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‘Apologize for head tax’

City mulls hunting compromise Would restrict activity on dikes, but not in fields

by M on i sh a M ar ti n s staff reporter

Complaints from people spooked by hunters on or near dikes have prompted Pitt Meadows to consider a ban within its boundaries.

Hunters can harvests ducks and geese through much of the city, if they have a Fraser Valley Special Area Hunting Licence.

Only shotguns are allowed.

But as Metro Vancouver’s urban population grows, conflicts between hunters and people who walk and bike the dikes continue to increase.

Erin Balfour was one resident who was surprised to find out that hunting was still permitted on dikes along the river.

“It just seems so close to everybody,” she said earlier this year.

“I cannot believe that anyone thinks that’s not stupid and dangerous.”

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Doug Bing, a Liberal nominee in the Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge provincial riding, thinks it is important for the B.C. Government to apologize for the head tax charged to Chinese immigrants, including his grandfather, father and aunt, after the CP Rail line was built.

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question facing the scandal-rocked government of Liberal Premier Christy Clark is whether to apologize to the Chinese community for the head tax charged in previous centuries.

It’s an issue to be weighed carefully. Will an apology be seen as just another cynical courting of the ethnic vote, in wake of the uproar involving ethnic outreach?

For Doug Bing, it’s important to say sorry, regardless of the optics.

“I think it’s very appropriate for the government to apologize. It’s a very serious historical wrong and probably one of the saddest chapters in the long history of racism and discrimination in the 1800s towards the Chinese.”

Even if some may see it as a cynical move to get votes, Bing says the time is now because survivors are getting on.

The Pitt Meadows dentist and city councillor – and Liberal nominee in the riding of Pitt MeadowsMaple Ridge – knows more about the topic than most. He took a

course in B.C. history at university.

And both his grandfather and father paid the tax, $500 each, when they came to Canada in 1910.

“I know firsthand about the head tax.”

Bing’s great-grandfather first came to Canada to in 1870s to work on the Canadian Pacific Railway as it struggled to span the continent and unite the country.

When the last spike on the new railroad was driven in 1885 and the cheap Chinese labour no longer needed, the head tax was slapped on to keep them out.

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Bing says the head tax was first set at $50, in 1885. It then was raised to $100 in 1900, then to $500 in 1903, “basically to exclude the Chinese from coming to this country.

“They decided they didn’t want them and if they wanted to come, they would have to pay. But they paid, so they kept raising it, till they stopped them.”

That happened when Canada simply banned Chinese immigration with the Chinese Immigration Act on July 1, 1923.

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Maple Ridge Golf Course asks for a break Would do renovations earlier in exchange

by Phil M elnyc h u k staff reporter

In exchange for a break from the District of Maple Ridge on the rent during tough times, the operators of the Maple Ridge Golf Course want to speed up renovations – to keep the greens bringing in the green.

As with other courses around the Lower Mainland, Maple Ridge Golf Course has seen a drop in revenues and fewer golfers.

So to keep the course in good shape and to keep people coming out, the operators of the course want to plow in more money and speed up their renovation schedule.

“We’re optimistic. We wouldn’t be optimistic if we weren’t proposing to invest almost $202,000 into the facility,” said Joe Camara, with Region View Recreation Services, which operates the municipal course.

“We want to improve the facility so we can improve revenues and attract more golfers.”

Under the first six years of the deal between the District of Maple Ridge and Region View Recreation Services, the municipality got a minimum yearly rent of $120,000 – or 20 per cent of gross revenues, whichever was greater.

That was scheduled to jump this year to $140,000 for the remaining six years of the agreement.

Region View, though, is proposing the rate remain at $120,000

The municipal golf course has seen fewer golfers in recent years, and a drop in revenue. yearly for the rest of the term.

In return, Region View will do $202,000 in renovations, which are called for in the agreement, ahead of the schedule.

Camara wants to improve drainage on fairways, rebuild the third green, build a new cart path and improve fencing.

That work is in addition to the

$370,000 Region View has already spent on the course in the first six years, including a new roof on the club house.

If council approves the offer made at its committee meeting Monday, it could be a win-win for both.

“If additional capital improvements lead to an increase in usership, the municipality will collect

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more than the $140,000 a year anyway,” said director of parks and facilities David Boag.

The presentation to council included background about other courses that are struggling, such as Ledgeview Golf Course in Abbotsford and Cheam and Aquadel in Chilliwack.

The Maple Ridge Golf Course has

its own tale of declining revenues, which plunged by almost $170,000 when pre-recession figures of $769,800 in 2007 are compared with 2011.

Last year, though, revenues rebounded by about $35,000 – to $635,622.

Boag said golf courses may not be alone in the downturn.

“I think it may be just the tough economy. I think it’s quite a range of things and golf may just be one of those.”

But Camara says the industry is having a tough time. Competition is fierce and many courses are struggling.

The weather hasn’t helped over the past five years either. Cold, wet springs have kept people off the courses except for summer months.

“Spring and fall have really hurt us the most. We just don’t get the springs we used to rely on.”

Still, Camara has high hopes. The local nine-hole course gets visitors from Langley and he wants to increase awareness in the CoquitlamPort Coquitlam area. And there’s always the hope that legions of retiring baby boomers will get back on to the greens.

“We’re really trying to get the word out to Langley and Tri-City ,who seem to not know about us very much.”

Camara said the course is good for beginners and intermediates, but also has some challenging parts.

“We have beautiful, scenic views along the Fraser River.”

And nearby is a stand of maple trees which gave the municipality its name when it was formed in 1874.

‘See for yourself, before writing law on medical pot zone’ Craig Speirs says local politicians haven’t even visited medicinal pot dispensary on 224th Street

by Phil M elnyc h u k staff reporter

Maple Ridge council needs to see firsthand what medical marijuana dispensing is all about, before it passes its law apportioning the medical grow op business on to farmland.

But former councillor and federal NDP candidate Craig Speirs says no one on council has visited The Always Growing Green Society office on 224th Street, where medical pot is dished out to hundreds of patients.

“They’re only getting half the story. If you want to make a valid decision, they should at least attempt to get the rest of the story

and meet with someone from there … “ The dispensary, he added, is about helping sick people.

Council is considering a bylaw that would designate the district’s farmland as areas where medical marijuana grow ops could set up, once federal law allows them to next year.

But Speirs says the grow operations are better suited in industrial warehouses, where they can be more easily serviced and secured, and that requiring the operations to set up in farm areas will discourage a growing industry.

By refusing to consider industrial areas for such operations, “They’re ignoring the economic opportunity. It’s huge.”

Speirs said areas at the north end of 256th Street, Albion Industrial Park, and Maple Meadows Industrial Park are all under utilized. Air quality, mould or and security issues could all be addressed by regular inspections and regulation.

Speirs said a better question would be

whether council, given its approach, wants to get rid of TAGGS? “TAGGS has not been an issue. In fact, they have been a positive influence in the neighbourhood.”

Speirs repeated his arguments Thursday on CKNW’s Bill Good Show, hosted by Michael Smyth.

Coun. Cheryl Ashlie said Speirs is mixing up the issues of zoning with the debate about medical marijuana use. The district is only trying to respond to the changing legislation, in which personal use and personal grow licences will be phased out for smallscale producers, while large-scale medicinal pot operations will be allowed.

“Our experience so far is that industrial use is not a good fit,” she said, because of air quality and security concerns associated with marijuana production.

Ashlie said medicinal growers are exceeding their quotas and selling the surplus.

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It’s only common sense to put medicinal marijuana operations in farm areas.

“You’re growing a plant and that fits with agriculture for us.”

Speirs said the legislation, which will phase out smaller growers, will make it more costly for people on low incomes to get medical marijuana.

And with new federal legislation in effect, people growing more than five plants will be jailed for a minimum of six months under new mandatory minimum sentences.

Coun. Bob Masse hasn’t been in the dispensary, but hasn’t been invited, either.

“I don’t really know what I would get visiting TAGGS,” he said.

“I don’t think that shows a lack of understanding.”

Masse said council hasn’t necessarily decided where medicinal marijuana operations will be allowed.

“I don’t think that discussion is completely finished yet.”

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‘Arguments against downplay their suffering’ The discrimination endured until 1947, when it was repealed in the aftermath of the Second World War. It’s interesting history, but Bing doubts Chinese people hold any resentment or grudges, although he still believes an apology is needed.

When he hears people arguing against an apology and that Canada shouldn’t dig up the past or say that it had nothing to do with them, “it revictimizes those involved. It’s really downplaying their suffering.

Thoughtless, really.”

In addition to his dad and grandad, Bing’s aunt also experienced the head tax. Her husband had to pay it when he arrived in Canada. She was invited to Ottawa to hear the federal government apology in 2006, something Bing said was greeted with “great joy” by the Chinese community. Those who paid the head tax, or their surviving spouses, also received a symbolic payment of $20,000, as did Bing’s aunt, who now lives in Chilliwack. 3.

“A lot of Chinese felt they weren’t full citizens because they felt they were discriminated against for so many years … in really a unique way.

“They were the only group singled out for this tax,” which didn’t apply to South Asians, Japanese or any other group.

Bing said he doesn’t know much about his grandfather and because of the language difficulties, isn’t sure of his name, which he admits is embarrassing. It may be because Bing was the youngest child and those conversations were never had.

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His grandfather and father operated an import-export business in Vancouver, where Bing was born in 1951.

“By then, society had changed.

Growing up, I didn’t feel that, but I heard the stories and I felt the pain as those stories were related.”

On rare occasions, he’s encountered prejudice, but the incidents are too few to keep track of.

“I think I was one of the lucky ones.”

Like millions of second-generation Canadians, he lost his ancestral language. He married a non-Chinese woman. His friends are white.

“I see myself as a Canadian, period,” Bing said.

“This is my country. I’m Canadian. I don’t see myself as any other.”

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A Chinese workman at the brickyard with three Sikhs in early 1920s. Several Chinese men were trusted employees of the brick plant as evidenced by production logs recorded in Chinese.

Ask Maple Ridge Museum director Val Patenaude what’s on file in the archives that tells about the early Chinese experience in Maple Ridge and the reply doesn’t take long.

“There really isn’t much,” she says. “The Chinese who worked here, were here as single men.”

And because they had no families and didn’t settle, they brought no stuff with them, so they had a “tiny” historical footprint, she said.

While the Chinese were paid less than white workers to build the Canadian Pacific Railway through the treacherous Fraser Canyon, they also built the CP main line along the north side of the Fraser River, through Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

Patenaude said one CPR section boss named ‘Big Mouth’ Kelly “drove Chinese workers at gun point, literally,” with the result that several workers were washed into Fraser River and their bodies never recovered.

Patenaude said the stretch below River Road, just west of Port Haney, was particularly dangerous because the cliff was prone to landslides, as it still is today.

Some, though, stayed on after the last spike was driven in 1885 and the railway was completed, and got work at places such as in the Haney Brick and Tile Company.

One of those was Lee Chung, who lived in downtown Maple Ridge and worked for 50 years in the brick yard. His death was marked in The Gazette in 1944.

Another was Yip Gin Wing,

who died in January 1944 and is buried in the Maple Ridge Cemetery. He seemed to have worked on the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, then in a grocery store on 224th Street and as a janitor in the Maple Ridge Lumber office and in the Bank of Montreal, now the Billy Miner Pub, according to an obituary in The Gazette.

“It is known that he made one trip to China. On that occasion he was married and his wife Ah Lum, still resides in Canton, China,” the obituary reads.

“Yip was a friend of all, and was outstanding in his efforts to keep himself independent of assistance from friends.”

Another article said Yip had a “heart of gold,” saying that for “50 long years he had lived among these people far from his native China; and for those 50 years, in the trust and affection of a Canadian community.”

The effect of the head tax and the Chinese Immigration Act in 1923, which virtually banned immigration to Canada, restricted immigration of families, unlike other immigrant groups, including those from other parts of Asia.

Patenaude pointed out the Japanese could bring their families, a privilege prohibited to the Chinese. “The Japanese were somehow seen as civilized, the Chinese were not.”

According to the Chinese Canadian National Council, because of the years of antiChinese immigration legislation, the community exhibits “many characteristics of firstgeneration immigrants, despite its history of close to 150 years in Canada.”

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Bolting for border Living so close to the U.S., cross-border shopping has been, and always will be, an option.

But what used to be a routine wave-through hop across the line to take advantage of a few lower price points has become almost an imperative in today’s sluggish economy.

The fact is that cash-strapped Canadians are inevitably tempted by lower prices for consumer goods in the U.S., whether or not they factor in the increased hassles of a more security-concerned border and the possibility of line-ups – even with Nexus lanes.

In their urge to save, they may not calculate the hidden costs of travel or taxation that may nullify the bargain they get south of the border.

U.S. merchants in Blaine and Bellingham, who are, naturally, more than happy to welcome northern shoppers to ease their own economic woes, have actually seen the spike in Canadian business almost cancel out the drop in their own domestic trade.

Canadian business owners cry foul, of course, but it would be wrong to demonize cross-border shopping in and of itself.

Rather, the attention of Canada’s leaders must be focused on problems north of the border that exacerbate the situation.

One is a system of taxes and tariffs that make it impossible for Canadian retail businesses to compete on a level playing field with their U.S. counterparts.

A few anomalies will likely always exist either side of a border, but much lower prices across the board are literally driving consumers south.

It is also time for the federal government – and big business – to look at the real hardship of middle-income Canadians struggling to make ends meet in the face of increased gas and food prices and drasticallyeroded spending power.

While there is always some fickleness on the part of consumers, many of those venturing south to save right now are thinking of survival.

Local government must also address an over-saturation of retail business predicated on earlier economic conditions. And local retailers should always be looking at how well they serve their customers.

There are many good reasons to shop local. Crossborder shopping, on the scale that is now happening, is a short-sighted approach that tends to undermine our own standard of living. And pouring Canadian dollars into the U.S. economy is doing nothing to help our own, or address problems of Canadian business that, if solved, could see more money on hand to spend with our local businesses.

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Cries of change for regional transit T

ransLink is taking everyone in Maple Ridge for a ride, but it has nothing to do with buses or bridges or roads.

Greedy, grasping TransLink is the provincial government brainchild, incorporating 21 municipalities, Electoral Area A and the Tsaw- Sidewinder Sandy Macdougall wassen First Nation into what is supposed to be a regional transportation authority, overseeing the construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, transit services, the SeaBus and West Coast Express.

It is easily the most outstanding example of a regional function run amok in terms of services provided to outlying municipalities, such as Maple Ridge.

TransLink has a 21-member mayors’ council, a nine-member board of directors and a regional transportation commissioner to govern its operations.

This is the group responsible for all the strange and myriad ways in which they extract fees, such as gas pump surcharges, to fund TransLink operations.

Huge sums of money are collected from every jurisdiction in TransLink’s world, but the vast majority of that money is spent in Surrey, Vancouver, Coquitlam, Delta, Burnaby and Richmond, and anywhere else that does not

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include Maple Ridge.

Years ago there was a stigma attached to living in Surrey, but those days have long since passed. Under Mayor Diane Watts’ leadership, Surrey now commands a priority seat at the TransLink trough.

The other large municipalities have eagerly joined Surrey in milking the smaller outlying jurisdictions to help fund their transit dreams.

The gas pump surcharge imposed by TransLink is particularly odious as it helps to subsidize buses, SkyTrain and other transit services that are of little or no use to most Maple Ridge residents, who must rely on their personal vehicles to commute.

It seems that the overall cost and inconvenience of many regional government services has long since outgrown the benefits provided to member municipalities, such as Maple Ridge.

On its own, Maple Ridge could not afford the modern water and sanitary sewer systems we enjoy today in the urban areas of the municipality.

And without regional participation, there would be no Kanaka Creek Regional Park, no Fraser Valley Regional Library, and no adequate diking system.

But many other regional functions do not provide benefits equal to the costs imposed on Maple Ridge residents.

Over the years, municipal council has relinquished much of its local autonomy to Metro Vancouver over many functions, including planning and transportation.

