Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News - December 31, 2010 Online Edition

Family adopts a real Trooper. p10

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Eight people were arrested by police last week for stealing a million dollars in merchandise destined for several brand name stores.

Six men and two women now face charges in connection with the theft.

The investigation by Ridge Meadows RCMP began after fi re-fi ghters located a smoldering semi-truck cab while battling a fi re on a property in the 24300 block of Lougheed Highway on May 1.

Police learned the truck and trailer, which contained a million dollars in merchandise, was re-ported stolen to Hope RCMP the day before.

The truck was destined for the Lower Mainland when taken.

On May 5, RCMP located the emptied trailer in Maple Ridge.

Police then uncovered several leads, which led to the RCMP’s Street Enforcement Unit estab-lishing surveillance on a suspi-cious truck.

On May 6, that truck was stopped in the 21500 block of 127th Av-enue.

Sally Ann serves up 100 Mile meals

Secrets to successful hanging baskets. p25Radio Haney

Like it or not, Maple Ridge has a rep. p6

Mackenzie Staub looks down at a bowl of mashed potatoes and steaming Chicken a la King and

smacks her lips.“Yum,” she says before spooning the

stew into her mouth.She particularly likes the mushrooms,

picked from a farm in Abbotsford, as well as the carrots and peas, which were grown in Maple Ridge.

“It’s really good,” says the eight-year-old, who was among 150 students at Mount Crescent elementary to savour a healthy 100 Mile Diet lunch on Wednes-day.

The meal, full of locally grown ingre-dients, is served every two weeks at the inner-city school by The Salvation Army

Caring Place.In addition to the students, seniors at

the Maple Ridge Baptist Towers and din-ers at the Caring Place get to eat the en-vironmentally sustainable feast.

It’s a program made possible by a one-time grant of $15,000 from The W. Gar-fi eld Weston Foundation.

So far, the local Salvation Army has served 2,500 such meals.

THE NEWS8 arrested in million-dollar theft

Dennis Teboekhorst is being tested so he can donate a kidney to his daughter Grace.

Colleen Flanagan/THE NEWS

Something preciousFew decisions have come as easily to

Dennis Teboekhorst.The Maple Ridge firefighter

decided in January to give one of his kidneys to his five-year-old daughter Grace, so she might live a long, happy, and somewhat healthy life.

“I would have done it right there on the spot if I could,” he says.

Grace suffers from a rare kidney disorder and requires a kidney transplant for any shot at a normal life. Dennis is a match, and after months of tests, he has cleared nearly all the hurdles required prior to the surgery.

“We’ve got our fingers crossed,” he says. “All the major ones are done, so there’s only a few more to go.”

See Precious, p13

See Meals, p12

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Military

An Afghan war veteran at 24.p3

Opinion 6

Radio Haney 6

Parenting 17

Acts of Faith 20

Home&gardening 25

Community Calendar 47

Scoreboard 51

Index

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A teenage boy who killed a homeless man with a punch to the face with brass knuckles will spend six more months in prison.

The 17-year-old, who pleaded guilty to one count of man-slaughter for killing Donald Guy

Hooker, was handed a two-year prison term by provincial court judge Pedro de Couto Wednes-day.

He was credited with 15 months for the time he has spent in pre-sentence custody and will serve nine more months in prison – six of those in open custody at a youth detention centre and three under community supervision.

“I have no doubt that if he could turn back time, he would take back what he did without a moment’s hesitation,” said de Couto, referring to the teen’s re-

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now have to live with the k n o w l e d g e that he killed a man for the rest of his life.”

Hooker, 55, died in hos-pital on April 27 last year, a day after he was attacked in the parking lot of a Shell gas station at 23212

Dewdney Trunk Road. The court heard the teen, who

cannot be identifi ed under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, punched Hooker because he believed he had stolen his “P2” bike.

The interaction between the teen, his friends and Hooker had begun on April 26 at a skate park at Thomas Haney secondary.

Hooker was spotted by the teen’s friends wheeling the teen’s bike, which had been sto-len the previous day.

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Teen gets more prison time

Bygroveinvestigationstill open

An investigation into the murder of a Maple Ridge man whose body was dumped near the dikes along the Alouette River remains open.

Homicide investigators are pur-suing others who were involved in killing William Ryan Bygrove, who was found dead in Jerry Sulina Park on Nov. 3, 2007. He was taking care of a marijuana grow operation at a house at 22033 Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge when he was killed.

Although charged with man-slaughter, Ricardo Paliotti, a middle man for the grow op, was convicted of the lesser offence of assault caus-ing bodily harm last week.

Judge David Stone found that Crown has not established that Pal-iotti infl icted the brain hemorrhage that caused Bygrove’s death.

He believed a witness who claimed the fatal blows were in-flicted by unnamed “brown guys,” reported to be members of the United Nations gang.

See Bygrove, p5

See Hooker, p5

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Community

Construction starts on South Bonson centre.p13

Hooker

Opinion 6

Health Care 6

Letters 7

Parenting 15

Home&gardening 17

Scoreboard 33

Classifi eds 34

Index

Local students running

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See story, p29.

Prayer at St. Pats(From left) St. Patrick’s School students Miranda Kalhert, Kiela Corbett and Viktoria Fabbro take part in a prayer service Thursday, when they learned about The Agony in the Garden. Students went through six stations re-enacting the Passion, including The Washing of the Feet, The Last Supper, Palm Sunday, The Cross and Jesus Laid in the Tomb. Afterwards, students discussed their experiences and how they relate to Easter, which is Sunday. Colleen Flanagan/THE NEWS



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A Maple Ridge man charged with beating another man to death more than two years ago was acquitted of manslaughter Friday in Port Coquit-lam provincial court.

Judge David Stone instead found Ricardo Paliotti guilty of the lesser offence of assault causing bodily harm.

The verdict drew sobs from William By-grove’s mother.

“Crown has not established that the accused was party to the offence of man-slaughter,” said Stone, ruling that Paliotti did not infl ict the subdural haematoma (brain hemorrhage) that caused Bygrove’s death.

The court heard that Bygrove was taking care of a marijuana grow op-eration at a house at 22033 Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge when he was killed on Nov. 3, 2007.

Paliotti had rented the home as a middle man in a pot growing scheme. His role was to fi nd a caretaker to watch and care for the marijuana plants.

Bygrove was hired by Paliotti for the job and lived on the property.

“The purpose of this arrangement was to insulate other individuals from criminal prosecution,” said Stone.

“Because of this criminal activity, few witnesses have come forward in this case to give evidence.”

The court heard the relationship between Bygrove and Paliotti soured after Paliotti found out the 27-year-old Bygrove had been talking about the grow op and showing it to people.

First step to cut greenhouse gases. p3Region

Metro approves Jackson Farm deal. p15

Lilith Fair, one of the highest grossing touring festivals in the world, will make a stop in Pitt Mead-ows on Canada Day.

It will set up in the northwest

corner of Pitt Meadows Regional Airport, feature three stages and at least 11 artists. It is expected to draw 15,000 to 25,000 spectators.

The festival of all-female per-formers was founded by Grammy-award winning Canadian artist Sarah McLachlan, along with Dan Fraser, Marty Diamond and Terry McBride.

From 1997 through 1999, the festi-val drew more than 1.5 million fans and raised more than $10 million

dollars for national and local chari-ties.

Nearly six months ago, Nettwerk CEO and Lilith co-founder McBride announced that the festival series would make its return in summer 2010.

RG Properties CEO Graham Lee, a friend of McBride and Fraser, scouted the airport location for the concert.

“We are in the concert business and when you look at the geogra-

phy of Vancouver, Pitt Meadows is actually a very central location,” said Lee, whose company is cur-rently building Solaris, the city’s fi rst high-rises, near the civic core, and previously constructed the Pitt Meadows Family Recreation Cen-tre.

“From ease of access to rapid transportation, there are so many benefi ts from doing something here rather than UBC.

THE NEWS

Up to 25,000 expected for Lilith


Sneak peekSpencer Taylor performs during the Peggy Peat School of Dance Preview Show 2010 at the ACT on Sunday. For more images, see slideshow @ www.mapleridgenews.com.

Paliotti acquitted of manslaughter

See Bygrove, p16See Lilith, p12

Opinion 6

Tom Fletcher 6

Letters 7


Arts&life 19

Sports 22

Classifi eds 27

Index

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Arts&life

Late artist inducted into hall of fame.p19

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A lawsuit seeking more than $1 mil-lion in damages has been launched against Toronto police by a Maple Ridge woman injured during a G20 protest in June.

Natalie Gray says she was protest-ing peacefully during the G20 Summit June 27, when she was shot twice by Toronto police with what she believes were rubber bullets.

She was injured on her elbow and sternum. She was then arrested by police and charged with obstruction of a peace offi cer.

Gray said she was driven around in a police car for 30 minutes before she was taken to the hospital to receive treatment.

BIA open to retail in Albion flats. p4Health Care

No need for docs to charge no-shows. p6

The City of Pitt Meadows will get a legal opinion on the condi-tions attached to a road through farmland, recently approved by Agricultural Land Commission.

In particular, the city wants cation on a decision that

requires it to get covenants as-

signed to the land titles for each of the properties that will be ad-jacent to the new road. Those covenants would require each property to remain farmland.

The road will sever six parcels of land, four of which are actively farmed and occupy 7.4 hectares (18.2 acres).

“At fi rst blush, it seems a little unusual,” said city director of operations Kim Grout.

“My job in the next few weeks will be to formulate some thoughts on what that means and what we should do or not

do.”The proposed 3.6 kilometre

North Lougheed Connector will stretch from Harris Road to Golden Ears Way.

Grout said the city has no im-mediate plans to begin construc-tion.

“We’ve got the road alignment and that is just going to sit un-til such time as there is a need to start talking about it,” she added.

“We are not going out and doing anything. It is all reliant on third party funding and senior govern-

ment and the interchange.”The city maintains the connec-

tor is being proposed as a way to take traffi c off Old Dewdney Trunk Road.

But the road would also service a commercial strip planned for the north side of the Lougheed Highway, west of Meadow Gar-dens Way.

Smart!Centres has assembled more than 29 acres (12 hectares) of farm land along the stretch, but has yet to apply to the city for a development permit.

Road won’t be built in the meantime

THE NEWS

City looking at NLC decision


Eid MubarakHila Tata (left), 3 and her sister Walwala, 6, perform ‘dua’ or pray in new clothes sent by her grandma from Afghanistan for Eid-Al-Fitr, which is today. Join the Maple Ridge library on Sept. 18, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., to celebrate Eid, which marks the end of Ramadan on the Muslim calendar. Eid is a time for coming together as a community, renewing friendships and family ties.

G20protestor seeking $1 million

See Lawsuit, p10

See Connector, p9

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Gardening

Minor bulbs make spectacular gardens. p27

Opinion 6

Health Care 6

Parenting 21

Acts of Faith 23

Money Talk 25

Home&gardening 27

Scoreboard 49

Index

Natalie Gray was shot in elbow and sternum

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Looking at Sheila Nickols. p18

Forget about being named one of the top 25 MLAs targeted by Fight HST.

MLA Marc Dalton never got on that list, but he’s part of a group that could be more dead-ly to his political career. Dalton

is among 18 Liberal MLAs tar-geted in Fight HST’s Survivor-type strategy of recalling pro-vincial reps.

Fight HST leader Bill Vander Zalm announced the strategy this week in what he calls the “MLA Survivor Recall – Vote them off the Island” campaign.

Starting Nov. 15, and tack-ling one riding a month, Fight

HST hopes to recall the Liberal MLAs and force byelections in those ridings. The campaign is in response to Premier Gordon Campbell’s recent announce-ment of a Sept. 24, 2011 referen-dum on the HST. The Fight HST group says that vote will not be binding on the government.

Anti-HST organizer in Maple Ridge, Corisa Bell is confi dent

she and her team can recall Dalton, who won Maple Ridge-Mission by only 68 votes (over NDP candidate Mike Bocking) in the 2009 election.

“It’s going to be a lot of hard work, but we have a real strong team and we’re very dedicated and I know we will be success-ful,” said Bell.

THE NEWS

Dalton on MLA recall list


Fox-y ladyCandice Owen, 16, a volunteer with the Terry Fox Run in Maple Ridge, marks the 30 anniversary of the event with a washable tattoo on her cheek. For more about the local Terry Fox Run, see p16.

Man shot riding bike was targetedstaff repor ter

A man with a lengthy criminal past was gunned down while riding a bike on a quiet residential street in Maple Ridge early Monday.

Ridge Meadows RCMP responded to a call of gunshots fi red at the corner of 233rd Street and 124th Avenue at around 7:45 a.m.

The man was shot multiple times in front of a house on 124th Street. Witnesses reported seeing a vehicle fl ee the scene shortly after the gunshots were heard. However, police are unable to give a description of the vehicle.

Insp. Derren Lench said the Maple Ridge resident was well known to police, and has a “lengthy criminal past.

“It appears this was a targeted shooting,” he said.Paramedics performed CPR on the man, who was lat-

er rushed to hospital by air ambulance.As of Tuesday afternoon, he remained on life support.

Lench added, “the prognosis is not good.”The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has tak-

en over the investigation.Police cordoned off a section of 124th Avenue to con-

duct their investigation, cutting off residents living in the 50 homes east of 233rd Street.

