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B.C. Hydro back to talk about powerline ARMS concerned clear-cutting was too close to creek

by Phi l M elnyc h u k staff reporter

A year after facing the issue, B.C. Hydro will be back in Maple Ridge in June to talk again about its powerline right of way where it crosses the South Alouette River.

“They have gone through an area that has been designated sensitive, so that’s what’s causing the concern,” said Ken Stewart, president of the Alouette River Management Society.

“It does appear that they were using different practices than they have in the past.”

Stewart said it looks like trees were cut down closer to the river than previously. The crossing there was in steep terrain with a big drop to the river, allowing lots of room for trees below and the powerline above.

“There was quite a bit of height there, so it didn’t appear to be necessary to cut them as low as they did.”

Stewart said B.C. Hydro has responded, saying that they’re following standards that have been approved.

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‘Evidence unclear in Todd extortion’ Lawyer for Dutch man says network possibly hacked

by M o n i s h a M a r t i n s staff reporter

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Amanda Todd’s father Norm looks over at her mother Carol, who wipes away tears at conference Thursday to announce charges.

The lawyer for a Dutch man facing charges in Canada related to the online sexual extortion of Amanda Todd believes evidence against his client is scant.

Aydin Coban, 35, was charged last week with extortion, Internet luring, criminal harassment, as well as

possession and distribution of child pornography.

“This is truly a day we’ve been waiting for,” Todd’s mother Carol said as she fought back tears at a press conference Thursday. “I always knew deep in my heart that what my daughter told me was the truth. Now our RCMP have helped and supported us in finding an answer.”

Coban has been in custody since he was arrested in January at a vacation bungalow in Oisterwijk, a town about 100 kilometres south of Amsterdam.

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Coban has been in isolation since his arrest and was shocked to learn about the extent of the accusations, according to van Dijk.

“People don’t understand that he is not convicted. He is just a suspect,” said van Dijk.

Coquitlam RCMP began investigating the Todd case in December 2010, when sexually explicit images of Amanda Todd, 13 at the time, began circulating online.

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Canada’s National Child Exploitation Co-ordination Centre says the investigation involves victims from Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and the Netherlands.

But Coban’s lawyer, Christian van Dijk, believes prosecutors don’t have sufficient evidence to convict his client.

The wireless network – through which Todd was contacted – did not belong to him, said van Dijk, and may have been hacked.

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Silver Valley: according to plan?

Ten years later, is it time to have another look?

by Phil M elnyc h u k staff reporter

T

he words in the decade-old Silver Valley Area Plan – which tried to establish a new standard for suburbs – are lofty, if not inspirational.

Silver Valley, it says, proposes an “alternative development model,” to typical suburban growth.

Schools, it says, will anchor each of four hamlets (Blaney Bog, Forest, Horse and River Village), while the plan “encourages” a town hall, fire hall, a police centre, library, daycare, and bus stops in the River Village area on the southern border on 132nd Avenue, at the northern end of 232nd Street.

Development will conform to the landscape, says the plan, while smaller groups of homes will be known as “eco-clusters.” Its value of the environment will preserve the streams that provide some of the richest salmon habitat in the Lower Mainland.

A dozen years, though, after it was approved in 2002, the plan is getting a second look.

“Are we achieving the densities that we intended in Silver Valley?” Coun.

Al Hogarth asked at an April 7 meeting.

Maple Ridge will consider reviewing the plan to see if it’s attaining the goals of density and population numbers, following a motion by Coun. Corisa Bell.

The population target set then was 11,000 people. Today, about 6,000 residents live in the area.

For Bruce Hobbs, Silver Valley is just another suburb.

Hobbs has watched development of the mountainside from his 132nd Avenue home for the past dozen years.

While the community was supposed to be sustainable, that’s a “distant dream.”

Every service that residents need requires driving to, he says.

Hobbs cites the website Walk Score, which measures a community’s walkability, and Silver Valley records a score of seven out of a possible 100, classifying it as a car-dependent community.

“This is the very definition of a sprawl development, not a sustainable development,” Hobbs said.

There are no schools or stores in Silver Valley.

“The closest bus is one to three kilometres away.”

A sidewalk on one of the main connecting roads, 232nd Street, is a work in progress.

Hobbs made all those comments a year ago and still feels that way.

Like any business plan, if the one for Silver Valley is not working, it needs to be redone, he added.

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Schools were supposed to anchor each of the four hamlets in Silver Valley, in scenic northeast Maple Ridge.

“To be charitable, it was done with the best of intentions. But it’s not working.”

Hobbs also cites the recognition by district staff that property taxes that come from the new suburbs don’t pay for the services they demand. It’s just too expensive to add the services, he said.

“It’s not self-supporting. It’s not selfsustaining.”

Building a new bridge over the South Alouette River to access the eastern part of Silver Valley could speed growth of the area. That’s a pricey project pegged at $40 million, but Hobbs says the province should contribute some because 240th Street could provide another access to Golden Ears Provincial Park.

Originally, Silver Valley was supposed to be developed into four hamlets, each with a school as the focal point.

But dollars are tight and the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows school district’s just-released Strategic Facilities Review – Phase 1, says only one school will be needed If so, the Silver Valley area plan needs adjusting, said Nicole Read, with Action Silver Valley, a group that formed to oppose the abandoning of the Blaney Bog school site (23103 – 136th Ave.). While the school district said last year that it doesn’t have the money to buy the site, rezoning to allow housing has been delayed pending the entire facilities review.

Development in Maple Ridge continues to forge ahead with little thought to the impact on education facilities.

Read, though, likes her home. Living in Silver Valley is amazing, she says.

“I do support the plan. I’d like to see the plan executed.”

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Read acknowledges the district last year opened two new parks, Deer Fern Park and Cedar Park, in Silver Valley.

But they’re small, with not enough room to even throw a ball around, she said.

“They have to create some open spaces.”

Meanwhile, it is possible to create neighbourhood cohesion by small scale projects such as a book exchange program.

Coun. Cheryl Ashlie has been on both school board and district council while Silver Valley unfolded.

“It will be a beautiful part of our community. It’s going to be something that’s gorgeous.”

It will take time to unfold, though, before shops and businesses move in, she adds.

“As much as we don’t have the patience, it is about when people are ready to invest and the numbers have to be there.”

But she, too, favours having a second look at the plan if schools will no longer be there to anchor each hamlet.

“They planned it with the schools – what is it without the schools?”

It’s important the area get council and staff’s full attention rather than be raised as an election issue, as November civic elections approach.

Still, nice as it is, growing in Silver Valley, up the mountain, away from transportation corridors and infill opportunities, never felt right for Ashlie.

She questions previous council decision’s to grow there, although it is within the urban boundary. She would rather see development along Lougheed Highway and Dewdney Trunk Road to create population den-

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sity to attract services.

Planning director Christine Carter said it’s a matter of time for the plan to roll out, adding that there was no deadline for it. The plan promised schools in each of the four hamlets, but that was based on the previous pattern of school construction.

When she visits there, Carter says she sees lots of green space. “It has a really nice feel.”

Some say the plan has failed because commercial development hasn’t followed, but shops and businesses are always the last to show up because a customer base is needed before doors open.

“If there’s a market, you know that will come.”

Christine Carter, planning director “If there’s a market, you know that will come.”

And there’s some commercial space included in an application on Silver Valley Road and 232nd Street and inquiries are starting to come in for the allotted commercial areas along River Road.

The district has also tried to maximize population densities in Silver Valley wherever possible. Population targets put in the plan a decade ago weren’t exact, Carter added.

While the Silver Valley plan allows garden suites and secondary suites, those aren’t being included in new developments, she added.

Carter said the fact people want to ensure the district honours the Silver Valley plan shows that people like the area.

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In September 2012, a month before she took her own life, Todd posted a heart-breaking video to YouTube detailing years of torment she endured as the target of bullies online and at school.

In hand-written notes, the teen described being asked to flash her breasts online and how that one indiscretion spiraled out of control.

Todd – who lived in Port Coquitlam at the time of her death, but previously attended schools in Maple Ridge, where some bullying occurred – wrote that her blackmailer sent the screenshot to her classmates and continued to extort her even when she switched schools.

Her account is strikingly similar to allegations leveled against the Dutch man, who is accused of approaching underage girls via the internet and seducing them into performing sexual acts in front of a webcam.

He is said to have saved images and used them to blackmail the girls, targeting dozens of them in several countries, including the Netherlands, the U.K., and the U.S. The man is also accused of extorting men in a similar way for money.

Of Turkish and Dutch descent, Coban is not married and does not have any children.

Van Dijk describes him as a polite, sophisticated person who had no fixed address.

“When I speak to him, he seems like a very good person,” he added.

“At this moment, we are convinced that we will make it very difficult for the police and prosecution to get him convicted.

The evidence is not really clear.”

B.C.’s Criminal Justice Branch has asked the federal Department of Justice to request for Coban’s extradition, but it is not known how long that process will take.

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Province-wide job action starts today

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Parents in the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows school district are being asked to pick up and drop off their children as close to the beginning and end of the school day as possible, as teacher job action creates supervision challenges for administrative staff.

Teachers supervising children is considered non-essential by the Labor Relations Board. As the B.C. Teachers’ Federation begins job action begins today across the province, it’s a service teachers have withdrawn.

“I want to reassure you

that student safety will not be compromised,” says a letter to parents that was sent home with students on Tuesday.

It was signed by acting superintendent Laurie Meston, who went on to explain that administrative and management personnel will assume responsibility for supervision at recess and after school bus pick-up.

Noon-hour supervisors and school administrators will continue to provide lunch-hour supervision.

Teachers will also not meet with management, nor participate in written or electronic communications with them.