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We pay millions of dollars annually to Metro, but have little or no say in how, when or at what level services will be provided, nor have we much say in the cost of those services.

Due to our smaller population, control over our own official community plan and subsequent land use resides largely with Metro, resulting in the idiotic situation where Richmond, Delta, Vancouver, Surrey and the other larger municipalities have the power of life and death over development in much of Maple Ridge.

The same holds true for transportation and transit functions, which are dominated by the larger member municipalities.

Maple Ridge’s interests in TransLink are supposedly represented by Mayor Ernie Daykin, but many residents of Silver Valley and eastern and central portions of the municipality do not feel well served by this system.

Even for shopping, many people in Whonnock and Ruskin find it easier to shop in Mission or Abbotsford. They can save significant amounts by purchasing gas anywhere east of Ruskin, where there is no punitive gas pump surcharges.

To be fair to Mayor Daykin, it is the system that is at fault.

It is a system that cries out for change if we are to receive fair treatment from TransLink.

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The News/letters No wonder MSP costs escalating Editor, The News: B.C. auditor general John Doyle says that the outsourcing of MSP and PharmaCare administration to Maximus has failed to bring expected benefits and that the U.S. company has not been held to account by government.

From my experience with MSP, that is a major understatement.

Back in April, I transferred my and my wife’s MSP account from my pension account to her pension account. At the end of the month, I received a two-page letter telling me that my account was overdue and if I didn’t pay the outstanding debt, it would be turned over to a collection agency for collection.

I phoned my wife’s company to see if it was paying our MSP payments and was assured they were. I then attempted to contact MSP, and when I finally was able to talk to someone and explained that the money was now coming from my wife’s account, I was yelled at and told I had to pay, and asked what credit card would I put the outstanding amount on?

I told her that there was no way I would pay double.

Every month I got new threats and demands of the alleged accumulating debt. I tried two more times to communicate with MSP employees with nothing more than abuse for my efforts.

Here it was October and the threatening letters just kept coming, so finally I phoned my wife’s pension administers just to make sure our bills were being paid and was assured they were.

The lady also explained that MSP was normally five to six months behind, and there were two companies involved, neither one of which had a clue what the other was doing.

I told her I was going to get my MLA involved as my account had been turned over to a collection agency and I had had it with this wasteful stupidity.

The lady asked me to give her a chance to clear this mess up and, sure enough, she phoned back and said it was all fixed up, not to worry, at least till the end of the month, when guess what showed up in my mail box again?

Another threatening letter.

I went over to my MLA Michael Sather and showed him what was happening. This is what it took to solve this seemingly simple miscommunication.

After seven months of hassle and a phone call from my MLA, Mr. Sather to the minister of finance, the letters finally stopped.

What a waste. I don’t know what this boondoggle cost in office costs and people’s time, not to mention bad feelings and outright anger, but it is difficult to imagine a more incompetent system in this day and age.

No wonder MSP costs continually keep escalating and service keeps deteriorating.

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I have been saying this since 2003. All new industrial land – the Pelton properties specifically – should be the focus of all new industrial activity. The industrial zone atop 232 Street never made sense, does not make sense and won’t make sense in the future. It is appalling plan and I suspect only exists because of the self-serving reasons of the District of Maple Ridge. A nuclear plant in the Albion area makes more sense than an industrial park on 232 St., in the hills. Stick a university campus on 232 St., if you want to try something inventive. How is it that some districts act with a modicum of planning and others do not? How come a district that has prompted the very successful development of our downtown (other than the debacle of the Caring Place) is not able to go one step further and see the sense of industrial development where it belongs – at the entry of a major toll bridge.

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ike a plague of locusts that returns on a regular basis to wreak havoc, politics in B.C. have been, in the last generation, cursed with the implosion of parties in power.

This self-destruction happens every Commentary Chris Foulds decade or so and is accompanied by scandals of varying degree.

In 1991, we saw the mighty Social Credit dynasty of 36 years destroyed in a few turns of the calendar by Bill Vander Zalm, a lady fond of hats, a hotel room and much other sordidness.

In 2001, we saw the Gordon Campbell-led B.C. Liberals almost render the B.C. NDP extinct, leaving only Joy MacPhail and Jenny Kwan as NDP MLAs the morning after the election.

And, this year, we are seeing the stunning dessication of those same B.C. Liberals, being ripped apart by scandals while their leader, Christy Clark, perfects the art of doing all the wrong things in response.

The latest scandal to hit the governing Liberals is the one that will seal victory for the NDP in the May 14 election.

The Multicultural Ethnic Outreach Plan is a 17-page document obtained by the NDP. It documents a B.C. Liberal plan to use taxpayer funds and staff to secure ethnic voting support.

The document is brazen and insulting, citing apologies for past wrongs as “quick wins” with ethnic voters.

There is more, much more, and it is so bad even Liberal stalwarts recognized no amount of spin could help.

Deputy Leader Rich Coleman read Clark’s apology in the legislature. Clark apparently felt it more important to meet with the Vancouver Sun’s editorial board.

“The language in this draft document and some of the recommendations are absolutely inappropriate,” Coleman said.

After failing to face the heat in person, Clark flew to Prince George to do some ribbon-cuttings and attend a luncheon. There, she noted the person who drafted the obscene document, her deputy chief of staff and longtime friend Kim Haakstad, had resigned.

(Haakstad emailed the plan to a number of taxpayer-funded staffers, including Pamela Martin, who gets tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars as outreach director for Clark’s office, a fancy name invented to reward the former TV newsreader for helping

with Clark’s leadership campaign and subsequent byelection win. If Martin and others received and read those emails in the past year and did not alert Clark and others, should they not be sacked forthwith?)

Clark claimed she knew nothing of the plan and seemed to believe Haakstad’s resignation was appropriate closure.

Not even close.

As we say in the media, this story has legs and the B.C. Liberals are the ones pumping those limbs.

Had the NDP not been given the document, this immoral (and possibly illegal) venture would still be in the works.

If Clark had a shred of integrity, she would resign now. She may not have known about the scandalous plan, but it happened on her watch, in her office.

Would her resignation help the party’s fortunes at the polls?

It might, though the Liberals will be clobbered in any event.

Think back to 1995.

In November of that year, the governing New Democrats were not unlike the current Liberals – a party with a majority with a major scandal making headlines day after day.

The scandal involved former NDP MLA Dave Stupich eventually pleading guilty to fraud for using the Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society to take money raised for charity via bingo and send it back to the NDP. Premier Mike Harcourt was not involved and had no clue this was happening in the society, which had been created in the 1950s Yet, the premier resigned out of principle.

Among those who gave Harcourt kudos for falling on his political sword was then-Liberal leader Campbell, who told Maclean’s magazine: “Mr. Harcourt has done the right thing.”

As Harcourt was stepping down, the prevailing wisdom among pundits and politicians was that the NDP of the early 1990s would emulate the province’s first NDP government – led by Dave Barrett in 1972 – and be a oneterm wonder.

Indeed, Jack Weisgerber, the former Socred MLA who became the leader of the fledgling B.C. Reform Party, all but dismissed the New Democrats.

“The NDP is done like dinner,” he told Maclean’s.

“The next election is going to be a two-way contest between us and the Liberals to determine who forms the government and who forms the opposition.”

Kreskin he wasn’t as, only six months after Harcourt stepped down, the NDP, led by the young and brash Glen Clark, won a second successive majority, leaving the Liberals as opposition again

and wiping Reform from the political map.

Should Clark resign, would a new leader change party fortunes, with the election two months away?

Not a chance.

But a new face, perhaps someone as respected and likeable as George Abbott, could mean a few seats here or there.

And, while Clark emerged from the weekend’s emergency cabinet meeting, claiming cabinet and caucus are united behind her and pointed to the day’s budget vote as offering proof, happenings among riding associations would indicate anything but global support for the leader.

If, as expected, all Liberal MLAs vote in favour of the budget, it means they support the government, not necessarily their leader.

After all, Harry Bloy stands alone among those who backed Clark in her leadership bid.

Several riding-association presidents are disgusted enough with party shenanigans to have quit.

“My experience with the B.C. Liberal Party is that the people who are involved in the local riding associations are nothing more than procedure,” Cory Cassel, who stepped down as president of the Abbotsford-Mission Liberal riding association, told the CBC. James Plett quit as vice-president of the Surrey-Tynehead Liberal riding association and terminated his membership, citing the ethnic-voters scandal as the last straw.

“What makes it so repugnant is that the government misused taxpayer dollars to put together a document explaining how the government could misuse taxpayer dollars further and to offer apologies for absolutely horrible things, all for a bump in the polls,” Plett wrote on his blog.

“Not to actually apologize for the events, but with the end goal of winning popularity points.”

The fact is, this latest scandal involving a plan to use government resources for partisan purposes is not the first.

Last year, the Province revealed an anti-Adrian Dix website was being worked on by taxpayer-paid government workers.

It really is overwhelming how a political party can plumb such depths of desperation when the end is nigh.

It is overwhelming, but not surprising. Not in B.C. If Dix and the NDP manage to win re-election in 2017, look for another implosion of government about a decade from now.

Christopher Foulds is editor of Kamloops This Week, a Black Press affiliate.

Loyal fan of smiley face cookies defends mall bakery Editor, The News: Re: Out with the old (The News, Feb. 22).

The Haney Bakery in Haney Place mall has been there for 26 years. When I was in there recently, the woman told me they were being forced to move out their store. They were given until March 31. How can that be right?

I think it’s horrible what’s happening to the Haney Bakery, and I will follow them and their smiley face cookies anywhere.

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Thanks, Harry Editor, The News: Last month, my elderly father fell while walking along Lougheed Highway. A kind man named Harry stopped and called an ambulance for him. Later, Harry stopped by the hospital to see how he was doing. Thankfully, dad was OK. Thank you, Harry.

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Pitt Meadows will not be taking any more applications for benches on its dikes as there is no more space to install them.

The introduction of a waiting list will likely raise false hope of being able to secure a location on the dike for a sponsored bench, director of parks and facilities David Boag told council Tuesday.

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Balfour asked the city to install more signs to alert people of hunters, so they are not startled by shotgun blasts.

The last time the city reviewed its Discharge of Firearms bylaw was 2005.

“It hasn’t been reviewed since,” said Pitt Meadows operations superintendent Randy Evans, who got a barrage of complaints when hunting season opened.

“We’ve had some concerns from residents running into hunters. It presents an interesting question because there is a bit of a conflict between user groups.”

According to the bylaw, hunting can take place on dikes, unless prohibited, as illustrated in a map that’s part of the bylaw and issued by the province.

No hunting is allowed from the dike along the Alouette River or for a portion of the dike that runs along the Pitt

a bit of an obstacle during dike inspections and routine maintenance.

The parks department considered the possibility of installing more than one plaque on the benches, but decided against that as they are not meant to be memorials.

“The bench gift program is not intended to be a memorial or shrine to the family.

It’s specifically a gift to the community, for the River, just north of the Alouette River.

Evans says hunters don’t want an all-out ban since Pitt Meadows is one of the only areas in Metro Vancouver where hunting is still permitted.

The city has discussed a partial ban with the agricultural advisory committee. Most farmers, want hunting to continue

community to enjoy,” Boag explained.

The benches are meant to last at least 10 years, but Boag says most have lasted longer.

The parks department is also considering installing quick response (QR) codes on plaques to allow people with smart phones to access more information about the stories behind them.

“With the uses of smart phones and as it scares away birds.

The city is leaning towards a compromise currently in place in Delta, where hunting is prohibited on dikes, but still allowed along the foreshore and fields, with the permission of land owners.

“There may be some common ground with conditions in place that allows hunting to contin-

younger people wanting to explore parks and their history, I think it will be a great [use of] technology,” said Coun. Dave Murray.

Instead of dike benches, staff recommend that potential sponsors be offered an alternate opportunity to contribute to the community, such as planting a tree, providing a picnic table or park bench, or perhaps a water fountain. ue,” said Evans.

Hunters who were contacted were not ready to comment on the changes being contemplated, but said they will give the city feedback.

Since the hunting season just concluded, there will be no changes until next year. The final decision will be made by city council.

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You are invited to participate in the open house scheduled for: Date: Wednesday, March 13th Time: Drop-in anytime between 4:30 and 8:00 pm Location: Samuel Robertson Technical School – Library 10445 – 245th Street, Maple Ridge A brief presentation on Amenity Zoning Contributions will be given at 5:00pm and at 7:00pm

Maple Ridge Cemetery Notice This is a reminder to family members and visitors to the Maple Ridge Cemetery that all artificial flowers, containers and other personal mementos should be removed from cremation and burial plots at the Maple Ridge and Whonnock cemeteries prior to the beginning of the grass cutting season on March 16, 2013. Removal of these items is necessary to permit the safe mowing of the grounds and to avoid causing any damage to personal items.

Any artificial flowers or other items (other than fresh flowers) that have not been removed

by March 23, 2013 will be collected by the cemetery caretaker, and then stored at the cemetery building, and may be picked up at a mutually agreeable date and time.

Maple Ridge Cemetery Bylaw Section 34 Cut flowers, wreaths and floral offerings may be placed on graves, but may be removed by the caretaker when their condition is considered by him to be detrimental to the beauty of the cemetery. Artificial flowers may be placed between November 15 and March 15.

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Ridge Meadows RCMP’s street enforcement unit executed a search warrant at the house on St. Anne’s Avenue, near 223rd Street, around 1 p.m. Two people were arrested.

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He looks back on conventions he attended with 1,700 from across eastern Canada, the Bahamas and the Caribbean, and visiting the islands with the group.

“You can’t put a price on the experiences I had,” he says.

So the Golden Ears Kiwanis Club member brings a lot of enthusiasm to his role of sponsoring the first Key Club in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. It’s at Garibaldi secondary.

It is a young Key Club.

“I just got the charter in the mail,” he says.

And on Thursday it was visited by the Kiwanis governor for the district, at a dinner during which the club was to receive its charter.

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The Garibaldi club has received a letter from a Key Club member who is fundraising for a trip to help build schools in Ecuador with the organization Free the Children.

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Cowan was 14 when he attended his first Key Club meeting. The group announced it would pay for a couple of members to attend a district convention in Ottawa. Cowan was a train enthusiast – that’s where his career took him, and the train ride to Ottawa was all the incentive he needed.

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On March 22-24, the Golden Ears Kiwanis Club will pay for five kids to attend a district convention in Seattle, where there will be hundreds of students from across a region extending from Alaska to California.

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Pitt firefighters honoured with awards The Pitt Meadows Fire Department held its annual awards banquet Saturday to honour volunteers.

Bill Mitchell, who has been a volunteer for 19 years and, Peter Hammond, a volunteer for 16 year, left the department in 2012 to pursue other careers.

Jack Dougan retired from the department in 2012 after 32 years, but rejoined the department on Saturday.

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Four firefighters – Brent Hannah, Preston Erb, James Harcus and Mark Davies – received their National Fire Prevention Association certification last year.

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Hannah also received the firefighter of the year award.

Jason Stefan, Juan Ferrero and Sean Staples graduated from the fire officer training program.

Staples was also recognized for five years of service, while Stephan Drolet was honoured for 10 years of service.

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As British Columbians get ready to move their clocks ahead one hour on Saturday night for daylight saving, it’s a good reminder that this weekend is a great time to check your smoke alarms and change the batteries.

The Fire Chiefs’ Association of B.C. and the Office of the Fire Commissioner remind us that everyone should change their smoke alarm batteries once a year.

Springtime change provides an easy opportunity for families to make this an annual routine.

The usual life span of a smoke alarm is 10 years.

British Columbians are encouraged to check their smoke alarms on a monthly basis – both by pressing the test button to ensure they are working properly, and to check that the batteries have not expired.

In March 2012, Justice Minister and Attorney General Shirley Bond and the president of the Fire Chiefs’ Association of B.C. and Surrey fire chief Len Garis, with support from the B.C. Office of the Fire Commissioner, launched a province-wide smoke alarm awareness campaign.

