 1930. After a year as a ranger, he was assigned to the Kamloops region to help deal with a pine beetle epidemic.

Conventional wisdom on the latest out-break holds that it spread so far because of a lack of cold winters, attributed to human carbon emissions.

I grew up in northern B.C., and my last two visits to the Peace country were both in January. In 2004, I recall changing planes on the tarmac of Prince George airport, moving briskly in the daytime temperature near -40 C. That night, and subsequent nights, the mercury dropped to -50 C.

In January 2013, I returned for some

discussions on the Enbridge pipeline route, and experienced a relatively balmy -30 C in the daytime. So when I hear people talk about the end of cold winters in northern B.C. because of global warm-ing, it’s difficult to square with personal experience.

I can hear the rebuttals already: ‘It takes long periods of extreme cold to kill the pine beetle.’ How long? Longer than those ones, of course.

Similarly flexible theories are being advanced to explain the 17-year “pause” in Earth’s average surface temperature rise, the growing Antarctic ice sheet, and this past winter’s “polar vortex.”

If anyone has substantial evidence that CO2 from human activity was the trigger mechanism for the latest beetle outbreak in B.C., I’d like to see it. But please, spare me the affirmations of quasi-religious faith that often pass for climate change arguments today.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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What level of service should injured and sick Metro residents expect from B.C. Ambulance and fire services?

That’s at the heart of the issue now being de-bated as the B.C. Emergency Health Services de-fends a Resource Allocation Plan that has down-graded some medical emergencies from Code 3 to Code 2. Previously, some of these emergencies were attended by ambulance and fire crews, who responded with lights and sirens at speeds above the posted speed limit. Now, only the fire depart-ment is responding with this level of service, while the ambulance drives at posted speed limits and gets there later.

According to BCEHS, the change in ambulance response time has actually cut the time paramed-ics get to serious emergencies, which is a good thing, while slightly lengthening the time for some of these Code 2 calls, reducing the potential for accidents — and the change isn’t affecting pa-tient outcome, it says.

But local fire departments tell a different story, saying that some of these calls are taking up to half an hour or longer, and in Coquitlam it was reported that people got so fed up with waiting for an ambulance, they drove a patient to the hos-pital themselves.

The Tri-Cities argue this service change is downloading, that instead of increasing resources to enable ambulances to handle the growing de-mand for service as the population increases and ages, the province is merely reducing some ser-vices to hold the line on costs elsewhere.

But should firefighters stop attending these calls, too?

That’s what BCEHS says, arguing that cities should adopt the same level of service, then there wouldn’t be any concerns about downloading.

But this argument ignores the fact that residents pay for and have come to expect a certain level of service, and if firefighters adopt the same service model as the ambulance, the cities will catch heat.

After all, a patient in severe pain may not be dying, but shouldn’t they get a quick response to hospital?

Once again, cities are saddled with the costs and the responsibilities of a senior level of gov-ernment.

And that’s just painful.

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Editor, The News:Re: ‘Trustees are missing the bus’ (The

News, April 25).Although preparing a balanced bud-

get is always a challenging task, this year’s budget process has been espe-cially difficult.

As a board, we share in the frus-tration of our employees who worry about the effects of the unrelenting budget cuts necessitated by provincial funding pressures.

We will soon be discussing our con-cerns with the B.C. School Trustees Association, our MLAs and with the ministry of education.

At the same time, we also worry about and want to minimize any mis-conceptions surrounding this pro-cess. To this end, we want to take a moment to address some of the most worrying misconceptions.

First, we would like to begin by stressing that the board will not be making any final decisions on the budget proposals until April 30th.

District administration and trustees have met with parents and affected employee groups several times since the proposed preliminary budget was released, and early indications are that we will be modifying a number of the initial proposals as a result of these consultations.

Second, although there is a general sense that the proposed cuts are ineq-uitable, we must clarify that the pro-posed preliminary operating budget does in fact include cuts to salaried administrators, managers and exempt staff.

In fact, there have been cuts of over eight per cent to this employee group

since 2008, and administrative sala-ries have been frozen for years.

The ongoing funding pressures are affecting all our employee groups.

Third, we would like to clarify that trustees did not give themselves a cost of living increase. This is an un-fortunate misreading of the recently adopted trustee remuneration policy, which merely outlines the processes by which the board considers trustee remuneration.

Although this policy stipulates that, “Trustee remuneration may be ad-justed for a cost of living adjustment on July 1st each year,” such an adjust-ment is by no means automatic, nor has this board made that adjustment at this time.

Perhaps most important of all, we wish to recognize and acknowledge the value that all our staff bring to the education system.

This board recognizes that any re-duction in staffing means less atten-tion to students while school is in ses-sion.

We will continue to review all our options and will discuss all of these reductions with our local MLAs.

Finally, we understand there is a sense that budget reductions could be avoided if boards across the province were to rally together and refuse to submit a balanced budget.

History, however, has taught us that such a revolt would only lead to the prompt replacement of an elected board by a ministry-appointed trust-ee, who would implement all pro-posed cuts without consideration for community feedback.

Not only, therefore, would we be

in violation of our oath of office, we would also be doing a great disservice to our community.

The BCSTA has not been encourag-ing boards to take this step, and we know of no boards in the province considering such.

We know this is a difficult process, and we understand the frustration and sense of loss felt by many of our staff.

We are, as a board, committed to ensuring any budget reductions we make minimize the effect on stu-dents, and that all our decisions are informed by the discussions we have with parents, partner groups, and em-ployees.

We must and we will continue to engage parents and community in a dialogue about education funding, and urge both to join us in lobbying the provincial government for more consistent and more appropriate pro-vincial funding levels.

Mike Murray, chairMaple Ridge–Pitt Meadows

Board of Education

Editor, The News:Re: Bad truckers give all a dirty reputation (Along the

Fraser, April 25).My husband parks at the pullout west of 240th Street

and both of us are disgusted with the garbage in and around the area.

He has trucked for more than 30 years and has never peed into a bottle.

I have spent time picking up garbage around the area, while waiting for him and have even thought of chaining a garbage can to the sign. I know it would be full in no time from people too lazy or cheap to take their trash to the transfer station.

Truckers are not the only ones using the pull out. Trav-ellers with motor homes, trailers and campers also stop there, as do people using it as a place to pull over for a rest and to have their lunch and dump their trash.

Blaming it all on truckers is unfair and closing it down would be a shame. It is space that is needed.

Fines are great, but that means more surveillance, and more garbage cans are needed for sure. Be prepared, if a TV or mattress can’t fit, it will end up in the ditch.

There seems to be a lack of pride for many in our lovely little district. Garbage is regularly dumped on River Road on the way to the transfer station, in ditches accessing the dikes, ravines and streets.

I’m always filling up garbage bags on my paper route. I’ll keep doing my part.

Isabelle WegenerMaple Ridge

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Participants heading to Sunday’s Vancouver Sun Run had the option of taking a West Coast Ex-press train, but it came at a cost to Metro Vancou-ver taxpayers.

The Sunday morn-ing train from Mission to Vancouver was half full, with 522 people on board, while it had ca-pacity for 1,036 riders.