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See MLA, p13

Opinion 6

Tom Fletcher 6

Looking Back 18


Arts&life 35

Sports 39

Classifi eds 43

Index

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Arts&life

Tales of transformation unfold at gallery.p36


Corisa Nicole Bell, regional anti-HST campaign orga-nizer, with her regional captain, Ron Sward.

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Erin Sparks’ son James was born at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster three years ago, with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck. With each contraction, the cord pulled tighter, slowly squeez-ing the life out of the unborn child. Sparks, a Maple Ridge resident, was

unaware what was happening at the time, because she was stuck on in traffi c on the Lougheed Highway af-ter a suicidal person threatened to jump from the Pattullo Bridge.

Sparks was one of the more than a 100 people who attended a public fo-rum, organized by local NDP MLA Michael Sather, on Wednesday and voiced opposition to the possibility that maternity services might be moved out of Ridge Meadows Hos-pital. Should such a move occur, ex-pectant parents would have to drive 20 to 25 kilometres to give birth.

“We came so close to losing our

little boy before we ever got to meet him,” she told the crowd. “[His life] was only jeopardized more by the time we had to spend stuck in traf-fi c.”

The concern centers on a pair of reports commissioned by Fraser Health last year. Doctors Jonathan Kronick and Janet Rush were asked to review the health authority’s ob-stetric and pediatric services.

“As good as we think we are do-ing everything, it’s important for us as a health authority to occasion-ally... look at our services to make sure we are providing the highest-

quality services and optimizing all of our resources across the region,” Rowena Rizzotti, Fraser Health’s executive director for women’s health and maternal, infant, child and youth care, said of the consul-tant’s report.

“They looked at all of our services ... and they found opportunities to improve in areas of quality and ef-fi ciency.”

She stressed, the report’s fi ndings were that of the consultants, not of Fraser Health. Among the 33 recom-mendations contained in Kronick and Rush’s two reports was the

suggestion to reconfi gure obstetric services, consolidating existing ma-ternity services at eight hospitals to as few as fi ve. The report notes that the ideal number of births for a maternity ward for “optimum ef-fi ciency and safe patient care” is roughly 1,500 per year.

In 2008/09, Ridge Meadows Hospi-tal performed only 859 births.

They’ve got him in their sights, target locked on.

Now local cam-paigners against the Harmonized Sales Tax want MLA Marc Dal-ton’s name add-ed to the list of 24 MLAs targeted for recall by Bill Vander Zalm’s Fight HST cam-paign.

The Fight HST campaign put Lib-eral MLAs on its “HST Hit List,” re-leased Wednesday.

Former premier Bill Vander Zalm says the 24 were chosen because of the “huge number of signatures” collected in their ridings opposing the HST. Each of those ridings drew a quarter of the number of voters opposing the new tax, which comes into effect July 1.

Signs bode well for Osprey Village. p3Radio Haney

BP spill tragedy writ on our behalf. p6

FHA distances itself from consultant’s report at forum

THE NEWS

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HST haters want Daltonon recall list

See HST, p3

See Hospital, p12

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Gardening

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Dalton

Opinion 6

Radio Haney 6

Finance 17

Parenting 19

Acts of Faith 21

Home&gardening 23

Scoreboard 44

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Premier Campbell stops by for a visit. p3Health Care

Shouldn’t we put patients fi rst? p6

For the past three weeks, strange vehicles have been parking in a Maple Ridge cul de sac and strange people have been putting up Christ-mas stars, lights and Peace On Earth signs.

Saturday, it all comes down, when shooting wraps up in the 23400-block of 114th Av-enue.

After getting their suburbia shots, Pitch Black Productions now moves to the ACT before putting the fi nal touches on Battle of the Bulbs.

“We’ve been there an extra long period of time,” said loca-

tion manager Rico Mielnicki.And while neighbours

sometimes can get annoyed about fi lm crews, trucks and equipment taking over their streets, the folks in the cul de sac have been nothing but welcoming, prompting Miel-nicki to write a thank-you let-ter to his hosts.

Movie takes over Maple Ridge homes, but still slow year for fi lming in district

THE NEWS

It’s Christmas in California


Warrior cryRoss Luckow films members of the Ridge Meadows Warriors at Planet Ice on Wednesday for a segment that will air on Hockey Night in Canada next month. See story, p51.

Only two witnesses in Pitt rave rape

Only two people who witnessed the rape of 16-year-old girl at a Pitt Meadows rave have come forward to speak to police.

“Cooperation has been a challenge,” RCMP Sgt. Peter Thiessen said at a press conference Thursday afternoon.

“We respect the courage it took for those witnesses to come forward under extreme peer pressure. But what’s really important now is that others need to follow their ex-ample.”

The teen was allegedly raped at a at “An-other Night in Bangkok,” a party held on a farm at 12993 Harris Road, Sept.10.

But police are now saying that only “sev-eral” individuals or “more than one person” was involved in the sexual assault, instead of “fi ve to seven” young adults and teens initially disclosed by investigators.

See Rape, p14

See Movies, p5

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Business

Harris Road cinema reopening.p8

Opinion 6

Health Care 6

Parenting 18

Acts of Faith 24

Home&gardening 29


Scoreboard 53

Index

RCMP appeal for more to come forward




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In a dimly lit meeting room, Brad Kohl bristles at the sug-gestion that a gravel mine ex-

pansion planned for the Pitt Pol-der is a done deal.

It’s far from one, the general manager of aggregates and ma-rine division for Lafarge Canada

tells the crowd as it lets out a snigger.

“The reason we are having this is to take comments and include them into the mine plan.”

Armed with placards, a peti-tion, notebooks and pictures of their cracking homes - almost 100-strong - the crowd, gathered at the swanky Swan-e-Set Golf Course, readied themselves for a David-Goliath confrontation.

If they had their way - no one would dig more sand, gravel and stone out of picturesque Sheridan Hill, a rocky outcrop in the Pitt

Polder, purported to be the site of a lost gold mine and identifi ed in Katzie First Nation legends.

The proposed expansion will allow Lafarge Canada Inc. to con-tinue mining at the site for an-other 10 to 15 years and move the mine to within 15 metres from the east property boundary – 100 metres from the nearest houses on the hill.

As a result, excavation will be seen from the southwest side of Sheridan Hill, from Harris, Mc-Neil and Richardson roads and all of the properties in that area

of northern Pitt Meadows. “I’m concerned because this

is not a mine expanding,” Judy Richards told the room. “It’s a mine taking over a hill.”

The quarry’s current opera-tion covers 54.7 hectares. The proposed expansion would in-clude an additional 15.8 hectares, bringing the total operation area to 70.5 hectares.

Lafarge assures the expansion won’t affect the crop of houses on the historic hill any more than it already does.

Lafarge assures expansion on hill not a done deal

THE NEWS

Residents take on gravel mine


Candle light walkAshley Sehlaur, 16, shields her flame from the wind before a candle light walk around Memorial Peace Park on Wednesday to mark the 12th annual Stop the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth Awareness Week, March 7-13. See story, p15.

Emaciated dog dropped off at shelter

The SPCA is looking for the owner of an emaciated golden re-triever abandoned in Maple Ridge last week.

The adult male dog, whose mat-ted fur was covered in dirt, mud and feces, was dropped off at the shelter by a man who said he found the dog near the intersec-tion of 237th Street and Dewdney Trunk Road.

The sight of the dog, called Trooper, brought tears to the eyes of staff at the B.C. SPCA’s Maple Ridge branch Sunday.

“I thought I had seen everything, but clearly I was wrong,” said Ei-leen Drever, a senior animal pro-tection officer who has worked for the agency for 30 years. “This dog has literally wasted away — I’m not sure how he even has the strength to stand.”

A typical male golden retriever should weigh between 30 and 34 kilograms; Trooper weighed 11 ki-lograms (24 pounds) when he was brought in.

He put on nearly two kilograms in three days.

“He actually weighs less than his bag of dog food right now,” said Drever.

See Dog, p16

See Gravel, p4

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Paralympics

Torch run event in Memorial Peace Park.p13

Opinion 6

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Parenting 23

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A Mission man was killed Tuesday after-noon after being trapped in an avalanche while snowmobiling near the Coquihalla Highway.

Michael Shawn Buck-les, 43, formerly of Ma-ple Ridge, was riding with 11 others including his father, near the Tu-lameen forest service road, 10 kilometres off the highway, when the avalanche struck around 1 p.m.

The snow slid between the group, sweeping Buck-les down the mountain.

One snowmobiler headed to the old toll booths to contact emer-gency services while the rest began searching for their buried friend.

RCMP Cpl. Dan Moska-luk said all the snowmo-bilers were equipped with rescue recovery gear and were wearing GPS locator beacons.

The snowmobile was partially buried and the group used a beacon to locate Buckles, who was trapped for about 15 minutes.

Immediate resuscita-tion efforts failed to re-vive him. His body was recovered using a heli-copter on Wednesday.

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People looking for a quiet paddle in a rental canoe may no longer have that pleasure at Pitt Lake, for a while at least.

Ayla Canoes, which rented boats to visitors and tourists, has closed, victim of an expired lease agree-ment between Metro Vancouver and the province.

Gone are the canoes, the shed and the house that was home for Lance Williams, part of the family that built the business over two decades at Grant Narrows Regional Park.

“I was three years old when my father [Gord Williams] moved from New Westminster,” said Williams, who along with his dad and sister, Kim Crooks, ran the business. “I’m 36 now.”

It’s been a tough year for Williams, who this week lost his dog Kid in a motor vehicle accident. The pet, who’d grown up at the lake, wasn’t used to the traffi c in Port Coquitlam, where the family’s been living for the past year. Their pet cat, Mama, who lived outdoors at the lake, also disappeared after the move.

The loss of their business comes after the loss in 2003 of four cabins that the family owned in Katzie Estates, on the Katzie reserve, just across the Pitt River.

Katzie First Nation decided not to renew the leases for those cabins, leaving owners to either dismantle their cabins or walk away from them. His dad opted to burn his.

Williams says he has no problem with the band decision in that case.

“That was proper in my opinion,”

Williams said, because the cabins were on band land and the Katzie wanted to develop the land and rent out the cabins as a tourism venture.

But the canoe rental business is on provincial land, Williams points out.

He tried to contact the Ministry of Environment to see if he could se-cure an interim lease with the prov-ince so his business could stay open. No one called back.

“What a nightmare.”The business had to close because

it couldn’t get another lease with Metro Vancouver parks, which in turn is handing Grant Narrows park

back to the Ministry of Environment as of today, Dec. 31, after managing the park for a dozen years. Metro Vancouver says it couldn’t negotiate a lease that would give it “security of tenure” to allow it manage and maintain the park. The land is within Katzie First Nations traditional territory.

Aboriginal Relations Min-ister Barry Penner however said it’s always been provin-cial land.

“The province has owned it all along. We never ceased owning it. “Now the agreement has ended and it reverts to the province of British

Columbia for service delivery.”Penner said a Katzie proposal to

operate the park was rejected ear-lier this year by the Ministry of En-vironment. “There were still some remaining issues in it.”

He didn’t know if the Katzie have resubmitted their pro-posal.

With Metro Vancouver’s lease ending, most of the Ayla Canoe property had to

be removed by the end of Novem-ber, even Williams’ new eco-friend-ly house he built across the parking lot.

That’s just been torn down, with

only the concrete foundation re-maining. All that remains is part of the dock and the original paddle shack.

Even though he was losing his live-lihood, a business that was netting at least $120,000 a year, Williams was willing to train Katzie members to take over the operation and tried to contact the band.

But he never heard back.Katzie First Nations chief Jay Bailey

couldn’t be reached for comment.Williams is still willing to return,

maybe with a fi ve-year agreement that would allow him to keep oper-ating, while the band takes over the business over that period.

“I think they could really make a beautiful spot out of that.”

If that doesn’t work, Williams could start anew somewhere else with the 20 canoes he has remain-ing.

Geoff Clayton, with the Alouette River Management Society, said the change has far-reaching implica-tions and says treaty negotiations could affect other parks.

“Why would we say just Grant Narrows?”

And what about millions of dol-lars Metro Vancouver has invested in the park? “They’re walking away from public money.”

Penner though said access to the boat launch and garbage pickup will be maintained.

He said in any treaty talks, the government intends on maintain-ing parks and protected areas in public hands.

Penner said some First Nations may have land acquisition as a treaty objective, “but the goal of the government is not to transfer land title to parks and protected areas.”

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They have heard the word from the Agricul-tural Land Commission. Last October, it gave a clear no to the application from the Pelton family to remove 153 acres from the land re-serve.

But there’s still a chance the family, which ran Pelton Reforestation tree nursery and provided local jobs for years, could resubmit their application within the year.

That could depend on a few other factors, such as what the district will decide for Albion fl ats and the industrial land study that’s also on the district’s to-do list.

It’s possible that the results of those pro-cesses could conclude that the Pelton land at 203rd Street and Golden Ears Way is the best place for expanding Maple Ridge’s industrial base.

Norm Pelton is convinced it is.Every day, he sees cars streaming westward

along 128th Avenue to jobs in Coquitlam, Sur-rey or Vancouver. A study he commissioned for his ALC application concluded that turn-ing the area into a business park would create 1,600 local jobs and $5.8 million a year in tax revenue for the district.

“We thought this was a good opportunity to provide employment. 1,500 jobs, that would take a lot of traffi c off the road.”