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the campaign continues to gain momentum as almost 50 communities throughout the province have partnered with fire service personnel and local organizations.

The goal is to save lives by having a working smoke alarm in every household in B.C. “As the campaign continues, this is a good opportunity to recommend to British Columbians that daylight savings is the perfect time to check their smoke alarms and to change the batteries. Taking these

Fire facts • Data from the Office of the Fire Commissioner shows that in 11,000 residential fires in B.C. from 2006 to 2011, nearly 70 per cent of the fire scenes examined either had no smoke alarm or the smoke alarm was not working.

• Based on two decades of fire-related data, research also predicts that working smoke alarms could reduce annual fire deaths by as much as 32 per cent and save 76 lives across Canada each year.

• Research also shows that there is a

simple steps could save their family’s life,” Bond said.

“British Columbians are getting the message that working smoke alarms save lives,” Garis added.

“Not only is it important to have at least one installed in your home, but also to remember that regular smoke alarm testing and cleaning, along with replacing the batteries every year, will go a long way in keeping everyone in their household safe.” greater risk of fire-related fatalities for households with young children, older adults or people with disabilities, as well as people who live in rental units, households in low-income areas, rural communities and First Nations reserves.

Learn more: • To view the public service message, go to www.workingsmokealarms.ca.

• Information about the smoke alarm campaign is at www.fcabc.ca.

• To learn more about the Office of the Fire Commissioner, go to www.embc.gov. bc.ca/ofc/index.htm.

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Baby monitor for RMH The Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation recently received $15,000 from the Loyal Protestant Association to help purchase a new fetal monitor with telemetry for the maternity department.

The maternity department at Ridge Meadows Hospital delivers more than 800 babies a year, an average of 67 a month. Of those, 10 a month are induced by an Oxytocin infusion. Inducing labor may be done for a variety of reasons, including pre-existing maternal health conditions, such as heart disease, cancer, seizure disorder or hypertension.

The fetal monitor with telemetry will be used to monitor the fetus during labor in each of those situations, using sound waves to monitor the baby’s heart beat, allowing the mother to have full mobility as there are no wires to restrict her movement.

During contractions, the blood flow to the baby is reduced, causing the heart rate to drop temporarily.

By monitoring the changes in heart rate, doctors will quickly know if the fetus is no longer handling contractions well. Identifying early signs of distress in the baby can reduce the complications seen in a traumatic birth, ultimately improving the health of the baby and mother.

“Every expectant mom will tell you that all they want is a healthy baby. In order to provide the best possible outcome for each of these moms, and their newborns, the medical team needs the right tools,” said George Ferguson, Loyal Protestant Association director.

“We are fortunate to have an excellent team of physicians and health care professionals at Ridge Meadows Hospital and we need to provide them with tools of the highest calibre.”

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mployers know that when an employee’s child is sick, there may not be too many options for child care, thus the employee might have to take time off work.

With the average employee taking three days a year off for the care of sick children, it is not a small cost to the employers and, if employees have to take more than their allotted sick time between their own illnesses and those of their children, to the employee as well.

The one thing that is relatively certain with sick children is that they will bounce back fairly quickly and routines will return to normal.

But what about an employee who is a primary caregiver for an aging parent?

If you think services to support child care are few and far between, try finding services to support elder care, particularly on short notice.

Complicating this even more is the fact that an illness might last a lot longer or get a lot more complicated in the elderly. They just don’t bounce back in the same way as youngsters do. So taking time from work to tend to an ill parent may not have a clear boundary to it.

If and when a primary caregiver is faced with the prospect that trying to work full-time and care for an ill parent full-time is just not practical, there are some decisions that must be made.

It is possible to hire services that can be in-home care services, called in, there should be although for many some sense of the steps people the cost of this is that are available to cope greater than the income with a change. from their employment.

Of course, I don’t As well, not everyone mean to imply that feels comfortable with only employees should the privacy issues, or consider such a stratat least lack of privacy egy. Anyone who is issues, that arise with a serving as a primary stranger in the house all caregiver to the elderly As we age day. should be aware of the Those who can might Graham Hookey services available to arrange an unpaid leave help them and the steps in order to provide care necessary to access such themselves or have the time to services. make appropriate arrangements A little research ahead of time for care. can plot out some reasonable The federal government does paths to take in the event of an allow Employment Insurance for emergency. compassionate care purposes and there are tax deductions for being a primary caregiver.

Some others may simply decide “A little research ahead to accept that being the primary of time can plot out some caregiver is a full-time job and will reasonable paths to take in choose to step back completely from employment outside the the event of an emergency.” home.

Again, compassionate care benefits may help with that transition.

It can all be quite stressful when There is no way to predict excircumstances change suddenly actly what will happen or exactly and adjustments have to be made what steps will be needed, but at on the fly. Just as we tend to build least knowing how to access help networks for dealing with child in making some of those decisions care issues, so too is it a good idea will relieve a lot of the stress of to develop a strategy for dealing coping with such circumstances. with elder care issues before being

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“It will be 50 per cent cleaner than any other refinery in the world,” said Black, whose newspaper titles include the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News. “It’s going to cost about $3 billion more, and I’m going to organize the money for it.”

The process received a Canadian patent last fall for Calgary-based Expander Energy. It adapts a process developed in Germany in the early 1900s to convert coal to synthetic gas, which was relied on for vehicle and aircraft fuel by the German armed forces while their conventional fuel sources were embargoed during World War II. Expander’s modified process converts bitumen, petroleum coke, biomass or municipal solid waste into gas products used to make synthetic diesel and jet fuel.

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Guard layoffs to snarl border crossings Staff cuts mean longer waits coming for travellers, cargo

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Border crossings that are often jammed with shoppers heading south may soon get even more congested as the U.S. government is forced to lay off thousands of border employees.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has begun cutting employee hours and is slated to furlough 5,000 more staff by early April after Congress and President Barack Obama failed to reach a comprehensive deal by March 1 to reduce federal spending, triggering automatic spending cuts.

The initial cuts at Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are already resulting in reports of longer processing lines at some U.S. airports.

CBP officials predict waits up to 50 per cent

longer at major airports – four hours or longer at peak times – and a doubling of peak waits to five hours or more at the busiest land crossings.

“Travellers should adjust their trip itineraries to account for unexpected delays,” the department warned in a statement.

The longest southbound lines at Lower Mainland crossings are weekend mornings and they could get much longer because the use of overtime is now banned.

“They hold shifts over longer or call shifts in earlier to keep as many lines open as possible – that won’t be happening,” said Ken Oplinger, president of the Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce.

“We’re thinking it could add an extra 15 to 30 minutes onto the regular lines.”

Nexus card holders should continue to get speedy clearance but new applicants face longer approval times due to an expected surge in demand.

It’s hoped the arbitrary across-the-board cuts will be unpalatable to

both Republicans and Democrats, spurring them to reach a deal before border slowdowns cause serious economic damage.

“If this goes on into the summer that’s when we’re really going to have an issue,” Oplinger said. “On a summer weekend we can get two- to three-hour lineups and we could be adding 45 minutes to an hour on top of that at those peak times.”

One factor that might slow cross-border shopping is the recent slide of the loonie.

The dollar is down to around 97 cents U.S. and Oplinger said a further drop to below 95 cents may begin to reduce the number of southbound shoppers from Canada.

Truckers are also being warned they face significant delays at the borders in the weeks ahead if the U.S. budget impasse continues.

B.C. Trucking Association vice-president Trace Acres said major impacts aren’t expected for the first 30 days, as affected U.S. border staff are getting one month notice.

“It is definitely a concern,” Acres said, estimating 300 of the association’s 450 members haul cargo across the border.

More truckers could pursue membership in FAST (Free and Secure Trade), the equivalent of Nexus for trusted commercial carriers, but Acres added it’s not a solution for most firms.

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Ken Oplinger, Bellingham CoC “There has been a lot of work done on both sides of the border to try to improve efficiencies and reduce border wait times,” Acres said.

The fear now, he said, is that all the time invested by truckers, manufacturers, exporters and authorities on both sides of the border “could just become undone by factors outside of our control.”

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PILES TO FILES – SIMPLIFIED SOLUTIONS Tues, Apr 9 6:30-9:00 pm $39

COMPUTER KEYBOARDING FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS Sat, May 4-11 10:00 am -12:00 pm $59/2 sessions

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Quality, Relevant, Lifelong Learning Certificate Programs & Courses ADMINISTRATIvE OFFICE ASSISTANT

Are you are looking to upgrade your current skills or planning a new career? This well rounded certificate program will give you a solid foundation in basic office and computer skills. You will increase your employment options for the career of your choice.

Admission Requirements: Grade 12 or mature student (over 19 and out of school for one year) Duration: 9 weeks, 225 hours (9:30-3:30 pm with evening options available for some courses)

Administrative Office Assistant Program Courses (15 core courses required, with some evening and Saturday options) • Introduction to MS Windows 7 & the Internet • Computer Keyboarding (Level 1) • Business Systems & Procedures • Computer Keyboarding (Level 2) • MS Word 2010 (Level 1) • MS Word 2010 (Level 2) • Business English & Communications • MS Excel 2010 (Level 1) • World Host Fundamentals • MS Outlook 2010 • MS Access 2010 • MS PowerPoint 2010 • Integrated Applications for MS Office Programs • Employment Preparation • Social Media for Business Program Starts Apr 8 Total cost including texts: $3,575

ADMINISTRATIvE OFFICE ASSISTANT – FINANCIAL OPTION

If you are seeking to focus on bookkeeping and accounting in order take a more specialized approach to your career, then consider the Financial Option Certificate. Your employment opportunities will include many jobs with a financial focus such as Accounting Clerk, Accounts Payable/Receivable Clerk, Invoice Clerk and Payroll Support – just to name a few.

Admission Requirements: Grade 12 or mature student (over 19 and out of school for one year) PLUS touch control of the keyboard with 20 net wpm.

Duration: 9 weeks, 225 hours (9:30-3:30pm with evening options available for some courses)

Administrative Office Assistant: Financial Option Courses (16 core courses required – with some evening and Saturday options) • Introduction to MS Windows and the Internet* • Computer Keyboarding 2 (Financial Option) • Bookkeeping 1 • Business Systems & Procedures • MS Word 2010 Level 1 • MS Word 2010 Level 2 • Business English & Communications • MS Excel 2010 Level 1* • World Host Fundamentals • MS Outlook 2010 • MS Access 2010 • MS PowerPoint 2010* • Integrated Applications for MS Office Programs • Introduction to Computerized Bookkeeping • Employment Preparation • Social Media for Business Program Starts Apr 8 Total cost including texts: $3,969

COMPUTER ACCOUNTING

Your employment options will expand with a Computer Accounting Certificate. Qualified bookkeepers are in demand and today’s employers require up-to-date training and skill sets. You will learn the core principles and theories in accounting that will enable you to transfer and cross-over these skills to other computer accounting programs.

Admission Requirements: Grade 12 or mature student (over 19 and out of school for one year) PLUS touch control of the keyboard with 20 net wpm Duration: 142 hours

Computer Accounting Program Courses (7 core courses required with 2 optional course) • Bookkeeping 1 • Accounting 2 • Accounting 3 • Introduction to MS Windows 7 & the Internet • MS Excel 2010 Level 1 • Simply Accounting Level 1 • Simply Accounting Level 2 Total cost including texts: $2,115

DENTAL RECEPTION CERTIFICATE PROGRAM There is an ongoing demand for qualified dental receptionists.

This comprehensive program provides training which includes knowledge and skills necessary for managing the daily operation of a dental office.

Graduates will be competent to perform front office and business record duties specific to the dental profession.

Admission Requirements: Grade 12 or mature student, Touch control of keyboard 25 wpm.

Attendance at an information / application session and / or submission of a 500 word essay outlining your interest in the Dental Program. Must be able to pass a criminal records check prior to practicum placement.

Duration: Total hours: 135

Dental Reception Certificate Program Courses: • Dental Program Application Session • Dental Reception I • Dental Reception II • Introduction to MS Windows and the Internet (offered Fall, Winter and Spring terms) • MS Word Level 1 (offered Fall, Winter and Spring terms) • Dental Practicum (offered Spring term) • Recommended: Computer keyboarding, for those who do not type 50 wpm Program starts September 2013 Total cost including texts: $2,165

FREE APPLICATION SESSION Jun 8 CALL TO REGISTER

FORKLIFT OPERATOR - SAFETY

Employer recognized, BC Safety Council approved, lift truck operator training/safety program. Theory with hands-on training is WorkSafe and CSA compliant. Students are required to meet the health criteria for motor vehicle licensing, fluency in written and spoken English.

Steel toed boots are recommended. Manual should be picked up at Ridge Meadows College for pre-reading. Certificate will be issued upon successful completion of theoretical and practical portions of the program.

FOODSAFE BASIC – LEvEL 1

Admission requirement: fluency in English.

B.C. Ministry of Health required sanitation program for people working in the food service industry. Graduates are registered with the B.C. Ministry of Health and will receive a FoodSafe Certificate.

Please bring your Care Card number to the class. Pick up your FoodSafe Manual one-week before the start date for pre-reading.

Sat, Apr 6 8:30 am-4:30 pm Sat, May 11 8:30 am-4:30 pm Sat, Jun 22 8:30 am-4:30 pm $76/1 session $15: Text / Certificate

FOODSAFE ADvANCED – LEvEL 2

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Prerequisite: FoodSafe Basic (Level 1) This B.C. Ministry of Health course is designed for managers, chefs and supervisory staff with experience in the food industry. Topics include: food poisoning, food protection, facilities and equipment, housekeeping and pest control, and managing sanitary practices.

Graduates are registered with the B.C. Ministry of Health and will receive a FoodSafe Advanced Certificate. Please bring your Care Card number to the class. Pick up your FoodSafe Manual one-week before the start date for pre-reading. Tuition includes book and certificate fee.

23091 Thurs/Sat, Apr 11 & 13 Thurs 5:00-9:00 pm, Sat 8:00 am-4:30 pm $169/2 sessions $25: Text / Certificate

BUILDING SERvICE WORKER

Master the essentials of commercial and institutional building maintenance. Learn the proper techniques for cleaning, safe operation of equipment, and receive WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System) certification. Theory with hands-on instruction.

Admission requirements: grade 10 and fluency in English.

Mon-Thurs, Apr 8-May 1 6:00-10:00 pm Mon-Thurs, Jun 3-26 6:00-10:00 pm $789/15 sessions Samuel Robertson Technical School $40 material fee

WORKSAFE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS CALL FOR INFORMATION ON WORKSAFE FOR YOUR BUSINESS: Custom programs Admission requirements: Fluency in English and 17 years of age.

Certificate requirements: Each program requires participants to take four to seven core topics. Students are tested on the core topics at the end of each program to qualify for certification. Each program also includes elective topics and/ or workshops that may be offered on the basis of student need and instructor availability. Programs may be delivered at Ridge Meadows College or at workplace sites. Please call for more information regarding customized WorkSafe training for your workers, at your worksite.

• Hazard Recognition and Control • Joint Health and Safety Committee Training • Occupational Health and Safety in Small Business • Preventing Workplace Violence • Supervisor Safety Management • Preventing and Investigating Musculoskeletal Injury (MSI) (Sprains and Strains) • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)

The Early Childhood Education Program (ECE) prepares students to work in a variety of early learning settings such as preschool, private kindergarten, Strong Start, child care, or community recreation courses for young children. Successful completion of 15 courses, including three practicum courses, qualifies students to apply for provincial licensure as an Early Childhood Educator. Licensed graduates may ladder into post-basic diploma programs, or into Child and Youth Care degree programs at other institutions. (Graduates do not qualify as teachers in the public school system.)

Admission Requirements: Secondary school (grade 12) or equivalent, or acceptance under mature student status.