The average cost to run the Sun Run train from Mission to Vancouver is $18,500.

With fares bringing in only $6,400, TransLink had to pay $12,100 for the run.

“We’ve never received any criticism for having the Sun Run train. If any-thing, we have received thank-yous from people using the service,” said West Coast Express pres-ident Fred Cummings.

But he acknowledged it does cost taxpayers.

“Typically, they [special event trains] come at a cost. The revenue is usually in-sufficient to cover the cost.”

TransLink offers four special event trains throughout the year.

One is for the Honda Celebration of Light fi-nale in early August, while the other two are the Santa trains that take shoppers downtown in December.

“We’ve had fairly good ridership for the Sun Run. It’s a community event, so we support it and we get revenue from it.”

The Celebration of Light finale train costs even more at $20,900.

But fares bring in only $5,500 – for a net cost of $15,400.

Cummings said no other organization has

ever approached Trans-Link to run another spe-cial event train.

B.C. Lions football team spokesman Jamie Cartmell said the club hasn’t considered re-questing a train to carry fans to watch the Lions in B.C. Place.

That would depend on costs and the number of fans that usually come from the areas served by the train, he said.

During the 2010 Van-couver Winter Olympics, several trains carried people to downtown, with strong ridership.

“Our costs were recov-ered from that, as well,” Cummings said.

Deciding whether to

offer a special event train is made well in advance, added Cummings.

“We take a look at this on an annual basis. It’s all based on ridership, mak-ing sure we get sufficient revenue or sponsorship out of running that train.”

While special event trains struggle to get enough ridership to pay costs, revenue made on the five Monday-to-Fri-day commuter trains to Vancouver pays for about 90 per cent of the operat-ing costs.

There are no plans to extend that service to the weekends, though.

Ridership, or lack of it, is the reason West Coast Express offers no week-end trains into Vancou-ver for shoppers or sight-seers.

That’s been considered in previous years, but the numbers have never been there, said Trans-Link spokesperson Jen-nifer Siddon.

“Over the years, we have explored ways to expand our service to include weekends. Un-fortunately, we haven’t had the ridership to support weekend West Coast Express opera-tions.”

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A local service club with a hall nearby wants safety improved on the scenic start of Fern Crescent that leads to Golden Ears Provincial Park.

“We wanted the mu-nicipality to take a look at a way of improving the safety in the area because we’ve had sev-eral vehicles go out of control and land in our parking lot,” said Eric Phillips, with the Fra-ternal Order of Eagles in Maple Ridge.

The service club’s Ea-gle’s Hall is located just across 132nd Avenue where it intersects with Fern Crescent.

Westbound vehicles that don’t safely nego-tiate the ‘S’ turn could end up on the other side of the road.

Phillips said he dropped letters off to Maple Ridge munici-pal hall, as well as to Ridge Meadows RCMP in November, but has heard from neither.

“There’s been no re-sponse from the dis-trict, whatsoever.”

He was only re-minded of the issue when Coun. Corisa Bell raised a similar topic about road safety at Tuesday’s council meeting after a colli-

sion between a female cyclist and Jeep farther east along Fern Cres-cent on April 18.

The cyclist suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to hospi-tal by B.C. Air Ambu-lance and was reported to be in serious but stable condition.

Phillips said the club would like enforce-ment of the 30 kilome-tre-per-hour limit in the area or some safety improvements without destroying the scenic surroundings.

“They come around there well in excess of 30 kilometres per hour. In the summer, it’s quite a rat race out of there.”

A crash can happen if someone runs the stop

sign at the intersecting 132nd Avenue.

“What we suggested is they put a stop sign on Fern Crescent.”

Perhaps 132nd Av-enue could be widened on the north side, he said.

“What we want is safety improved with-out destroying the old growth trees.”

Mayor Ernie Daykin said traffic volume could ease once Larch Avenue is connected, allowing residents from homes above in Silver Valley another way out without using 236th Street and 132nd Avenue.

Ridge Meadows RCMP say the inter-section isn’t consid-ered a high-crash area.

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Maple Ridge This MonthMAY 2014

May 2014Council Meeting ScheduleMayor and Council encourage everyone to attend these important public meetings. It’s your chance to see how public policy is debated and enacted.

Monday, May 5 9:00 am, Workshop - Blaney Room1:00 pm, Committee of the Whole - Council Chambers

Monday, May 12 9:00 am, Workshop - Blaney Room1:00 pm, Committee of the Whole - Council Chambers

Tuesday, May 136:00 pm, Council Meeting - Council Chambers

Tuesday, May 206:00 pm, Public Hearing - Council Chambers

Tuesday, May 276:00 pm, Council Meeting - Council Chambers

Agendas & MinutesAgendas for these meetings are posted online the Friday before the meeting date. Go to mapleridge.ca, click the link under Your Council on the home page.

Council This WeekSubscribe to the ‘Council This Week’ eNewsletter that provides a summary of issues discussed at Council Workshop meetings. Go to mapleridge.ca, click the link to ‘Notify Me’ and sign up today.

Council Meeting VideosIf you are unable to attend a Council Meeting, Public Hearing or Committee of the Whole meeting you can now watch these meetings on your computer 24/7. The entire unedited meetings are posted two to three days after the meeting. The video is indexed to the agenda package so that you can watch them in their entirety or click through by agenda item. Go to mapleridge.ca and click on the video link at the centre of the home page.

INFORMED: Emmilene Mohun Park DedicationA Great Park for a Great Neighbourhood

It all starts this Friday at 4:00 pm! The 2014 Ridge Meadows Home Show runs Friday, May 2 from 4:00 to 8:00 pm, Saturday, May 3 from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm and Sunday, May 4 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at Planet Ice. With more than 375 exhibitor booths, demos, how-to seminars, the Family Fest, West Coast Amusements Carnival and a ton of other great components, you and your family will have a great time seeing all the latest trends in renovation, remodeling, construction, landscaping, food, wine, � tness – you get the picture – there’s something for everyone.

We are proud to be part of this year’s Home Show and we invite you to stop by and chat with your Mayor and Council who will be on shift throughout the weekend. They will be joined by staff volunteers and members of our Emergency Planning team who will have great tips for you and your family. It’s hard to miss our big bold booth featuring photos of some of our amazing citizens who have achieved great things on the world stage!

This is also the time we will unveil the 2013 Citizens Report. This 48 page magazine highlights some of the people, places and events of 2013, along with a look at the District’s � nancial performance and highlights of accomplishments of departments. There are a couple of new features that you might want to check out. Photographer Oliver Rathonyi-Reusz has done an amazing photo essay called “Your Maple Ridge: 24 Hours” that shows how our community never sleeps. There’s also a feature article on ‘Trail Boss’ Bill Archibald who has a legacy of 50 years of volunteer service to our community. This is our best report ever, and we hope that you will come take a peek. The publication will be available in print and online starting on Friday.

The admission to this year’s Home Show is only $4 for an individual and $7 for a family. We look forward to seeing you all this weekend for the North Fraser’s largest Home Show event!