However, no prospective tenants have lined up in advance of the applica-tion. The fi rst task is to get the proper zoning, Pelton said last week from his home on the site.

If external circumstances change and the district decides the Pelton property is the only viable industrial area, that could encourage the Peltons to resubmit the application, large-ly unchanged. Under the rules, an applicant can resubmit an application back to the ALC for reconsideration within a year of fi rst ap-plying.

“Something has to change. They have given us a pretty fi rm no,” he said last week.

“Right now I don’t know if we have a sustain-able community if we have all these people leaving town.”

In its decision last October, the ALC said, “that the proposal itself was an example of en-

croaching development into the ALR which … would negatively affect the agricultural suitability of neighbouring properties.”

It disagreed with the premise that it’s justifi able to convert farmland into industrial use “in a prime agricultural area.”

Maple Ridge has already set aside land for employment, the ALC said, and an exclusion would be an intrusion into the Agricultural Land Reserve and would “erode remaining farmland by fueling speculation and precipi-tating similar requests from adjacent prop-erty owners.”

Pelton points out there are dairy farms that

are part of the supply-management system, to the east, west and north of his property. But his family doesn’t know the dairy industry, he pointed out.

He said he understood the ALC’s concern that excluding his property would trigger other applications for exclusion and that the entire area could be lost to agricultural use. “Maybe it should too,” he added.

The timing of the application, before the de-cision on Albion fl ats (expected this spring) and the completion of the land strategy, also may have derailed the application.

“We believe one of the reasons the ALC ruled against us was because Maple Ridge didn’t have its act together. The community wasn’t sure. I wouldn’t say they weren’t be-hind it.”

Maple Ridge council forwarded the applica-tion to the ALC without referring it fi rst to the agricultural advisory committee and without having a community meeting.

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staff reporterIt cost an extra $22,798

to extend the discussion on Albion fl ats, but the Dec. 8 meeting got all the views on the table and people feel they’ve been heard, with most involved saying it’s worth the extra dollars.

“In the big scheme of things, whatever’s hap-pening down there is a 20- to 30-year deal,” Mayor Ernie Daykin said recently.

It’s matter of getting the right mix to satisfy most interests.

“We have to be very careful what you put down there,” Daykin said. With all options now on the table, from a village-type shop-ping centre proposed by one of the landown-ers SmartCentres, to a big-box development, to a mix of business, farming, retail and rec-reation, the HB Lanarc

consulting team will consider all the possi-bilities and the public comment, then outline the options.

Its report should land at council’s desk by the end of Janu-ary.

That’s when the high-level discussions get grounded in reality as politicians try to guess what will work, what will please the most people and what will be best for Maple Ridge for the area along Lougheed Highway and 105th Avenue.

Albion fl ats has been a controversial area since at least 2004 when SmartCentres fi rst sought to remove land from the Agricultural Land Reserve. Council of the day refused to send that to the Agricultural Land Commission.

While the current process at writing an area plan won’t be com-pleted until next year, even then, the project was started in advance of the other projects.

Seven background re-ports that provide basic information about Al-bion fl ats.

• In its Overall Agri-cultural Assess-ment, written by Golder Asso-ciates, most of Albion fl ats soil

is considered poorly to very poorly drained.

The report concludes the area west of 105th Avenue, although it’s poorly drained, could be improved to a land capability for agricul-ture rating of from Class 1 to 3.

The area east of 105th Avenue with drainage improvements and land levelling could see a land capability agricul-ture of Class 2 and 3.

However, the issue of drainage may offer a way out for planners, according to a report G. P. Rollo Associates. The Agricultural Land Commission sees the land west of 105th Av-enue has having strong agricultural potential, though it has drain-age issues. If money

is spent on improving that, it might “look fa-vourably” on a request to withdraw land from the east side of 105th Avenue, says Rollo.

When it comes to eco-logical concerns, the Albion Flats Environ-mental Baseline Report shows there are envi-ronmental rules apply-ing to most of the site and points out that Ma-ple Ridge’s Streamside Protection Regulations create stream setbacks throughout.

Rollo’s market analy-sis done in September looks at three shopping scenarios.

If Kwantlen First Na-tions opens its 300,000 sq. ft shopping centre on Lougheed Highway at 250th Street – then only 190,000 sq. ft of shopping would be needed in Albion fl ats by 2015.

And if another 400,000 sq. ft shopping centre opens in Pitt Mead-ows, (SmartCentres recently fi led an appli-cation for its property on Lougheed) – then only 112,000 sq. ft of new shopping would be needed in Albion fl ats. If that scenario is pro-jected another 10 years, then only 240,000 sq. ft would be needed.

If neither Pitt Mead-ows nor Kwantlen proj-ect proceeds, Albion fl ats would need 303,000 sq. ft. of shopping space. All of the existing con-cepts proposed so far exceed that fi gure.

Concept A, which evolved from the Octo-ber brainstorming ses-sion, calls for 600,000 sq. ft. of commercial/mixed use.

Concept B, calls for 450,000 sq. ft. of com-mercial/mixed use.

SmartCentre’s pro-posal for the west side of 105th Avenue calls for 390,000 sq. ft. of “vil-lage commercial.”

Albion fl ats planning process at halfway point

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staff reporterDespite recommend-

ing charges more than two months ago against two males allegedly in-volved in a rape, RCMP still have no word from Crown prosecutors on whether they will pro-ceed with the cases.

Ridge Meadows RCMP prepared a package of informa-tion for Crown counsel proposing charges of distributing child porn against one adult male – as well as a more se-rious charge of sexual assault causing bodily harm against another 18-year-old man.

The charges stem from the rape of a 16-year-old girl at “Another Night in Bang-kok,” a party held on a farm at 12993 Harris Rd., Sept. 10.

Investigators believe that as many as 12 peo-ple witnessed the inci-dent and “more than

one individual” partici-pated in it.

A 16-year-old boy was charged with distribut-ing child porn in Sep-tember, after photo-graphs were shared by cellphone.

The images were eventually posted on the social-networking

site Facebook.So far, the

16-year-old has been the only person formally

charged in the inci-dent.

“Nothing has changed,” said RCMP spokesperson Staff Sgt. Peter Thiessen.

“We expected to hear back [from Crown counsel] in four to fi ve weeks, and we are still waiting.”

Crown counsel could not be reached for comment.

Despite graphic pho-tographs, the investiga-tion has not been easy for police. They have been trying to break what they describe as a “code of silence” amongst the teens who directly witnessed the assault.

Thiessen said the fi le is still open and under active investiga-tion, and didn’t rule out the possibility of

new charges. The teen assaulted returned to high school days af-ter the incident, and a statement from her family, read by police, said they are thankful for the support she is receiving.

“This incident has been devastating to our family and close friends,” wrote the family.

“In regard to the spread of picture on so-cial media, this act con-tinues to re-victimize our daughter everyday. She has no privacy and the wound is continu-ally being opened up.”

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VICTORIA – The year 2010 will fi nd a place in B.C. history for several things, from the triumphant Olympics to the abrupt resignations of Premier Gordon Campbell and NDP leader Carole James.

But it’s another development that could prove more signifi cant. Not only were the province’s two main political leaders shaken loose, the whole structure of party politics has undergone what may be a permanent shift.

Suddenly there are four independent MLAs in the B.C. legislature. In 2009, Vicki Huntington was elected as such in Delta South, which could be written off as an oddity of an insular community.

But this year, Peace River South MLA Blair Lekstrom quit the B.C. Liberal cabi-net and caucus over the harmonized sales tax. Then Cariboo North MLA Bob Simp-son was expelled from the NDP caucus for criticizing James and Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett was booted out of the B.C. Liberal cabinet and caucus for break-ing ranks over Campbell’s leadership.

Simpson and Bennett were widely seen as being punished for saying what many were thinking – that their party leaders

had become liabilities.Simpson has taken things a step fur-

ther. He has given up his NDP member-ship, reasoning that a new leader won’t change the fundamental problem. And that is the party system itself.

It’s no mystery why half of eligible voters didn’t bother to cast a ballot in 2009, Simpson says. Their disgust can be understood by anyone who knocks on doors to campaign.

They all promise the same thing, he says: “… send me to Victoria. I will rep-resent you. I will break that cycle of go-ing down to Victoria, then coming back and telling you what’s good for you.”

But then the two dominant parties, the NDP and the coalition currently known as the B.C. Liberals, impose their poli-cies. MLAs are “whipped,” an unusually truthful bit of parliamentary jargon, to follow the party line. A majority means absolute power, held tightly in the pre-mier’s offi ce.

Huntington proved that independents can get elected. Since then, she says she has seen the negative effects of party politics up close.

She was appointed to the standing com-mittee on Crown corporations. In a year and a half it has yet to meet. Committees that do meet are controlled by a govern-ment majority. Opposition MLAs ask only negative questions, turning the commit-tee into the same kind of Punch-and-Judy show one sees in question period.

It’s all about scoring partisan points, not solving problems. Why would the public take it seriously?

Simpson has been pleasantly surprised about his sudden transition to indepen-dent MLA. The rules allow him two staff-ers at the legislature, instead of a share of opposition resources that mainly serve the leader’s priorities.

Now when he takes a constituency prob-lem to a cabinet minister, he is no longer viewed as a member of the enemy camp that is trying to unseat the government. They can actually talk about solutions.

Lekstrom has been sitting in on a series of meetings with B.C. Liberal leader-ship hopefuls over the problems of the Agricultural Land Reserve in the Peace country. In short, the ALR makes no sense up there and is actually pushing people out of farming. As an independent, Lekstrom can work on that without wor-rying about an uninformed backlash from the populous south.

Bennett, like Lekstrom, occupies a con-stituency on the Alberta border with an independent streak as wide as the main street. Both are seen as heroes at home, and if they ran as independents in 2013 they would probably do better without the party baggage.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press

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Municipal offi cials and politicians do a good job defending their budgets that yearly present taxpayers with tax

hikes, usually twice the infl ation rate.What can we cut to reduce those taxes, they

ask? They’re only responding to public demand and besides, like Maple Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykin points out, running a city is like owning a home. You have to spend money on upkeep, or the place will fall down around you.

That’s only partly true.Home owners are faced every day with proj-

ects that need repair. How many home owners can do unlimited renovations, or manufacture a six-per-cent salary increase to pay for them?

Instead, Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows need to be leaders and limit tax increases to the infl ation rate.

That can be done by judicious paring. Should the rate of expansion of fi re and police depart-ments be slowed? Perhaps. Should it review any and all spending and make diffi cult but fair cuts? Absolutely. That’s kind of like, their job.

Maple Ridge is on the right track by socking a quarter of its tax increase into a fund to pay for aging sewers and roads. That’s progressive.

Now, the district needs to take the next step and limit the expansion of that infrastructure and truly commit to more compact growth.

Thankfully, two newcomers to council, Cheryl Ashlie and Michael Morden, seem to be dragging their colleagues in that direction. Ashlie wants infrastructure costs closely reviewed in Silver Valley – to ensure the district doesn’t pay for more for servicing – than it will earn from devel-opers and taxpayers. What a novel idea.

Morden wants more density in Hammond.It’s time the rest of council listened and gave

up on the idea of spreading suburbs to the Mis-sion border and gave taxpayers some relief.

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EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: Maple Ridge too slow,

says developer (The News, Dec. 17).

I was not surprised by the article about Ernie Beaudin, of Decker Management, who was ready and able to invest in Maple Ridge.

Mr. Beaudin said how frus-trated he was at the very slow pace of development in Maple Ridge, now preferring work in Calgary.

He also said maybe the dis-trict doesn’t want a downtown core, maybe it doesn’t want shopping at Albion, maybe it doesn’t want progress.

It is no wonder Mr. Beaudin and other developers have given up.

We must understand that it is the developers and their money who bring shopping and jobs to Maple Ridge, not the taxpayer.

Do not scare away the gold-en goose. We need business tax dollars and shopping to keep some of the shopping dollars in Maple Ridge and help keep our taxes down.

This and past councils have rejected, denied and fi ddled away more good opportuni-ties for growth and prosperity than any other municipality in the Lower Mainland.

Council continues to plan, but we never see a fi nished plan or any affi rmative ac-tion.

Mayor Ernie Daykin said council has spent $80 million in the past several years.

I do not see any progressive changes that look like $80 mil-lion dollars, do you?

I was on the Maple Ridge

website, looking for election results and ran across the business plan for 2009 to 2013 and long-term vision. As writ-ten word for word:

“Maple Ridge made the transition from dormitory to employment magnet by care-fully targeting business that fi t within the context of the district’s many neighbour-hoods. Commercial ventures were encouraged in the ac-cessible, pedestrian friendly downtown and at nodes along

major roads; agricultural ac-tivities were enabled in the district’s famed rural areas; home-based businesses were encouraged and clean indus-try was attracted to existing and new business parks, cre-ated near key transportation junctions and neighbour-hoods; the district enjoys the many benefi ts of having the majority of its residents work in the community in which they live.”

My fi rst thoughts were, well

written, creative writing, but the biggest pile of steaming dung I have ever seen.

Or is it possible? This would be the wish of most residents. It is a vision for 2025. But it is written as if this has already happened. I have already waited for more than 20 years. Why do we have to wait an-other 14 years? I doubt this will ever happen with the cur-rent council.