Duration: 908 hours Application for admission is required

Program Requirements: • ECE01 & 02 Child Growth & Development I & II • ECE03 Foundations in ECE • ECE04 Health, Safety and Nutrition • ECE05 Creative Art • ECE06 & 07 Curriculum I & II • ECE08 Language and Literature • ECE09 Guiding Behaviour • ECE10 Music & Movement • ECE11 Math, Science & Technology • ECE12 Child, Family & Community • ECEP01-03 Practicum I / II / III

Spring ECE courses: ECE07 Curriculum II Thurs, Apr 4-Jun 20 6:30-9:30 pm Workshop session: Sat, Jun 8 9:00am-3:30 pm Wed, Apr 17-Jun 26 9:00 am-12:00 pm Workshop session: Sat, Jun 8 9:00 am-3:30 pm $559 ECE11 Math Science & Technology Wed, Apr 17-Jun 26 12:30-3:30pm 3 hours field work required $459 ECE10 Music & Movement Tues, Apr 30-Jun 25 6:30-9:30 pm $389 ECE12 Child Family & Community Mon, Apr 29-Jun 24 9:00 am-3:30 pm $559 Sat, Apr 6-Jun 22 9:00 am-3:30 pm

Summer Intensive ECE courses: ECE11 Math Science & Technology Mon-Fri, Jul 8-12 8:30 am-4:00 pm ECE08 Language & Literature Mon-Fri, Jul 15-19 8:30 am-4:00 pm ECE04 Health Safety and Nutrition Mon-Fri, Jul 22-26 8:30 am-4:00 pm

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CLEARING CLUTTER – SIMPLIFIED SOLUTIONS Tues, Apr 23 6:30-9:00 pm $39 PUBLIC SPEAKING BOOT CAMP With Maria Gallo Sat, Apr 6-13 12:00 pm $78/2 sessions

COMPUTERS FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS Sat, May 25-Jun 15 10:00 am -12:00 pm $109/4 sessions

SPEAK! TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS With Maria Gallo Sat, May 11 9:30-noon

FINDING YOUR FAMILY TREE: AN INTRODUCTION TO GENEALOGY With Rob Whitlock Tues, May 14 - Jun 4 7:00-9:00 pm $109/4 sessions

ASSERTIvENESS With William Duncan Thurs May 2-23 6:30-9:30 pm $149/4 sessions

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PEAK PERFORMANCE AND SELF ESTEEM With William Duncan Wed, Apr 3-24 6:30-9:30 pm $149/4 sessions Wed, May 29-Jun 19 6:30-9:30 pm $149/4 sessions

ZUMBA© With Shannon & Sandi Tues, Apr 2-May 21 7:00-8:00 pm $64/8 sessions $10/drop-in ZUMBA© With Kathy White Thurs, Apr 4-Jun 6 7:00-8:00 pm $79/10 sessions $10/drop-in

SPANISH BEGINNERS Mon, Apr 8-Jun 10 6:30-8:00 pm $159/10 sessions

PILATES With Kathy White Mon, Apr 8-Jun 3 9:30-10:30 am $72/9 sessions $10/drop-in Wed, Apr 10-Jun 12 6:30-7:30 pm $79/10 sessions $10/drop-in

SPANISH INTERMEDIATE Wed, Apr 10-Jun 12 8:00-9:30 pm $159/10 sessions

INTRODUCTION TO THE SWORD With The Ring of Steel: Braun McAsh, Sword master for “Highlander” TV series!

Sat, Apr 13 9:30-11:30 am $39 THE RAPIER With The Ring of Steel: Braun McAsh, Sword master for “Highlander” TV series!

Sat, Apr 27-Jun 1 9:30-11:30 am $199/6 sessions DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY: THE DSLR With Eric Svendsen Wed, Apr 3-May 22 7:00-9:00 pm $199/8 sessions MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY With Eric Svendsen Mon, May 6-Jun 10 7:00-9:30 pm $149/6 sessions HOW TO GET BETTER GRADES IN SCHOOL With Terry Small Wed, Apr 17 7:00-8:30 pm $45 / family HOW TO START A SMALL BUSINESS Tues, Apr 9-May 14 7:00-9:00 pm No Class April 15 $129/5 sessions

SPANISH FOR TRAvELERS Mon, Apr 8-Jun 10 8:00-9:30 pm $159/10 sessions SPANISH FOR TRAvELERS 2 Wed, Apr 10-Jun 12 6:30-8:00 pm $159/10 sessions ITALIAN CONvERSATION Tues, Apr 9-Jun 11 6:00-7:30 $159/10 sessions – $10 supply fee HOLISTIC NUTRITION: ALLERGIES Thurs, Apr 18 7:00-9:00 pm

$24

HOLISTIC NUTRITION: ADRENAL FATIGUE & NUTRITION Thurs, May 23 7:00-9:00 pm

$24

GARDENING 101 – THINKING SPRING Wed, Apr 3-24 7:00-9:00 pm $96/4 sessions HERBS – GROWING AND ENjOYING Sat, Apr 6-20 9:00-10:30 am

$56

ANNUALS & PERENNIALS FOR YOUR GARDEN Thurs, May 2 6:30-8:30 pm $24 CONTAINER GARDENING Tues, May 7 6:30-8:30 pm Wed, May 8 6:30-8:30 pm

BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS Tues/Thurs, Apr 16-25 7:00-9:30 pm $119/4 sessions HOW TO MARKET & BRAND YOUR BUSINESS Tues/ Thurs May 7-16 7:00-9:30 pm $119/4 sessions HOW TO WRITE AND PUBLISH YOUR OWN BOOK IN 40 DAYS With Bob Burnham Tues, May 28 6:30-9:30 pm $49

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CREATIvE WRITING FOR BEGINNERS 1 Mon, Apr 29-Jun 3 6:30-9:00 pm $119/6 sessions CREATIvE WRITING FOR BEGINNERS 2 Wed, Apr 10-May 15 6:30-9:00 pm $119 /6 sessions

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General Interest & Personal Development Classes FRENCH FOR PARENTS Wed, Apr 3-Jun 5 6:30-8:30 pm $179/10 sessions

PILES TO FILES – SIMPLIFIED SOLUTIONS Tues, Apr 9 6:30-9:00 pm $39

COMPUTER KEYBOARDING FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS Sat, May 4-11 10:00 am -12:00 pm $59/2 sessions

Winter / Spring 2013 brochure available for download at

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION Why ECE? Because Kids Don’t Come With Instructions!

rmcollege.ca

Quality, Relevant, Lifelong Learning Certificate Programs & Courses ADMINISTRATIvE OFFICE ASSISTANT

Are you are looking to upgrade your current skills or planning a new career? This well rounded certificate program will give you a solid foundation in basic office and computer skills. You will increase your employment options for the career of your choice.

Admission Requirements: Grade 12 or mature student (over 19 and out of school for one year) Duration: 9 weeks, 225 hours (9:30-3:30 pm with evening options available for some courses)

Administrative Office Assistant Program Courses (15 core courses required, with some evening and Saturday options) • Introduction to MS Windows 7 & the Internet • Computer Keyboarding (Level 1) • Business Systems & Procedures • Computer Keyboarding (Level 2) • MS Word 2010 (Level 1) • MS Word 2010 (Level 2) • Business English & Communications • MS Excel 2010 (Level 1) • World Host Fundamentals • MS Outlook 2010 • MS Access 2010 • MS PowerPoint 2010 • Integrated Applications for MS Office Programs • Employment Preparation • Social Media for Business Program Starts Apr 8 Total cost including texts: $3,575

ADMINISTRATIvE OFFICE ASSISTANT – FINANCIAL OPTION

If you are seeking to focus on bookkeeping and accounting in order take a more specialized approach to your career, then consider the Financial Option Certificate. Your employment opportunities will include many jobs with a financial focus such as Accounting Clerk, Accounts Payable/Receivable Clerk, Invoice Clerk and Payroll Support – just to name a few.

Admission Requirements: Grade 12 or mature student (over 19 and out of school for one year) PLUS touch control of the keyboard with 20 net wpm.

Duration: 9 weeks, 225 hours (9:30-3:30pm with evening options available for some courses)

Administrative Office Assistant: Financial Option Courses (16 core courses required – with some evening and Saturday options) • Introduction to MS Windows and the Internet* • Computer Keyboarding 2 (Financial Option) • Bookkeeping 1 • Business Systems & Procedures • MS Word 2010 Level 1 • MS Word 2010 Level 2 • Business English & Communications • MS Excel 2010 Level 1* • World Host Fundamentals • MS Outlook 2010 • MS Access 2010 • MS PowerPoint 2010* • Integrated Applications for MS Office Programs • Introduction to Computerized Bookkeeping • Employment Preparation • Social Media for Business Program Starts Apr 8 Total cost including texts: $3,969

COMPUTER ACCOUNTING

Your employment options will expand with a Computer Accounting Certificate. Qualified bookkeepers are in demand and today’s employers require up-to-date training and skill sets. You will learn the core principles and theories in accounting that will enable you to transfer and cross-over these skills to other computer accounting programs.

Admission Requirements: Grade 12 or mature student (over 19 and out of school for one year) PLUS touch control of the keyboard with 20 net wpm Duration: 142 hours

Computer Accounting Program Courses (7 core courses required with 2 optional course) • Bookkeeping 1 • Accounting 2 • Accounting 3 • Introduction to MS Windows 7 & the Internet • MS Excel 2010 Level 1 • Simply Accounting Level 1 • Simply Accounting Level 2 Total cost including texts: $2,115

DENTAL RECEPTION CERTIFICATE PROGRAM There is an ongoing demand for qualified dental receptionists.

This comprehensive program provides training which includes knowledge and skills necessary for managing the daily operation of a dental office.

Graduates will be competent to perform front office and business record duties specific to the dental profession.

Admission Requirements: Grade 12 or mature student, Touch control of keyboard 25 wpm.

Attendance at an information / application session and / or submission of a 500 word essay outlining your interest in the Dental Program. Must be able to pass a criminal records check prior to practicum placement.

Duration: Total hours: 135

Dental Reception Certificate Program Courses: • Dental Program Application Session • Dental Reception I • Dental Reception II • Introduction to MS Windows and the Internet (offered Fall, Winter and Spring terms) • MS Word Level 1 (offered Fall, Winter and Spring terms) • Dental Practicum (offered Spring term) • Recommended: Computer keyboarding, for those who do not type 50 wpm Program starts September 2013 Total cost including texts: $2,165

FREE APPLICATION SESSION Jun 8 CALL TO REGISTER

FORKLIFT OPERATOR - SAFETY

Employer recognized, BC Safety Council approved, lift truck operator training/safety program. Theory with hands-on training is WorkSafe and CSA compliant. Students are required to meet the health criteria for motor vehicle licensing, fluency in written and spoken English.

Steel toed boots are recommended. Manual should be picked up at Ridge Meadows College for pre-reading. Certificate will be issued upon successful completion of theoretical and practical portions of the program.

FOODSAFE BASIC – LEvEL 1

Admission requirement: fluency in English.

B.C. Ministry of Health required sanitation program for people working in the food service industry. Graduates are registered with the B.C. Ministry of Health and will receive a FoodSafe Certificate.

Please bring your Care Card number to the class. Pick up your FoodSafe Manual one-week before the start date for pre-reading.

Sat, Apr 6 8:30 am-4:30 pm Sat, May 11 8:30 am-4:30 pm Sat, Jun 22 8:30 am-4:30 pm $76/1 session $15: Text / Certificate

FOODSAFE ADvANCED – LEvEL 2

NEW!

Prerequisite: FoodSafe Basic (Level 1) This B.C. Ministry of Health course is designed for managers, chefs and supervisory staff with experience in the food industry. Topics include: food poisoning, food protection, facilities and equipment, housekeeping and pest control, and managing sanitary practices.

Graduates are registered with the B.C. Ministry of Health and will receive a FoodSafe Advanced Certificate. Please bring your Care Card number to the class. Pick up your FoodSafe Manual one-week before the start date for pre-reading. Tuition includes book and certificate fee.

23091 Thurs/Sat, Apr 11 & 13 Thurs 5:00-9:00 pm, Sat 8:00 am-4:30 pm $169/2 sessions $25: Text / Certificate

BUILDING SERvICE WORKER

Master the essentials of commercial and institutional building maintenance. Learn the proper techniques for cleaning, safe operation of equipment, and receive WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System) certification. Theory with hands-on instruction.

Admission requirements: grade 10 and fluency in English.

Mon-Thurs, Apr 8-May 1 6:00-10:00 pm Mon-Thurs, Jun 3-26 6:00-10:00 pm $789/15 sessions Samuel Robertson Technical School $40 material fee

WORKSAFE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS CALL FOR INFORMATION ON WORKSAFE FOR YOUR BUSINESS: Custom programs Admission requirements: Fluency in English and 17 years of age.

Certificate requirements: Each program requires participants to take four to seven core topics. Students are tested on the core topics at the end of each program to qualify for certification. Each program also includes elective topics and/ or workshops that may be offered on the basis of student need and instructor availability. Programs may be delivered at Ridge Meadows College or at workplace sites. Please call for more information regarding customized WorkSafe training for your workers, at your worksite.

• Hazard Recognition and Control • Joint Health and Safety Committee Training • Occupational Health and Safety in Small Business • Preventing Workplace Violence • Supervisor Safety Management • Preventing and Investigating Musculoskeletal Injury (MSI) (Sprains and Strains) • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)

The Early Childhood Education Program (ECE) prepares students to work in a variety of early learning settings such as preschool, private kindergarten, Strong Start, child care, or community recreation courses for young children. Successful completion of 15 courses, including three practicum courses, qualifies students to apply for provincial licensure as an Early Childhood Educator. Licensed graduates may ladder into post-basic diploma programs, or into Child and Youth Care degree programs at other institutions. (Graduates do not qualify as teachers in the public school system.)

Admission Requirements: Secondary school (grade 12) or equivalent, or acceptance under mature student status.

Duration: 908 hours Application for admission is required

Program Requirements: • ECE01 & 02 Child Growth & Development I & II • ECE03 Foundations in ECE • ECE04 Health, Safety and Nutrition • ECE05 Creative Art • ECE06 & 07 Curriculum I & II • ECE08 Language and Literature • ECE09 Guiding Behaviour • ECE10 Music & Movement • ECE11 Math, Science & Technology • ECE12 Child, Family & Community • ECEP01-03 Practicum I / II / III

Spring ECE courses: ECE07 Curriculum II Thurs, Apr 4-Jun 20 6:30-9:30 pm Workshop session: Sat, Jun 8 9:00am-3:30 pm Wed, Apr 17-Jun 26 9:00 am-12:00 pm Workshop session: Sat, Jun 8 9:00 am-3:30 pm $559 ECE11 Math Science & Technology Wed, Apr 17-Jun 26 12:30-3:30pm 3 hours field work required $459 ECE10 Music & Movement Tues, Apr 30-Jun 25 6:30-9:30 pm $389 ECE12 Child Family & Community Mon, Apr 29-Jun 24 9:00 am-3:30 pm $559 Sat, Apr 6-Jun 22 9:00 am-3:30 pm

Summer Intensive ECE courses: ECE11 Math Science & Technology Mon-Fri, Jul 8-12 8:30 am-4:00 pm ECE08 Language & Literature Mon-Fri, Jul 15-19 8:30 am-4:00 pm ECE04 Health Safety and Nutrition Mon-Fri, Jul 22-26 8:30 am-4:00 pm

$459 $459 $389

CLEARING CLUTTER – SIMPLIFIED SOLUTIONS Tues, Apr 23 6:30-9:00 pm $39 PUBLIC SPEAKING BOOT CAMP With Maria Gallo Sat, Apr 6-13 12:00 pm $78/2 sessions

COMPUTERS FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS Sat, May 25-Jun 15 10:00 am -12:00 pm $109/4 sessions

SPEAK! TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS With Maria Gallo Sat, May 11 9:30-noon

FINDING YOUR FAMILY TREE: AN INTRODUCTION TO GENEALOGY With Rob Whitlock Tues, May 14 - Jun 4 7:00-9:00 pm $109/4 sessions

ASSERTIvENESS With William Duncan Thurs May 2-23 6:30-9:30 pm $149/4 sessions

$39

PEAK PERFORMANCE AND SELF ESTEEM With William Duncan Wed, Apr 3-24 6:30-9:30 pm $149/4 sessions Wed, May 29-Jun 19 6:30-9:30 pm $149/4 sessions

ZUMBA© With Shannon & Sandi Tues, Apr 2-May 21 7:00-8:00 pm $64/8 sessions $10/drop-in ZUMBA© With Kathy White Thurs, Apr 4-Jun 6 7:00-8:00 pm $79/10 sessions $10/drop-in

SPANISH BEGINNERS Mon, Apr 8-Jun 10 6:30-8:00 pm $159/10 sessions

PILATES With Kathy White Mon, Apr 8-Jun 3 9:30-10:30 am $72/9 sessions $10/drop-in Wed, Apr 10-Jun 12 6:30-7:30 pm $79/10 sessions $10/drop-in

SPANISH INTERMEDIATE Wed, Apr 10-Jun 12 8:00-9:30 pm $159/10 sessions

INTRODUCTION TO THE SWORD With The Ring of Steel: Braun McAsh, Sword master for “Highlander” TV series!