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A young man is on life support after being struck by a pickup truck Thursday while trying to cross a highway in Pitt Meadows.

The 23-year-old from Surrey was hit around midnight on Lougheed Highway, just west of Harris Road.

Police believe the man had climbed over a cement barrier that divides east and west bound traffic. The pickup truck was travelling west.

“The pedestrian was running across the Lougheed Highway in a very dark area of the road, while it was raining very heavily, making

agement,” said George Serra, president of the Maple Ridge Teachers’ Association.

He added that, in 2011, the union was in Stage 1 of job action for seven months, and the impact on parents and students was not dramatic.

He also did not disagree that the job action was ineffective at putting pressure on government.

Phase 2 of job action would be rotating strikes, one day per week, rotating across the province, with a different region striking every day.

“Parents will start having issues,” predicted Serra.

When that would happen depends on how the union views progress in bargaining.

“I would be surprised if Stage 1 gets dragged out

that long [seven months],” said Serra.

“Every day we wake up hopeful that something positive will happen.

BCTF president Jim Iker noted 89 per cent of BCTF members approved job action on March 6. Six weeks later, the government negotiators have not moved off their “unfair positions” that include a 10-year term and salary proposals with “two more years of zeros.”

Education Minister Peter Fassbender called the job action “a little disappointing, but not at all surprising.”

He has accused the union of being more focused on job action than bargaining, and said it will not move off an opening position asking for a 13.5 per cent salary increase over three years.

visibility for driving poor,” said Const. Mike Moore.

Police have determined the driver of the pickup truck was not under the influence of alcohol, and cooperated with the investigation.

The pedestrian remains in hospital.

Cyclist recovering A cyclist hit by a car Friday is recovering from her injuries.

The woman was stuck at 130th Street and Fern Crescent.

Police said the driver of the car received a ticket at the scene for a Motor Vehicle Act violation.

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Better border A new building and Nexus lane at the Aldergrove border crossing starting in 2016 – as well as an expanded commercial port of entry there – will benefit Metro Vancouver travellers.

In recent years, local border crossings have become increasingly congested, due in part to both population growth in border communities, and the Canadian loonie being – until recent months, at least – near par with the U.S. dollar, thus drawing shoppers stateside.

So, with traffic increasing at both Douglas and Pacific Highway crossings, it makes sense for the Aldergrove crossing to expand.

The Nexus lane will be especially helpful to ease the burden at South Surrey’s two crossings, and will offer much improved service to a large population area.

The expanded commercial port of entry is particularly important to local businesses who utilize the Golden Ears Bridge to move commercial goods through border crossings. It, at the very least, provides more options during heavy-traffic times, saving importers and exporters both time and money.

Though construction projects at the crossing may cause disruptions to travelers in the short term, in the long run, the move will be good for travellers along the Fraser.

As well, if the project does, in fact, provide a boost to industry, it may well increase employment in surrounding communities.

Businesses benefits aside, it simply makes sense, at the most basic level, to have border traffic be as seamless and quick as possible, no matter the port of entry, particularly in an age where border security is a much more important issue than it used to be.

It is also time for Canada Border Services Agency to again consider 24-hour service. The opening hours of 8 a.m. to midnight at the Aldergrove crossing are a quaint anachronism, dating back to when the community was wholly rural. Having the border open 24 hours a day – like South Surrey and Sumas crossings – would offer even more service to travellers.

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Inconvenient truths for Earth Day VICTORIA – Earth Day 2014 will likely go down in B.C. history as less exciting than last year’s event.

That was the day when, in the heat of the election campaign, NDP leader Adrian Dix announced in Kamloops that he doesn’t B.C. Views support the expanTom Fletcher sion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline to its Burnaby terminal, because Vancouver shouldn’t become a “major oil port.”

As of this Earth Day, it has been an oil port for exactly a century, since Imperial Oil began work on B.C.’s first refinery in 1914, in what is now Port Moody.

There were no pipelines then, so crude was moved by rail or tanker.

For 60 years, Trans Mountain has supplied the Chevron refinery in Burnaby that is southern B.C.’s last source of fuel.

Some of the Alberta crude is piped south to be refined into fuels and some of that product is barged back up to B.C. to keep our traffic moving.

Today, the proposal to expand and upgrade that pipeline, and to build new oil and natural gas pipelines across the north, dominate B.C.’s political scene.

In keeping with the educational aspect of Earth Day, here are some things you may not know about energy and the environment.

• A recent National Geographic report summarizes the main sources of oil

in the oceans around North America.

Media coverage focuses on tanker and pipeline spills, but they only account for eight per cent of the total.

Fully 60 per cent of the oil load in North American waters is from natural seeps, where oil leaks from seafloor rock.

One of the world’s largest is off Santa Barbara, California, where 20 to 25 tons flows out each day. It’s mostly consumed by oil-eating bacteria that have adapted and proliferated.

The next biggest source is leakage from cars and trucks, which collects on pavement and is flushed to sea when it rains.

• Earth Day is now preceded by Earth Hour, during which we are encouraged to turn out our lights to join a worldwide gesture of conservation. Many people use the occasion for a candlelight dinner.

Given that B.C.’s power is nearly all from renewable hydroelectric sources, and that the paraffin used to make candles is derived from petroleum or coal, this feel-good ritual produces an increase in greenhouse gas emissions.

David Suzuki is now promoting the idea of Earth Month, an expansion of the symbolic effort designed to “raise awareness.” This is a popular notion in the climate change industry, which to date consists mostly of government officials and activists flying around the world to conferences in exotic locations to sign agreements that lead to, well, not much so far.

• Unlike Earth Hour, B.C.’s carbon tax on fuels actually appears to be helping to reduce emissions.

An update to provincial data is due this year, but what we have shows a 5.7 per cent decrease in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases between 2007 and 2011.

Environment ministers have conceded that some of this is due to the recession that struck in 2008-2009. But since the economy has recovered and begun to grow again, emissions have continued to decline.

“Unlike Earth Hour, B.C.’s carbon tax on fuels actually appears to be helping to reduce emissions.”

• There are simple things anyone can do, without gimmicks or government programs.

One would be to stop protesting increased housing density in your community.

By far the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in B.C., not to mention old-fashioned pollution, is transportation.

By living closer to where we work, shop and play, we can exercise our legs instead of just our gas pedal foot to get around.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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A threat to B.C. environment

‘Little respect for CUPE employees’

By David Black

Editor, The News: Re: School budget hits CUPE hard (The News, April 11).

School District No. 42, largest employer in this community, sure knows how to spin its numbers.

Twenty-three full-time equivalent jobs equates to 33 jobs lost for CUPE support staff employees because less than 200 of the more than 700 support staff workers are employed fulltime.

But that’s not all.

This district is affecting cuts to more than 500 CUPE support staff employees, yet not one cut was made to the highest paid feeders from the public trough – salaried administrators, managers and exempt staff.

The 500 employees, most with an average annual gross income of $25,000, are getting hours cut on top of losing five days of pay so that salaried employees can continue to enjoy a two-week, paid spring break.

CUPE members do not generally use the media to whine about their working conditions or the fact that they have endured years of zero wage increases, so very few people realize the jobs support staff perform.

CUPE employees are the frontline workers in school districts, yet the services they provide are ignored and undervalued, not only by the public – who think teachers are the only people who provide services to students – but by their own employer.

This district has very little respect for its frontline workers.

These are the people who keep our schools clean, safe and inclusive and who provide direct services to the classroom, to teachers and to your children and grandchildren.

What this district is doing is nothing short of disgusting.

These cuts will definitely affect the classroom and will jeopardize the health and safety of our students.

If this board of education really stood up for the students, it would submit a deficit budget.

Oh, but wait, that would mean they might lose their jobs and that nice cost of living allowance they just awarded themselves. Wonder who’s funding that perk?

Leslie Franklin, president CUPE Local 703

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The Alberta oil industry’s Northern Gateway plan is to export bitumen to Asia via tankers from the B.C. coast.

Under no circumstances should we allow that to happen.

A bitumen spill at sea could destroy our coastline, the fish and wildlife that depend on it, for hundreds of years.

The light oil spill by the Exxon Valdez took a terrible toll on the Alaskan habitat and fishery. It also gave proof that a bitumen spill would be far worse.

A bitumen spill would be almost completely unrecoverable because it would sink and stay on the bottom of our seabed.

The solution that is best for Canada is to build a refinery in Kitimat.

I am promoting and backing this solution. It will convert the bitumen to very light fuels that would float and evaporate if ever spilled.

There are other enormous benefits: • There will be a major reduction in greenhouse gases. We will use new cutting-edge Canadian technology in our refinery. It will be so clean that, in combination with oil sands extraction, there will be less Co2 than in the huge conventional oil fields and refineries of Iraq and Nigeria.

In other words, the Kitimat refinery will neutralize the extra greenhouse gases generated in Canada’s oil sands.

This refinery will be built in Asia if not in Kitimat, and if so, it will emit double the Co2 than our new design.

This is the reason that Andrew Weaver of the B.C. Green Party is in favour of a Canadian refinery.

• An Asian refinery will also generate

100 train cars a day of very dirty coke (much fouler than B.C. coal), which will be subsequently burnt in the atmosphere to create power.

The Kitimat refinery will not result in the production of any coke. As we all live on one planet, it is far better for the global environment to build this refinery in Canada.

• Construction of the refinery will create 6,000 jobs in B.C. for five years.

Operations at the refinery will result in more permanent jobs than any project has ever created in B.C., with approximately 3,000 direct jobs.

These will be highly paid permanent jobs.

These jobs will be available for the life of the refinery, which should be in excess of 50 years.

In addition, there will be thousands of other jobs created in spin-off, local petrochemical companies and in indirect employment throughout the province.