JIM BULPIT MAPLE RIDGE

EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: District taxes up fi ve more per cent (The News, Dec.

1).Your recent articles concerning the tax increase gives

an incorrect picture of how bad the fi nances are in Maple Ridge.

The revenue from taxes only pays for a little more than 60 per cent of the annual operating costs for basic ser-vices. It excludes maintenance and capital expenses for improvements.

Council makes up the difference by spending money collected from development fees that are supposed to pay for future recreational improvements.

The development fees from residential growth are be-ing spent to simply keep the status quo.

The people who think we don’t need the Albion busi-ness centre are dreamers. We have one chance for im-proved shopping and industrial development and that is Albion, as neither the Kwantlen nor Pitt Meadows proj-ects will create any tax return for Maple Ridge.

The idea that investors will build the little nodal shop-ping areas outlined in the OCP fails to see the lack of fi -nancial viability in these projects, especially in any area along Dewdney Trunk Road.

It is time for the so-called pro-business majority on council to get the lead out and start to make things hap-pen. Cancel the $125,000 expenditure for more discussion on the Albion plan, direct the planning department to meet with developers to come up with a plan that has the potential to get ALC approval and let’s get moving.

We have developers ready who want to help create an incredible, revenue-producing legacy in Albion. Let’s not blow it again. Taxpayers can’t afford to see the status quo.

GRAHAM MOWATT

MAPLE RIDGE

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A school with heart

EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: Maple Ridge council

gives fi nal OK to moment of refl ection (The News, Dec. 17).

It is offi cial. After weeks of refl ecting and maybe even praying by some members of our esteemed municipal council, four seasoned coun-cillors have decided that they would feel better to be inspired for two minutes by a rabbi, imam, priest, min-ister or guru before making

decisions about rezoning and other non-spiritual issues.

The two newest members of council feel that they can make such decisions without the two minutes of refl ection, just like all other councillors of every other Canadian mu-nicipality do.

The new policy replacing the exclusively Christian prayers with moments of re-fl ection must make many of our citizenry very happy and thankful for the thoughtful

respect the majority of our council has for the diversity of faiths in our community.

Now we will have to see how many self-respecting spiritual leaders will take the trouble to e-mail or fax the staff at the district hall with an outline of their message and let staff decide whether the contents would inspire our esteemed councillors or not.

I cannot help but notice that council in its prayer-inspired wisdom has not provided

staff with any criteria of what would constitute a meaning-ful moment of refl ection and who would be eligible to de-liver the same.

I guess they want to leave that up to the Creator to guide municipal staff to make the right selections.

Maybe it is time for the il-lustrious four to do some real refl ecting on their prayer-inspired wisdom.

MARCO TERWIEL

MAPLE RIDGE

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Ernie Beaudin proposed his vision for downtown Maple Ridge, including a rapid transit line running along Selkirk Avenue, in 2008.

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EDITOR, THE NEWS:Our little school of just under 280 students was able to

bring in more than 1,000 items of food for our food drive. It was lead by a parent volunteer, Terri Stumpp, who helped motivate kids over a three-week period.

I witnessed families that, even though times were tight for them, would still bring donations in to help those in their community. This was another example of our school com-ing together, with Mount Crescent and Glenwood becoming a new community.

The month was capped off by our fi rst Christmas concert together, attended by hundreds.

I had parents phoning us, and coming to the school, say-ing how much they enjoyed the concert, and felt good that their kids were at the school.

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Downtown redone – the fi nal chapter.

Sounds like a movie, but it describes the state of downtown Maple Ridge after years of hard work and millions of dol-lars dropped by local, provincial and federal politicians.

With one block of 224th Street done the year pri-or (incorporating Memo-rial Peace Park into the road design,) the bulk of the town centre improve-ments took place this past summer. New roads and sidewalks, lights and street furniture were

built on top of new utility services along the main drag, from the park to Lougheed Highway, and west along Lougheed to 222nd street.

All that remains is dig-ging up the fi nal block of 224th Street that in-tersects with Dewdney Trunk Road – and Maple Ridge will have a park and a shiny main street on which it can build for the realization of its Smart Growth on the Ground dream.

That fi nal phase will also see a new road and sidewalks with construc-tion started this spring, well after the Christmas

rush.This year’s downtown

enhancement involved planting 54 trees, most of them maple trees, suited for urban environments. Combined with the un-derground work that was done to prevent roots from heav-ing the sidewalks, the sidewalks should remain even and easy walking for pedestrians for awhile.

But every makeover has a few wrinkles, and for a few businesses on Lougheed Highway, it was the new benches just installed on the

new sidewalks. The seats face the buildings along Lougheed, raising concerns about safety among business own-ers. Eighty per cent of the businesses between 222nd and 224th streets signed a petition asking

for their removal.Removal of the

benches, howev-er, would be the last resort, said

project manager Joe Dingwall.

The district will meet with business owners every three months over the next year to fi nd ways of dealing with any problems.

“Really, as a last step, we would be removing the benches.”

Last year, merchants on 224th signed a peti-tion demanding that construction be done at night to minimize dis-ruption to their traffi c.

Closely linked to the $6-million downtown project is the fate of Albion fl ats, east on Lougheed Highway at 105th Avenue.

A consultant’s report written for the planning process, said concepts devised must consider the effect on downtown commerce.

Still, at least two mer-chants with deep roots

were confi dent in the downtown no matter what happens elsewhere. Haney Builders Supplies started an interior and exterior renovation.

And there are no plans to move from the fi ve-acre property that’s held the business since 1938. “It’s an excellent location. We’re really in a position in the heart of downtown. All roads lead here, so it’s a great location,” said spokes-man Gord McBeath, although he preferred council focus on the downtown.

At Fuller Watson Fur-niture on Lougheed Highway and 224th

Street, in business in Maple Ridge for more than 80 years, they’ve put in new windows and an exterior wall. “We think we’re doing the right things. I’ve got no reason to be concerned about somebody else coming into town,” said owner Bruce Fuller.

Council last fall also approved a set of incen-tives to help spur new building in the town cen-tre.

Those included:Details of some of the

incentives: • reduction of devel-

opment cost charges by a further 25 per cent in addition to those that al-ready exist;

• broadening the area for a 2006 tax exemption of 100 per cent the fi rst year and 50 per cent the second year for revital-izing buildings (so far, no developer has taken advantage of the incen-tive);

• increasing to $75,000 over three years Maple Ridge’s funding of the Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association facade im-provement program.

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Maple Ridge’s fi rst medicinal mari-juana dispensary opened on 224th Street in a renovated single family home in May, much to the surprise and chagrin of local politicians and area residents.

According to a municipal staff re-port, the “sudden appearance” of the compassion club caused “great concern in this munici-pality,” but notes that because it’s run by a non-profi t society, the district can’t enforce its business licence bylaw.

All members of the Taggs Medi-cal Cannabis Dispensary must have documentation from Health Canada or a registered physician to buy mari-juana.

Since May, the dispensary, operated by The Always Growing Green Society, has gone from close to 40 members to more than 200.

“It demonstrates that there is a need for this in Maple Ridge,” said Michael Joinson, the society’s presi-dent.

The dispensary was just the seventh in B.C. when it opened.

“At fi rst everyone was a bit shocked [when we opened],” said Kim Baird, the dispensary’s manager.

“But now that they understand what we’re all about, I think everyone has been much more supportive.”

To help improve its relationship with the community, Taggs has taken part

in a community safety committee, and is a safe house for anyone in distress. The dispensary also takes part in a neighbourhood watch program, and employees report suspicious activity to the police.

“We’re trying to get the drug dealers out of this area,” said Baird.

Ridge Meadows RCMP visited the dispensary when it opened May 4 to see if it complied with municipal zon-ing bylaws

“They are actually one of our biggest supporters,” said Baird.

“As long as we obey our code of conduct, and obey the law, then they don’t have a prob-lem.”

Baird said the dispensary recently revoked the memberships of two in-dividuals after complaints they were re-selling the marijuana they acquired from Taggs.

“They are jeopardizing the people who need this medicine,” she said. “Many of our members are in their 70s and 80s.”

There have been no break-in at-tempts at the dispensary, as the inven-tory of marijuana is kept off site.

“We only keep what we need for that day,” said Joinson.

The building has also been equipped with bars, alarms, and cameras.

With the growth in members, Taggs hopes to expand in the new year.

Joinson said he would like to add a “healing house” with massage thera-py, refl exology and counselling at af-fordable prices for members

“The Vancouver Compassion Club already offers that, so we’d like to do something similar,” he said.

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Athena Hayward really didn’t want to go to the

Maple Ridge SPCA that day nearly 10 months ago.

Her Pitt Meadows family had suffered the heartbreak of having two small dogs die within six months of each other. However, her daughter Ashley, 24, felt her par-ents and brother Michael, 18, needed animals in their lives and suggested

getting two cats. Athena didn’t think it was such a good idea.

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“All right,” said Athena, reluctantly.

When they got to the

shelter on Jackson Road they spotted a television camera crew. The Hay-wards, like many others across the Lower Main-land had been horrifi ed to hear reports about an emaciat-ed golden retriev-er being dropped off by a man who had told staff he’d found the dog near 237th Street and Dewdney Trunk Road.

SPCA staff described the dog as a “walking skeleton.” He weighed 24

pounds when he should be more than twice that and wasn’t expected to live. His fur was mat-ted and covered in dirt, mud, feces and sores. The stench in the room where they shaved him lasted two days.

The family intended to avoid the dog because they felt they couldn’t handle it emo-tionally.

But as they were about to leave, Trooper crossed their paths and they couldn’t avoid him.

Athena’s heart sank. A sick feeling fi lled her stomach and she began to cry. Ashley went over to pat Trooper and he put his head and one paw in her lap.

That day Athena, her husband Brad, and Ash-ley made the decision to visit the dog almost daily to make sure he knew he was loved. Against all odds, the year-old golden retriever began to respond to their care and the staff named him Trooper.

The sparkle in Troop-er’s eyes shone brighter as the days went by. Whenever he heard the Haywards voices, he’d stand up, even though he was extremely weak, and excitedly wag his tail.

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“Absolutely,” was the instantaneous response.

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There was still some mud and feces stuck to his bones that Athena would rub with baby oil to loosen up. Exercise, at fi rst, was limited to playing with Trooper for

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“It was like the fi rst baby words of our child,” says Athena.

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“He loves people, he loves kids, and you never seen an ounce of anger from him,” says Athena.

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Trooper, with the Hayward family at Christmas, including a new addition, Arthur.

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Marc Dalton believes the best way to combat the expected campaign in 2011 to recall him as Maple Ridge-Mission MLA is to go about his business as normal.

“The best thing I could do is continue to keep on doing my job,” said the B.C. Liberal MLA. “I need to focus ahead on what’s good for British Columbians.”

Fight HST organizers have targeted Dalton for recall and plan to go after him beginning in March. They’ve recruited more than 150 canvassers to seek signatures for a pe-tition to recall the MLA, who was fi rst elected in 2009 beating out NDP opponent, Mike Bocking,

by just 68 votes. Once or-ganizers have fi led their intention to begin the recall campaign, they’ll have 60 days to accumu-late signatures from 40 per cent of registered voters on the 2009 voters list.

The recall of Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Ida Chong began in October. At that time, Dalton was listed as sixth on the or-ganizers’ hit list.

A website, www.done-withdalton.com, has even been set up to promote the campaign to oust him from the legislature.

“There needs to be a separation between re-call and HST,” said Dal-ton, who is supporting former Health Minister Kevin Falcon in his bid to replace Premier Gordon

Campbell as BC Liberal leader. “They’re totally different things.”

He said B.C.’s economy is strong because of the BC Liberals and he con-stituents will take that into consideration when deciding whether or not to sign the petition.

“Look at what’s happening our commu-nity. They have to look at the track record, and I’m proud of that,” he said.

Despite the Fight HST forces painting a bull’s-eye on his back in 2010, Dalton said in many ways it was an amaz-ing year, pointing to the Olympics and successful infrastructure projects completed or started.

He pointed out Maple Ridge was listed in the

top fi ve nationally as a place to invest and a lot of the credit should go to provincial leadership.

“I have no doubt Marc Dalton’s days as our MLA are numbered,”

Corisa Bell, an anti-HST orga-nizer, said in Oc-tober.

She said it’s dif-fi cult to fi nd what Dalton has done for the constitu-ency and said he voted every time along Liberal lines.

A Fight HST rally out-side of Dalton’s offi ce in Maple Ridge on Oct. 23 attracted about 85 peo-ple.

Dalton initially consid-ered running for the Lib-eral leadership, but then decided to back Falcon instead.

Dalton to keep doing job, fight recall

People don’t recognize him as much anymore, but when they hear his name called their ears perk up and ask, “Is that the Trooper?”

He’s also a popular at-traction every time they take him to a school where students have raised money for the SPCA.

“It’s amazing how many people heard the

story,” says Athena. “It’s nice to see there’s such compassion in our com-munity with so many negative things going on.”

Now Trooper has a little friend to play with. Three weeks ago, a Bijon-Yorkshire Terrier cross puppy, Arthur, joined the family.

“They play all day, it’s hilarious,” says Athena.

In August, Trooper’s

original owner, Michael Schneider, pleaded guilty to causing an ani-mal to continue to be in distress. He was banned from owning animals for 10 years, fi ned $2,000 and ordered to pay $404.52 restitution to the SPCA.