Sat, Apr 13 9:30-11:30 am $39 THE RAPIER With The Ring of Steel: Braun McAsh, Sword master for “Highlander” TV series!

Sat, Apr 27-Jun 1 9:30-11:30 am $199/6 sessions DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY: THE DSLR With Eric Svendsen Wed, Apr 3-May 22 7:00-9:00 pm $199/8 sessions MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY With Eric Svendsen Mon, May 6-Jun 10 7:00-9:30 pm $149/6 sessions HOW TO GET BETTER GRADES IN SCHOOL With Terry Small Wed, Apr 17 7:00-8:30 pm $45 / family HOW TO START A SMALL BUSINESS Tues, Apr 9-May 14 7:00-9:00 pm No Class April 15 $129/5 sessions

SPANISH FOR TRAvELERS Mon, Apr 8-Jun 10 8:00-9:30 pm $159/10 sessions SPANISH FOR TRAvELERS 2 Wed, Apr 10-Jun 12 6:30-8:00 pm $159/10 sessions ITALIAN CONvERSATION Tues, Apr 9-Jun 11 6:00-7:30 $159/10 sessions – $10 supply fee HOLISTIC NUTRITION: ALLERGIES Thurs, Apr 18 7:00-9:00 pm

$24

HOLISTIC NUTRITION: ADRENAL FATIGUE & NUTRITION Thurs, May 23 7:00-9:00 pm

$24

GARDENING 101 – THINKING SPRING Wed, Apr 3-24 7:00-9:00 pm $96/4 sessions HERBS – GROWING AND ENjOYING Sat, Apr 6-20 9:00-10:30 am

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People’s Choice Award to be voted on by Metro Vancouver residents

GVHBA introduces new Ovation Award For the first time, the Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association is asking people in Metro Vancouver to vote for their favourite new or renovated project with their People’s Choice Award. The new award will be handed out at the gala ceremony with the other categories on April 20.

To vote for the People’s Choice Award, visit your local Black Press newspaper site and click on the Contests link, or visit http://bit. ly/2013GVHBA. You are able to vote for your favourite project up to five times per day. Voting will end on March 24.

Voters will be entered to win a LUX 550 Cart Model barbecue valued at

$1,100, sponsored by FortisBC. The Ovation Awards are in their fourth year, and honour the best of the best in renovation, new-home construction and design. Among the finalists this year are My House Design/ Build Team, ParkLane Homes and Portrait Homes.

“High-quality home building and renovation are hugely important to the homeowners of Metro Vancouver,” says GVHBA CEO Bob de Wit. “The Ovation Awards recognize the industry’s leaders in innovation and excellence.”

For a full list of categories and finalists, visit www.ovationawards.ca.

areas, with large porcelain tiles in the den and carpeting in the bedrooms.

The modern bathrooms have their own porcelain tiles and polished quartz countertops, as well as a fantastic soaker tub and an enclosed glass shower in select ensuites.

Bosa is known for putting homeowners first, and this is readily apparent at Pacific Point. Little touches like full-size stacking washer and dryers and soft-close doors and drawers in the kitchen are simple things that make

everyone’s life easier (and quieter!)

On the property, homeowners will have access to a swimming pool, hot tub and steam room, as well as a huge fitness studio and yoga room and a lounge with a pool table.

Outside, everything you can possibly imagine is within walking distance, from dining at the amazing restaurants to shopping at a local boutique.

Homes start at $374,900. For more information, visit pacificpointcondos. com or call 604-685-0855.

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Bosa Developments is bringing high sophistication to Yaletown with its newest offering, Pacific Point. Not only will buyers be able to experience all the benefits of living in such a vibrant neighbourhood, but they can also sleep soundly with the peace of mind that comes from purchasing a property from real estate icon Nat Bosa.

“It’s rare that Nat Bosa puts his name to something,” says George Wong of Magnum Projects. “This is one of those rare opportunities.”

Pacific Point started life as a rental property, but Bosa saw the opportunity to purchase the development and turn the homes into condominiums.

Everything in the suites is brand-new, including the appliances, decor and plumbing.

“This is the first thing that has caught his eye in a long time,” Wong says, adding “he fell in love with the location.”

Yaletown is the perfect place for couples and professionals of all ages who are looking to take advantage of the night life and entertainment that is located in the neighbourhood. Wong says that many of the people who have pre-registered to see the homes are current Yaletown residents, young couples and empty nesters.

“This is not only sophisticated Yaletown, but it’s grown-up Yaletown,” says Wong. “You cannot find something better.”

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This is not only sophisticated Yaletown, but it’s grown-up Yaletown,” says George Wong of Magnum Projects.

Pacific Point features 214 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom homes in a variety of floorplans ranging from 450 to 1,680 square feet. One of the highlights of the homes is the simply gorgeous views from every suite of False Creek, George Wainborn Park, David Lam Park, English Bay and downtown Vancouver.

Inside, each condo is made for luxury, with high-end kitchens, elegant living areas and beautiful bathrooms.

The kitchens feature a quartzslab backsplash, polished quartz countertops and stainless-steel appliances, complemented by undercabinet task lighting and imported Italian Armony Cucine cabinetry, which also appears in the bathrooms.

Laminate flooring is included throughout most of the main living

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The homes at Bosa Development’s Pacific Point feature tons of natural light from the expansive windows, above, laminate flooring throughout the main living areas, left, and imported Italian Armony Cucine cabinetry in the kitchens, top.

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You can find out why you don’t qualify and set about fixing the problem, or you can see whether someone else will lend you money based on your current situation.

Vivian Hatiras, a mortgage specialist with TD Canada Trust, says nobody likes to be turned down for a mortgage, but it doesn’t necessarily mean there aren’t ways to change your current situation to make it more acceptable to a lending institution. She says the information you receive from your banker can be used to improve your financial picture so you can come back and ask for a revised approval.

“If, for instance, you have some unfortunate credit events in your past, your credit can often be rehabilitated in as little as a year, depending on the problems. It might be that simple.”

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Brandee McWhinney is a mortgage expert with Dominion Lending Centres. co-signer, that can improve your situation, as well. Finding a copurchaser is another good way to resolve the issue.

Asking your bank if they have alternative lending channels is one more route to try, says Hatiras.

Alternative channels will have different rates and approval criteria.

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You might also want to check with a credit union. They are regulated provincially, and can still offer mortgages longer than 25 years, which could help with payments.

Next on the list of options, says McWhinney, are mortgage investment corporations. They are basically groups of investors who pool their cash to lend out. Because they take a higher risk, they typically charge a higher rate. However, they are regulated, which provides safeguards to borrowers., and they don’t always look as hard at income, but more at the value of the property.

Individual lenders are another source of mortgage money. These are basically people with money who are willing to lend. There are no set standards for this kind of mortgage, although it still has to be registered, and McWhinney says it’s likely the lender will be very thorough in her due diligence, particularly with regards to ensuring property value.

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“What you can get in terms of a mortgage entirely depends on what your story is right now. However, if your story is packaged properly, and presented to the appropriate lender to suit your needs and situation, then you might not have to worry about being turned down.”

“What you can get in terms of a mortgage entirely depends on what your story is right now.”

Brandee Mcwhinney, mortgage broker Whatever your situation, says McWhinney, don’t fall into the trap of thinking you’ll automatically qualify for a mortgage just because you currently have one. The rules have changed, and you need to find out early whether you still qualify to avoid major problems down the road.

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• Incls fenced yard, new flooring in kitchen, laminate floors, 2 oversized bdrms, new roof • 2010, security system, 5 pc en suite, stacking washer/dryer, raised white cabinets, gas f/p • Centre of complex away from the road, within view of the children’s playground.

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Triple carports 24’ x 22 and 11’ x 20’ Workshop 25’ x 20’, large yard.

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• Close to Westview & Laityview Schools.

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• Well kept 3 level split home.

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Falcon Manor

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259,000 484,900

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259,000 484,800

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OPEN SUN 1 - 4 Sommerville Gardens.

Shows like new, back onto park.

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3 bdrms, 2.5 baths, vaulted ceilings in family room, gas f/p in living room.

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• Near shopping and schools.

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• Like no other....

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• Over $50,000 in renovations, by custom craftsman.

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OPEN SUN 1 - 4 18816 121B Ave • Custom built basement entry home in Pitt Meadows • Close to parks, schools, trans.

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• Golden Ears & Pitt Meadows Airport view.

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22815 126b Avenue, Maple Ridge This stunning great room plan has 3 huge BR’s on the mainfloor, 2 full baths up, & vaulted ceilings in great room. 2 separate laundries and a flex room & full bath by the front door perfect for a home office, nanny suite, or recroom. 2 BR suite has a separate entrance.

Detached 2508 sq ft end unit rowhouse in Kingfisher with 3 BR’s & den, great room plan, & gourmet kitchen. Double garage and private yard. Beautifully decorated & move in ready. Walk or bike the Fraser River trails from your doorstep!

Gorgeous 1925 sq ft executive rancher with 3 BR’s plus a den. Huge dream kitchen has granite countertops & loads of cupboards, & a large dining area perfect for large family gatherings. The large master BR has a walk in closet & ensuite with a soaker tub and shower.

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Downstairs features a tandem garage & loads of storage. Complex has playground & surrounded by nature trails.

Adult oriented 19 & over complex. 3 BR and den townhome offers 1884 sq ft with amazing views of the Fraser River. Sunken livingroom with gas fp, plus large diningroom. Covered sundeck to gaze at the Fraser River.

Master BR has see through gas fp to the soaker tub and ensuite.

WOW! Over 2200 sq ft of solid quality with double garage & private yard.

Main living area has 9 ft ceilings, 2 fps, 2 eating areas, & kitchen with center island. Huge bsmt with full bath - perfect for nanny suite.

Master bdrm has fp, ensuite & closet outfitted by California Closet!

18951 119th Street, Pitt Meadows Superb family neighbourhood with a 2200 sq ft 2 storey home with 3 BR’s, a den, and a great room plan on large 35 x 158 yard, and a double garage.

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Macdonald Realty Ltd.

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For the way you live

LifeStyles

Jan Hickman 604-828-3445

604-561-0053

The Realtor who unites “Hearts and Homes”

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19744 WILDWOOD CRES., PITT MEADOWS

FEELS LIKE A HOUSE

Adult living at its very best! Spacious 2 bedrooms, 2 bath, large kitchen with eating nook, separate living and dining rooms and french doors to lovely private yard. Single garage. Priced to sell $264,900.

Lock the guests away in the separate 1 bedroom guest suite that comes with this 1950 sq. ft. rancher with 3 bedrooms, 3 baths.

West coast contemporary style with windowwrapped living areas, soaring ceilings and garden area with pool & hot tub designed for easy entertaining. A must see at $648,800.

Duplex privacy in this delightful townhouse complex. Spacious 3 bedroom, 2 bath with gas fireplace, lots of kitchen cabinets & counter space and a private yard with lots of room for kids and dogs. Single garage completes this package for $269,900.

$314,900 # 112-22950 116 Ave, M.R. • Pride of ownership.

• 3 level 1,937 sq. ft. home • 3 bedrooms upstairs

289,900

$

• 3 bdrm, 3 bath on 2 flat acres • 5 mins from downtown • New roof, furance, & HWT

• Detached double garage with mechanics stand • Plus 1 bedroom suite

DESIRABLE VAL MARIA PARK

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#57 19160 119TH AVE., PITT MEADOWS • 1549 sq. ft. upper unit in Windsor Oak • 2 bedrooms, family room • Double garage, great family complex • Panoramic mountain view, overlooking park Just listed. Quick possession possible

22417 129 Avenue, Maple Ridge

• huge bedroom downstairs with a washroom – could be a suite!

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• Basement home with suite • Built in 1998 • Family room off kitchen • Double garage • Bring your offers!

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• Large 2 car garage • Move in Ready • Convenient location close to Schools & Ridge Meadows Hospital

• 4 Bed + 3 Bath • Large 9,039 sqft corner lot • Oak Cabinets • Wood burning f/p • Rec room

• Newer flooring + roof • Fenced Back Yard • View of Golden Ears

249,800

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469,000

$449,900

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Ground floor unit 2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms Large patio Insuite laundry SS appliances 1,126 sq. ft.

• 5 pc ensuite • New Granite counters • Great location • Near parks, shops, and schools

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• 5 bedroom home with basement.

• Large great room with lots of windows overlooking the yard.

• Large sundeck. New double glazed vinyl windows.

• Detached double carport. Mountain view.

• 1580 sq. ft. updated rancher with veranda and deck with built-in hot tub.

• Features a large master bedroom, ensuite.

• Open den with French doors to the rear yard.

• 75 x 130 lot with amazing landscaping.

$329,900 12275 Hillside Street, Maple Ridge • One bedroom basement home with potential.

• 11,330 sq. ft. lot (103 x 110) with official community plan potential for higher density.

• RV parking, single garage.

• Wood fireplace.

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REDUCED TO $449,900 11682 - 230B Street, Maple Ridge • Great location near elementary and high school • Near shopping, transit & rec centre.

• Nicely updated basement home. Vaulted ceiling in the kitchen. Gas fireplace in the family room • Spacious living room with a gas fireplace.

• Mountain view. Finished basement.

• Covered sundeck. Patio with hot tub.

$559,900 25184 - 117 Avenue, Maple Ridge

$515,900 13376 233 Street, Maple Ridge

Johnny Pacheco, Ron Antalek, Cory Lunsted†, Louise Antalek†, & Rob Johnson

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Starting at $329,900 Showhome at #67 11252 Cottonwood Drive • Cottonwood Ridge nicely finished new townhomes with 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.

Some have a finished basement.

• Hardwood floors, maple cabinets, granite countertops, crown moldings.

• Gas fireplace. 6 appliances and blinds included.

• Garage for 2 cars.

• Central location near schools, shopping and transit.

22308 Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge #2-19126 Ford Road, Pitt Meadows

Starting at $539,900

Showhome at 11782 236 Street • Highland Creek 2 storey homes with full daylight basements & separate entrance backing onto greenbelt.

• 1 home has finished basement. 4 & 5 bedrooms, den.

• Maple kitchen with granite countertops, island, pantry. Gas fireplace in the family room.

• Near shopping, rec centre, transit, and schools.

New Homes Starting at $459,000 Showhome at 10558 Jackson Road • Choose you new quality built home - 3 or 4 bedrooms, double, triple garage or detached garage.

• All have basements that can easily be made into an inlaw suite with a separate entrance.

• 9 foot ceilings on the main floor. Spacious maple kitchens with granite countertops & island • Gas fireplace. Includes 5 appliances, blinds & landscaping.

Starting at $314,900 Showhome at #40–23986 104 Avenue • • • • • •

Spencer Brook new townhomes, move-in ready.