• The Canadian and provincial governments, local regional districts and municipalities, and many First Nations, will share in billions of new tax dollars each year.

Unfortunately, our Canadian oil companies are not interested in building a new major refinery. They are focused on extraction, which is more profitable than refining.

One of them challenged me to spearhead the refinery myself, so I am doing that.

We have a solid business plan and Chinese banks and other institutions are prepared to lend us most of the funds required to build the greenest and most efficient refinery in the world.

We are currently moving ahead with

engineering design and environmental work.

We will also build a safe pipeline from Alberta to the refinery, with the active participation of First Nations.

Modern pipelines can be built and operated safely. Leak data is available for everyone to see on Canadian and U.S. government websites and it proves recently constructed pipelines are not leaking.

Furthermore, some of the best pipelining companies in the world are based in Canada.

In addition, we will build a fleet of new tankers, powered by LNG rather than Bunker C oil, to transport the refined products to Asia. This way we know the tankers will be state-of-the-art and as safe as possible. The fleet will be owned by a company based in B.C. so it cannot shirk its legal liability if there ever is a spill at sea.

Let me be up front about my biases.

I am for creating thousands of good permanent jobs in B.C. I am for creating billions of new tax dollars for government coffers. I am for reducing the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions. I am for building an oil pipeline that will never leak. I am for building a modern tanker fleet that carries only refined fuels that float and evaporate if spilled. I am against shipping bitumen in tankers.

If you agree that we should not put bitumen in tankers, please contact your local MP and say so. The Canadian government makes a decision on Northern Gateway next month.

– David Black is chairman and founder of Black Press Group Ltd., the largest private newspaper publisher in Canada.

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The 6 p.m. fundraising event for the CEED Centre highlights local food and drink to emphasize the importance of growing food nearby.

It’s the fourth year for the event and the proceeds help the centre provide free Internet and literacy outreach, as well as programs focused on food security and neighbourhood development.

“Each year, great chefs at restaurants like Big Feast, Kingfishers and Seasonal 56 outdo themselves to serve mouth watering local fare at our event,” said CEED society president Wendy Rairdan.

“People can sample B.C. wines and beers and food products made locally.”

Although it’s a tasting event, everybody leaves satisfied and with the

desire to make some follow-up visits to local establishments, she said in a release.

Guests also have a chance at a draw prize for two tickets to the Michael Bublé concert in June.

Tickets are available at Pitt Meadows city hall, Bruce’s Country Market and Bean Around Books as well as through www. cheerstotheplanet.com.

Dead Frog Brewery, in Langley, is the showcase beer for the event, added society executive-director Christian Cowley.

Bruce’s and Bean Around Books will also provide samples along with Golden Ears Cheesecrafters and Happy Days Dairies.

Firefly Fine Wines and Ales will bring a diverse sampling of wines and Steve the Wine Guy will pour a selection from Peacock and Martin, distributors of many award-winning B.C. vintages. The featured wine producer is Sper-

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The voice for business in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows named its top achievers for the past year at its annual Business Excellence Awards banquet.

The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Chamber of Commerce selected winners in 10 categories at the 2013 awards dinner, April 16 at the Meadow Gardens Golf Club.

Top of the list as business person of the year is Bryan Hutton, owner of Canadian Tire, located on the border between the two communities.

The non-profit organization award went to KidSport Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows.

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The CEED centre (Community Education on Environment Development) is located in a heritage building just south of Lougheed Highway on 223rd Street.

“We wanted to bring our event to Pitt Meadows this year in honour of the centennial.”

Tickets are $60 and half of that amount is eligible for an official tax receipt.

The event this year is sponsored by the City of Pitt Meadows Green Team.

“We wanted to bring our event to Pitt Meadows this year in honour of the centennial,” 100th birthday of Pitt Meadows, Rairdan said.

KidSport is a cross-Canada organization that gives financial help so kids can play sports.

The award for the new business of the year went to the Wesbrooke Seniors Living Community, on 190A Street in Pitt Meadows, while the innovation award went to Nurse Next Door Home Care Services.

When it comes to running a business out of your home, Maple Washing Exterior Cleaning and Upkeep came away with the award for best home-based business.

GIB Motors scooped up the award for customer service, while Kingfishers Waterfront Bar and Grill won the community service award.

Awards were also given to the best businesses with more and less than 20 employees.

Bergthorson Academy of Musical Arts was named top business for fewer than 20 employees, while Meadow Gardens Golf Club won the award in the more-than-20 employees category.

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He wants to see what those standards are and to ensure Hydro has followed them.

But, “They have been responsive in a positive way,” and said they’ll come and talk about it, Stewart said.

“We do a lot of work with Hydro,” said Stewart, adding he wants to continue to work with the company on getting a fishway over the South

Alouette River dam, so migrating salmon can spawn in the Alouette Lake reservoir.

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Mayor Deb Walters believes the timing of the last public consultation may have been problematic for some residents as it took place at the end of December and early January, when people were busy with the holidays.

Walters said she has since spoken to several residents and business in Osprey Village who told her they were not aware there was public consultation and would have liked to comment.

The city has yet to hear if it has qualified for a grant, as the project will have to be scaled back if the application fails.

The mayor would like the project to proceed.

“I do believe that a park is a worthy legacy centennial project.”

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Originally slated for the Waterfront Commons Park in South Bonson, plans were put on hold in February after the project was rejected by neighbours.

Parks staff have investigated alternative sites, but found none were suitable.

“Staff have determined that any opportunities for this project on another site are very limited in that they are unsuitable to accommodate the original objectives for the garden,” said manager of parks planning and development Bruce McLeod.

He suggested council conduct another round of “broader” community consultation in Osprey Village.

The budget for the project is $130,000, with $65,000 coming from the city and the rest from grants.

The memorial garden was designed to be 7.5 metres in diameter and around 10.5 metres in length, and feature 10-centimetre by 10-centimetre granite markers engraved with a name and date.

The conceptual design for the garden included a space for public art and parks staff said it could also feature “poetry, verses with uplifting sentiments or artwork” within the plaza area.

Residents opposed to the park project considered it an unnecessary taxpayer expense, but also worried that vandals and vagrants would find the location attractive.

Parks staff searched throughout the city for an alternative location.

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Health Canada would provide addresses of personal medical marijuana grow operations that haven’t shut down under the new law.

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You can paddle in a canoe in Alouette Lake and maybe, if you’re lucky, hear a loon and its plaintive call.

For more excitement, zoom on a zip line at WildPlay Elements Maple Ridge on Fern Crescent.

And if a deal can be reached, you could blast away at friends and family at a Delta Force Paintball location nearby.

Afterwards, chill out in your campground on 112th Avenue, near Whonnock Lake.

The latter two are still proposals, but if leases can be worked out for District of Maple Ridge lands, two new enterprises could draw tourist dollars to Maple Ridge.

But neither will come cheaply.

The Delta Force Paintball, proposed for Fern Crescent near the entrance to Golden Ears Provincial Park, will require a million dollars of investment to build a 10- to 20-acre facility.

If leasing talks go well, it could open within six months.

District property manager Darrell Denton said Delta Force is based out of the United Kingdom, where the company uses country estates for its paintball games.

“These guys are not small potatoes,” Denton said. “They’re regarded as the Disneyland of paintball.”

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roll up would cost $300 an hour, while a bylaw director on site could cost $80 an hour.

Council received the proposal for initial discussion. Formal introduction of the bylaw could come next month. ity games zones and has locations in seven countries. It already operates in Edmonton and Tsawwsassen.

“They peacefully coexist where ever they go.”

He agreed that a paintball facility nearby the already existing Wildplay Element Park could help both attractions. WildPlay has been in Maple Ridge for four years and also leases District of Maple Ridge property for about $32,000 annually.

WildPlay received a temporary rent reduction after lower-thanprojected startup numbers, but is now back to paying the full amount, Denton said.

Last year, WildPlay attracted more than 15,000 visitors.

Maple Ridge Paintball already operates at the north end of 224th Street.

The 51-acre campground, Seyem’ Qwantlen Business Group, part of the Kwantlen First Nation, will require water, sewer and electrical services, will take more than $6 million to get off the ground.

Before any of the work starts, though, the municipality and the tourist operators have to reach a deal for leasing the district’s lands, which requires that negotiations begin soon.

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ire insurance maps contain a wealth of information on the built environment, presented at a scale of 50 feet to one inch (600:1) – small enough to show individual buildings and street features in detail.

The museum is fortunate to have two binders of such maps, showing the communities of Port Hammond and Port Haney at the end of the Second World War. Across Canada, the fire insurance maps were originally published by the company of Charles Goad, a British-Canadian engineer and surveyor. Following Goad’s death in 1910, the Underwriters’ Survey Bureau – the cartographic wing of the Canadian Fire Underwriters’ association, an organization of commercial insurance providers – adopted responsibility for the 1918 plan and all further ones.

The motives for the plans safeguard their accuracy: as the insurance industry grew, underwriters could no longer perform exhaustive assessments of small structures in person.

Managers could view the construction information presented on the maps as standard representations of fire risk, which allowed them to approve insurance policies.

If the fire insurance maps were inadequate, insurance policies might be extended in expensive error.

The use of the maps for insurance underwriting made it important for them to show a great deal of detail.

The maps show information about the structure and shape of the building, as well as the materials used in various aspects of construction.

They also contain helpful addenda written in at the discretion of surveyors.

These note specific uses for some buildings, or even for specific rooms in larger buildings.

The plans provide fascinating portraits of the Port Haney Brickworks – now the museum’s location at Jim Hadgkiss Park – and of the Hammond Cedar Mill.