Haney Farmers Market has fast become one of the favourite destinations of area ‘foodies’ looking for incredible local produce to add to their dinner plate. Fresh fruit and veggies are just part of the cornucopia available at the market. You can get amazing meats and baked goods, honey, pickles, jams and other foods made with care. Best part is that you get to meet the people who make the food and learn that eating in rhythm with the seasons not only tastes great, but helps to support our local farmers.

The opening day celebration will feature local dignitaries stopping in for a visit and the legendary carrot cake slice signaling the beginning of the Market’s year. A reminder that it’s Mother’s Day weekend, so why don’t you take mom out for a visit to the market and gather everything you need to create a gourmet dinner. Share the love!

We’d like to congratulate Eileen and Paul Dwillies, your Farmers Market managers, who were nominated as Citizen of the Year by the Maple Ridge Community Foundation. They have been a huge part of the decade long growth of the

Market as the cornerstone of our community gatherings at Memorial Peace Park.

Haney Farmers Market is looking for people interested in volunteering or busking at the Market. Get in touch with Eileen at 604-467-7433 or email [email protected]

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On Saturday, May 3 at 11:00 am there will be a gathering to of� cially dedicate the new park in the Hammond neighbourhood. Emmilene Mohun Park recognizes one of the early pioneers of Hammond.

There are going to be speeches and a dedication ceremony, and the folks from the Planning Department will be there to shoot video footage as part of the #MyHammond photo project that is one of the � rst steps of the development of a Hammond Area Plan in our Of� cial Community Plan.

This park has become a favourite stop for area neighbours going out for a walk or jog. The engaged members of this community have already organized events in this special place and it is one of the best places to sit and watch the sunrise, sunset or to watch the activity along the Fraser River that reminds us of the rich history of BC and the role that Hammond has played in the history of Maple Ridge. Just look at the view from the photo that accompanies this article. This park is a real gem in our community. We hope that the neighbourhood comes out to join us for this dedication.


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The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News collected four B.C. and Yukon Community Newspaper Association awards on the weekend.

Colleen Flanagan earned first place in the black and white photo catego-ry for the largest circulation class, over 25,000.

Carly Moir also earned first place in the collaborative ad design cat-egory, over 25,000.

Flanagan and Moir were also part of the News team that place second in the ad campaign category.

As well, the News placed second in the special publications category, over 25,000, for “Our community, our people” – a supplement profiling prominent local personalities.

In addition to the provincial awards, the News recently earned three Canadian Community News-paper Association awards.

Phil Melnychuk placed second in the best business writing category, circulation over 10,000.

Flanagan came second in best sports photo and third in best news feature photo, both over 12,500 cir-culation.

Nominations sought for Lynn Papp awards

Colleen Flanagan came first in the black and white photo category for the largest circulation class, over 25,000. The photo depicts Al Clark, the original owner of the Stag Barbershop in Maple Ridge, clipping the hair of Maurice Collette.

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Nominations are still being sought for the Lynn Papp Community Service award.

The Lynn Papp award is given to an individ-ual who participates in community based ac-tivities and projects and volunteers their time without the expectation of personal reward.

Nominations will be accepted until Friday, May 2, with winners announced on stage at the Pitt Meadows Day ceremonies, Saturday, June 7.

This year the Pitt Meadows Day Society will recognized a junior and senior winner.

The junior award will go to a nominee be-tween the ages of 12-14. The senior award will go to someone 15-18 years old, as of January 1, 2014.

Nominees must be res-idents of Pitt Meadows.

Lynn Papp was a long-time Pitt Meadows Day Society volunteer who passed away in 2000.

Nomination forms are available at local schools, Pitt Meadows municipal hall, Pitt Meadows recreation centre, Pitt Meadows library and online at www.pittmeadows.bc.ca.

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Two local woman are among 60 nominees for YWCA Metro Vancou-ver’s 31st annual Women of Distinction Awards.

Diana Allen of Pitt Mead-ows is one of the first hydro geologists in the world to systematically study the potential effects of climate change on groundwater sources, Allen’s research ad-

dresses critical sustainability issues.

She combines excel-lence in hydrogeological research with a steadfast commitment to col-laborating with the local communities where she works.

“I am dedicated to pro-moting sustainable and safe drinking water to all people,” said Allen.

“Of utmost importance is provision to clean wa-ter to children both in Canada and abroad be-cause even for the pov-erty stricken, access to clean water is a human right.”

Allen has worked ex-tensively with the B.C. government and has made important contri-butions to the develop-ment of public policy.

She recently led a SFU inter-disciplinary re-search team studying ef-fects of climate change on human health and ecosystem health.

Allen is nominated in the environmental sus-tainability category.

Thomas Haney second-ary vice-principal Kristi Blakeway has also been named as a candidate for the YWCA Women of Distinction Award.

Blakeway’s work with Beyond Hel-lo and Project HELLO, and her ability to inspire students to make a dif-

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She has been nomi-nated in the Education, Training, and Develop-ment category,

Project Hello is a pro-gram Blakeway started when she was working in the Coquitlam School District, then brought to the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows school district.

She originally started with a group of students doing outreach work on the Downtown Eastside at Christmas time. They had gifts of essentials like socks, but Blakeway wanted to try and infuse a little Christmas spirit in them, as well.

She had her class make up cards, which she suggested could be ex-changed between people in the area.

But when the students offered the cards to peo-ple in the streets, the re-action was, “If I write a card to my family, could you mail it?”

They had seven such requests that first year in 2009, and with diligence and a little luck, they got the cards to five families.

The effort became an organization known as Project Hello, and it has now reunited more than 300 people with their families, through card-giving on both Mother’s Day and during the Christmas season.

The YWCA Women of Distinction Awards honours individuals and organizations whose ac-tivities and achievements contribute to the well-being and future of our community.

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Laura Burke plays the role of Jelly and Dawn Marion plays Jojo and Lisa Dery as Jayne in Emerald Pig’s produc-tion of The Attic, The Pearls and Three Fine Girls, which plays at the Hammond Community Centre May 1-3 and May 8-10.

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To get three strangers to bond like a truly dysfunctional family, Amy Star-key made them explore and analyze.

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“We needed to find the characters and the relationships before we could go into the comedy of it,” says Starkey, who directs Emerald Pig Theatrical Society’s production of The Attic, the Pearls and Three Fine Girls.

“It had to come from a very authen-tic place before we could start throw-ing ourselves around the stage and going for the laughs.”

In The Attic, The Pearls and Three Fine Girls, we meet Jayne, a closeted corporate shark; Jojo, a perpetually broken hearted professor and Jelley, an eccentric artist with a penchant for boxes.

When their father dies and leaves strict instructions for a “wild party” of a funeral, the ensuing wild romp through the attic of their childhood home sees the Fine sisters do battle with themselves and each other, re-gressing, expressing and exploding, as they grasp and test the bonds of sis-terhood.

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The physical comedy and transitions have been extremely fun for Dery.

“It’s zany and takes a lot of energy. We are all working on ways to warm ourselves up because it’s like being in an athletic event for an hour and a half.”

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A trip down Broadway’s memory laneThere’s something about the Broadway musical

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(Back) Lydia Querengesser and Derek Barnett will be performing songs from Phantom of the Opera and Joshua Nicholas will be performing tunes from Oklahoma in SPECC-tacular Productions ‘Nights on Broadway’ which plays the ACT Saturday, May 3.