Charges of animal cruelty and causing un-necessary pain or suf-fering to an animal were stayed.

“I was disappointed,”

says Athena. “I know the judge did the best job she could, but [the fi ne and ban] to me, it was nothing. And he had no remorse.”

Athena is ecstatic her daughter convinced her to go that day 10 months ago.

“In the end, I be-lieve in fate,” she says. “There was a reason why we had to go to the SPCA that day.”

Trooper from p10

‘Nice to see such compassion in our community’

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staff reporterIt’s been described as the sock-

eye run of the century, and they still don’t know why it happened.

While the Cohen Inquiry into the Disappearance of the Fraser River Sockeye started in the sum-mer, the salmon decided to sur-prise everybody and show up en masse in August. Estimates are the run hit 29 million, triple what was expected for the year.

That makes it the largest sock-eye run since 1913, surpassing 1993’s 23.5 million return.

One possibility was that a volca-nic eruption in Alaska spewed out huge amounts of iron-rich ash in the summer of 2008. That created a plankton and algae bloom that provided a rich food source, re-searchers told the Cohen inquiry.

In September, the inquiry, led by Justice Bruce Cohen also toured the Allco fi sh hatchery in Maple Ridge and heard about the efforts to rebuild a sockeye run in the South Alouette River and Alouette Lake.

If the studies prove out, the Alouette River sockeye run could play a bigger role in the Fraser River sockeye fi shery.

“It could become the major run in the Fraser Valley,” said Geoff Clayton, with the Alouette River Management Society.

If the sockeye turn out to be lake spawners, the habitat of a 16-kilo-metre-long Alouette Lake would dwarf that of streams and could see the projected run size go from 60,000 to 200,000.

With sockeye at unprecedented levels last summer, commercial fi shermen dragged out their boats to cash in on the openings.

“It’s better than nothing I sup-pose,” said local fi sherman John Puska at the start of the run, before the fi nal run size was given.

He began fi shing on the river in the 1960s, but gave it up more than 10 years ago. Now his son and nephew fi sh the waters, though more infrequently then they would like.

Puska was down at the Kanaka Creek government dock in August as more than a dozen gill-netters were lined up waiting to off load their catch.

“It’s nothing like it used to be, that’s for sure,” he said, shaking his head.

Sockeye run of the century Touched by torchstaff reporter

The 2010 Winter Olympic Games cre-ated memories for thousands of people that will endure in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

First, there was the Olympic Torch and its brief stop in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, days before Wayne Gretzky lit the Olympic fl ame in Vancouver.

Maple Ridge residents whooped, cheered and applauded the fl ame and gave a red-and-white welcome when the torch arrived in Memorial Peace Park.

Morning mists swirled around a huge Canadian fl ag hanging above 224th Street while families, kids and seniors awaited the arrival of torch re-lay, on its 102nd day - Feb. 8.

The crowd, though, didn’t need a fl ame to get fi red up.

Before daylight even arrived, the park looked like a mix between Christmas and Valentine’s Day.

Jackie Amato, wearing a 2006 Olym-pic jacket, with son Jordan, 4, and his Olympic red mittens showed up, “just because it’s a once-in-a-lifetime event,” mom said.

Same too for Karen Krull and John Humphries carrying Cole, 3, and Grady, 5. Dad was wrapped in a Canadian flag while Cole held another atop dad’s shoulders.

“I’m glad I’m here,” said John. “I didn’t get to Calgary (1988 Winter Olympics).” Some of the negativity surrounding the Olympics gets him down, he added.

“We have it – let’s show it,” and make the best of it.

The fl ame’s arrival was as ephem-eral as the fog. After turning south on to 224th Street, then entering the park on McIntosh Avenue, the fl ame stopped

briefl y at the gazebo. Then minutes it later it had sped past an awestruck crowd and back on to Lougheed High-way, leaving Maple Ridge for a lifetime.

“Brings in the Olympic spirit,” said Cameron Tupper. “It’s defi nitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

Kanaka Creek elementary teacher Paul Moran brought a group of students for some pho-tos ops and thanks to some ad-vance planning was able to get

photos with the torch. “Get closer together you guys,” he

said as he organized a fi nal group shot in front of an ice sculpture. Raj Sachar in Grade 6 and his brother Jay in Grade 3 and Thomas Hong all gathered for the memorable photo.

With people streaming into Vancou-ver, West Coast Express added several midday trains throughout the Games which were fi lled to capacity.

The Olympic hockey tournament meant special memories for Ramona Rollins, operations manager with Planet Ice. She drove the Zamboni that cleaned the ice for some of the Olympic hockey games.

“I had to do three of them,” she re-called.

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Brent Moore helps his father Steve re-lease the sockeye from their nets after fishing the Fraser River in August.


The Olympic torch stopped in Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge on Feb. 8.

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On one of the dry scrapes, Rollins ended up going a little wide. Even that little detail was noticed by Team USA manager Brian

Burke, who texted Vanoc ice boss Dan Craig about it. You never know who’s watching, Rollins adds.

There was no way the

Winter Games were coming to Vancouver without her getting on Olympic ice, she said.

Her volunteer ap-plication got accepted and she joined Craig’s

team Feb. 3. It was Craig who put in the ice at the Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002, when Canada’s men’s and women’s team won their first golds

in 50 years, with the help of a lucky loonie buried at centre ice.

So, was there a loo-nie at Canada Hockey Place, as well?

Even though Rollins was in on the ice-mak-ing from the start, she doesn’t know.

“Honestly.”

Rollins cleaned 2010 Olympic iceOlympics from p15

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Ladd brings home Stanley Cup for second time

Maple Ridge’s Andrew Ladd may have had a hand in eliminating the Vancouver Canucks for the second year in a row, but all was forgiven as the NHL forward brought home the Stanley Cup for the second time in July. Thousands gathered at Planet Ice in Maple Ridge to meet Ladd, get an autograph and bask in the glory of Lord Stanley’s mug.

“This was the fi rst place I thought to do this,” Ladd said afterwards of his decision to bring the cup to his old rink. “Growing up, I had some great coaches all the way through with Ridge Meadows Minor Hock-ey ... they volunteered their time to help kids out and help me out, so I wanted to bring it back here to say thanks to them.”

Ladd was traded to Atlanta after the Stanley Cup win, and is now the captain of the Atlanta Thrash-ers, where he has 31 points in 38 games this season. Ladd fi rst won the Stanley Cup as rookie with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006.

Flames take conference titleThe Ridge Meadows Flames fi n-

ished the 2009/10 regular season in February on a high note, clinch-ing the Pacifi c International Junior Hockey League’s Harold Brittain Conference title with a 28-16-4 re-cord. That gave the Flames home ice advantage in their fi rst round best-of-seven series with the Mis-sion Ice breakers.

After Mission took two of the se-ries’ fi rst three games in overtime, both losses coming at home at Plan-et Ice, the Flames were able to rally and string together three straight wins to win the series four games to two.

The Flames next faced the Alder-grove Kodiaks, who stunned the local boys by taking the series in four straight games, outscoring the

Flames 19-8 in the process.The Flames would not be the last

team to be upset by the Kodiaks, who fi nished fi fth out of 10 teams in the PIJHL regular season, as they went on to claim the PIJHL cham-pionship four games to two against the Delta Ice Hawks.

Head coach Tavis Eaton, in his fi rst season as bench boss, was named the PIJHL’s coach of the year, while Shane Harle was named the league’s most improved player.

The 2010/11 season has thus been a rebuilding year for the team. Gone is much of the team’s nucleus from last season, including Brett Al-len, Matt Pesut, Sean Pesut, Daniel Amesbury, David Carotenuto, and goaltender Eric Williams.

CJ Legassic has stepped up as team captain, taking over from Al-len, while Danny Brandys and Ryan Stewart have distinguished them-selves as the team’s top scorers.

After a mediocre start to the sea-son, the Flames have heated up in December, going 6-3 this month, not counting last night’s game against the Port Moody Black Panthers, and have clawed their way out of the basement and into third place in their conference.

The Flames sit four games below .500 headed into the new year, but as the Kodiaks proved last season, it’s the team that gets hot at the right time that inevitably does the most damage in the post-season.

Burrards make play-off s2010 was a historic year for the

Maple Ridge Burrards. The lo-cal Western Lacrosse Association franchise qualifi ed for the play-offs for the fi rst time since 2005, but more importantly, the team appeared to take a critical step in showing they belong in the upper tier of WLA teams.

The Burrards managed wins against every single team in the league during the 18-game 2010 regular season, fi nishing with a 9-9 record.

“It’s hard not get emotional when you think about how long it’s been,” said Burrards head coach Daren

Fridge after the Burrards punched their ticket to the play-offs with a 10-9 road win over the Langley Thunder on July 28.

The Burrards fell to the power-house New Westminster Salmo-nbellies four games to one in the opening round, handing the ‘Bellies their only loss of the post-season.

Young talent like Joel Dalgarno, Jarrett Davis, and Curtis Dickson led the team offensively, while vet-erans like Pete Tellis, Derek Lowe, and Randy Daly provided scor-ing depth, making the Burrards a threat at all times.

Goaltender Ron Schibild had a break-out year, going 9-6 with a league-leading 8.14 goals against average, and won the Leo Nichol-

son Trophy for Outstanding Goal-tender.

Pitt Air Force fourth in B.C.The Pitt Meadows Marauders Air

Force have been perennial contend-ers under the guidance of bombas-tic head coach Rich Goulet. The 2010 AAA senior basketball season was no exception as the Marauders advanced to the fi nal four at the B.C. provincial championships in March. Although the Marauders didn’t take the top prize in the province, their fourth-place fi nish capped what was the teams’ winningest season to date.

Spencer Evans and Mike Lewan-dowski were both named to the

provincial all-star team, with Evans setting a tournament record for consecutive free throws, with 14.

The season was not without it’s bumps, however, as Lewandowski, Malcolm Williams, Tyler Norrie, Cory Takahara, Chica Ikeda, and Cole Living all missed games due to injury.

“To win at provincials, everything has to go right, and you need a lit-tle luck too,” said Goulet after the tournament. “If we had been a little healthier, things might have turned out differently. I think we could have won this.”

The Marauders start their 2011 Fraser Valley North league season next month.

THE NEWS/sportsSection coordinator:Robert Mangelsdorf 604-467-1122 ext. [email protected]

A look back at the year that was in local sports

(Above) Andrew Ladd brings the Stanley Cup home to Planet Ice in July. (Top left) Sam Cook of the Maple Ridge Burrards in action against the New Westminster Salmonbellies in August. (Bottom left) Cole Living of the Pitt Meadows Marauders Air Force takes a shot against Burnaby South during provincial AAA championships in March

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This year saw the de-but of the Samuel Rob-ertson Technical Sec-ondary School Titans football program, which ventured into the high school football waters with a junior varsity AA team for the 2010 season. The team fi n-ished with a 1-5 record in Eastern Conference play under head coach Tom Levesque, with more than half the team never having played a down of football prior to the season. However, the team was able to pull out a win in argu-ably the biggest game of the season in the fi rst ever match-up against crosstown rivals, the Pitt Meadows Maraud-ers, beating them by a score of 26-18.

The junior varsity team is set to return next season, with a se-nior team to hopefully join the program in 2012.

• The Pitt Meadows Marauders senior football team quali-fi ed for the post-season for the second year in a row, but were stopped short of the Subway Bowl in Nanaimo, fall-ing to the undefeated John Barsby Bulldawgs in the second round of the AA play-offs.

The Marauders fi n-ished the season with a 3-3 record in conference play, going 5-5-1 overall.

2010 was the fi nal season for the original Marauders squad who suited up in 2007 as Grade 9s on the school’s junior varsity squad, the fi rst high school football team to play in School District No. 42 in more than 30 years.

“We were the fi rst football team at Pitt,” said lineman Doug McNally prior to the season. “Twenty years from now, we’ll be a part of why this program’s still around.”

• A number of local student athletes were able to secure lucrative scholarships this year, enabling them to con-tinue their sports career while earning a univer-sity degree. Among the local scholarship recipi-ents this year are Jordan Soquila (RBC Junior A Scholarship, hockey), Mae Woods (University of Houston, basketball), Nikki Stanley (New Mexico Highlands Uni-versity, soccer), Jaycee Affeldt (Troy Univer-sity, softball), Jennifer Gilligan (Robert Mor-ris University, hockey), Mike Lewandowski (University of British Columbia, basketball), Victoria Smith (San José State University, water polo), Brendan Shea (Limestone Col-lege, lacrosse), Tim Daly (St. Cloud State Uni-versity, hockey), Rhea Silvestri (Langara Col-lege, basketball), Alison Campbell (University of Maryland, water polo), and Brennan Sonne (University of British Columbia, hockey).

• 2010 saw the Maple Ridge Secondary Ram-blers made their fi rst trip to the B.C. AAA girls’ basketball cham-pionships since winning it all in 2007. The Ram-blers fi nished 11th out of 16 teams at the tour-nament, going 2-2 after an early loss put the team out of contention.

“Defensively, we played great, but we just couldn’t get the ball in the basket,” said Ram-blers head coach Don Herman. “That seemed

to be the theme for us all season long.”

Provincial all-star Mae Woods had a strong tournament with the Ramblers. In Septem-ber, she headed to the University of Houston Cougars women’s bas-ketball program on a scholarship.