In the brickworks, we see its eight beehive kilns, arranged in a line around the large masonry tunnel dryer and surrounded by storage sheds from which products were shipped.

Crucial to late 1940s insurance assessors, water lines sketch up from River Road to a series of inside standpipes and a 100,000 gallon water tank.

The complex shared plumbing with the Maple Ridge Lumber Company Sawmill next door.

The Hammond Cedar Products mill is shown in fascinating detail – the log hauls, sketched up in yellow and black relief, would take raw lumber up from where it floated in berms on the Fraser River.

Lumber was sorted by quality and size and sent into different milling areas depending on what product it would become – shingles, the simplest product, had a separate production line on the mill’s east side, where the complex’s power house and waste burners were found.

The central portion of the site hosted a series of saw rooms where wood was cut and planed, before being sent to storage sheds beside the Canadian Pacific Railway.

On the periphery of the site are the outbuildings dedicated to offices and storage, and site services like a cafeteria and “ladies’ lunch room,” as well as the Hammond Cedar fire hall.

At the extreme west end of the site, separated from the major work areas by drying sheds and a large loading crane, one twostorey wood building is simply marked “Chinese Bunk & Cook ho.”

Many Chinese and South Asian men, who could not become citizens until the late 1940s, worked as labourers on Maple Ridge’s industrial waterfront.

For historical research, the fire insurance maps can be invaluable.

The Port Haney and Hammond maps add context to other images and files in community archives, and are interesting in their own right.

Matthew Shields is a researcher at the Maple Ridge Museum.

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Café Corner 10am – 2pm in the Haney Farmers Market

John Marven, Entertainment Coordinator of the Haney Farmers Market, has scheduled a great line up of local talent to entertain attendees as they stop for a snack or lunch, shop for goods, and congratulate the Market on 10 great years!

Celebrate Earth Day 2014 Poetry Contest 11am at the ACT Steps – Opening Ceremonies

Joe Robinsmith has coordinated the second annual Earth Day Poetry Contest and will be compiling all entries into a book. The 2013 Earth Day Poetry book is currently available at Black Bond Books & Amazon.com. Winners of this year’s contest will be reading their poems at the Earth Day Opening Ceremonies.

Drum Circle – Found Sounds from the Kitchen 1pm at the ACT Steps

Join Pamela Danz & Rolo Prez making beautiful music in a Drum Circle using items commonly found in the kitchen (aluminum pie pans, chopsticks, etc.) and shakers made out of gourds and other veggies.

Flash Mobs Various locations & times throughout the Celebrate Earth Day site

The Ridge Meadows Seniors Society is back to fill our site with Flash Mob madness! If you’re in the right place at the right time, you may catch a surprise performance of Hawaiian Dance, Line Dancing, Zumba or the Dancing Stars. Also back is the Tai Chi Flash Mob from Celebrate Earth Day 2012, performed by members of Northwest Tai Chi.

Mario & Luigi’s Kitchen Singalong! 10am & 12 noon at the ACT Steps

Bring the kids and join singer Julie Cutting in a hot new musical “cooking” show, where the songs are recipes for fun! Let the Italian chefs Mario (Kat Jansen) and Luigi (Jade Cutting) show you and your kids how to make such classic favorites as: On Top of Spaghetti, P-I-Z-Z-A, Why Should an Onion Make Me Cry and The Old Lady’s Dinner. Then, let your kids come up and join us on stage to add their favorite ingredient to our musical ragout!

Roving Fish Puppets Various locations & times throughout the Celebrate Earth Day site Keep your eyes open for the Fish Puppets, swimming throughout the Earth Day site in search of a school.

Roving Town Criers Various locations & times throughout the Celebrate Earth Day site

New this year are our Town Criers, handing out site maps and programs and letting attendees know about upcoming events such as the Opening Ceremonies, the Cycle Recycle Draw, the Iron Chefs Tasting Competition and Stone Soup servings.

Variety Plus Entertainment 12 noon on the Bandstand

Variety Plus is a group within the Ridge Meadows Seniors’ Society that puts on variety shows each year in Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge. They will be performing their unique blend of songs, skits, dance and comedy at 12 noon on the Bandstand for Earth Day and at the Haney Farmers Market on Saturday, May 31, 2014.

Veggie Dance 11am at the ACT Steps – part of the Celebrate Earth Day Opening Ceremonies

Julya Remple from Maple Ridge Dance Circle has choreographed a dance for the 1st Haney Beaver Scouts that will have you shaking your broccoli florets! The Beavers have been busy creating special costumes and learning the Veggie Dance for the past few weeks to bring the “CUTE” back to Vegetables.

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Earth Day Partner 2014: Haney Farmers Market Celebrating 10 years in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows The Haney Farmers Market Committee was formed in May of 2004 and decided to proceed with a pilot market from August 21 to October 9. They were incorporated as the Haney Farmers Market Society on August 4, 2004. After numerous meetings, a location was secured, a purpose statement created and with a loan of two thousand dollars from the Building Community Solutions Steering Committee, the market began.

In May of 2005, the Haney Farmers Market commenced its first full season. The Market hired a full time coordinator to facilitate growth. The brilliant blue summer sky provided a wonderful backdrop to the

“This is where it happens, at the market, connecting community around the table, reflecting the rhythm, the passion, uniqueness and diversity, nourishing the mind, body, and soul.”

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The second full season began in May 2006.

A market coordinator was hired and several interesting events planned. The Market participated in Mountain Festival, Canada Day and a trip to the historic Brookfield Farm.

Two special markets were held in November and December. The District of Maple Ridge supported the Market by purchasing and installing four permanent signs on provincial and municipal roadways.

The Haney Farmers Market continues to value its ‘roots’. With an ongoing commitment to social, environmental and economic sustainability, the Board of Directors looks to the community for direction and support. The Market looks forward to the opportunity to be part of the communities of Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and Katzie for many years to come.

The 2014 regular market begins on Saturday, May 10, with HUB: Your Cycling Connection doing a bike tune-up event.

Friends in Need Food Bank, Iron Chef’s Chili Competition: Big Feast Bistro + Catering, Billy Miner Alehouse and Cafe, Lava Dining Lounge, Organic World, GM Restaurant, Greystone Manor, The Haney Public House, The Mexican Gourmet.

1st Yennadon Scouts, cotton candy, Art Studio Tour Group, Captain Recycling, Haney Farmers Market, Integrated Nutrition, smoothies, Stone Soup in the Bandstand.

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Modeled after the European Christmas Markets, vendors were encouraged to use lights and festive touches to create a unique atmosphere in beautiful Memorial Peace Park.

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Harvest Time Interactive Display 10am – 2pm

If you visited Meadows Maze last summer, chances are you saw this fabulous, hands-on display that teaches kids where their food comes from. From pulling carrots out of the ground to picking apples from trees and reaching under (stuffed) chickens for eggs, kids learn as they gather their food and bring it to the “Farmer’s Market” to sell for Freecycle Bucks – redeemable at the Freecycle at the Greg Moore Youth Centre for a tasty treat!

Celebrate Earth Day Activities: Saturday April 26th Cycle Recycle

Enter Cycle Recycle between 10am – 1pm Draw at 1pm on the “Amphitheatre” concrete area between the Bandstand and the ACT. HUB: Your Cycling Connection invites you to enter their Cycle Recycle free bike draw! Entries will be accepted between 10am – 1pm.

At 1pm, Lindy Sisson, Executive Director of the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Arts Council, will be on hand to draw names and share a happy dance with the winners. All bikes previously loved & tuned up by HUB. While you’re there, bump up your bike security by using their FREE engraving services and learn more about the Art Studio Bike Tour on May 11 and the upcoming Bike to Farm tour.

Earth Day Opening Ceremonies 11am on the ACT Steps

Celebrate Earth Day Opening Ceremonies will highlight our theme, “Food for Thought,” and the Haney Farmers Market’s 10th Anniversary.

Join local VIPs, folks from the Haney Farmers Market and winners of the second annual Celebrate Earth Day Poetry Contest. Don’t miss the 1st Haney Beaver Scouts’Veggie Dance, choreographed by Julya Rempel of Dance Circle and made possible by MRPM Parks & Leisure Services’ NEW Community Art Grant, supported by the District of Maple Ridge through the Maple Ridge Public Art Steering Committee.

Family Freecycle

10am – 2pm in the Greg Moore Youth Centre Spring cleaning? Drop off gently-used kids’ books, toys, & clothing at participating schools & businesses or bring them to the Freecycle drop-off event Friday, April 25th from 4-7pm in front of the ACT. You can also bring them to the Freecycle itself, 10am – 2pm Saturday, April 26th at the Greg Moore Youth Centre. Find something NEW to you! Also be sure to visit the Meadows Maze Harvest Time display and collect your “Freecycle Buck” to exchange for a special treat at the Freecycle!

First Haney Farmers Market of the Year 10am – 2pm

Iron Chefs Tasting Competition 11am – 1pm in South Park

Local restaurants gather to give you samples of their best chili! Vote for your favourite – best overall, most unique, most comforting, and most eco or sustainable. Admission is by donation to the Friends in Need Food Bank – minimum suggested donation is $2, but if you can, dig deep to help the Food Bank! Media Judging will take place at 11:30/11:45-ish (following the Opening Ceremonies).

Participating restaurants include Lava, Big Feast, The Mexican Gourmet, The Haney Public House, Organic World (The Four Elements), Billy Miner, Greystone Manor, The Well and GM Restaurant.

Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Art Studio Tour 10am – 2pm

Artists involved in the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Art Studio Tour will be on site displaying their wares and promoting their upcoming Studio Tour, taking place throughout Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows on Mother’s Day weekend, Saturday, May 10 & Sunday, May 11 from 10am – 4pm. www.artstudiotour.ca

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Veggie drop off 9am – 12noon, Soup served 12noon and 1pm on the Bandstand.