9 foot ceilings on the main floor. Great room w/ FP. Maple kitchen w/ granite countertops, large island.

Some have finished basements, double garages.

6 appliances & blinds included.

Walk to the bus stop, elementary & high school.

Near shopping, Albion Sports Complex & Planet Ice.

604.466.2838 604.459.2838 Each office independently owned and operated

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®

LifeStyles Realty Is proud to acknowledge the tremendous achievements of these REALTORS®

2012 Medallion Club Top 10% of All REALTORS® in the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver

Steve Hamilton

Jan Hickman

Debbie Sheppard

Art Neufeld

Life Member 30 years

Life Member 28 years

Life Member 25 years

Diamond Master Medallion 18 Years

Helen Gambling Gold Master Medallion 11 Years

Gordon Barthels Gloria Hamilton Diamond Master Medallion 18 Years

Sandra Wyant

Terri Smith

Diamond Master Medallion 16 years

Diamond Master Medallion 15 Years

Diamond Master Medallion 15 Years

John Dale

Rob Jeeves

Justin Hennessey

Paul Craik

Anil Bharwani

Adrian Keenan

Jennifer Di Pietra

Master Medallion 9 years

Master Medallion 8 Years

Master Medallion 7 Years

Master Medallion 5 Years

Medallion 3 Years

Medallion 1 year

Medallion 1 year

Ron Antalek

Louise Antalek

President’s Club Life Member 22 years.

Medallion Team Leader

Licensed Assistant Medallion Team Member

Gary Fraipont

Lorraine Manyk

Life Member 31 Years Medallion Team Leader

Medallion Team Member

Rob Johnson

Medallion Team Member

Cory Lunsted

Licensed Assistant Medallion Team Member

Rainer Weininger Medallion 4 Years

Johnny Pacheco

Medallion Team Member

Vicki Wilson

Licensed Assistant

Thank You Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows

We would like to thank our office staff, fellow REALTORS® & especially our clients for their help & support in achieving these honours in the real estate industry. We look forward to helping you with your Real Estate needs in 2013!

22308 Dewdney Trunk Rd • Maple Ridge • 604.466.2838 #2 19126 Ford Road • Pitt Meadows • 604.459.2838 #8 8880 202 Street • Langley • 604.513.2300

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• Huge CUL-DE-SAC lot • 3 bdrm/3 bthrm, plus large games room • STUNNING VIEWS

• 4 bdrm, 4 bthrm with TRIPLE GARAGE. • FANTASTIC BACK DECK with view.

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• OVER HALF ACRE on the west side of town • 1200 square foot RANCHER • In-ground pool and BEAUTIFUL GARDENS

• 5 bdrm/4 bthrm, with BMT SUITE • Backing GREENBELT, facing ALR • Minutes to schools, shopping

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536 Cottonwood Avenue • 1/4 ACRE property in Harrison Hot Springs Village • 4 blocks to HARRISON LAKE • GREAT GARAGE

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Getting the message Madison Fraser, in Grade 10 at Garibaldi secondary, listens to ICBC road safety speaker Kevin Brooks talk about the consequences of drinking and driving on Wednesday, a kick-off to the annual pre-graduation ICBC road safety speaker program. Thirteen years ago, Brooks left a party intoxicated and drove, then crashed. His friend died and he was left paralyzed. see slideshow @ mapleridgenews.com.

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The News/sports Ramblers battle for a B.C. title

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Their team play was a little clunky, but the Maple Ridge Ramblers opened the girls tripleA basketball provincials with a 74-51 win over the Prince George Polars on Wednesday night at the Langley Events Centre.

“We had a very rough start,” said Ridge standout Kolbie Orum.

The Ramblers entered the tournament as champions of the tough Fraser Valley region, and are out to prove that their February heroics were no fluke.

Orum thought they wanted it too badly.

“The first game is always the most nerve wracking,” said the senior. “Hopefully, we can come back here tomorrow and just play.”

Orum scored 34 points on 14-for-27 shooting, and added 16 rebounds and three blocks. With Devon Cousins also grabbing 10 rebounds, the Ramblers were able to convert a high percentage of their second chances on offence.

Guard Kirby Marchand added 14 points.

The Polars played a tough inside game, and hung with the Ramblers for most of the contest.

The score after three quarters was an uncomfortable 50-37. But some key plays in the fourth quarter – a steal and a layup by Kirby Marchand, a threepointer from 10 feet beyond the arc by her twin sister Shara Marchand, and a few quick putbacks by Orum – let the Polars know there was no comeback in the offing.

Coach Don Herman was happy with his team’s work rate.

“The effort is there, but the 10 days off showed,” he said.

Inaccurate passes, trying to force the ball to players who were covered and other poor decisions gave the Ramblers a stumbling start, said Herman.

Although her point totals were a modest nine points, the coach was happy with the overall play of six-footthree Grade 10 Jane Grisley.

He was also enthused that injured point guard

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Above, Rambler Shara Marchand tries to put up a shot against Prince George’s Mavia Nijjer, while below, Devan Cousins works against Polar Olivia Letendre in the opening game of the provincial tournament.

Kate Head, who is waiting for knee surgery for torn cartilage, was able to put on a brace and spell off the Marchand twins on the perimeter.

“We have really missed her in the development of our team,” lamented the coach, but added her contribution in limited minutes will be important during the B.C. tournament.

With the game out of reach, he was able to get his entire bench into the game.

“We’re going to need to be a lot sharper against Handsworth,” said Herman, referring to their second-round opponent.

That’s a team that handed the Ramblers one of their worst losses of the season, 50-31, in December.

Notable, though was the absence of Orum, who was at a camp with the Canadian under-17 team. With her in the lineup this time, and the offence back in synch, the Ramblers like their chances.

Handsworth won their opening game convincingly, 63-43 over the tough MEI Eagles. However, the

Ramblers also plucked the Eagles 73-34 in the Fraser Valley tournament.

With a win Thursday, the Ramblers would enter the tournament semi-finals tonight at 6:15 p.m. The other team on their side of the draw favoured to make the final four is the vaunted Brookswood Bobcats, whom the Ramblers came from behind to beat 73-67 in the Valley championship game.

The toughest team in the tournament is reigning champion South Kamloops.

Herman said South Kamloops is the tournament favourite, followed by any one of eight teams which could get on a roll and win it all. South Kamloops lived up to their big billing with a 10118 win over the Mt. Baker Wild to open their tournament.

If the Ramblers can make it to the final, they will play Saturday at 4 p.m.. The bronze medal game will go at noon.

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Sneak a peek at cycling course Race the Ridge will draw top cyclists from across the province to Maple Ridge’s only stage race on April 2728.

The event will feature a brand new course for its individual time trial. Riders will have the opportunity to test themselves on the route on April 6 in Pitt Meadows, before the main event on April 27.

“We wanted to give racers a chance to check out the new time trial course in a race situation as a kind of sneak peek for Race the Ridge,” said race organizer Barry Lyster of the Local Ride Bike Shop.

“The Pitt-Polder time trial will offer unique challenges. There are some sections of very rough pavement and icy, strong headwinds off of Pitt Lake are very likely.”

The April 6 time trial will come the day before another of Lyster’s competitive cycling events, Barry’s Roubaix, a multi-lap road race using the roads and dykes of Pitt Meadows. More information about the April 6 PittPolder time trial will be announced soon.

“Those riders who choose to race the time trial the day before Barry’s Roubaix are truly hardcore,” said Lyster.

“It will be a great tuneup for Race the Ridge later in the month.”

Now in its 11th year, Race the Ridge highlights the community’s world-class cycling opportunities on scenic rural roads over three challenging stages, including a hilly road race, an individual time trial, and the actionpacked Town Core Criterium in Maple Ridge’s downtown core.

• Racers are encouraged to register for Race the Ridge, as a discounted early registration rate is available until February 28. Race and registration information can be found online at www.localride.ca.

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The News/scoreboard Hockey Planet Ice Men’s League Regular season standings

Colleen Flanagan/THE NEWS

Driving for a provincial championship There are 32 high school basketball teams taking part in the boys and girls Grade 8 invitational basketball championships, which are being hosted by Pitt Meadows secondary on Thursday through Saturday. The Pitt boys opened with a 51-18 loss to Kitsilano on Thursday, and the Marauder girls lost 39-29 to KVR Middle School of Penticton.

League scoring Division 1 Player 1. Justin Enockson, Jokers 2. Cory Bishop, Jokers 3. Randy Strange, Jokers 4. Brendan Vogt, Ramrods 5. Ryan Douglas, Broncos 6. Justin Fuller, Rednecks 7. Aaron Nikaniuk, Jokers

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Division 2 T OTL GF GA Pts W% Player 0 0 153 98 32 .695 1. Chase Shymkiw, Big Doggs 0 0 125 116 30 .652 2. Steve Reeves, Big Doggs 1 3 119 99 28 .583 3. Mike Preston, Ravens 0 2 136 124 26 .541 4. Seb Baski, Ravens 1 0 104 115 21 .456 5. Tony Elliot, Crunch 1 1 108 143 18 .375 6. Marcello Gonzales, Ravens 1 0 89 139 15 .326 7. Dallas Bishop, Crunch 8. Jason Ando, Ravens

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A 28 32 20 22 15 19 9 21

Pts PIM 62 6 50 8 43 8 42 2 41 26 40 4 39 0 37 6

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Division 3 T OTL GF GA Pts W% Player 1 2 129 90 37 .740 1. Jim Atwell, Knight Riders 0 1 140 94 35 .673 2. Dave Fuller, Knight Riders 0 1 132 115 33 .611 3. Ben Balcke, Albion Ferries 1 2 126 125 27 .519 4. Coel Wilson, Train Wreck 3 2 125 134 27 .519 5. Jiro Cruickshank, Train Wreck 1 1 98 142 18 .346 6. Mark Keates, Titans 0 1 119 159 15 .300 7. Kim Stubbert, Dewdney Devils 8. Jamie Metz, Dewdney Devils

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L 7 7 8 11 12 12 15 18

T OTL GF GA Pts W% Division 4 1 0 142 92 35 .700 Player 1. Coel Wilson, Strange Brew 2 0 121 77 34 .680 2. Evan Seminerio, Ice Hawks 1 0 148 112 33 .660 3. Andy Wallace, Mayhem 1 0 128 111 27 .540 4. Kevin Badke, All Blacks 4 0 91 110 22 .440 5. Kevin Gibson, All Blacks 1 2 106 135 21 .437 6. Damon Chase, All Blacks 1 0 102 135 19 .380 7. Jon Peters, Battalion 3 0 82 148 9 .187 8. Matt Bell, All Blacks

GP 22 18 21 19 22 24 20 23

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Pts PIM 43 9 42 18 41 16 41 10 38 22 36 12 35 77 34 8

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Female Division T OTL GF GA Pts W% Player 1 0 131 43 45 .900 1. Marna Iwanson, Mustang Sallys 1 0 120 48 35 .700 2. Lesley McPherson, Mustang Sallys 3. Dana Pretty, Twisted Sisters 1 0 64 72 27 .540 4. Glenda Dyck, Inferno 0 0 50 90 18 .360 5. Traci Wautier, Inferno 0 1 72 109 17 .340 6. Leiane Garant, Mustang Sallys 1 1 47 122 10 .200 7. Cora Bell, Straight Shooters

GP 18 23 15 21 19 24 19

G 29 23 31 23 20 24 29

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Pts PIM 49 4 48 6 46 12 45 12 44 8 42 0 36 10

Division 1 Teams Jokers Ram Rods Rednecks Broncos Prestige Worldwide

GP 23 23 25 25 24

W 18 12 10 9 9

L 3 9 14 13 13

T OTL GF GA Pts W% 1 1 156 79 38 .826 1 1 95 91 26 .565 0 1 86 133 21 .420 1 2 92 113 21 .420 1 1 106 119 20 .416

Division 2 Teams Ravens Crunch Rhinos Big Doggs Penetrators Bedrock Hammerheads Blue Bulls

GP 23 23 24 24 23 24 23

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L 7 8 8 10 12 14 15

Division 3 Teams Albion Ferries Train Wreck Knight Riders Blackhawks Dewdney Devils Grillers Titans

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Division 4 Teams All Blacks Strange Brew Ice Hawks Sabres Mayhem Mako Misfits Battalion Mission Brutes

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Female Division Teams Mustang Sallys Inferno Straight Shooters Blue Ice Twisted Sisters R.B.

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aige Charron apparently has no problem poking fun at herself, and her self-effacing humour got lots of ammunition from a recent health appraisal.

The Maple Ride contestant in the Kin’s Green Fighter contest is out to improve her overall health in 13 weeks. She is one of 13 chosen from some 240 applicants in the Lower Mainland.

Charron is also a former cancan dancer who knew she had let her fitness slide in her 40s.

As part of a contestant support package valued at more than $2,000, she was given a free body scan by Body Comp Imaging in Vancouver Charron said she should be in the range of 25 to 38 per cent body fat, and she came in at 40.3 per cent.

Honest to a fault, the analyst told Charron she has about a quarter cup of extra fat on the back of her left arm, as compared with the right.

“So that’s super flattering.”

When they measured

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Paige Charron takes part in a Zumba class. her cardiovascular fitness, she realized that her get-fit decision comes in the nick of time.

“I was really terrible on the treadmill,” she said.

“I’m not obese, but I’m not fit. After only nine minutes I was all red faced.”

They also did physical testing.

“They measured my flexibility, how high I could jump ... it was hilarious,” she said.

After a half day of testing, Charron could only be truly happy with her bone density. Her leg

strength was equally solid.

“You let yourself go slowly, and this was a reality check.”

Her diet will get a makeover thanks to $25 worth of free produce from Kin’s Market every week. She is paying attention to her caloric intake. She noted that two glasses of wine were costing her about 330 calories.

“I was pretty choked at that.”

Charron is cutting her beer, wine, and carbohydrate intake, while mov-

ing toward more fruit, vegetables and protein.

“It’s something I’ve never done before,” she noted. “I love fat – last year I made a chocolate bacon cake.”

She gets a free gym membership and personal training consultation, and has also done her own research on myfitnesspal.com to find routines that will work for her.

She will take advantage of the free gym and swimming, but also joined the Pitt Meadows Paddling Club and is enthusiastically falling into the Zumba trend.

The former member of the Golden Spike cancan group of Port Moody loves the Latin dancing, and that’s motivational.

“I really need to do stuff I enjoy.”

The goal is to get exercise five days per week and eat right, and the measuring stick will be a second body scan after 13 weeks. The big prize is a cruise to a sunny destination.

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Community Calendar

C Aging Gracefully Speaker Series Challenges of Being a Caregiver to an Aging Parent Whether caring for your aging parent has come on you suddenly due to parental injury or illness, or is a role you have been gradually assuming, this is often a daunting task. This workshop will explore some potential challenges such as changes in roles, sibling relationships and being stuck in the middle between one’s parents and children. In the face of these stressors, it is vital that caregivers take care of their own physical and mental health. Participants will gain an understanding of how certain messages, demands or beliefs can contribute to stress and burnout. They will also learn how to recognize the signs of burnout, and discover ways to deal with caregiver stress.

Thursday, March 21, 2013, 6:30-8:30 pm, Fraser Valley Library, Maple Ridge Branch 130–22470 Dewdney Trunk Road Free event. Refreshments provided. Please register at 604–786–7404 or e-mail: htreleaven@shaw.ca Dorothy Leclair is a Support and Education Coordinator at the Alzheimer Society of B.C.’s North Fraser Resource Centre. A lifelong educator, she began her Alzheimer journey as the full-time care-partner for her mother in 2000, and has volunteered and worked for the Alzheimer Society for over eight years.

Mark Your Calendar for the Remainder of the Series!

April 18 6:30–8:30pm Seniors Housing and Home Support Options May 16 6:30–8:30pm Staying Healthy: Proactive Aging June 20 6:30–8:30pm Ask the Expert Panel Discussion

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ommunity Calendar lists events in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. Notices are free to local non-profit groups courtesy of The News. Drop off details to 22328 119 Ave., fax to 604-463-4741 or e-mail newsroom@mapleridgenews. com at least a week before the event. Include a contact name and number. (No submissions by phone.) Listings appear as space permits. For guaranteed publication, ask our classified department at 604-467-1122 about non-profit rates.