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He said doctors prescribe no other drug where there is no official, government-sanc-

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“It places physicians in a very, very difficult position,” Cavers said, who added there are also questions about the strength and consistency of the cannabis, even from regulated produc-ers. “We are a very unhappy group.”

Doctors of B.C. has not yet taken a formal position, but Cavers is urging doctors’ organi-zations and provincial colleges to pressure Ot-tawa to rethink the rules.

“It’s absolutely imperative that we move this conversation past the opinions into actual data

as to what it works for, how much is to be used and for what period of time,” he said.

Until those studies are ready, Cavers said, Health Canada should revert back to the old system of doctors simply verifying an eligible diagnosis, rather than being forced to act as gate-keepers.

Despite the concerns of professional bodies, significant numbers of B.C. doctors are “far more liberal” in their willingness to prescribe pot, he said.

Cavers said he’s heard of doctors charging fees ranging from $25 to $185 to sign off on medical marijuana prescriptions.

Such fees for non-insured services are al-

lowed, although the B.C. College of Physi-cians and Surgeons cautions doctors shouldn’t “exploit” patients for personal advantage and should consider factors such as ability to pay.

Pot-friendly doctors have begun clustering into groups and clinics, some going so far as to offer their services online, reviewing patients’ documents via Skype and authorizing pot use.

“I think it’s unprofessional,” Cavers said of web-based pot clinics that offer to help patients circumvent their regular doctors.

Sensible B.C. director Dana Larsen said the specializing groups of doctors typically charge a few hundred dollars to sign off.

“It’s either providing a really useful service or profiteering off sick people, depending on how you look at it,” Larsen said. “Maybe both.”

Newly diagnosed patients have no legal ac-cess to marijuana without a doctor’s permis-sion and they must buy from new commercial producers.

But other legacy users continue to legally grow their own medical pot after a court in-junction last month froze Ottawa’s plan to ter-minate their licences.

Abbotsford lawyer John Conroy said a full trial over medical pot users’ right to grow their own will likely go ahead next February.

He said doctors are being too rigid in refus-ing to prescribe cannabis.

“I’m trying to figure out why they’re so scared of it,” Conroy said. “There’s no lethal dose yet they’re prescribing all kinds of things on a dai-ly basis that can kill people. There are 38,000 [medical marijuana] patients out there now. Is the sky falling in?”

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John Carinha had never paddled a boat further than five kilometres.

In June, the love of his son, Bran-don, will propel Carinha to row 1,100 km around Vancouver Island.

Brandon, 9, has autism. What started as a basement hobby

project to construct an Angus Expe-dition rowboat became Row4Autism to raise awareness about autism, as well as money for recreational com-munity grants that use sports and fit-ness to connect with autistic children.

Carinha, who owns Aeronav Avi-onics at Pitt Meadows Regional Air-port, had previously built a couple of small skiffs to putter around local lakes with his three kids, go crabbing with his wife. He wanted to challenge

his handiwork further, so he ordered plans for the expedition rowboat from Colin Angus, a renowned boat builder and adventurer who’d piloted a similar craft across the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

But it wasn’t until he saw a film at the Vancouver Film Festival about inspiring human-powered feats that he was able to give his construction project a greater purpose.

It turns out he was right beside him, handing his dad tubes of epoxy, look-ing over his shoulders at the boat’s plans and paper templates.

Carinha connected with the Ca-nucks Autism Network and the idea of Row4Autism was born.

To prepare for his epic journey Carinha has been working out on a rowing machine in the gym, running and rock climbing. He’s paddled his boat from Point Roberts to English Bay, a distance of about 50 km over open water.

“Your back is sore, your hands are sore,” said Carinha of the gruelling

toll rowing long distances can exact. “It’s more a mental game, making yourself comfortable with being un-comfortable.”

Carinha expects it will take him four to five weeks to complete the voyage, with days built-in to recover or ride out rough weather. And he an-ticipates no shortage of that, especial-ly as he traverses Seymour Narrows, Johnson Strait or rounds Cape Scott, areas that are notorious for their con-verging currents and intense weather systems.

“That shakes your nerves a bit,” said Carinha, who used GoogleEarth to plot his route and places of refuge should the going get tough. “You re-alize how truly small you are in the world.”

The voyage will be self-contained. Carinha will be packing all his sup-plies in watertight compartments in the 18-foot rowboat and he’ll store caches of food along the way.

Carinha estimates he’ll eat 6-7,000 calories a day, most of it pasta and

sauces, trail mix, dried fruit and fish he hopes to catch while on the water.

The whole adventure is being cap-tured on video for a film that will eventually be submitted to the Van-couver International Mountain Film Fest. Carinha’s nephew, An-drew Santos, a second-year student at Vancouver Film School, has been documenting the boat construction, preparation and training.

And while Carinha hopes his jour-ney will help people understand au-tism better, it’s the shared moments of connection with his son that fuel his resolve. Like the night Brandon shot out of bed, ran into the living room, wrapped his arms around his dad and said, “Thanks for rowing around Vancouver Island for me.”

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‘MidnightExpress’ brings home track title

In a race now dubbed the “Midnight Express,” four Grade 8 girls on the Maple Ridge secondary track and field team won the 400-metre re-lay Friday evening to give the school its first girls’ team meet title in Chehalis, Washington in 15 years.

MRSS members had competed all day against 20 U.S. girls’ teams and needed to win the final event to take the title.

Rebels silver in poolThe Garibaldi second-

ary water polo team came second at the high school provincial cham-pionships on the week-end.

The Maple Ridge Ram-blers placed third. Kael-en Osmond and Ava Morrant were standouts for Ridge in the bronze-medal victory.

Big catchThe Pitt Meadows

Marauders won a high school fly-fishing tour-nament Fraser Valley Trout Hatchery on the weekend. MRSS placed second in the relays.

Jr. Rams winThe Maple Ridge sec-

ondary junior girls’ soc-cer team advanced to the playoffs with a 1-0 win last week.

MRSS previously de-feated the Pitt Mead-ows Marauders 4-2, with Cassie Girard net-ting three goals. Cas-sidy Hoffert also scored, while Amanda Apps, Charlie Berazen and Kylana Bradburry were standouts on defense.

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Brett Wakefield of Lo-cal Ridge Racing won his category of Race the Ridge on Saturday in Maple Ridge.

Wakefield placed first in men’s category 2/ju-nior/over-40 masters, winning the road race and placing fourth in the time trial. He came 20th in the downtown criterium.

Jackson Pickell of Lo-cal Ride came second overall in the same divi-sion. He finished first in the criterium and fifth in the time trial.

Maggie Coles-Lyster of Local Ridge came second in women’s cat-egory 3/4, while team-mate Kelsey Macdonald placed sixth in the same division.

Coles-Lyster won the criterium, came second in the road race and third in the time trial.

Macdonald came sixth in the criterium.

Sandra Walter of lo-cal ride came seventh in women’s category 1/2/3, finishing seventh in both the road race and criterium.