Help Community Kitchens & Golden Ears FEAST bring the classic story to life at Celebrate Earth Day. Bring a veggie or two (or five!) to the Bandstand for the Soup and come back at 12noon or 1pm to share in the delicious free soup created by you and your community.

Bring your own bowl & spoon! Compostable bowls will be on sale by donation if you forget. Pick up your copy of the “Stone Soup” story and a stone to create the soup in your own neighbourhood!

Storytime in the BIG Fish Tent 10am – 2pm in the BIG Fish Tent

Maple Ridge Library will once again be serving up their book picnic in the BIG Fish Tent (courtesy of the Department of Fisheries & Oceans & Alouette River Management Society (ARMS)). Come inside the colourful, inflatable, 50-foot long fish and have a taste! Also, elsewhere on the Earth Day site, the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation booth will be selling copies of the local celebrity cookbook, “A Taste of Hospitality” (they make great gifts!).

Join the Haney Farmers Market at their special Earth Day Market to kick off their 10th Anniversary season! Listen to music at Café Corner, buy locally-made artwork, and EAT!! Pick up a schedule for 2014 and learn more about all the fabulous events this group has created for our community.

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lyssa Day twirls a strand of hair around her finger, tilts her head and delivers a heartmelting pout.

She’s mastering her role as a vixen, much to the delight of student director Rachel Renaud, who is standing off stage in the drama room at Maple Ridge secondary.

I’m trying to bring out her deviousness and sassiness, Renaud says as she instructs Day, who plays a complex high-school hottie named Kristina in The Tutor, an original play written by Renaud’s older brother Nic. “She dominates the whole play and dominates him.”

The play follows Andy, a Grade 12 student who has everything going his way in terms of school and friends.

He’s even registered as a biology tutor to avoid working at a deep-fryer and the best part – Kristina, the hottest girl in school, is his first student.

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Nic Renaud had no misgivings about writing the drama, which ventures into serious territory by exploring themes such as suicide, high school rumours and sex.

The Tutor is the second play he’s written for Youthwrite, a competition organized by the Association of British Columbia Drama Educators.

Last year’s submission was a comedy titled Second Chances, which failed to snag one of the top four winning spots.

“The winning plays last year all dealt with death and angst and all these awful themes and I had never written that before,” he says.

Renaud figured he’d have to emulate those serious themes to craft a winner.

“And it worked,” he says, with a laugh.

As a winning submission for Youthwrite, Maple Ridge secondary gets the opportunity to perform The Tutor at the Sears B.C. Drama Festival, which pits young thespians from across the province against each other.

Renaud drew from the world around him to write the play and sees The Tutor as a cautionary tale for high school students.

“Last year, we learned about Amanda Todd and we hear what happens when rumours run wild,” Renaud says.

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something that brings that to light and shows people why spreading rumours and lies is not OK.” Renaud tried to put himself in the shoes of a manipulated high school tutor to deliver an authentic tale.

“I really had to think about how I would feel if I was in the situation,” he says.

Initially, Renaud wasn’t going to act in the play, but is glad he took the role of Andy as it has allowed himself to view the script from a different angle.

“Acting in the play was really a blessing in disguise,” says Renaud.

He believes most students see real life parallels in The Tutor.

Every high school students has experienced the vicious rumour mill, even though they may have not been at its centre.

“That’s why this play will strike a chord with people,” he says.

Showtime Maple Ridge secondary needs to fundraise to send a team of eight to the Sears B.C. Drama Festival. See a performance of The Tutor on Tuesday, April 29 in the drama room. Tickets are available at the door for a minimum donation of $5. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. To donate email renaudnicholas@gmail.com.

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Song for The Love and Unloved There’s a song on Gene Murphy’s latest CD that’s a tribute to the lost souls of Maple Ridge.

Titled The Love and Unloved, the lyrics paint a familiar picture of life at corner of Lougheed Highway and the Haney Bypass.

“A soul with his shopping cart story… the homeless staring at the big church door…a shelter next door to a liquor store.”

Murphy was inspired to write the song after passing through the downtown core, a journey that made him wonder “could that be me?.”

The Remnant is Murphy’s second solo CD and a tribute to blue-collar, working class struggles, an oeuvre that’s a testament to his faith.

“The backdrop is how faith plays out in the midst of those struggles,” says Murphy. “ It points to a time where traditional values were more ingrained.”

Murphy began his musical career as a member of The Rockin Edsells, an act that opened for The Blasters, The

Shakin’ Pyramids and the BopCats in the eighties. The Edsells evolved into a more electrified roots rock band called The Last Wild Sons who opened for Bachman-Turner Overdrive, the Kentucky Headhunters, Colin James and the Cowboy Junkies. Murphy’s most recent musical endeavour was a country gospel blues band called the Knitting Club.

Murphy sees music as a vehicle to effect change.

“I always wanted to make a difference in the world since I was very young and I think that always has been in my songwriting,” he says in an interview with Light Magazine.

“I discovered along the way that the best way to help someone is to help them discover the God of the universe.

So I take my songs out into the world.”

• Gene Murphy will perform during Earth Day celebrations on Saturday, April 26 at Memorial Peace Park in Maple Ridge. genemurphymusic.com.

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Maple Ridge Art Gallery Seasons in the Park March 22 – April 26

Over the past year, Garibaldi Art Club members have taken inspiration from visions of Spirit Square, Memorial Peace Park. Providing open spaces for sporting events, the celebration of arts and culture or simply peaceful contemplation, Memorial Peace Park is truly Maple Ridge’s park for all seasons.

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Nijinsky Gibber Jazz April 26 - 7:00 p.m.

The ACT lobby transforms into the Nijinsky Gibber Jazz Club, a FREE performance of jazz music and dance by Mascall Dance that’s sure to inspire. Join us for local food and treats and watch the artists at work!

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April 26 - 8:00 p.m.

From classic jazz and blues covers to his own compositions like Face Time, played on CBC, you’ll be enchanted by this Canadian gem. Let go and let the music and performance draw you in for the ride.

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Learn from arts industry professionals in four great workshops at The ACT! Five professional artists will share their experiences and tips for working in the industry in cartooning, acting, voice-over and special effects make up. Tickets are only $5 and include snacks, swag and a ticket to see DISSOLVE. Ages 13-17.

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April 25 • James Cameron School is holding its annual open house from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 20245 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Visitors welcome to come in for a chat, a tour, and to experience the school’s unique learning environment. It is an independent elementary school for children with learning disabilities. Call 604-4658444 or see www.jcs.bc.ca for info.

Environmental Partnership Society (KEEPS) and Metro Vancouver Parks invite you to the annual Goodbye Chums event, to be held at BellIrving Hatchery on 256th Street, on April 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The entire family can enjoy the annual springtime tradition of releasing chum salmon fry to the creek at this free event. In addition, there will be various interactive displays.

April 27 • The Kanaka Education and

April 30 • Golden Ears United Church

thrift store will host a fashion show of gently used clothing and jewelry at 7 p.m. at the church hall (22165 Dewdney Trunk Rd.) Admission cost is $2 at the door, includes refreshments and door pries. All clothes modelled will be fore sale. For more information call 604-463-9611.

May 3 and 4 • Pitt Meadows Library Book Sale - Adult and children hardcover and paperback books, DVDs, audio books, etc. on May 3 from 10 a.m.

to 4 p.m. and May 4 from 1- 4 p.m.

May 3 • Nights on Broadway: Musical review featuring songs and dance from Broadway hits through the ages at The ACT (11944 Haney Pl.) from 2-4 p.m. Contact Christine at colorens@shaw.ca May 6 • Brain injury support group: Offers support and education to survivors and families about

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May 10 • Free Bike tune-up workshop from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Bandstand in Memorial Peace Park, at the first Haney Farmers Market of this season. Bring your bike and get it ready to roll for the summer.

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Local players in BC Cup tourney Three Ridge Meadows Minor Hockey products were chosen to be are part of the Under-16 B.C. Cup selects program.

Brandon Armstrong, Evan Walls and Liam Evenson all played in the long weekend event. Eight teams were formed for the tournament, which was played in Salmon Arm Thursday to Sunday.

Evenson now lives in Burnaby, and plays for Burnaby Winter Club. Walls also moved last year and plays for North Shore Winter Club. Armstrong plays with the Okanagan Hockey Academy.

The four final B.C. Cup games were broadcast live on the internet Sunday, and in the final Team beat Team Avalanche 4-0.

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Riders Race the Ridge this weekend The 12th Annual Race the Ridge cycling stage race and second round of the prestigious new BC Premier Road Series promises to test the province’s top riders.

They will do battle over three challenging stages on the scenic cycling roads of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows this weekend.

“Race the Ridge is such a cool event for racers and spectators,” said event organizer Local Ride’s Barry Lyster of Maple Ridge. “It’s a unique event with excellent courses and the opportunity for fans to see the action up close, especially at Sunday morning’s Town Core Crit right in the heart of Maple Ridge’s downtown core.”

Registration for the event closes at 11:45 p.m. today (April 23). Registration can be found at www.karelo.com.

This year, as a part of Cycling BC’s new BC Premier Road Series, Lyster expects to attract

This weekend’s road race takes competitors through downtown Maple Ridge. even more high-calibre riders.

“Our aim is to make winning the BC Premier Series a goal for BC’s top racers – something that they can be proud of and aspire to,” said Lyster.

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There will be road closures in effect and limited parking in the downtown core for this event, so spectators are encouraged to walk or ride their bikes to check out the show.