Friday, March 8 • The Eric Langton Parent Advisory Council (PAC) is hosting its fourth annual trivia night “A Journey Through Time” to raise funds for the purchase of a class set of iPads, which can be a big asset for children with special learning needs.

For tickets please contact president@ericlangtonpac.ca. Prices are $15 each, $25 for two and $96 for a table of eight. This is an adults-only event. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

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• Glenwood Elementary School will be having its annual Rainy Day Carnival at 21410 Glenwood Ave. Round up your gang and come on down from 5-8 p.m., for a funfilled, western-themed night of games, prizes, bouncy obstacle course, cake walk, basket raffle, 50/50 and yummy food from Wings Outdoor Grill.

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Enter your completed passport for a chance to win one of eight Easter Basket prizes! Visit www.downtownmapleridge.ca or call 467-2420 for details and participating businesses.

Saturday, March 9 • The Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir and UBC Opera will present a concert at The ACT (11944 Haney Pl.) at 8 p.m.

The choir delivers some of its favourites and new, including some delightful Canadiana, with their inimitable all-male voice ensemble, resonance and energy. The UBC Opera students contrast this with stunning solo and group performances. Tickets cost $25 for adults, $22 for seniors or $10 for students. Children under 12 are free with a paying adult.

Thursday, March 14 • The Ex-Service Women’s Club is holding its monthly meeting at the Royal Canadian Legion, 12101 224th St. Lunch will be provided at noon and business at 1 p.m.

• Ridge Meadows Youth Diversion will be holding its AGM from 7-9 p.m. at Westview Secondary School, 20905 Wicklund Ave. The keynote speaker will be Joe Roberts, the Skid Row CEO. He is an inspirational example of overcoming adversity. In 1989 he was living under a bridge as a homeless skid row addict.

Today he is an author, CEO and internationally sought-after speaker who motivates and inspires audiences worldwide.

Tickets will be available at the door or in advance at youthdiversion.eventbrite.ca.

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Tuesday, Mar. 12 • Whonnock Weavers and Spinners Guild will be meeting at Whonnock Lake Centre on March 12 at 7:30 p.m. We encourage visitors, guests, and new or potential members to join us. Besides spinners and weavers, we welcome felters, knitters, basket makers, and anyone interested in any other fibre arts. For more information, please call Marie at (604) 462-9059.

• The Municipal Pension Retirees Association will hold a meeting at 10:15 a.m. at the Maple Ridge Library with a speaker on the topic of emergency preparedness. Call Fern at 463-8669.

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Sunday, March 17 • The Golden Ears Metis Society is offering an event titled How to Research Your Genealogy from 2-4 p.m. at the South Bonson Community Centre, 10932 Barnston View Road, Pitt Meadows. This event is free and open to any people living in Maple Ridge or Pitt Meadows who believe they may have Metis ancestry – non-members welcome. Laurel Katernick, Director of Central Registry of Metis Nation B.C. will discuss the process of proving ancestry and obtaining Metis Citizenship.

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Publication: Agassiz Harrison Observer (BCNG)

Friday, March 15 • The Maple Ridge Historical Society is seeking musical groups to submit applications to perform at the Music on the Wharf Concert Series, and the deadline is March 15. The series will be July 8 and 22 and August 12 and 26. The series is a unique performance opportunity held on the Port Haney Wharf. In its 17th year, the concert series is well established and well attended.

For submission requirements and mailing information please visit: www.mapleridgemuseum. blogspot.ca. Submissions due by 4 p.m.

• The Soli Deo Gloria Ballet presents Ode to the Broken at Maple Ridge Christian Reformed Church, 20245 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Free admission, but must be reserved in advance. A free will offering will be taken. Email office@ mapleridgecrc.com or call 604465-9416. For information see www.solideoballet.com.

Monday, March 18 • ARMS will be holding its spring break Lifestyles Eco-Camp from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Rivers Heritage Centre, 24959 Alouette Rd. Kids learn how to grow sugar and borax crystals, make their own soaps and candles with materials found outdoors; do nature photography and more. Cost is $55 per day or $180 for the week. Call Nicole Driedger at 604-467-6401 or email education@alouetteriver. org. More information at www. recreg4u.ca.

InterIor to Lower MaInLand transMIssIon Project constrUctIon UPdate Construction work for the new transmission line continues. Current activities are focused on:

that drives bullying? Moderator will be Larry Green.

Publication: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News (BCNG)

Thursday, March 21 • Cinema Politica offers Last Call at the Oasis, a film that looks at the global water crisis which will be the central issue facing our world this century. From the production company created “An Inconvenient Truth”, and “Food Inc”., this film spans the globe to highlight how water shortage issues affect people. From 6:30-9 p.m. at Maple Ridge Municipal Hall, Council Chambers. This is a free event. See ridgemeadows@ cinemapolitica.org.

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With heavy hearts we announce the passing of our beloved mother Mary Ella Noel, on the 4th of March 2013. Ella is survived by her daughters; Donna, Linda, Brenda, Patsy, and her sons; Eric, Richard, Leon, and David. She leaves behind her sisters, Catherine, Ann, Margret, Julia , Florence, and joins her brothers William and Angus. She will be remembered by her many grandchildren, great, and great great grandchildren.

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Anthony & Diane Rolfe of Maple Ridge, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter,

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BIRTHS

Remembering and celebrating the life of Steven Jan Bouwhuis DECEMBER 19, 1969 – MARCH 10, 2008 Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation gratefully acknowledges the generous gift of $10,000 made in Steve’s memory, on the 5th anniversary of his passing, by his parents, Hennie and Susanna Bouwhuis.

“Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality.”

—Emily Dickinson

Joan was born November 14th, 1930 in Vancouver B.C. and raised in Port Coquitlam. When she married Alan in 1954, she moved to Vernon to raise a family. She returned to the Coast in 1981, then returned to Vernon in 2007, where she resided until she passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on March 2nd, 2013. She will be lovingly remembered by her sons and daughters: Brock Hassell (Karen), Kathleen Crockett (Glen), Dennis Hassell (Linda), Carole Rooney (Frank), Sheila Hughes (Randy), Colleen Lalonde and foster daughter Louise Robinson (Joe).

Joan will also be forever remembered by her grandchildren: Auralie Westie, Joshua and Jesse Crockett (Harmony), Amanda Rooney, Lauren and Clayton Hassell, Miranda Knight Walker (Jared), Graham Hassell and Sophie Hughes. She is also survived by her loving brother Geoff Clayton of Maple Ridge, B.C., four adored great-grandchildren: Carly, Jackson, Solomon and Noah; many nieces, nephews, extended family members and countless friends. Joan was predeceased by: her parents Eric and Olive Clayton, husband Alan in 1992, sister Kay Grootendorst and grandson Jeremiah Crockett. Joan kept her amazing sense of humour until her last breath, and went peacefully to join those who went before her whom she missed so much.

Cremation will precede a Celebration of Joan’s Life, which will be held at First Baptist Church in Vernon on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. with Pastor Karl Jensen officiating. A reception will follow at the Alliance Church Hall.

The family would like to thank Dr. Borchert and those wonderful care aides and nurses (you know who you are) of Creekside Landing that gave so much of themselves to our mom over her last few years.

As an expression of sympathy, those who wish to do so may send donations, in memory of Joan, to the First Baptist Church in Vernon, or to World Vision.

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A Millwright is required to maintain machinery and equipment at Ocean’s Lower Mainland Ready-Mix plants.

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12145 Laity St. in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Our experienced staff offer a developmentally appropriate curriculum that follows the Early Learning Framework.

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Full Time - Day & Nights Casual Part Time & Saturdays Class 1 license req. Preference will be given to applicants with previous Super B & Mountain driving experience.

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SUMAS TRANSPORT INC. is a locally owned & operated transport company with a Competitive Compensation Package.

FARM WORKERS

AUJLAS’ FARMS LTD FARM LABOURERS required 5 or 6 Days/Week 40 or 50 Hours/Week $10.25/Hour Horticultural work such as: Planting, pruning, spacing and harvesting the crop.

Employment starts early July’13 Submit your application to: Phone: 604-465-8153 or by Fax:604-465-9340 or by mail:12554 Woolridge Rd., Pitt Meadows, B.C. V3Y 1Z1

Interested applicants please fax resume and drivers abstract Attn. Darcy (1)604-852-2650 or e-mail leslie@sumastransport.ca

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REGISTER NOW FOR SEPTEMBER 2013 ACCOUNTING/ BOOKKEEPING

Accounts Payable/Payroll Clerk We are a successful mid-sized Abbotsford based private company with a 45 year history in the agriculture sector with an opening for a highly efficient, organized accounts payable and payroll clerk.

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$100-$400 CASH DAILY for Landscaping Work!

Competitive, Energetic, Honesty a MUST!

TEAM DRIVERS required for regular USA runs. Must have 2 years mountain and highway experience and a clean driving record. $22.50 per hour. Contact Ron Hutton at Coastal Pacific Xpress at 604-5750983 ext 351 or fax resume to 604575-0973

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Duties will include general farm labour, planting, pruning, fertilizing, weeding, picking, and all other farm duties. Work will be physically demanding; handling heavy loads and standing for long periods of time.

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LAKESIDE PRE-SCHOOL

AM & PM Classes avail Bright, well-equipped facility

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for Maple Ridge stable

Sat & Sun mornings.

Ad Control / Sales Support The Langley Times has a full time position for an Ad Controller/Sales Support. The position requires an organized individual with an ability to multi-task in a fast-paced team environment. Strong written and verbal communication skills, knowledge of Microsoft and Excel applications and attention to detail are also requirements.

Responsibilities of the position include booking and trafficking advertising and yer distribution, plus some general ofďŹ ce and reception duties. You will be at the centre of the action contributing to a team of dynamic sales, marketing and creative professionals.

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GREENHOUSE WORKERS Local cut-flower greenhouse operator in Maple Ridge, looking for P/T & F/T individuals.

Job involves the harvesting of flowers, and physically demanding greenhouse work. Must have own transportation & be able to work flexible hrs including wknds.

Greenhouse exp an asset.

Apply by fax or email: 866-262-7751 albionfreesia@telus.net

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Hours: Mon.-Fri. 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

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Dental and extended medical benefit plan after 3 months.

Apply in person w/resume & ref’s. A5, 19327 94th Ave, Sry.

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JANITOR/MAINTENANCE Gregg Distributors located in Langley requires an individual to look after daily janitorial and maintenance duties. Experience with office and warehouse janitorial equipment is an asset.

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Email resume to: subway_careers@shaw.ca

LANDSCAPE LABOURERS

SHAKE & SHINGLE LIQUOR STORE

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STAVE LAKE Cedar Mills, in Dewdney, BC is looking for labourers and experienced shingle packers.

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Yorkshire TimberWise WFencing WDecking WGates WPergolas Fully Insured ~ Free Quotes WARRANTY ON ALL WORK

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101 - 19070 Lougheed Hwy, Pitt Meadows A - 20779 Lougheed Hwy Maple Ridge Your local natural stone distributors. Custom made Granite Countertops.

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(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services.

HUNGRY PAINTERS ceiling, walls, trim, power washing Int/Ext Spray, Brush & Roll 604-467-2532

HANDYPERSONS

ARRANGE HANDYMAN Design, Renovations & Repairs Call Glenn @ 778-873-8300

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Additions, Home Improvements Restorations, Renovations, & New Construction.

Specializing in Concrete, Forming, Framing & Siding. 604-218-3064

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604-618-6401 Marcel Repairs, Maintenance, Renovation Guaranteed work, Free Estimate

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K & J Complete Painting and Home Services Ask about our Specials Int/Ext Res/Comm New CST W home cleaning provided W 10% discount on all quotes 1 hour free consultation with designer with every accepted job

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Specializing in Renos New Const, (Comm./Res.) Free Estimates

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Serving Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows since 1978

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

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$45/Hr

From 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free Estimate/Senior Discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

Landscape Maintenance

DECADENT RELAXING FULL BODY SWEDISH MASSAGE *PRIVATE *EUROPEAN From $65 & up. 604.230.4444

MOVING & STORAGE

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable.

Rates. Different From the Rest.

604-721-4555.

$20/hr. Min. 3 hrs.

F All types of concrete work F F Re & Re F Forming F Site prep FDriveways FExposed FStamped F Bobcat Work F WCB Insured

40320351 - 122 Ave., 123 Ave., 216 St., Stonehouse Ave.

MISC SERVICES

Local & Long Distance

EAGLE TILE

Call Marie 604-467-1118

40320350 - 124 Ave., 214 St., Carlton St., Cherry Pl., Laity St.

604.476.2740

Lawn Care Weeding W New Turf Fertilizing W Moss Control Power Raking W Aeration

AFFORDABLE MOVING

* Move- ins / Out * Staging *Inside Windows / Blinds * Organizing Gift Cards for any occasion

40310316 - 115 Ave., 207 St., 207A St., 209 St., Golf Lane, River Rd., Steeves St.

brian@mapleridgenews.com

Gardening Flower Beds W Allan Blocks Bark Mulch W River Lava Rock

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ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

40310301 - 117 Ave., 215 St., 216 St., Berry Ave., Darby St., Holly St., River Rd.

Circulation

Trimming W Pruning W Topping Clean-upW Garbage Removal

604-465-1311

PERSONAL SERVICES

40220266 - 122 Ave, 221 St, Davison St, Moody St.

I=: C:LH

S. H. LANDSCAPING TREE SERVICES

$59.00 Per Ton

Window Cleaning, Pressure Washing, Gutter Cleaning. Free Est. (604)465-1302 / 604-786-3466

40220264 - Evans St, Manor Ave, 216 St, 123 Ave, 124 Ave

Watch for Updates

604.465.2944

Fencing & Allan Block

604-618-6401 Marcel.

Ceramic Tiles, Hardwood Laminate Guaranteed work, Free Estimate.

GARDENING

LANDSCAPING

Den’s GarDENing Services Winter & Spring cleanups, Hedges, Rubbish removal, Topping, Pruning, Wind or Snow damage & removals, Chipping & Stump grinding.

www.yorkshiretimberwise.ca

FLOOR REFINISHING/ INSTALLATIONS

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300

Meadows Landscape Supply

mariescustomizedcleaning @gmail.com

Available routes in Pitt Meadows

Bsmt suites, bathrooms, windows siding, H/W tank installation, etc NO JOB TOO SMALL

604-475-7077

15% SENIORS DISCOUNT lawn cuts, aerating, leaf cleanup, pruning, hedge trimming, trees, 23 yrs. exp. Free est. Brad 778-552-3900

Peggy 604-880-1969

Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows NEWS

40400437 - Blake Loop (13625–13693), 228 St, 228A St, 228B St

• ELECTRICAL • FULL PLUMBING SERVICES • HVAC GAS FITTING *Free Est. *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service

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Earn Extra Cash!

40400432 - Docksteader Loop, Docksteader Cir., Forman Dr.

C & C Electrical Mechanical

Required immediately Brake mechanic, CFV, Position is full time, Wage & benefit pkg

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40220262 - 124 Ave, 216 St, Exeter Ave, Spring Cres, Thornton Ave

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

MECHANIC

Send resume to:

Available routes in Maple Ridge

287

TRADES, TECHNICAL

Email: hr@jakesconstruction.ca | Fax: 604-702-5609 02/13H_JC28

ACCOUNTING/TAX/ BOOKKEEPING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

CHOICE RENOVATIONS

7 Days / Week

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PIPELAYER req’d w/exp. in Residential Draintile/SewerConnections.

Fax 604-460-7853 or email: wmader@telus.net

The successful candidate must be certified with a minimum of 5years experience in field. Skills included ability to repair, troubleshoot, adjust, overhaul and maintain mobile heavy-duty equipment used in construction, transportation, and mining.