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Payten Smith of Maple Ridge secondary is one of two female wrestling recruits announced by

Simon Fraser University Athletics for the 2014-15 season.

Smith will join Mar-

lena Waldring of North Vancouver on the Clan in the Women’s Colle-giate Wrestling Associa-

tion for the upcoming season as the team looks to fill the holes left by six departing seniors.

Smith recently re-turned from the Cana-dian juvenile champion-ships, where she won the 90-kg weight division.

She went undefeated, winning all four match-es by pin, all in under a minute, and without shaving a point scored against her, before go-ing undefeated in the Greco-roman style competition to win her second national title of the event. She is a three-time B.C. high school champion in her weight class, and is interesting in pursuing a degree health sciences.

Waldring was the pro-vincial runner-up in her weight class.

She joined the sport in her last year of high school, but has made great gains in one year of competition.

The pair of wrestlers will join the Clan in Sep-tember.

MRSS hits winnerThe Maple Ridge sec-

ondary tennis team de-feated Heritage Woods 9-2 Monday. MRSS is now 4-1 in league play.

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The Aldergrove chap-ter of the Back Coun-try Horsemen Society of B.C. is saddling up to celebrate the not-for-profit organization’s 25th anniversary.

From May 30 to June 1, around 300 to 350 campers, approximately 115 horses and attend-ees from all over B.C. are expected to trot on over to the Maple Ridge Equi-Sports Center (21973– 132 Ave.) for Rendezvous 2014 – an annual fundraiser that is held in various locations across the province.

This year’s event will offer plenty to do, in-cluding a live perfor-mance by Canadian Country Music Award nominee Aaron Pritch-ett, with special guests One More Girl – a CCMA winner.

“For those who are camping with their horses, there will be opportunities for trail rides. And for those who don’t own horses, there are plenty of events to keep you busy.”

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www.mapleridgenews.com - THE NEWS -- Wednesday, April 30, 2014 -- A23

Bob Charlton of Calgary, passed away on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at the age of 78 years.Bob was born in New Westminister, BC; raised in Port Hammond and was a graduate of Maple Ridge BC.

He will always be remembered as a loving devoted family man and for his devotion to Mount Royal University where he worked for 19 years as head of Security. Bob performed volunteer work for the Transitional Vocational Program where he kept active in his retirement offi ce at MRU.

Bob served in the Canadian Military for 25 years and retired a Warrant Offi cer. Bob was decorated with the Special Service Medal and Bar, Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, International Commission for Supervision and Control Indo-China (ICSC) and the Medal of Military Valour and Bar. He served in Vietnam as a Canadian Peace Keeper, was loved and respected by many, and a devoted friend to all.

Donations may be made in honor of Bob to the Mount Royal University Bob and Christel Charlton Memorial Scholarship.

Bob is survived by his loving children Rob (Heather), Judy, Renate and Petra; his 3 loving grandsons, 3 granddaughters, 4 great granddaughters, one great grandson; his sister Jackie (Bill), brother John (Colleen) and numerous nieces and nephews, great nieces and great nephews.

Bob was predeceased by his loving wife Christel of 51 years, and his parents Jack and Carrie Charlton.

Those wishing to pay their respects may do so at McINNIS & HOLLOWAY’S Park Memorial Chapel (5008 Elbow Drive S.W. Calgary, AB) on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Memorial Services will be held at Ross Glen Hall at Mount Royal University on Sunday, May 4, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.

CHARLTON, ROBERT GEORGEDECEMBER 20, 1935 NEW WESTMINSTER, BC

APRIL 22, 2014 CALGARY, ALBERTA

In living memory of Bob Charlton, a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park

by McINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES Park Memorial Chapel, 5008 ELBOW DRIVE S.W. Calgary, AB, T2S 2L5, Telephone: 403-243-8200. Family Owned

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LAMBERINK, HermanBorn February 27th, 1927 in Hardenberg The Netherlands.He went peacefully to be with his Lord at 9:05am, April 26th, 2014 in Maple Ridge, B.C. Survived by his loving wife of 60 years Diny, his 4 daughters:Alice Perkin (George), Geri Page (Mike), Irene Reimer (Ric), and Joanne Katongo (Victor). Also 11 grandchildren,11 great-grandchildren.

The Memorial Service will be held at Maple Ridge Christian

Reformed Church 20245 Dewdney Trunk Road at 2pm,

on Friday May 2nd, 2014.

Expressions of sympathy can be made at: www.gardenhill.ca


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BURRELL, Barbara Louise (Abbott)

Jan 6, 1953 - April 22, 2014Barb was born in Vancouver BC in 1953. She married the love of her life Lorne on November 19th, 1971 and had two beautiful children, Douglas and Laura. Barb passed away unexpectedly on April 22nd, 2014. Barb was predeceased by her parents, Joyce and Gordon Abbott.Barb will be greatly missed by her husband of 43 years Lorne,her children Douglas (Edie) and Laura (Lev), her sister Bonnie, her 8 grandchildren, sister-in-law Roma and many nieces and nephews.The family would like to thank all the staff at Maple Ridge Hospital for all the help and support that was given throughout this diffi cult time.

A Celebration of her Life will be held on May 2nd, from

12-2pm at the Maple Ridge Royal Canadian Legion,

12101 224 St, Maple Ridge.Please join the family afterward at the Army & Navy Club, Unit #379, located at 22326 North Ave, Maple Ridge where Barb was an executive member.

Special thank you to Judy for helping in our time of need.

Wendy Anne NielsenApril 6, 1952 - April 25, 2014

It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to the most caring, giving and loving wife, Mom, Gramma, sister, aunt and friend. She lived her life for others, always there to help when needed. She was an entrepreneur, Chairperson for Citizens for Better Mental Health and advocate for all. Wendy Anne Nielsen (nee Brown) passed away peaceful-ly after a brief but hard fought battle with cancer at age 62. She is survived by her husband of 40 yrs, Ejnar (Ike), 3 children Michael, Shayley and Michelle. Her grand-daughter Nevada, sister Susan Johnson, father Robert Johnson, and many nieces and nephews. She is prede-ceased by her mother Nelly (1984), father Frederick (1954), sister Brenda (1989), brother Robert (1958). We know she will be watching over us all until we meet again. We all love you and you will be greatly missed. In lieu of fl owers please donate to the Burnaby General Hospital Palliative care unit. Services will be held at the Garden Hill Funeral Chapel, 11765 224th St., Maple Ridge on May 3, 2014 at 11am.