The weekend gets rolling early Saturday morning for stage one, the

Thorn Hill Road Race, which starts at Thorn Hill Elementary School and puts riders’ legs to the test on multiple laps of a relentlessly hilly 9.8 km loop on the rural roads of Maple Ridge’s Thorn Hill area.

Saturday afternoon’s stage two Pitt-Polder Time Trial is an individual race against the clock in Pitt Meadows in an all-out 12.5-kilometre effort that ends on rough pavement and features generally blustery winds on the run-in to Pitt Lake.

Riders will take off at 30-second intervals and aim to log the fastest times and earn precious seconds in the overall stage race ranking.

Last week, Local Ride announced the opening of a separate Cat 4 Men’s category for the popular race. The Cat 4 Men’s field was originally combined with the Cat 3 Men’s field.

“There is a strong growth of new riders entering our sport here in B.C., and giving these racers their own category will only help to support this growth,” explained Lyster.

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GORDON, Graeme Wesley Passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 15th, 2014 at the age of 34. He is survived by his loving parents Noreen and Robert (Judith) Gordon and many aunts, uncles, cousins and caring friends. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday April 26th at 2pm at Maple Ridge Christian Reform Church, 20245 - Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Maple Ridge Caring Place.

EASTWOOD, Dallas Bentley April 20, 1983 - April 13, 2014 Suddenly passed with his best friend Diesl, his dog by his side.

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WILLOX, John Wesley (AKA: Jack, Wes) May 7, 1936 - April 15, 2014 John passed away at Ridge Meadows Hospital after a short illness. Predeceased by his parents John and Gladys Willox and grandson Johnny de Oliveira. John is survived by his wife Marjorie of 55 years, daughter Audrey, granddaughter Venessa and great grandson Bentley.

John’s sister Gerty Brooker, brother in-law Len Cornell, sister in-law and brother in-law Laverne and Maynard Hilts, his niece and nephews and all his many friends Memorial Service will be held on Saturday April 26, 2014 at 10am at Maple Ridge Funeral Chapel (Osborn’s), 11969 216th Street Maple Ridge, B.C. Officiating Pastor Don Schuiling.

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Protected Territories. Full Details CALL NOW 1-866-668-6629. Website WWW.TCVEND.COM. SAWMILLS from only $4,897 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800566-6899 Ext:400OT. FLAGGERS NEEDED. No Certification? Get Certified, 604-575-3944

DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING

DRIVERS REQUIRED

Landscaping Sales & Service Opportunities Up To $400 CASH Daily

Excavator & Backhoe Operator Training. Be employable in 4-6wks. Call 604-546-7600. www.rayway.ca

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Class 1 B-Train Drivers Canada Only or US/Canada .54 cents/mile. Extended Medical after 3 months.

MUST PASS DRUG TEST

Call 778-246-3338 or Fax 604-746-2422.

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

PRESCHOOL Register Now for Fall 604-465-3492 www.meadowmontessori.ca

Van Kam’s Group of Companies requires P/T Class 1 Drivers for the Surrey area.

Applicants must have LTL & P&D driving experience and must be familiar w/the Surrey region.

P/T position may lead to Full-time.

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

ANNUAL STARTING REVENUE $24,000 - $120,000 • Minimum investment as low as $6,050 required • Guaranteed Cleaning Contracts • Professional Training Provided • Financing Available • Ongoing Support A Respected Worldwide Leader in Franchised OfďŹ ce Cleaning.

Coverall of BC 604.434.7744 info@coverallbc.com www.coverallbc.com

FARM WORKERS

AUJLAS’ FARMS LTD FARM LABOURERS required 5 or 6 Days/Week 40 or 50 Hours/Week $10.33/Hour Horticultural work such as: Planting, pruning, spacing and harvesting the crop.

Employment starts early July’14 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

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To join our team of professional drivers please send a resume and current drivers abstract to:

Coquitlam Petro Pass, 1:30pm-9:15pm ~ Mon-Fri Apply in person to: 78 Glacier Street

careers@vankam.com call Bev at 604-968-5488 or Fax: 604-587-9889 Van-Kam is committed to employment equity and environmental responsibility.

We thank all applicants for your interest!

ECE

required for Daycare in Maple Ridge with preschool program & out of school care.

Monday to Friday.

604-466-5704 or 604-219-4324

.Flagpersons & Lane Closure Techs required. Must have reliable vehicle. Must be certified & experienced. Union wages & benefits. Fax resume 604-513-3661 email: darlene.hibbs@shawbiz.ca

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F/T & P/T Outdoors. Spring / Summer Work. Seeking Honest, Hard Working Staff. www.PropertyStarsJobs.com

NURSERY WORKERS BHULLAR NURSERY Ltd. in Maple Ridge is looking for F/T Nursery Workers (2). Wage $10.50/hr. Duties: Prepare soil, plant seeds, harvesting, fertilizing, spraying, irrigating, clean work areas. Contact: 25292 130th Ave. Maple Ridge, BC V4R 1C9. Email resume:

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

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

Please email resumes in a PDF or Word document with valid references to: jason@tiegenexcavating.com Contact info for serious inquiries only: 604-755-4226 www.tiegenexcavating.com

bhullarm@telus.net or Fax: 604-462-0672

HELP WANTED

Concrete Finishers & Form Setters.

Edmonton based company seeks experienced concrete finishers and form setters for work in Edmonton and Northern Alberta. Subsistence and accommodations provided for out of town work; Jobs@RaidersConcrete.com.

Fax 780-444-9165.

We Offer Above Average Rates!

A Great Janitorial Franchise Opportunity

HELP WANTED PIPELAYER

LITTLE EXPLORERS Preschool 12145 Laity St. Call 604-722-2410

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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

EDUCATION

Earn Extra Cash!

Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows NEWS

Available routes in Maple Ridge 40100109 - 113 Ave., Gillis Pl., Harrison St., Telosky Ave. 40210209 - 122 Ave., 123 Ave., 227 St., Hinch Cres.

40220261 - 124 Ave, 126 Ave, Blackstock St, Grace St. 40220270 - 123 Ave, 124 Ave, 221 St, Canuck Cres, Gray Street.

40310304 - 214 St., Ashbury Crt., Dewdney Trunk Rd., Hood St. 40310306 - 117 Ave., 118 Ave., Barker Ave., Fraserview St., Penny Lane.

40310310 - 117 Ave., 212 St., Cutler Pl., Fraserview St., Laity St. 40310315 - 117 Ave, 207 St, 209 St, Graves St, River Rd, Steeves St, Stoney Ave. 40310316 - 115 Ave., 207 St., 207A St., 209 St., Golf Lane, River Rd., Steeves St. 40320350 - 123 Ave, 124 Ave, 214 St, Charlton St, Cherry Pl, Laity St. 40330328 - 114 Ave, 209 St, Dartford St, Lorne Ave, :DUHVOH\ 6W :HVWÂżHOG $YH

Available routes in Pitt Meadows 41021054 - 117A Ave., 117B ave., 190 St. Serving Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows since 1978

I=: C:LH Circulation

604.476.2740

brian@mapleridgenews.com

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EDUCATION

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EDUCATION

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EDUCATION

UP TO

$1000* OFF TUITION IF YOU START YOUR PROGRAM BEFORE JUNE 30, 2014 *Conditions apply

COMMUNITY SUPPORT WORKER SOCIAL SERVICES Career Opportunities: Child and Youth Care Worker O Women’s Shelter Worker Family Place Worker O Settlement/Newcomers Service Worker Teen Pregnancy and Parenting Support Worker

CALL MAPLE RIDGE: 604.457.3600 OR VISIT SPROTTSHAW.COM

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EDUCATION

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 130

HELP WANTED

Vernon Service Company requires Journeyman Service Plumbers/Gasfitters, $36.00/hr Call (250)549-4444 or fax 250-549-4416

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HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 160

TRADES, TECHNICAL

FACILITIES Maintenance Supervisor, Kootenay Trout Hatchery, Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC. For more information: www.gofishbc.com/postings

PERSONAL SERVICES 171

ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

Markos Kouzina Now Hiring Experienced Servers Must have Serving it Right & Food Safe

Apply in person to 22641 Lougheed Hwy

# 101-1125 Nicola Avenue Port Coq. (behind COSTCO)

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candymassage.blogspot.com/

604-468-8889 CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSON Req. F/T for a local Canadian family run company. Position involves assisting our customers w/ technical questions, solutions, and quotes. As well as, some shipping & general office duties.

Knowledge of the building trade is an asset but not a requirement.

Must have strong inter-personal skills & great working knowledge of customer relations. You will demonstrate an ability to learn quickly and be in good physical shape for lifting. Computer skills are necessary as you must be able to type and work in Word, Excel and Outlook.

Excellent Compensation Commensurate w/ Experience.

Interested applicants please submit your resume to cori.kyle@ducan.com

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

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GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

If you own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue.

1.800.587.2161.

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

CLEANING SERVICES

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Take a walk through the Classifieds

CONCRETE & PLACING

for the best bargains around! bcclassified.com

UNIQUE CONCRETE

DESIGN

•Lawn Cuts/Trim •Aerating •Leaf Cleanup •Power Rake •Hedge & Shrub Trimming •Pruning Trees •23 yrs. exp.