Despite Woods de-parture, the Ramblers begin the 2011 season ranked in the top ten in the province, thanks to returning players like Natasha Henderson, Jackie Racette, Haeley Williams.

• The Samuel Robert-son Titans senior girls basketball team made their fi rst-ever trip to the provincial fi nals in February. The Titans put up a valiant defen-sive effort, allowing an average of 46 points against, but were un-able to crack the medal round with a 1-3 record.

• The Maple Ridge Ramblers dominated the swimming pool in 2010, earning their third straight provincial wa-ter polo title in April, as well as second-place fi nish overall at the pro-vincial synchronized swimming fi nals in No-vember. The Ramblers also fi nished 18th out of 78 schools at provincial swim fi nals, despite a team made up of junior-aged swimmers.

• Pitt Meadows Sec-ondary School became the third school in the district to get artifi cial turf fi eld with the open-ing of the Pitt Meadows Community Sports Field in September.

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Dewdney Trunk Road was closed off to traffi c Monday morning after a van being fi lled with propane caught fi re at a downtown Maple Ridge gas station, prompting an evacuation.

The fi re started just before 10:30 a.m. at the ATH Gas Bar.

Alfred Rusnak was fi ll-ing up his van’s propane tank at the gas station before leaving on vaca-tion to California with his wife.

“As [the attendant] fi n-ished it, it froze up... and that’s when the panic started,” said Rusnak.

The Maple Ridge Fire Department was called to deal with the propane leak, but the van ignited shortly after they ar-rived.

With the van engulfed in fl ames and still at-tached to the propane tank, emergency crews closed Dewdney Trunk Road between 227th Street and Edge Street and evacuated buildings in the area.

Firefi ghters were able put out the fi re by 11 a.m.

Fire crews don’t know how the propane was ig-nited, and are still inves-tigating.

Man arrestedA 36-year-old Maple

Ridge man was arrest-ed by Ridge Meadows RCMP last week after a series of car thefts downtown.

Police received a re-port just before 6 p.m. Dec. 20 of a suspicious man on 119th Avenue in Maple Ridge doing dam-age to a parked car. Po-lice located the suspect’s bike near 222nd Street, and only had to wait a few minutes before the suspect came back to get it and was arrested.

The subsequent inves-tigation found the man was in possession of a stolen fl ashlight the owner had engraved, as well as other items po-lice believe were stolen.

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appeared in Court the following day and was charged with possession of stolen property. He was given a conditional release, and was ordered to appear in court again next month.

• Anyone with more in-formation is asked to call RCMP at 604-463-6251. To remain anonymous call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or leave a tip online at www.bc-crimestoppers.com.

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RCMP and ICBC’s Special Investigation Unit are asking for the public’s help as part of their investigation into a motor vehicle crash involving a motorcy-clist and a pickup truck two months ago.

The crash occurred around 6:10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 20. The motorcycle was

travelling westbound in the 20200-block of Dew-dney Trunk Road in Maple Ridge when the pickup truck changed lanes, colliding with the motorcycle, caus-ing it to fl ip over. The motorcyclist suffered injuries to his hand, foot, leg, and knee, and is still receiving medi-cal treatment for his injuries.

• Anyone who wit-nessed this crash, and have not yet spoken to police or ICBC, are asked to contact Ridge Meadows RCMP at 604-463-6251, or ICBC Special Investigations Unit at 604-463-3999.

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Ridge man had to be rushed to hospital last week after being struck by a car in the 25500-block of Dew-dney Trunk Road.

Emergency services were called to the scene just after 7 a.m. on Dec. 20 after the man was struck while attempting to cross Dewdney Trunk Road. The pedestrian re-mains in serious con-dition in hospital.

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Passed away peacefully at Ridge Meadows Hospital on Dec. 25, 2010. Survived by her loving family, husband Ronald of 58 years, son Richard (Sally) daughters Michelle (Gord) Porter and Jackie (Keith) Bodaly, 7 grand-children and 2 great grand- children, predeceased by granddaughter Jenna. She will be sadly missed by family, friends and relatives.

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Direct reach to BC Sportsmen and women...Advertise in

the 2011 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis, amazing circulation 400,000 copies, year long impact for your business!

Please call Annemarie at 1-800-661-6335 or email

fi [email protected]

114 DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

TransX Class1 Drivers & O/OPSNeeded for B.C-Alberta L.H

Signing Bonus! Ph: 604-532-2999


115 EDUCATION

Optician TrainingStart January 17, 2011BC College Of Optics

604-581-0101www.bccollegeofoptics.ca

TOBEI COLLEGE *Accounting *Business Administra-tion *E-Business Technology *Green Business & Sustainability Diplomas *ESL. Call 604-284-5030. www.tobeicollege.ca

130 HELP WANTED

CARRIERS NEEDEDThe following routes are now

available to deliver the NEWS in Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows

40047 - Dewdney Trk Rd, 260 St40052 - Dewdney Trk Rd, Sandpiper Ave, Nightingale Ave, 234 St, Meadowlark Dr40109 - Lougheed Hwy, Harrison St, Olund Cres, Gillis Pl, 113 Ave40111 - 220 St, 221 St, 119 Ave, Selkirk Ave, Lougheed Hwy40112 - Dewdney Trunk Rd, York St, 221 St, 220 St40114 - Wicklow Way, 218 St, Laurie Ave, Lougheed Hwy40203 - 124 Ave, Lee Ave, 123 Ave & Edge St, 227 St40223 - Eagle Ave, 122 Ave, 121A Ave, Peash Tree Crt, 232 St, Blossom St, 231 St 40260 - 121 Ave, Dewdney Trk Rd, Acadia St40263 - Mountainview Cres, 121 Ave, Acadia St, 216 St40266 - Moody St, Davison St, 122 St, 124 Ave40311 - Lougheed Hwy, Laity St, 210 St 40316 - River Rd, Golf Lane, 207A St, 207 St40351 - 123 Ave, Stonehouse Ave, 122 Ave, 216 St, Creston St40352 - 123 Ave, 122B Ave, 122 Ave, Campbell Ave, Laity St, Creston St40353 - Thornton Ave, Douglas Ave, 126 Ave, Laity St, Hardy St, Thornton Pl40354 - Campbell Ave, 121 Ave, 214 St, Glenwood Ave, 216 St40357 - Thornton Ave, 126 Ave, 215 St40360 - Glenwood Ave, Dewdney Trk Rd, Laity St, 212 St, 211 St, 210 St40364 - Douglas Ave, McCallum Dr, 123 Ave, 212 St, Dawson Pl, Laity St40365 - 121 Ave, Alpine Ave, 123 Ave, 209 St, Skillens Ave40369- 123 Ave, 122 Ave, 121B Ave, Dewdney Trk Rd40378 - Brooks Ave, Powell Ave, 124 Ave, 206 St, 205 St, 204 St, 203 St40383 - 122 Ave, Campbell Ave, 121 Ave, Dewdney Trk Rd, Laity St, McIntyre Crt, 214 St 40384 - 125 Ave, Meadow Pl, 124 Ave, 209 St, Blanshard St40325 - Lorne Ave, Hampton St, Ditton St, Chigwell St, Kent St, Wharf St, Princess St, Beckley St, Bromley St40329 - Melville St, Eltham St, Princess St, Lorne Ave, Wanstead St, Ospring St40330 - Beckley St, Kingston St, Hazelwood St, Wharf St40334 - Ospring St, Wanstead St, Lorne Ave, Princess St40340 - Thorne Ave, 207 St, 206B St, 206A St, Miller St41051 - Advent Rd, 122 Ave, Ford Rd, 191B St, 190 St, 189A St

If you live on or near one of these routes and you are

interested in delivering papersplease call circulation @ 604-466-6397 and quote

the route number.

FLAGGERS NEEDEDIf not certifi ed, training available for

a fee. Call 604-575-3944


130 HELP WANTED

Christian Out of School Care has a part-time position

available. Class 4 needed, or willing to obtain.

Experience working with children a must.

Competitive wages.Email resume to

[email protected]

MEDICAL OFFICE Trainees Need-ed! Drs & Hospitals need Medical Offi ce & Medical Admin staff! No Experience? Need Training? Local Career Training & Job Placement also Available! 1-888-778-0459

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115 EDUCATION


115 EDUCATION

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130 HELP WANTED

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134 HOTEL, RESTAURANT,FOOD SERVICES

Halu Sushi Restaurant

is urgently looking for 4 experi-enced cooks. Korean / Japanese cuisines. Completion of Secon-dary school, min 3 years of experience are required. Either Japanese or Korean is a necessary requirement for work communication.

Job duties- preparing various types of Korean/Japanese food- plan menu and introduce new menu

Work conditionSalary $18.50/hr, 40 hrs/week.

Please send resume toEmail: [email protected]#560 - 20395 Lougheed Hwy, Maple Ridge, B.C. V2X 2P9

TH Restaurant Services LTD o/a Tim Hortons

Food Counter Attendant

Must be avail F/T shift work, nights, overnights, early mornings & weekends. $10.31hr + benefi ts: Apply at store

100 - 20201 Lougheed Hwy Maple Ridge, BC

Phone: 604-996-8134Fax: 604-459-3376

160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

ENSIGN ENERGY SERVICE INC. is looking for experienced Drilling Rig, & Coring personnel for all posi-tion levels. Drillers, Coring Drillers, $35 -$40.10; Derrickhands $34, Motorhands $28.50; Floorhands, Core Hands, Helpers, $24 - $26.40. Plus incentives for winter coring! Telephone 1-888-ENSIGN-0 (1-888-367-4460), Fax 780-955-6160. Email: [email protected]

Licensed Heavy Equipment Mechanical Supervisor

Medium sized contracting Co. located in the Vancouver BC region is searching for a mechanical supervisor to manage its fi eld and shop repairs. We require a licensed heavy equip. mechanic with a proven ability to lead a mechanical department in a multiple site operation. The ability to diagnosis, troubleshoot and repair integrated hydraulic systems and diesel equipment is a must. Specialized training and certifi cation in hydraulics and familiarity with mining and exploration drilling equipment is considered an asset. Also, some overnight travel to fi eld projects.

Please forward your resume in confi dence to:

[email protected]

SHOP FOREMAN required. L.E. Steel Fabricators Ltd., Langley. More details are available at www.lesteel.com fax 604-856-2363

PERSONAL SERVICES

171 ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

JASMINES RELAXATION TOUCHPain/ Stress Relief. Country Setting*Easy Prkg *7Days. 778-888-3866

PERSONAL SERVICES

171 ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

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173 MIND BODY SPIRIT

Exclusive Swedish Massage• European • Private • VIP Service

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173A COUNSELLING

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Call Alouette Addiction Services at (604)467-5179

Check our websitewww.alouetteaddictions.org

180 EDUCATION/TUTORING

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is rated #2 for at-home jobs. Train from home with the only industry approved school in Canada. Contact CanScribe today! 1-800-466-1535. www.canscribe.com. [email protected].

182 FINANCIAL SERVICES

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Jarome Lochkrin778-388-9820 or email

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188 LEGAL SERVICES

CRIMINAL RECORD? Guaranteed Record Removal since 1989. Confi -dential, Fast, Affordable. Our A+ BBB Rating assures EMPLOY-MENT / TRAVEL & FREEDOM. Call for your FREE INFORMATION BOOKLET. 1-8-NOW-PARDON (1 866 972 7366). www. Pardon-ServiceCanada.com

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

203 ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

Bookkeeping & AccountingPayroll, Year-end, Financial Statements, Income Taxes

E-FILE Service Ph: 604-465-2123

Cellular: 604-788-0161

218 BUSINESS/OFFICE SERVICE

DOES your business need help? Has the Christmas season been slower than expected? Do you want an experienced business person to fi nd ways to improve your opera-tions & revenues? I have over 20 years local experience and can help. Call Mark 778-355-6105

225 CARPET INSTALLATION

All Carpet & Lino InstallationsRepair/Restreching, 28 years exp. Work guaranteed. 10% Seniors.

Discount. Call Cliff 604-462-0669

236 CLEANING SERVICES

“AN EXTRA HAND” Exp. Hardwork-ing, reliable cleaning lady. Rea-sonable rates Louise 604.467.3665

INTEX VENTURESJanitorial, Offi ce/Window Cleaning✶10 years exp. ✶Free Estimates4 6 5 - 1 3 0 2 ✶ 7 8 6 - 3 4 6 6

242 CONCRETE & PLACING

HERFORT CONCRETENO JOB TOO SMALL

Serving Lower Mainland 23 Years! *Prepare *Form *Place *Finish

*Retaining Walls *Stairs *DrivewaysExposed Aggregate & Stamped

Concrete ***ALSO...Interlocking Bricks &Sod Placement

-Excellent Ref’s -WCB Insured

LEO: Mobile #657-2375, 462-8620

UNIQUE CONCRETEDESIGN

F All types of concrete work FF Re & Re F Forming F Site prepFDriveways FExposed FStamped

F Bobcat Work F WCB Insured778-231-9675, 778-231-9147

FREE ESTIMATES

257 DRYWALL

45 Years in the drywall trade. All size jobs boarding, taping, spraying. Big or small. Wayne 778-242-2060

COMPLETE DRYWALL SERVICE, res/com. ref’’s. reno’’s, reasonable rates. All work guaranteed. 604-941-8261, cell 778-999-2754.