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L’HEUREUX Frances (Nee Clarke)

April 18, 2014

It is with a profound sense of loss that we share the passing of Frances (Fran) L’Heureux, beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. After an all too brief battle with Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), Fran passed peacefully on April 18th with her family by her side. She is survived by her daughters Charmaine (Wes), Nadine (Gerald), Nikki (Kevin), son Chuck (Darcy, Kristy, and Kathleen), and step-son Marc (Colette and family): grand-children Neil, Amanda, Braeden, Dustin, Aja, Kylee, Logan, Breanne, Elann, Sierra,Savannah, Cynthia and Makenzie: great-grandchildren Cassidy and Kai and extended family. She was predeceased by her parents, Francis and Helen Clarke, husbands, Marcel Dancoisne and Lloyd L’Heureux, son, Gary Dancois-ne, sisters, Jean Steendahl and Leslie Carew, step-son Serge L’Heureux and grand-son-in-law Robert Manning. Fran’s most cherished times were spent surrounded by family, whether it was picnics in the park, Sunday brunches or Christmas day. Her garden also held a sense of pride; she loved spending time nurturing its design and growth and then reaping the rewards of its peace and serenity. The com-munity of Fort Langley had become her home away from home over the past 30 years, where she enjoyed the many lasting relationships she built there. A Celebration of Life will be held at Fort Langley Golf Course 9782 McKinnon Cres-cent Langley, BC on Saturday May 3rd, 2014 at 1:00 pm. Thank you to all those medical professionals who provided care and support to Fran and her family. In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made to Multiple System Atrophy - Parkinson’s Society Canada.Online condolences to the family may be made at:www.woodlawnfh-abbotsford.com

Woodlawn Funeral Home604-853-2643


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SCHIEDEL, Hazel Dec. 17, 1920 - April 18, 2014

Much beloved and honoured, Hazel Schiedel (nee Provins) passed away peacefully, with her family at her side, on Good Friday, April 18, age 93. Hazel was born in Kamloops in 1920 and was the eldest of three girls born to Bert and Eliza Ann (Lizzie) Provins, pre-viously of Yorkshire, England. The premature death of her fa-ther, in 1933, shaped Hazel’s early years. Her hard work and dedication enabled her to rise up out of poverty and to gradu-ate from St. Paul’s Hospital School of Nursing, in 1942. It was while in training, that she developed a respect and ad-miration for the Catholic Sis-ters that was to help shape her life. After graduating from UBC with a Diploma of Public Health, she moved to Maple Ridge in 1946, where she thrived as the Public Health Nurse serving the rural east side of the community. In 1948, Hazel met Ian Schiedel and they were wed in 1950. She is survived by their four children: Marnie (Terry) Lajeunesse, Jim, Nancy Preston, and Don (Oria), Mike Sparkes (neph-ew), four grandchildren and three great grandchildren and by Marie Brownlees, long time friend. Hazel is predeceased by her husband Ian (1987), sisters Thelma Sparkes (1951) and Barbara Jarvis (2006).Mum, we remember summers at Boundary Bay and winter drives in the Volkswagon van to California. We remember to look for “magical moments”, that life is a “collaboration” and “good luck, kiddo” Special thanks to Doctor Warmenhoven and the Staff at Baillie House, in particular Shara, Jeet and Leigh Ann, on at Mum’s passing. Memorial Service - 1 p.m on Saturday, May 10, 2014, St George’s Anglican Church, 23500 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Maple Ridge. In lieu of fl owers - Please donate to your favor-ite charity.

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115 EDUCATION

CHILDREN

98 PRE-SCHOOLS

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108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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Deputy OperationsManager

District of Kitimat, exempt staff position, with competi-tive compensation and full benefi t package. Reporting to the Operations Manager, assists in planning, imple-menting and tracking the op-erations, repair and mainte-nance of the municipality’s infrastructure, including wa-ter and sewer, buildings, roads, parking lots, traffi c control, drainage, signage, sidewalks, parks, grass cutting,, cemetery, and equipment fl eet. Candidates will have several years of ex-perience in a municipal or similar work environment and post-secondary educa-tion in Civil, Building or Wa-ter Quality Technology, EOCP Sewage Treatment and Water Distribution cer-tifi cation, or related Trade Qualifi cation. Submit re-sumes by May 15, 2014, 4:30 p.m., to Personnel, Dis-trict of Kitimat, 270 City Cen-tre, Kitimat, B.C. V8C 2H7, Fax 250-632-4995, email [email protected]


114 DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

HIGHWAYOWNER OPERATORS$3500 SIGNING BONUS

Van Kam’s group of companies req. Highway linehaul owner operators based in our Surrey terminal for runs throughout BC and Alberta. Applicants must have winter and mountain driving experience/training.

We offer above average rates and an excellent employee

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To join our team of professional drivers, email a detailed resume, current driver’s abstract and details of your truck to:

[email protected] orCall 604-968-5488 or

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Only those of interest will be contacted.

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(P/T) CLASS 1 DRIVERS Pick-Up & Delivery

Van Kam’s Group of Companies requires P/T Class 1 Drivers for the Surrey area. Applicants must have LTL & P&D driv-ing experience and must be familiar w/the Surrey region. P/T position may lead to Full-time.

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130 HELP WANTED



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124 FARM WORKERS

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130 HELP WANTED

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130 HELP WANTED

PIPELAYERTIEGEN EXCAVATING, Mission seeking a pipelayer,Vancouver- Hope. Experience with Blueprint, structural drawing reading required, know H2O related construction & excavating, basic computer skills an asset. Willing to get training & increase knowl-edge, able to multi task, works well with others! Able to work alone & make responsible decisions, possess other excavating skills, eg: basic building, landscaping, machine driving, familiar with local enviro concerns. Willing to work in any weather, reliable vehicle & clean driving record, excellent customer service skills. On-site labour, consultations with staff on drawings & excavating work.

Pay is $12.50/hour to start,5 days per week.

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134 HOTEL, RESTAURANT,FOOD SERVICES

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160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

STUCCO APPLICATORS to start immediately for a busy stucco company located in West Kelowna area. Position starts at $29.00/hr. Contact Kevin @ 250-862-7418 or [email protected]

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203 ACCOUNTING / TAX /BOOKKEEPING

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236 CLEANING SERVICES

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242 CONCRETE & PLACING

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257 DRYWALL

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260 ELECTRICAL

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275 FLOOR REFINISHING/INSTALLATIONS

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281 GARDENING

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283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTSGutter & Roof Cleaning since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Call Simon for prompt service. 604-230-0627

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287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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• Baths • Remodels • Additions • Flooring • Painting

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287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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288 HOME REPAIRS

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300 LANDSCAPING

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317 MISC SERVICES

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320 MOVING & STORAGE

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From $45/Hr1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks

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Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates. Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

MOUNTAIN-MOVERS.ca (778)378-6683

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

Northstar Painting Ltd.- The Residential Specialists. BIG jobs, Small jobs - We do it all! Interior and Exterior Projects. Master Painters at Students Rates. WCB Safe, Reliable, Effi cient & Quality Paint. 778.245.9069

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PAINT SPECIAL3 rooms for $299,

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TONY’’S PAINTING

338 PLUMBING

BRO MARV PLUMBING 24/7Plumbing, heating, plugged drains BBB. (604)582-1598, bromarv.com

10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fi tter. Aman: 778-895-2005

FIXIT PLUMBING & HEATINGH/W Tanks, Reno’s, Boilers, Furn’s. Drain Cleaning. Ins. (778)908-2501

341 PRESSURE WASHING

.proworks

POWER WASHING since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Call Simon for prompt service. 604-230-0627

POWER WASHINGGUTTER CLEANING

SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE Call Ian 604-724-6373

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

.A East West Roofi ng & Siding Co. Repairs, new roofs, torching, gutter services. 10% off. 604-783-6437

EAGLE ROOFINGTar & Gravel

DAsphalt D Interlocking shinglesDTorch-on MembraneD Laminated shinglesAll types of Roofi ng Repairs

Free Estimates 604-467-6065

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT!604.587.5865www.recycleitcanada.ca


551 GARAGE SALES

BLOOMERS12776 256 St.Maple Ridge

Open Fridays - 1pm Saturdays 10 am &

Sundays - 1pm

Baskets, Stuffers &Vegetable Plants $1

Local Grown Vegetables,Cut Flowers, Fresh Eggs, Hanging Baskets, Fresh

coffee & Homemade items. Cash Only

visit www.freshfarm

551 GARAGE SALES

GARAGE sale: May 3 & 4 9 - 4 both days sat & sun A little bit of every-thing. 13439 232 street, MR

Maple Ridge

GARAGE SALESat, May 3rd, 9am-2pm12081 Greenwell St.