•Insured •Free Estimates

778-231-9675, 778-231-9147 Need CA$H Today? Own a vehicle? Borrow up to $25,000. Snapcarcash.com 604-777-5046

FREE ESTIMATES

LEGAL SERVICES

Brad 778-552-3900

HERFORT CONCRETE

NO JOB TOO SMALL Serving Lower Mainland 25 Years! *Prepare *Form *Place *Finish *Granite & Interlocking Block Walls *Stairs *Driveways *Exposed Aggregate *Stamped Concrete. *Interlocking Bricks *Sod Placement EXCELLENT REF’S -WCB Insured

Meadows Landscape Supply Ltd. ✶ Bark Mulch ✶ Lawn & Garden Soil ✶ Drain Gravel ✶ Lava Rock ✶ River Rock ✶Pea Gravel

DRYWALL

(604)465-1311

ELECTRICAL

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899 .www.dialalaw.org 604-687-3221

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 203

meadowslandscapesupply.com

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FRESH COAT PAINTING ~ Int/Ext *Drywall Repair *Textured Ceilings *Pressure Washing*Gutter Cleaning Free Estimates. James 778-868-5307

604-465-3189

2 HUNGRY PAINTERS. Int/Ext, 36 yrs. Power wash. Refs. WCB. Free Est. 604-467-2532, 604-727-8956

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

FILA GUARD DOGS. Excellent Loyal Family Pet, all shots Great Protectors! Ph 604-817-5957.

Ed’s ROTOTILLING & LANDSCAPING

WE HAUL YOUR JUNK AND TAKE TRASH TO THE DUMP

*Rototilling *Levelling *Gardens *Loader Work *Brush Cutter *Plowing

We work 24/7 Call now: 604-442-3415

~ Free Estimates ~ 604-941-2263 / 604-725-7246

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

PETS

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

17607 Ford Road Pitt Meadows

PICK-UP ...... or .... DELIVERY

Golden Retriever pups, family farm raised, vet checked, shots, ready April 26. $700 Timbur6@telus.net, 604-845-7434, Rosedale

ITALIAN MASTIFF (Cane Corso)

Garbage, Rubbish, Trash, Garage, Basement, & Attic, Home & Office, Metal Scrap pickups, Yard clean-up, Construction debris, Light demolition.

FREE EST. LOW PRICES, QUALITY WORK

We Sell Weed...

M.T. GUTTERS

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

Professional Installation 5” Gutter, Down Pipe, Soffit *CLEANING *REPAIRS 28 YEARS EXPERIENCE

Free Turf

~ FULLY INSURED ~

GARDENING

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

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

all soils are tested for Optimum growing requirements.

477

Chihuahua pups, playful, cuddly, family raised, vet check, 1st shots, avail now. $425. 604-794-5844

3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour

NO Wood byproducts used

PETS

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

PAINT SPECIAL

When QUALITY Matters

16897 Windsor Road Pitt Meadows

Call Tim 604-612-5388

Ceramic Tiles, Hardwood Laminate Guaranteed work, Free Estimate.

RUBBISH REMOVAL

Running this ad for 10yrs

D Garden Blend Soil D Lawn Blend Soil D Custom Blends avail.

D Composted Mushroom Manure

Gutter & Roof Cleaning since 1982.

WCB/Liability insurance. Call Simon for prompt service. 604-230-0627

FLOOR REFINISHING/ INSTALLATIONS 604-618-6401 Marcel

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

DC ELECTRIC (#37544). Bonded.

We specialize in jobs too small for the big guys! *24 HOUR SERVICE* 30Yrs exp. Free est. 604-460-8867.

ACCOUNTING / TAX /BOOKKEEPING

329 PAINTING & DECORATING www.paintspecial.com

7 Days / Week

CASCADE DRYWALL. Res / Comm Drywall, taping, text. ceilings, t-bar. steel stud. Call Rob 604-218-2396 or 604-820-9601

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LANDSCAPING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley

Prompt Delivery Available

Leo: 604-657-2375 / 604-462-8620

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Phone 604-575-5555

15% SENIORS DISCOUNT A+ Rating with BB Bureau

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

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

MAPLE GARDENING & Lawn Maintenance.

Seniors discount.

Free ests. WCB. (604)466-5991.

Cleaning Lady Available Fast and Reliable. $25/hr.

778-318-4716

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GARDENING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

283A

HANDYPERSONS

MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, RENOVATION www.proficientrenovation.com or call 604-323-4111 for more details

(Turn right 1st road East of Pitt River Bridge from Vancouver) 604-465-9812

1-800-663-5847

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

317

MISC SERVICES

✶Dump Site Now Open✶ SBroken Concrete RocksS $24.00 Per Metric Ton SMud - Dirt - Sod - ClayS $24.00 Per Metric Ton GrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds

www.jonesbroscartageltd.com

LAB PUPPIES. Born Valentines Day. Chocolate, golden, black. 8 weeks. Only 5 sweeties left. $600.

Norm 604-814-0706

PLUMBING • • •

10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fitter. Aman: 778-895-2005 FIXIT PLUMBING & HEATING H/W Tanks, Reno’s, Boilers, Furn’s.

Drain Cleaning. Ins. (778)908-2501 BRO MARV PLUMBING 24/7 Plumbing, heating, plugged drains BBB. (604)582-1598, bromarv.com

.Jim’s Mowing. 310-JIMS (5467).

287

TOPSOIL

P/B blue males & females.

Ready to go. 1st shots & tails/dew claws done.

ULTIMATE FAMILY GUARDIAN Pet homes. $1000. 604-308-5665

TONY’’S PAINTING

341

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SCREENED TOPSOIL MUSHROOM MANURE BARK MULCH 604-467-3003

SUNDECKS

MUST LOVE DOGS!!!

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

PRESSURE WASHING

POWER WASHING since 1982.

WCB/Liability insurance. Call Simon for prompt service. 604-230-0627

$59.00 Per Ton

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

Meadows Landscape Supply

604-465-1311 . Expert Power Washing. Gutters cleaned & repaired. www.expertpowerwashing. Mike, 604-961-1280 MIKE 604-961-1280

.t1 tax

Unfiled Tax Returns? Unreported Income? Avoid Prosecution and Penalties. Call a Tax Attorney First!

855-668-8089 (Mon-Fri 9-6 ET)

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MOVING & STORAGE

374

TREE SERVICES

AFFORDABLE MOVING www.affordablemoversbc.com

CLEANING SERVICES

PITTBULL PUPPIES - Purebred.

Ready to go. Blue, tan & blue/tan brindle. Call 604-376-0920

$45/Hr

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

SPRING HOUSE CLEANING SPECIAL

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

$20 Off for the Month of April

604-537-4140

mariescustomized cleaning@gmail.com

.proworks

POWER WASHING GUTTER CLEANING

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates.

Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

604-467-1118

Intex Janitorial & Maintenance Services

ABBA MOVERS & DEL Res/comm 1-5 ton truck, 2 men fr $45. Seniors Discount. Honest, bsmt clean up.

25yrs Exp. 24hrs/7days 604-506-7576

.

Janitorial, Office Cleaning Int. Ext. Windows, Pressure Washing, Gutter Cleaning Free Estimates

560

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

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

SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE

Call Ian 604-724-6373

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

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

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

STEEL BUILDINGS...HOT SAVINGS - SPRING SALE! 20X24 $4,348. 25X24 $4,539. 30X30 $6,197. 32X36 $7,746. 40X46 $12,116. 47X72 $17,779. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

Pay-Less Pro Painting

(604)465-1302 / 604-786-3466 .

Residential & Commercial “Award Winning Renovations” 32 Years of Experience

604-728-3009

info@jkbconstruction.com www.jkbconstruction.com

Spring EXT/INT SPECIAL LOOK for our YARD SIGNS D Free estimates D Insured Licensed D References Residential D Pressure Washing

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

Abacus Roofing.info

Serving Tri City 34 Yrs. Call 24 Hrs/7 Days

Asphalt roofs, Re & Re, Shake conversions *30yrs Exp.

www.paylesspropainting.com

Scott 604-891-9967

288

HOME REPAIRS

Call Chris

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

300

604-462-9009

.give and take tree service 778.872.8406

PETS 454

EQUESTRIAN

CEDAR HOGFUEL

Tar & Gravel DAsphalt D Interlocking shingles DTorch-on Membrane D Laminated shingles

JAGUAR LANDSCAPING Lawn & Garden Service.

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

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

Ask about our

99

$

ROOM SPECIAL

CALL TODAY! 604-803-5041 www.benchmarkpainting.ca

Strata, Commercial & Residential, Pavers, Walls, Spring Garden Clean-ups, New Lawns & top dressing & Drainage.

RUBBISH REMOVAL

REAL ESTATE HOMES WANTED We Buy Homes BC • All Prices • All Situations • • All Conditions • www.webuyhomesbc.com 604-657-9422

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

604-467-6065

356

WANTED car or truck batteries. Will pickup free of charge. Also Cars or trucks, free or cheap, running or not. (604)380-0599

627

All types of Roofing Repairs Free Estimates

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed!

Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

Special Spring prices Sawdust also available

EAGLE ROOFING

LANDSCAPING

LANDSCAPING DESIGN / INSTALLATION and MAINTENANCE

MISC. FOR SALE

Augustine Soil & Mulch Ltd. Pitt Meadows, BC

604-465-5193

477

Call (604)763-8795

PETS

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

Landscape Design & Installation for 33 yrs Locally owned & operated. pearlandscape.com 778-848-0036 mikes hauling 604-516-9237

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

A26 -- Wednesday, April 23, 2014 -- THE NEWS - www.mapleridgenews.com

REAL ESTATE 633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

REAL ESTATE 640

RECREATIONAL

REAL ESTATE 696

OTHER AREAS

20 Acres. $0 Down, Only $119/mo.

Owner Financing, NO CREDIT CHECKS! Near El Paso, Texas.

Beautiful Mountain Views! Money Back Guarantee. Call 866-8825263 Ext. 81 www.sunsetranches.net

RENTALS NEW 14 Wide in 55+ Mission Park $86,988 w/$550 pad rent.

Pet OK. Chuck 604-830-1960

New SRI *1296 sq/ft Double wide $93,888. *New SRI 14’ wide $67,888. Repossessed mobile homes, manufactured homes & modulars. Chuck 604-830-1960.