FRANKS Drywall *Boarding*Taping *Spraying no job too sm. Seniors rts Free ests. 604-939-7029, 809-1945

260 ELECTRICAL

DC ELECTRIC (#37544). Bonded. 24 hr service. We specialize in jobs too small for the big guys! 30 yrs exp. Free est. 460-8867.

REISINGER Electrical (#102055) Bonded, Specializing in Renos, New Const, (Comm./Res.)Free Est 25 Yrs Exp. 778.885.7074 Trent

RIDGE MEADOWS ELECTRIC Licensed & Bonded. Call Don

(604)462-0480 or 604-861-7418

263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE

LEE’S BACKHOE SERVICE Site services, Stump removal, Clearing, Snow removal (604)619-3172

275 FLOOR REFINISHING/INSTALLATIONS

Ceramic Tiles, Hardwood LaminateGuaranteed work, Free Estimate.

Cell 604-618-6401 Marcel.

TILESETTING Great Rates Ticketed Journeyman 25 years exp. Brent 604-727-1925

278 FURNITURE REFINISHING

LARIC FURNITUREREFINISHING

Specialists in: - ANTIQUES, HOME & OFFICE FURNITURE - RESTORATION & REPAIRS

Free Estimates, Pick-up & Delivery

Ph: 604-469-2331

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281 GARDENING

Joey’s ServicesStart Fall Clean Now!

ServicesLawn Mowing W PruningPower Raking WWeeding

Aerating W Edging W FertilizingSnow Removal & MUCH MORERegular Maintenance Programs (778)885-3779 Business

Prompt Delivery AvailableSeven Days a Week

Meadows LandscapeSupply Ltd.✶ Bark Mulch

✶ Lawn & Garden Soil✶ Drain Grave ✶ Lava Rock✶ River Rock ✶ Pea Gravel

465-1311meadowslandscapesupply.com

Snow ClearingSnow Blowing / Removal

S Christmas Lights, hang/remove S Hedges/Tree Trimming/Pruning S Lawn Maintenance / Repairs S Aeration/Power Raking/Gutters S Fencing/Retaining Walls S Rubbish Removal S Painting/Drywalling/Odd Jobs

Fully InsuredResidential/Strata/Commercial

604-202-1956www.lawnsnmore.ca

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

M.T. GUTTERSProfessional Installation5” Gutter, Down Pipe, Soffi t28 YRS EXP. *FULLY INSURED

Cleaning & Repairing

Call Tim 604-612-5388

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

A-1 CONTRACTINGRenos. Bsmt stes, kitchens, baths, custom cabinets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks. Dhillon 604-782-1936.

BELRONRENOVATIONS INC.

Remodels/New Builds/Repairs

Decks - Bathrooms - KitchensLic & Ins 25 Years Experience

(778)233-1114 Ray

CHOICERENOVATIONS

Bsmt suites, bathrooms, windowssiding, H/W tank installation, etc

NO JOB TOO SMALL

Gary 467-3024Cellular 604-671-9694

Home Renovations and New Construction

Kitchens, Bathrooms, Flooring, Drywall, Garages, Decks & more

* 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE*INSURED ~ WCB

Dean 604-834-3076

HOOT & OWL BE THERE!BUILDING MAINT &

REPAIRS LTD.Renovations & repairs

Concrete, asphalt, vinyl decks,Roof & gutter repairs

Custom bathrooms & tile work. Reliable contractor

Email: hoot&[email protected] 604-339-5430


288 HOME REPAIRS

Repairs, Maintenance, Renovation Guaranteed work, Free Estimate.

Cell: 604-618-6401. Marcel.

RETIRED carpenter wants to keep busy. Looking for small carpentry jobs. Will repair or build new. Will also do small painting & plumbing jobs. Call Ken 604-460-7803.

300 LANDSCAPING

All aspects of Landscaping and Landscaping MaintenanceStrata, Commercial, Residential

Fall clean upsSNOW CLEARING

Fully INSUREDCall (604)763-8795

AUGUSTINEBark Mulch Products

Composted W Bright W NuggetsGarden Blend & Lawn Blend

Topsoil

465-5193DUTCH TOUCH

Green Services Ltd

Landscape ConstructionRenovations W Maintenance

604-463-3644604-861-1490

JAGUAR LANDSCAPINGLawn & Garden Service. Design, Pruning, Lawns, Cleanups, Comm/Res. (604)462-1369

SAWDUSTHemlock, Fir & Cedar

Available for DeliveryCall for pricing

604-465-5193 or 604-465-5197www.augustinesoilandmulch.com

317 MISC SERVICES

✶Dump Site Now Open✶ D Broken Concrete RocksD

$21.00 Per Metric TonD Mud Dirt Sod ClayD

$21.00 Per Metric TonGrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds

$56.00 Per TonMeadows Landscape Supply

(604)465-1311

320 MOVING & STORAGE

27 Years in bus. A Moving Experi-ence. Fast, dependable service. L & D Enterprises. Seniors Disc.

Will pack your POD. 604-464-5872.

AFFORDABLE MOVINGLocal & Long Distance

From $45/Hr1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10 Ton Trucks

Insured ~ Licenced ~ 1 to 3 MenFree estimate/Seniors discount

Residential~Commercial~Pianos

604-537-4140

SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured

Competitive rates. Wknd Specials. Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

2 HUNGRY PAINTERS & Power Washing. Low prices. Int/Ext. Man & wife 75 years combined exp. 604.467.2532 twohungrypainters.ca

COLORCRAFT Painting Special-ized in the highest quality fi nishes. Drywall repair, int/ext, spray paint-ing. Insured/WCB. References. Free est. 604-338-4520

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SEASIDE PAINTING& Decking 604-462-8528, 218-9618

338 PLUMBING

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

✔ ALL YOUR PLUMBING NEEDSCall Niko Plumbing Ltd. 24/7. Res/Com, clogged drains. h/w tanks. ★15 yrs exp. 604-837-6640

NEED PLUMBING? Dan’s Your Man! Lic’d & Insured. Free Est. Dan @ 604.418.6941


341 PRESSURE WASHING

DAVIDS WINDOW CLEANINGWindowsW GuttersW Siding Washing

Pressure/Hand WashingFree Estimates

4 6 5 - 1 3 0 2 W 7 8 6 - 3 4 6 6

Pressure Washing Boomlift W Scissor lift

Clean windows W Painting. Apartment Buildings Industrial/Residential

Licensed/Insured & WCB Chuck (604)319-1993

[email protected]

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

ABACUS ROOFING *25yrs Exp.Call Chris 604-462-9009. - Also Snow Removal -

Conscientious Roofi ng - 24 Hoursrepairs, re-roof, all types of roof & conversions. WCB. 604-340-4126.

wayneroofi [email protected]

GL ROOFING. Cedar shakes, As-phalt Shingles, Flat roofs BBB, WCB Ins. Clean Gutters $80. 24 hr. emer. serv. 7dys/wk. 604-240-5362

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

RECYCLE-IT!#1 EARTH FRIENDLY

JUNK REMOVAL

604.587.5865www.recycle-it-now.com

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

TOPSOIL• SCREENED TOPSOIL• MUSHROOM MANURE• BARK MULCH

604-467-3003

367C SNOWCLEARING

BRAAPS Excavating & Bobcat ServicesSnow Removal (604)837-2207~~~ SNOW REMOVAL ~~~

Bobcat & ATV Plow, salting, fully insured., WCB. 24 hours, Free Est.

(778)231-9675, (778)231-9147

374 TREE SERVICES

A1-TRI-CRAFT Tree Serv. Dangerous tree removal, spiral pruning hedge trimming, stump grinding, topping. Insured, WCB Free Est

Arborist ReportsAndrew 604-618-8585

$ Best Rates $

A.C. TREE SERVICE

30 years experience

Bob Fitz-James 604-467-0333

Bucket Truck

Get your trees or tree removal done NOW while they’re dormant

✓ Tree & Stump Removal ✓ Certifi ed Arborists ✓ 20 yrs exp. 60’ bucket truck ✓ Crown reduction ✓ Spiral pruning ✓ Fully insured. Best Rates

604-787-5915, 604-291-7778Info: www.treeworksonline.ca10% OFF from now to Feb 1

with this AD

PAUL BUNYANTree Service

* ISA Certifi ed Arborist*Hazard Tree Removal

* Crown Reduction & Falling* Stump Grinding

*Prune & Hedge Trim* Arborist Reports

Insured WCBFree Estimates

604-942-6907


374 TREE SERVICES

Your LOCAL Tree Service,

For Honest Prices & Quality Work

Call Scott at604-618-0333

Certifi ed Arborist

Free Estimates *Fully Insured

PETS

456 FEED & HAY

LOCAL HAY FOR SALE. Good Quality! 60lb bale average. $4/bale.Pitt Meadows. Call 604-505-4087.

477 PETS

BOXER PUP:fl ashy brindle M, fami-ly raised, vet checked, shots, bornAug. 29/10. $500. (604)826-0548

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

CHIHUAHUAS 3rd generationPurebred, 1 long haired tiny male &1 short hair female. Shots, ready togo, 8 wks/old, $650. 604-860-4499.

Chorkies, 3F/1M, blk/tan mom Chi-huahua, dad Yorkie, ready now. Upto 6lbs, $500. (604)824-5997

Golden Labs, p/b, 5 male, 3 female, $600 or $700 w/papers, dewormed,vet chkd. Chwk. (604)794-7633(604)997-3040 No Sunday calls.

JACK RUSSELL PUPPIES, goodmarkings, very friendly, must see,ready to go, $400. (604)826-0841

MINI SCHNAUZER pups, 1st shots,dewormed, tails docked vet ✓ $750/ea. Call 604-657-2915.

NEED A GOOD HOME for a gooddog or a good dog for a goodhome? We adopt dogs! Call 604-856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

PUREBRED Doberman puppies,ready for Christmas. 6 girls, 3 boys$700 obo. 604-807-9095.

SAVANNAH Cats & kittens for sale$500 & up. All shots & dewormed.Call: (604)576-4402.

YORKSHIRE TERRIER X Chihua-hua, 2 males (1 teacup), $550 & up. (778)888-0563 / 604-465-1756 M.R

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

545 FUEL

BEST FIREWOOD 32nd Season & 37,000 Cust Deliv.

Fully Seas. Maple, Birch, Alder604-582-7095

548 FURNITURE

#1 Cash Buyer

“Since 1987”$$CASH$$ for your furniture,tools, electronics, antiques,

appliances, computers & collectibles.

WWANYTHING OF VALUEWW

Single items to entire households463-4449 or

209-6583

560 MISC. FOR SALE

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BUILDING SALE... “ROCK BOT-TOM PRICES!” 25X30 $5,44930X40 $7,850. 32X60 $12,300.32X80 $17,800. 35X60 $14,200.40X70 $14,700. 40X100 $24,600. 46X140 $36,900. OTHERS. Endsoptional. Pioneer MANUFACTUR-ERS DIRECT 1-800-668-5422.


MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

560 MISC. FOR SALECAN’T GET UP YOUR Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift. Call 1-866-981-6591.**HOME PHONE RECONNECT** Call 1-866-287-1348. Prepaid Long Distance Specials! Feature Pack-age Specials! Referral Program! Don’t be without a home phone! Call to Connect! 1-866-287-1348.HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.comSTEEL BUILDINGS PRICED TO CLEAR - Incredible end-of-season factory discounts on various mod-els/sizes. Plus FREE DELIVERY to most areas. CALL FOR CLEAR-ANCE QUOTE AND BROCHURE - 1-800-668-5111 ext 170.XMAS SALES -:- brand new un-locked Apple iPhone 4 (16 gb and 32 gb) for sale for $350 cad. Brand new, sealed in original factory box packed with full accessories and comes with a 1 year warranty. For purchase and more information please contact via e-mail [email protected].

566 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTSCOLLECTORS SAXOPHONES

Soprano Buecher Silver 80 yrs old, excellent condition $3000. Baritone Saxophone 1926 Silver CM Conn Ltd, all original $2700. Call 604-534-2997

REAL ESTATE

627 HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSESOlder Home? Damaged Home?

Need Repairs? Behind on Payments? Quick CASH!

Call Us First! 604.657.9422

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVEHOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

www.dannyevans.caHomelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

696 OTHER AREASEaglehomes.ca NEW HOME AND LAND in the Shuswap! Double-wides and singlewides.... No Pad Rent! Close to shopping and rec-reation, Alice: 250-819-0047. [email protected]

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

COQUITLAM

Lougheed Mall Skytrain, 5 min walk

1 & 2 Bdrm &2 Bdrms Split Level

Units Avail.

Call 604-931-2024www.aptrentals.net

COQUITLAM nr L’heed mall/sky-train, 533 Cottonwood, reno’d, adult bldg, quiet, n/p, gated prkg, video surveillance, 1 bdrm $780, incl

heat, h/w, Jan. 1, Crime-Free, Cert. 604-937-7812

www.greatapartments.ca

GARIBALDI Court(604) 463-9522

Central Maple Ridge Available

2 BEDROOMGreat location for seniors! Clean, quiet & affordable!

Incl. heat, h/w, cable. Senior Move-In Allowance.Criminal/cr check & refs.

Sorry No PetsFor more info. google us.