(off 228th behind ICBC)Garden Chairs, Pots, Cushions,

Lighting Fixtures, Antiques, Glass Furniture, Computer

Printer, French Storm Doors, Taps, Large Mirror and More.

RAIN or SHINE

A26 -- Wednesday, April 30, 2014 -- THE NEWS - www.mapleridgenews.com

Notice of Development Information MeetingYou are invited to attend a Development Information Meeting where representatives from BC Housing will present details on Of cial Community Plan Amendment and Rezoning Application 2014-08-RZ.

Date: Monday, May 5thTime: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pmLocation and Address: Fraser RoomMaple Ridge Public Library #130 – 22470 Dewdney Trunk Road,Maple Ridge V2X 5Z6

The purpose of the application is to develop 12032 216th Street, Maple Ridge to include a two storey building with 20 assisted living units. The intention of the meeting is to seek input from the area residents on the proposed amendments and address any questions which may arise. Please join us. Your thoughts are important to us. If you are unable to attend the meeting and would like information regarding this proposal, please contact BC Housing at 778-452-6445 or the District of Maple Ridge Planning Department at 604-467-7341.


356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

TOPSOIL• SCREENED TOPSOIL• MUSHROOM MANURE• BARK MULCH

604-467-3003www.jonesbroscartageltd.com

372 SUNDECKS

Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing and vinyl. 604-521-2688www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

374 TREE SERVICES

.give and take tree service 778.872.8406

ABC TREE MEN Pruning, Shaping, Tree Removal & Stump Grinding. 604-521-7594 604-817-8899

PETS

454 EQUESTRIAN

CEDAR HOGFUEL Special Spring pricesSawdust also available

Augustine Soil & Mulch Ltd.Pitt Meadows, BC

604-465-5193

474 PET SERVICES

POMERANIAN available to stud. Has all shots. 18 months old. $400 or 1st pick of litter. (604)864-0355

477 PETS

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are

spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at

fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

Chihuahua pups, playful, cuddly, family raised, vet check, 1st shots, avail now. $350. 604-794-5844

Entlebucher pups, short-hair, family raised, gentle, vet checked, 1st shots, dewormed. $900 each. 604-795-7662.

PETS

477 PETS

ITALIAN MASTIFF(Cane Corso)

P/B blue males & females.Ready to go. 1st shots &

tails/dew claws done. ULTIMATE FAMILY GUARDIANPet homes. $1000. 604-308-5665

LAB / SHEPHERD puppies Best of both breeds Vet checked,1st shots. $500 Ready soon 604-826-3063

MULTI POO miniature black brown apricot 4-5lbs Hypo allerg, exc fami-ly pet vet cert $1075. 604-341-1445

MUST LOVE DOGS!!!Fostering and adoption needed for medium - large dogs. Bring a loved one home today! Call 604.583.4237http://homeatlastdogrescuebc.ca

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

538 FREE ITEM

FREE: HARDWOOD FLOORING. Reclaimed wood (fi r), approx 300sqft. Must pick up, Maple Ridge604-328-2837.

560 MISC. FOR SALE

5TH WHEEL TRAILER HITCH FOR SALE. Hijacker SL16, dble pivot slider, includes bed rails, 16,000lb tow capacity. $250. 604-328-2837

KILL BED BUGS & THEIR EGGS! Buy Harris Bed Bug Killer Complete Treatment Program or Kit. Available: Hardware Stores, Buy Online: homedepot.com

KILL ROACHES! Buy Harris Roach Tablets. Eliminate Bugs - Guaran-teed. No Mess, Odorless, Long Lasting. Available online only @ Ace Hardware & The Home Depot

STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

REAL ESTATE

603 ACREAGE

Don’t Miss Out! 62 acres, Endless Possibilities. 5500 sq. ft. house. 1500 ft. of lake-shore. www.lakeof-theprairieshome.ca www.lakeofthe-prairiesproperty.ca Jackie 1-306-744-2399 1-306-744-7432 Watch online for open house.

612 BUSINESSES FOR SALE

Dairy Distribution Business for products of a national leading dairy supplier in Kamloops and surrounding area. Excellent revenue opportunity. Requires investment and good physical condition. 250-828-7855

627 HOMES WANTED

We Buy Homes BC• All Prices • All Situations •

• All Conditions •www.webuyhomesbc.com

604-657-9422

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

2014 SRI 2 bdrm, den, 2 bath double wide in Langley 55+ park $134,888. Chuck 604-830-1960

NEW 14 Wide in 55+ Mission Park $86,988 w/$550 pad rent.Pet OK. Chuck 604-830-1960

REAL ESTATE

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

New SRI *1296 sq/ft Double wide $93,888. *New SRI 14’ wide

$67,888. Repossessed mobile homes, manufactured homes & modulars. Chuck 604-830-1960.

640 RECREATIONAL

Recreation Paradise Year Round!

Fishing, hiking, hunting, quadding, snowmobiling or just relaxation. Great access within 3 hours of the lower mainland, 40 km from Prince-ton and steps to Osprey Lake. 2 years new this 3 bedroom, 2 bath open concept chalet has it all & more. Includes a guest cabin with a bedroom, living/sitting area, kitchen & bathroom. New detached garage for storing the toys.

Call Adrienne (Royal Lepage Parkside Realty) at

250-809-6322 for a private viewing.

696 OTHER AREAS

20 Acres. $0 Down, Only $119/mo. Owner Financing, NO CREDIT CHECKS! Near El Paso, Texas. Beautiful Mountain Views! Money Back Guarantee. Call 866-882-5263 Ext. 81www.sunsetranches.net

RENTALS

700 RENT TO OWN

STOP RENTING! RENT TO OWN!No Qualifi cations! Flexible Terms!CLOVERDALE - 60th and 176th

Spacious 1 Bedroom Condo.Only $880/mo. Option Fee Req’d

604-657-9422

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

2 bdrm bright apt.

Large 2 br located in a Central Coq Co-op.

$950/mo. No subsidy.Close to transit, schools,

and shopping.

Sandy 604 945 5864 [email protected]

Derek Manor2048 Manning Ave.