Recreation Paradise Year Round!

Fishing, hiking, hunting, quadding, snowmobiling or just relaxation. Great access within 3 hours of the lower mainland, 40 km from Princeton and steps to Osprey Lake.

2 years new this 3 bedroom, 2 bath open concept chalet has it all & more. Includes a guest cabin with a bedroom, living/sitting area, kitchen & bathroom.

New detached garage for storing the toys.

Call Adrienne (Royal Lepage Parkside Realty) at 250-809-6322 for a private viewing.

700

RENT TO OWN

STOP RENTING! RENT TO OWN! No Qualifications! Flexible Terms!

CLOVERDALE - 60th and 176th Spacious 1 Bedroom Condo.

Only $880/mo. Option Fee Req’d 604-657-9422

706

APARTMENT/CONDO MAPLE INN 11695 -224th St

Maple Ridge 1 bdrm - $550/mo Inc. hot water CertiďŹ ed Crime Free Building Mature adult oriented. Close to uptown 604-463-4131 for appt.

(9am-5pm)

RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO

GARIBALDI Court (604) 463-9522 Central Maple Ridge 2 Bdrm units available.

Great location for seniors!

Clean, quiet & affordable!

Incls heat, h/w, cable.

Senior Move-In Allowance.

Refs & Credit check req.

Sorry No Pets For more info: google us.

CRIME FREE BUILDING MAPLE RIDGE

RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO

TWO bedrooms, 2 baths, 8th floors, nice views, corner unit, city center.

1030 sq. ft. living area , insuite laundry, $1100 per month including one parking. New renovation. #80311980 222nd Street, Gordon Towers, call Hanson at 604-250-2196 or email hanson_wan@hotmail.com for appointment.

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT 11895 Laitty St, Maple Ridge WESTGATE APARTMENTS Fully renod 1 & 2 bdrm suites Full time on-site caretaker.

Available Immediately CALL ANYTIME TO VIEW

1-604-358-8722

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

RENTALS 749

TRANSPORTATION

STORAGE

Parking + Onsite Manager

604.465.7713 750

SW8, 5ft. x 8ft. Black w/ wood flr.

733 MOBILE HOMES & PADS

PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1097/mo - $1199/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available.

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

SENIOR’S DISCOUNT

604-463-2236 604-463-7450 12186-224 St, Maple Ridge CertiďŹ ed Crime Free Buildings MAPLE RIDGE

AVAILABLE NOW 1 & 2 BDRM SUITES Heat, hot water & parking.

Close to stores & schools.

SENIORS DISCOUNT 1/2 month Rent Free Ask manager for details.

736

HOMES FOR RENT

CENTRAL MAPLE RIDGE 6 bdrm bsmt house 2 wood f/p, fncd yd, 3 bths lots of prkg $1950/mo. June 1st. 604-467-4450, 604-833-4450 MAPLE RIDGE 12880 216 Street.

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

ONLY USED 3 TIMES for catering events.

MAPLE RIDGE Central newer 2 bdrm g/l ste, sep ent $900/mo incl utils. Ns/np. Immed (604)467-6756 MAPLE RIDGE west. 1 Bdrm gr/lvl, suite near Superstore avail May 1st.

604-457-1410 or 778-875-4751.

PITT MEADOWS 3 bdrm mobile home on farm. NS/NP.Avail now. $900. 604-465-5731, 604-723-3854

2009 WELLS CARGO TRAILER

SUITES, LOWER

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

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

and Hydro

UTILITY TRAILERS

Year or semi-annual Rental Moorage

* Renovated Suites * *Large *Clean *Very Quiet

Near Shopping & Amenities.

859

14179 Reichenback Rd

Public Access Launch Ramp Outdoor Storage for Boats, RV’s, Cars, Trucks & Trailers

Great Location

Includes: Heat, Hot Water

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

Pitt Meadows Marina

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

Queen Anne Apts.

845 The Scrapper

752

Bought brand new off lot. No accidents. Mint Cond. $3200obo.

604-488-9161 South Surrey

MARINE

TOWNHOUSES 912

BOATS

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

TRANSPORTATION 810

AUTO FINANCING

MAPLE RIDGE, 3 + bdrm, lge yard, new carpet/paint W/D hookup NS $1575/mo. 604-240-8358

741

OFFICE/RETAIL

MAPLE COURT I st

22437 121 Ave 604-467-0715 &

Maple Ridge OfďŹ ce & Retail Space

22423 121st Ave 604-467-4894

Unbelievable Rates, Starting at $495/month.

Various sizes 320sf. - 2000sf.

Various downtown locations.

Updated and well maintained.

MAPLE RIDGE CENTRAL. 1 & 2 bdrm apt. $750/$850/mo incl heat, h/w. N/P. Avail now. 604-476-6683.

Rick Medhurst Royal LePage Realty

MAPLE COURT II

MAPLE RIDGE Central - Large 1 bdrm apt. Deck, laundry facils, prkg & storage. NS/NP. $620/mo. Avail May 1st. Call 604-937-3534.

Maple Ridge

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

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

.wwwone4yacht.com 604-669-2248

604-463-3000

746

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

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

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

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(604)466-5799 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 req.

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604.466.8404 (Erik) PORT COQUITLAM

1 bdrm suite ~ $775 2 bdrm suite ~ $925 S Includes heat/hot water S 1.5 blocks to various bus stops S 2 blocks to Safeway/medical S City park across street S Gated parking and Elevator S Adult oriented building S References required CALL FOR APPOINTMENT

604-464-3550

SENIORS DISCOUNT 1/2 month Rent Free Ask manager for details.

AVAILABLE NOW Maple Ridge 1 Bdrm apts $750 2 Bdrm apts $800 Incl heat, hot water & parking.

Close to stores and Schools.

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HWY: 5.3L/100 KM CITY: 7.5L/100 KM▼

HWY: 7.3L/100 KM CITY: 10.2L/100 KM▼

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TUCSON 2.0 GL FWD MANUAL. DEALER INVOICE PRICE INCLUDES $462 IN PRICE ADJUSTMENTSΩ, DELIVERY AND DESTINATION.

YOU PAY THE INVOICE PRICE PLUS GET 0% FINANCING FOR 96 MONTHS †

5-year/100,000 km Comprehensive Limited Warranty†† 5-year/100,000 km Powertrain Warranty 5-year/100,000 km Emission Warranty

Dave Wyant

Sean Elmont

Mike Jankowiak

Brent Miscisco

HyundaiCanada.com

Brett Kinney

Bob Murdoch

Sean Ferguson

Matt Wood

The Hyundai names, logos, product names, feature names, images and slogans are trademarks owned by Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. †Finance offer available O.A.C. from Hyundai Financial Services based on a new 2014 Accent 4-Door L Manual/ Elantra L 6-Speed Manual/Santa Fe Sport 2.4L FWD/Tucson 2.0 GL FWD Manual with an annual finance rate of 0%/0%/0.9%/1.9% for 96 months. Bi-weekly payments are $69/$79/$135/$118. $0 down payment required. Cost of Borrowing is $0.

Finance offer includes Delivery and Destination of $1,550/$1,550/$1,760/$1,760. Registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, charges, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. Delivery and Destination charge includes freight, P.D.E., dealer admin fees and a full tank of gas. ‡Dealer Invoice Price of 2014 Accent 4-Door L Manual/Elantra L 6-Speed Manual/Santa Fe Sport 2.4L FWD/Tucson 2.0 GL FWD Manual are $14,220/$16,352/$27,053/$22,797. Prices include price adjustments of $779/$1,197/$1,306/$462 and includes Delivery and Destination of $1,550/$1,550/$1,760/$1,760. Registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, charges, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. The customer prices are those reflected on the dealer invoice from Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. The dealer invoice price includes a holdback fee for which the dealer is subsequently reimbursed by Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. ΩPrice adjustments are calculated against the vehicle’s starting price.

Price adjustments of up to $779/$1,197/$1,306/$462 available on in stock 2014 Accent 4 Door L 6-Speed Manual/Elantra L 6-Speed Manual/Santa Fe 2.4L FWD Auto/Tucson 2.0 GL FWD Manual on cash purchases. Price adjustments applied before taxes. Offer cannot be combined or used in conjunction with any other available offers. Offer is non-transferable and cannot be assigned. No vehicle trade-in required. ♦Price of models shown (with Price Adjustments): 2014 Accent 4 Door GLS/ Elantra Limited/Santa Fe 2.0T Limited AWD/Tucson 2.4 GLS FWD are $19,140/$23,754/$38,225/$27,000. Prices include Price Adjusmtents of $1,109/$1,445/$2,434/$1,659, Delivery and Destination charges of $1,550/$1,550/$1,760/$1,760. Registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, charges, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. ▼Fuel consumption for new 2014 Accent 4-Door L (HWY 5.3L/100KM; City 7.5L/100KM); 2014 Elantra L Manual (HWY 5.3L/100KM; City 7.6.L/100KM); 2014 Santa Fe Sport 2.4L FWD (HWY 7.3L/100KM; City10.2.L/100KM); 2014 Tucson 2.0 GL FWD Manual (HWY 7.2L/100KM; City10.0L/100KM) are based on Manufacturer Testing. Actual fuel efficiency may vary based on driving conditions and the addition of certain vehicle accessories. Fuel economy figures are used for comparison purposes only. †‡Ω♦Offers available for a limited time, and subject to change or cancellation without notice. Dealer may sell for less. Inventory is limited, dealer order may be required. Visit www.hyundaicanada.com or see dealer for complete details. ††Hyundai’s Comprehensive Limited Warranty coverage covers most vehicle components against defects in workmanship under normal use and maintenance conditions.

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