ELECTRICAL

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

Call Larry/Jason 604 826-9119 or email sympaper@telus.net

Jakes Construction Ltd has openings for experienced

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HOME CARE

We thank all applicants but only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.

160

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

Call John 604.836.1563

SHOP from HOME!

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A-1 CONTRACTING. Renos. Bsmt, kitchens, baths, custom cabinets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks, fencing, reroofing. Dhillon 604-782-1936.

JAGUAR LANDSCAPING Lawn & Garden Service.

Design, Pruning, Lawns, Cleanups, Comm/ Res. (604)466-1369

PLUMBING

360 PLUMBING & HEATING. Gas, plumbing, heating, reno’s, repairs.

20 years exp., reliable & courteous.

Lic’d. Bonded. Jack 778-835-4416

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 338

PLUMBING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 374

TREE SERVICES

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 548

FURNITURE

#1 Cash Buyer ~ Since 1987 ~ Your LOCAL Tree Service, For Honest Prices & Quality Work

FULL PLUMBING SERVICES • Hvac Gas Fitting • Electrical *Free Est. *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service

C & C Electrical Mechanical

604-475-7077

Call Scott at 604-618-0333 Certified Arborist

100% Heating & Plumbing 24/7

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RELIABLE & AFFORDABLE

Journeyman Call 604-345-0899

$$CASH $$ for your furniture, tools, electronics, antiques, appliances, computers & collectibles.

TREE & STUMP removal done RIGHT!

560

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APARTMENT/CONDO

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Polo Club Apartments

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Full time caretaker.

MOVE IN INCENTIVES Seniors Discount CALL ANYTIME TO VIEW 778-839-4691

Derek Manor 2048 Manning Ave. Port Coq ~ 604-941-5452 or 604-944-7889 FREE PREMIUM CABLE $80 Value

HOMES WANTED

APARTMENT/CONDO

M.RIDGE Central. Spacious 1 bdrm apt. Deck, ldry fac Prkg. ns/np. $650. Avail now 604-937-3534.

1 Bdrm suite $775 2 Bdrm suite $895

No pets ~ Ref’s req’d.

S Incl heat/hot wtr, wndw cvrngs S Close to bus stop S Walk to shpng/medical/WCE S Across from park w/Mtn views S Gated parking and Elevator S Adult oriented building S References required CALL FOR APPOINTMENT

604-464-3550

WE BUY HOUSES Damaged House? Pretty House?

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604.657.9422

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633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

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PETS

Liability Insurance/BBB/10% off with ad

604.562.0957 or 604.961.0324 New home w/riverview in Ruskin.

Pet/fam ok. $89,800 with $505 pad rent. Chuck 604-830-1960.

604-572-3733 T & K Haulaway

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BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOGS, pure bred at Diesel Kennel, 3 male, $1500. each. Call (604)869-5073 CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

New SRI *1152 sq/ft Double wide $77,900. *14x70 Full gyproc single wide - loaded $69,900.

Repossessed mobile, manufactured & modulars. Chuck 604-830-1960.

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Difficulty Making Payments?

No Equity? Expired Listing? Penalty?

We Take Over Payments! No Fees! www.GVCPS.ca / 604-786-4663 Great Pyrenees pups, M/F, 11 weeks, 1st/2nd shot, parents on site. $500/ea. (604)798-5069

TOPSOIL

www.jonesbroscartageltd.com

372

SUNDECKS

Certified Crime Free Clean, Quiet Building for Mature Adults Only.

1 Bdrm. gas F/P.

Maple Ridge

700 ITALIAN MASTIFF(Cane Corso) P/B blues, ready to go, 1st shots, tails/dew claws done.

Ultimate family guardian $1000 (604)308-5665

PRESA CANARIO P/B UKC, fawn Both parents approx 150 lbs. $950.

Call 604-302-2357 PUG avail for stud service. He is a rare silver male, purebred but not registered, $700 or puppy back.

Also Golden retriever (not reg.) avail for stud $600 (OFA hips and cert eyes) Mission 604-820-4827

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 533

FERTILIZERS

WEED FREE Mushroom Manure 13 yards - $160 or Well Rotted 10 yards - $180. 604-856-8877

548 Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing and vinyl. 604-782-9108 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

Maple Ridge Central

$525 + util’s

RENTALS

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

SCREENED TOPSOIL MUSHROOM MANURE BARK MULCH 604-467-3003

MAPLE RIDGE CENTRAL 1 bdrm apt, $750/mo incl heat, h/w, N/P. Avail immed. Call 604-476-6683.

MAPLE RIDGE Central. Lrg 1 bdrm totally updated; new floor, paint,++ nr amens, insuite w/d, d/w, lrg patio, vaulted ceilings, sec u/g prk. Immed Ns/Np. $780+utils. 604-307-2241.

Recycled Earth Friendly HOT TUBS ARE NO PROBLEM! On Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!

• • •

22423 121st Ave 604-467-4894

(604) 467- 5271

JUNK REMOVAL

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

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MAPLE COURT II

No Pets, Non Smoker

• Estate Services • Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses • More

FURNITURE

MATTRESSES starting at $99 • Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

RENT TO OWN

STOP RENTING! RENT TO OWN! No Qualification Required!

FLEXIBLE TERMS! Cloverdale 60th &176th Spacious 742sf. 1 bdrm. Condo. Only $880/mo.

Option Fee Req. 604-657-9422

706

APARTMENT/CONDO #1 IN RENTALS (Since 1990)

Professional Property Management Services P.Meadows - Solaris Towers BRAND NEW UNITS AVAIL *1Bd+den. *2Bd+den. *3Bdrm.

Call 604-464-7548 Visit our website for other rentals: www.profile-properties.com

Bright 2 bdrm apt.

Large 2 br located in a Central Coq Co-op. $810/mo. No subsidy.

Close to transit, schools, and shopping.

Sandy 604 945 5864 sandy@terramanagement.ca COQUITLAM Penthouse,Lafarge Lake 1400s/f, 2bd, 2bath, 2balc, hi-ceiling, h/wood, pool, gym. Gorgeous!!

Avail now. $2000/mo 604-808-4687

OPEN HOUSE

Thursday & Friday, MARCH 7 & 8 BETWEEN 11 am - 3 pm Saturday, MARCH 9TH BETWEEN 12 noon - 4 pm & Sunday, March 17th BETWEEN 12 noon - 4 pm

TWO bedrooms, 2 baths, 8th floors, nice views, corner unit, city center, 1030 sq.ft. living area, insuite laundry, $1050/month, vacant. #80311980 222nd St., Gordon Towers.

Call Hanson at 604-250-2196 or email to hanson_wan@hotmail.com for appt.

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

◆ 1 & 2 Bdrm starting at $750 ◆ Six Appliances ◆ Secured Underground Prkg. ◆ Cls. to West Coast Express ◆ Adult Oriented

22334 - 117th Ave Phone 604-463-5660 Maple Ridge Swan Court Apartments Large 1 & 2 Bedrooms.

Hardwood floors, adult oriented, heat, h/w & cable incl’d, f/p, Approved pets only.

Criminal Record check may be reqd Resident Manager Onsite Now with SENIORS DISCOUNT

604.466.8404 (Erik)

MAPLE RIDGE 1 bdrm suite with F/S, D/W, own W/D & full bath. N/S, N/P. Avail now. Ref’s req’d. $750/mo. Call 778-995-7724.

TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES!

2 hr. Service www.a1casper.com (604)209-2026

The Scrapper

MAPLE RIDGE 1 new bdrm Albion nr SRT, walk-out bsmt, Avail now, ns/np, $690 incl utils. 604-928-5012 MAPLE RIDGE, 2 bdrm ste, lrg kit, W/D. $750/mo. Avail now. N/P, N/S, Ref’s req’d. (604)530-5455 lve msg.

MAPLE RIDGE - Thornhill area. lrg.

1 bdrm. Full bath, on acreage. Walk in closet. Full Tile throughout. Pri. entry & prkg. $875/mo. incls. WIFI, laundry & hydro N/S. Small pet okay. Avail. immed. 604-816-0849 MAPLE RIDGE West. 1 Bdrm lower own w/d, prkg, nr transit. $725.

Quiet N/S, N/P, ref’s, 604-477-1000

751

SUITES, UPPER

COMO LAKE & Mariner - 3 bdrm, 2 full bths, lrg kitch, priv bckyd, 1200 sf+. Private parking. $1400/mo (604)939-1116 or 778-773-5977

752

TRANSPORTATION 810

For viewing call Gulnaz 604-820-9000 or TEXT 604-854-0011 For pictures & details visit MindyMcPherson.com

ROOMS FOR RENT

$75 OFF 1ST MONTH

Rooms from $445/mo. Fully Furn, weekly maid service, cable TV, private bath, on bus route, 5/min walk to commuter rail.

Haney Motor Hotel 22222 Lougheed Hwy., Maple Ridge Inquire in person between 9am - 3pm or

Call 604-467-3944 Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

• Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.

We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

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

847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

TOWNHOUSES

PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1030/mo - $1134/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available.

19225 119th Ave. For more info & to book an appt. call 604-465-1938

MAPLE RIDGE: 102A Ave: Falcon Landing Gorgeous 4 bdrm + rec room family home. Conveniently located in walking distance to schools and parks. 2.5 bath, gas f/p. Avail NOW! $1950/m. n/p n/s 228th St: 1 BRM CONDO avail NOW! Granite throughout. Big windows Insuite w/d. n/p n/s $1250/m

746

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL #1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200

MAPLE RIDGE 1 Bdrm plus. Priv. entry/laundry, NS/NP $750/mo incl util. Call: 604-463-1043

HOMES FOR RENT

TOP PRODUCERS REALTY LTD

845

COQUITLAM WW Plateau. Bright grnd level 2 bdrm. Lndry incl. $900 N/S, N/P. Avail now. 604-808-2964.

MAPLE RIDGE 2 bdrm hse completely redone. Newer appl & flooring. Garage & shed on property. Lg yard. Nr Golden Ears bridge. Apr 1. $1250. 604-941-2243 / 942-7876

1 & 2 Bdrms from $655 & $840 & renovated suite with dishwasher $45. extra.

Clean, Spacious Includes heat, hot water & parking Seniors discount 21387 Dewdney Trunk Rd

NEWER APARTMENTS

SUITES, LOWER

COQUITLAM Westwood Plat. 2bdr 1700 s/f, 5 appls, ns/np, avail now. $1100/mo incl utils. 604-944-1177.

HOUSESITTING

M. RIDGE Clean 5-bdrm home. 3 baths. F/p, bkyrd fncd. $1895. N/p, n/s. Avail. April 1. 1-250-616-7217.

MAPLE RIDGE

750

Call Marv Jones Honda NOW! 604-465-5464 Ask for Rob Godin 604-356-2303 Rob.godin@marvjoneshonda.com

COQUITLAM behind the Vancouver Golf Course. Mar 1st. 1000 sq.ft. immaculate 2 bdrm ste. $1000/mo incl utils/cable, appls & W/D. N/S, N/P. Call 604-939-7745.

MATURE RESPONSIBLE HOUSESITTER seeking long term 3-6mo.

Reasonable rates. 778-823-6960

736

If you have bad credit or no credit history, we can get you behind the wheel of a Marv Jones pre-owned vehicle.

Imports, domestic, all makes available – We finance everyone!

604.465.7713

MAPLE RIDGE Central: 2 bdrm, full bth, inste w/d, carport + ext. storage $950, immed, NP/NS 604-808-6874

727

YOU WORK? YOU DRIVE!

Public Access Launch Ramp Outdoor Storage for Boats, RV’s, Cars, Trucks & Trailers Year Rental Moorage Fuel Dock W Onsite Manager

PORT COQUITLAM, 1500 - 3000 sq ft. Ground floor commercial area.

Facing onto city park. 1 blk from Lougheed/ Shaughnessy intersection. Call 604-464-3550.

715

1-800-961-7022

Pitt Meadows Marina

MAPLE RIDGE, Central. Newly reno’d, lge 1-bdrm legal bsmt suite, all utils incl. $850. (604)765-3748.

Glenwood Manor Apartments

(604)466-5799

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STORAGE

3156 Coast Meridian Road

Please call 604-451-6551 to confirm viewing.

AUTO FINANCING

749

MAPLE RIDGE Balsam St/134 Ave Brand new 2 bdrm bsmt ste, priv yrd, cov’d entry, incl hydro,gas, alrm A/C, No pets . N/S. (604)773-3912

A Safe, all ages community in POCO, close to schools and parks with shopping near by.

Great for families with Day Care and After School Care facilities right on the site! Pet friendly (some exceptions apply). No subsidies available. Your gross household income (before deductions) must be between $31,680 and $58,500. You also must be a family of one or more children to qualify.

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DreamTeam Auto Financing “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

**2 BDRM APARTMENT** $880.00/mo includes everything **2 BDRM TOWNHOUSES** $975.00/mo plus utilities

MAPLE RIDGE

22437 121st Ave 604-467-0715

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MAPLE RIDGE 1 bedroom suite from $700/mo. Avail immed or April 1st. Richard 604-369-1096

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604.587.5865

SENIOR’S DISCOUNT

Heat, hot water & parking.

Close to stores & schools.

BERNESE Mountain Dog Puppies.

Vet checked with first shots and ready for loving homes. $975.

Langley area. 778-241-5504.

20 YARD BINS AVAILABLE We Load or You Load !

RECYCLE-IT!

INCLUDES: HEAT, HOT WATER & HYDRO Near Shopping & Amenities.

1 & 2 BDRM SUITES

American Bulldog X adorable pups w/papers, med-lrg dogs. Fem $650 Male $850. Mike 778-230-3987

Hauling Anything..

Serving Metro Vancouver Since 1988

* Renovated Suites * Clean, very quiet, large,

AVAILABLE NOW

RUBBISH REMOVAL

*Appliances *BBQs *Exercise Equip *Cars/Trucks/Trailers *Hotwater Tanks *Furnaces * Restaurant Equipment All FREE pickup!

Queen Anne Apts.

MAPLE RIDGE: 1 bdrm, clean/quiet apt, avail Apr 1. Seniors welc. $575 incl heat/prkg. (604)463-7175

•New Roofs •Re-Roofs •Repairs

FREE! Scrap Metal Removal...FREE!!!

GREAT LOCATION

12186-224 St, Maple Ridge Certified Crime Free Buildings

Eastcan Roofing & Siding

356

PORT COQUITLAM

1 & 2 Bdrms $790/$880

604-463-7450 604-463-2236

LOCAL HAY FOR SALE. First cut $6/bale. Good Quality!

60lb bale average. Pitt Meadows.

Call 604-505-4087.

GL ROOFING. Cedar shakes, Asphalt Shingles, Flat roofs, WCB Clean Gutters. $80. 604-240-5362

MAPLE RIDGE

748 SHARED ACCOMMODATION

W 1 & 2 Bdrm Suites W 3 Appliances W Secured Garage Parking W Adult Oriented W Ref’s Req’d & Absolutely No Pets

PORT COQUITLAM

TRANSPORTATION

MAPLE RIDGE 2400s/f furn’d home to share, male/female with 1 other.

Own bedsitting & bathrm, incl all amens. Ns/np. $625. 604-476-1335

Clean, Quiet Well Managed Bldg.

3 Blocks to W.C. Express

604.465.7221

S Impeccably clean S Heat Hot Water S Parking S Avl Now 1 bdrm. on Main Flr $790/mo

RENTALS

19071 Ford Rd. Pitt Meadows

MISC. FOR SALE

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

• Tree Trimming • Fully Insured • Best Rates

RENTALS

AUTO FINANCING

1993 Ford Explorer, owned about 8yrs, well maint, pwr everything, runs well. $950. 604-561-0053.

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Hyundai is proud to announce the Santa Fe and Elantra GT, best in class winners as voted by over 80 journalists at Canada’s biggest automotive awards ceremony, the AJAC Awards. Thank you.

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