Port Coq ~ 604-941-5452 or 604-944-7889

FREE PREMIUM CABLE$80 Value

Impeccably Clean!Heat SH/W S Prkg S Avail. Now

1 Bdrm. $795/mo2 Bdrm. $925/mo.No pets ~ Ref’s req’d.

Fraser View& Maple View

ApartmentsCertifi ed Crime Free

Multiple HousingBuilding has been

TOTALLY RENOVATED 1 Bedroom suites avail

Starting at $595/mo incl hot water & cable. No pets.604.418.1932

GARIBALDI Court(604) 463-9522

Central Maple Ridge 2 Bdrm units available.

Great location for seniors!Clean, quiet & affordable!

Incls heat, h/w, cable.Senior Move-In Allowance.Refs & Credit check req.

Sorry No PetsFor more info: google us.

CRIME FREE BUILDING

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

Large 2 bdrm apt.

Bright 2 br located in a Central Coq Co-op.

$810/mo. No subsidy.Seniors only building.

Close to transit, schools, and shopping.

Sandy 604 945 5864 [email protected]

MAPLE RIDGE

1 & 2 Bdrms available $790/mo & $890/mo

Great LocationQueen Anne Apts.* Renovated Suites *

*Large *Clean *Very QuietIncludes: Heat, Hot Water

and HydroNear Shopping & Amenities.

SENIOR’S DISCOUNT

604-463-2236 604-463-7450

12186-224 St, Maple RidgeCertifi ed Crime Free Buildings

MAPLE RIDGE

1 BEDROOM SUITE$720/mo

Util + sec pkng extraNo pets. Close to amen.

McIntosh PlazaSuit Mature Adults

22330 McIntosh Avenue(604)463-6841

MAPLE RIDGE

AVAILABLE NOW1 & 2 BDRM SUITES Heat, hot water & parking. Close to stores & schools.

SENIORS DISCOUNT1/2 month Rent Free

Ask manager for details.

MAPLE COURT I 22437 121st Ave

604-467-0715&

MAPLE COURT II22423 121st Ave

604-467-4894

MAPLE RIDGE Central. Spacious 1 bdrm, newly painted, nr all amens, insuite w/d, d/w, lrg patio, vaulted ceilings, sec u/g prk. Immed.Ns/Np. $780/mo + utils. 604-307-2241.

Maple Ridge Clean 2 bdrm. condo. Short term ~ May to Oct. $1100/mo. Gas f/p, soaker tub, secure u/g parking. Close to WC Express, tennis park, shopping etc.

Brookside Rlty - Dave 604-240-3523

Maple Ridge

Glenwood ManorApartments

1 & 2 Bdrms from $655 & $880 & renovated suite with dishwasher $45. extra.

Clean, SpaciousIncludes heat,

hot water & parkingSeniors discount

21387 Dewdney Trunk Rd

(604)466-5799Maple Ridge

Swan Court ApartmentsLarge 1 & 2 Bedrooms.

Hardwood fl oors, adult oriented, heat, h/w & cable incl’d, f/p,

Approved pets only. Criminal Record check may be req.

Resident Manager OnsiteNow with

SENIORS DISCOUNT604.466.8404 (Erik)

TWO bedrooms, 2 baths, 8th fl oors, nice views, corner unit, city center. 1030 sq. ft. living area , insuite laundry, $1100 per month including one parking. New renovation. #803-11980 222nd Street, Gordon Tow-ers, call Hanson at 604-250-2196 or email [email protected] for appointment.

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

SENIORS DISCOUNT1/2 month Rent Free

Ask manager for details.

AVAILABLE NOWMaple Ridge

1 Bdrm apts $7502 Bdrm apts $800

Incl heat, hot water & parking.Close to stores and Schools.

SUNRISE22292 122nd Avenue

(604)349-5982

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT11895 Laitty St, Maple Ridge

WESTGATE APARTMENTS

Fully renod 1 & 2 bdrm suites Full time on-site caretaker.

Available ImmediatelyCALL ANYTIME TO VIEW

1-604-358-8722

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

PORT COQUITLAM, 1500 - 3000 sq ft. Ground fl oor commercial area. Facing onto city park. 1 blk from Lougheed/ Shaughnessy intersec-tion. Call 604-464-3550.

736 HOMES FOR RENT

CENTRAL MAPLE RIDGE 6 bdrm bsmt house 2 wood f/p, fncd yd, 3 bths lots of prkg $1950/mo. June 1st. 604-467-4450, 604-833-4450

MAPLE RIDGE 12880 216 Street.4 Bdrm house, 5 appls. Avail now. $1799/mo + utils. (604)722-5609

MAPLE RIDGE, 3bdrm w/loft newly renovated lge yd central location avail now. $1450/mo. 604-240-7885

MAPLE RIDGE. Recently reno’d 4 bdrm 2 bath home on 2 acres with 4 stall barn, hay storage, heated tack room, a/w riding arena, $2900/mo. Dry (well drained). 604-462-0488.

741 OFFICE/RETAIL

Maple Ridge Offi ce & Retail Space

Unbelievable Rates,Starting at $495/month.

Various sizes 320sf. - 2000sf.Various downtown locations. Updated and well maintained.

Rick MedhurstRoyal LePage Realty

604-463-3000

746 ROOMS FOR RENT

$75 OFF 1ST MONTHRooms from $445/mo. Fully Furn,

weekly maid service, cable TV,private bath, on bus route, 5/min

walk to commuter rail.

Haney Motor Hotel22222 Lougheed Hwy.,

Maple RidgeInquire in person between

9am - 3pm or Call 604-467-3944

RENTALS

749 STORAGE

Pitt Meadows Marina14179 Reichenback Rd

Public Access Launch RampOutdoor Storage for Boats,

RV’s, Cars, Trucks & TrailersYear or semi-annual Rental Moorage

Parking + Onsite Manager

604.465.7713750 SUITES, LOWER

MAPLE RIDGE 2 bdr suite, 1000 s/f + garage. laundry, gas f/p & d/w. $900/mo + 1/2 utils. 604-467-9373.

MAPLE RIDGE West 2 bdrm, fresh paint & upgrading, share laundry, N/S, N/P, avail now $800/mo incl gas & hydro (604)463-9963

752 TOWNHOUSES

PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1097/mo - $1199/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available. 19225 119th Ave. For more info & to book an appt. call 604-465-1938

PITT MEADOWS 3 Bdrm T/H in quiet family complex, rent geared to income. N/P. Call: 604-465-4851

757 WANTED TO RENT2 Bdrm House/Duplex with garage,

in Maple Ridge or P.Meadows. Prefer Longterm. $800-$1000/mo

Call 604-466-8345.

TRANSPORTATION

810 AUTO FINANCING

Auto Financing - Dream Catcher, Apply Today! Drive Today! 1.800.910.6402

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL

ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME

604.683.2200

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVALMinimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

TRANSPORTATION

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVALThe Scrapper

MARINE

912 BOATS

.wwwone4yacht.com 604-669-2248

Attention: Rhonda FletcherBe advised that on May 31st, 2014 - 30 days will have passed and your household goods abandoned at 12755 Woolridge Road, Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 1Z1 will be disposed of unless you take possession as per the Residential Tenancy Act.Robert Erskine12755 Woolridge Road,Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 1Z1.

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