MAPLE RIDGE 2 bedroom suite. Utilities, cable, internet incl’d. $865. No smoking, cat ok. 604-477-9751.MAPLE RIDGE central, 11735-225 St. 2 bdrm $900 incls heat & ht wa-ter. No dogs. Immed 604-467-9420

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

MAPLE INN 11695 -224th St

Maple Ridge 1 bdrm - $550/mo includes hot water

Certifi ed Crime Free Building Mature adult oriented.

Close to uptown604-463-4131 for appointment

(9am-5pm)

MAPLE RIDGE

1 & 2 Bdrs from $740/mo

GREAT LOCATIONQueen Anne Apts.

* Renovated Suites *

Clean, very quiet, large,INCLUDES: HEAT,

HOT WATER & HYDRO

Near Shopping & Amenities.

604-463-7450 604-463-2236

12186-224 St, Maple RidgeCertifi ed Crime Free Buildings

MAPLE RIDGE

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

MAPLE COURT I 22437 121st Ave

604-467-0715&

MAPLE COURT II22423 121st Ave

604-467-4894

MAPLE RIDGE

AVAILABLE NOW1 Bedroom

Heat, hot water & parking.Close to stores & schools.

SUNRISE APARTMENT22292 - 122nd Ave

604-319-9341

Maple Ridge Central, 2 bdrm 2 bath. Avail now. w/d, d/w, f/p. N/S. N/P. $1050 incl gas. 604-463-8938.

MAPLE RIDGE, central, 2 bdrm condo in Golden Tower, 4th fl oor, 5 appls, undg prk, $1,000/mth. Call 604-467-4450 or 604-833-4450.

MAPLE RIDGE Central Adult build-ing 1 Bdrm apt., newly reno’d u/g parking, dig cable incld $675-$700/mo, n/p, ref’s, (778)327-8405

MAPLE RIDGE central. Spacious 1 bdrm apt. Deck, W/D. N/S. N/P. Prkg. $600. Jan 15. 604-937-3534.

MAPLE RIDGE Ctrl adult building. Large 1 Bdrm $750/mo incls heat/ hot water, ref’s (604)467-2606

MAPLE RIDGE Ctrl lrg 2 bdrm 2 baths, quiet, $1000 incls 5 appls, gas f/p. N/s, n/p. Immed 465-8268

Maple Ridge

Glenwood ManorApartments

1& 2 Bdrms from $670 & $835Clean, Spacious

Includes cable, heat, hot water & parking

Seniors discount21387 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, n/pets.Criminal Record check may be reqd

Resident Manager OnsiteNow with

SENIORS DISCOUNT604.477.9189

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDOMAPLE RIDGE top fl oor 2 bdrm, 2 bth, inste w/d, u/g prk, nr WCE. N/SJan 15th, $1050/mo. 604-463-7405

Maple RidgeWILLOW PLACE

Certifi ed Crime Free Building22256 ~ 119th Ave

Very clean, quiet 1 Bdrm Apt.Underground gated parking

W No Pets W No Drugs Senior Oriented(604)466-1408

Mission

ABBEY GLENNNEWLY RENOVATED

BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY!

Large 3 Bdrm, 2 LevelTownhomes

Starting at $1175.005 Appliances, 1.5 baths, fi re-place and garage. Close to schools, transit, shopping, parks & leisure centre

On site Manager, Caretaker, Landscapers

Call 1-604-820-1205

PITT MEADOWS

CHELSEA PARK APTSLarge, Bright, Spacious1 & 2 Bdrms Apts, Also 3 Bdrm T/Homes Avail

Rent includes heat, hot water, underground parking, New appls, fresh paint, insuite hook-up

for washer/dryer.Near West Coast Express Train

& All Amen. Ref’s required.

Call 604-830-7846Visit our website:

www.aptrentals.net

PITT MEADOWS new 2bdrm hi-rise condo ‘Solaris’ 2ba, 977s/f, granite counters, s.s. appls, 2balc, lrg win-dows, 4th fl r, SW corner, inste w/d, 2 prk, WCE 1blk, ns/np, avail now, $1250. 604-524-4300 / 341-5525

PITT MEADOWS

The MeadowsGated underground parking, heated outdoor pool. Heat, hot water & 3 appliances included. 2 min. walk to Westcoast Express.

Large 1, 2 & 3 Bdrm Suites Available

Call: 604-460-7539 604-465-0008 or 604-465-5818

Polo ClubApartments

19071 Ford Rd. Pitt Meadows

Clean, Quiet Well Managed Bldg.3 Blocks to W.C. Express

W 1 & 2 Bdrm SuitesW 3 Appliances

W Secured Garage ParkingW Adult Oriented

W Ref’s Req’d & Absolutely No Pets

604.465.7221

PORT COQUITLAMTOP FLOOR 1 BDRM APT NEW carpets & lino $775/mo

S Incl heat/hot wtr, wndw cvrngsS Close to bus stop S Walk to shpng/medical/WCE S Across from park w/Mtn viewsS Secure gated parking S Adult oriented building S References required

CALL FOR APPOINTMENT604-464-3550

715 DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

Maple Ridge Central1 Bedroom DuplexAdult Only Complex

$550/mo + util’scredit check, ref’s & damagedeposit required. Avail immed

(604)466-6348Leave a message

MAPLE RIDGE Small 1 bdrm., large covered deck, w/d, utilities incl. Suit single person, no pets. Available Jan. 1. $675/mo. 604-230-2005.

PITT MEADOWS newly reno’d 2 Bdrm ground fl oor, pool, $900/mo + util’s, avail Jan 1st. (604)465-1330

736 HOMES FOR RENTALDERGROVE Rent-to-Own a brand new mobile home! Looking for outstanding tenant and will help you build equity! 778-908-0245

MAPLE RIDGE Central, 4 BDRM house, 6 appl, HW fl oors, gas f/p, close to West Coast Express Port Haney, pets negotiable, avail Feb 1st, $1700, contact 778-788-1063 or [email protected]

MAPLE RIDGE. Centrally located, 3 bdrm. rancher. Walk to mall, gro-cery store & transit. Fresh paint. Ns/ np. $1200 + util. Avail. January 604-467-2767 or 604-329-2084.

RENTALS

736 HOMES FOR RENTMAPLE RIDGE West 2 Bdrm rancher, very clean, 6 appls, fen yd March 1 $1350+utils (604)880-1137PITT MEADOWS 900 sq.ft. 2 bdrm house, 6 new appls. NS/NP, Ref’s. $950/mo. 604-856-5760.

STOP RENTING RENT TO OWN . Brand new town-homes. Maple Ridge. $2000/mo.

Call Kelly 604-418-3162

741 OFFICE/RETAIL

MAPLE RIDGE

OFFICE& RETAIL SPACE

Various downtown locations. Avail. Now! Updated and well maintained. Various sizes 320sf. - 2000sf. Starting at $495/month.

Call: Rick Medhurst, Royal LePage

6 0 4 - 4 6 3 - 3 0 0 0

743 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Maple Ridge

2 Bdrm Bsmt suite, clean, shared laundry, N/S, N/P

$800/mo + 1/3 util’s

1 Bdrm $650/mo incl’s util’s2 Bdrm $840/mo incl’s util’sNew paint, carpets & appl’sAdult only, Seniors only and

Family buildings available

Call Maria @ RemaxRidge Meadows

(604)466-2838Mon ~ Fri 9am ~ 5pm

www.ridgemeadowspropertymanagement.com

744 RECREATIONShared ownership late model 40’ - 60’ cruising yachts moored on Van-couver Island & Lower Mainland. Sail & Power. Professionally main-tained. 604-669-2248. www.one4yacht.com

746 ROOMS FOR RENT

$75 OFF 1ST MONTHRooms from $435/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

747B SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING

POCO DOWNTOWNAll-Inclusive

Seniors Residence1 Bdrm. Apartment

Rent incls. freshly prepared meals, cable, housekeeping,

emergency response & activities.www.rjkent.com

2675 Shaughnessy St.Call: 778-285-5554

748 SHARED ACCOMMODATIONMAPLE RIDGE CENTRAL. 1 bdrm. available to share in 2 bdrm. apt. $350/mo. + utils. Female only. Jan 1st N/p. 604-467-8080MAPLE RIDGE Pri. rooms (/WiFi & cble) shrd kit. bath, lndry starting from $450 to $575. 778-893-2750.

750 SUITES, LOWERBELCARRA beautiful 1bdrm gr/lvl ste, 1200 s/f, w/water view, avl now, n/s $900 incl all utils. 604-618-4296MAPLE RIDGE Balsam Creek, newer2 bdrm 1 1/2 bath. 5 appl, ns/np, $850 Available Feb 1, Call: (604)773-3912

MAPLE RIDGE Ctrl nice new lrg 1 Bdrm, full bath, dining room, nr all amens, own W/D, D/W, $775+1/4 util’s N/S, ref’s 603-7473 lve msg.MAPLE RIDGE. Newer 1 bdrm on private acre very quiet. Suit mature. N/P N/S. $700/mo. 604-462-0836.MAPLE RIDGE, newer 1 bdrm ste, s/s appl, granite, $750 incl util cble, net, avail now NS/NP 604-996-5876MAPLE RIDGE. Newer bright 1 bdrm. $600/mo incl utils, shrd lndry. NS/NP. Avail immed. 604-230-5429MAPLE RIDGE W. 207/Lougheed. New 2 bdrm ground level, quiet CSD. NP/NS. Refs. $850 incl utils. Avail now. 604-961-0727.MAPLE RIDGE West. 1 bdrm. avail now, util’s, cble/net incl’d $700 mo. n/s n/p. quiet single 604-463-5413MAPLE RIDGE WEST, newer bright 1 & 2 bdrm ste. NP/NS. Sep ent, nr schl & hosp. $750/mo & $900/mo incl hydro. 604-306-7480PORT COQUITLAM lrg 3 bdr above ground soundproofed on acreage & mtn view. lots of parking, not on bus route. non smoker, in fl oor rdnt heat inc. utilities $1200 month 778-861-3498 or [email protected] Maple Ridge 2 bdrm bright NEW 1200 sq.ft. grd lvl suite. Close to new bridge. Sep entry & laundry, w/dryer, D/W. N/S. N/P. $1100 incl. utils. Avail Jan 15. 604-831-3487.

RENTALS

750 SUITES, LOWER

SILVER VALLEY/Balsam Creek, Available now! newer lrg 1 brm suite could be two. Custom tile shower, w/d, n/s, pets considered. $800 in-cludes hydro and gas. 604- 970-7731

751 SUITES, UPPER

BURNABY North, 3/bdrm 1.5 baths, reno’d upper duplex. 5/appli, f/p, N/S, N/P. $1225/mo. Avail Jan. 16 or Feb 1. 604-880-9433

MAPLE RIDGE. 2 bdrm reno’d upper suite. $900/mo. + 1/2 utils. Avail immed. Call 604-764-0726.

MAPLE RIDGE: 3 Bdrm, lrg, newer, full bath, mtn view, hg deck, lrg kit w/skylight, new paint/fl rs, garage, storage, quiet st near all amens. Jan 15th $1300/mo. (604)465-2099

Maple Ridge Upper Floor $1600. 3 bdrm, 2 ba. Hardwood fl oors, New appliances, shared washer & dryer. Totally renovated and like new 800 metres to Westcoast Express 1 kilo-metre to Superstore Near Ham-mond Elementary School Large back patio. Utilities included No smoking or pets Avail immediately Call Gary at 604 715 3127

Pitt Meadows, 3 bdrm spac home Ford Rd 2 bath fam/rm lge deck ns/np Feb 1. $1100. 604-464-8491

752 TOWNHOUSES

Maple Ridge Central3 Bedroom 21/2 bath

Avail immed. $1200/moDamage deposit ~ Ref’sCredit check ~ No Pets

Call 604-466-6348Leave message

MAPLE RIDGE twnhse 2bdrm with cheater ensuite, ns/np, $1100 Feb 1. Derek 604-839-6024. After 4pm

PITT MEADOWS: 2-3 bdrm co-op T/H $1005/mo - $1089/mo. Shares req’d. No subsidy available. Orien-tation 2nd Sun. 2 pm & 3rd Tues. 7 pm ea mo. 19225 119th Ave., Pitt Meadows V3Y 2B2. Send SASE or leave msg 604-465-1938

POCO. Spotless 3 bdrm. w/bsmt. gated T/H. Central Citadel Hgts. Restriction over 19. $1500/mo. + utils. Ref’s. req’d. 604-944-3937

TRANSPORTATION

810 AUTO FINANCING

WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CREDIT? Last week 11 out of 13 applications approved! We fund your future not your past. Any Credit. $500.00 Xmas CASH back. www.coastlineautocredit.com or 1-888-208-3205.

WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CREDIT? Last week 11 out of 13 applications approved! We fund your future not your past. Any Credit. $500.00 Xmas CASH back. www.coastlineautocredit.com or 1-888-208-3205.

TRANSPORTATION

818 CARS - DOMESTIC

1997 Chrysler Intrepid Sport 192K,well maint/good shape/runs well, 1owner, $1500 as is, 604-460-2021.

2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX SEgrey, good condition. AirCared.$3200. Call 604-463-9407.

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

2002 MAZDA PROTEGE 5. H/back,red, 5/spd manual, fully loaded,106K, $4950 fi rm. 604-538-9257.

827 VEHICLES WANTED

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVALThe Scrapper

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ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME

604.683.2200

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVALMinimum $100 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

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