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City stays quiet on medical grow ops Eight more planned for Maple Ridge

By Phil M elnyc h u k pmelnychuk@mapleridgenews.com

While Whonnock residents worry about a new medical marijuana plant almost complete on 272nd Street, another eight such operations could be coming to a Maple Ridge.

Those locations haven’t been revealed by the city, but the Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations doesn’t prevent the city from disclosing those locations, says both a lawyer, as well as an owner in the medicalmarijuana business.

“There’s nothing in the MMPR that says the city can’t disclose it,” says Chad Clelland who runs a medicinal marijuana web portal and operates the Greenleaf Medical Clinic in AbbotsSee Pot, 11

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BBQ at Cliff Avenue camp Intended as a ‘show of support for homeless’

By Phil M elnyc h u k pmelnychuk@mapleridgenews.com

A weekend community barbecue is planned for the Cliff Avenue camp behind the Salvation Army, despite a disagreement between two residents there Monday during which a woman had part of a finger bitten off.

“We’re going to have it carefully

organized,” said Ivan Drury, with the Metro Vancouver-based Social Housing Alliance.

The barbecue, which goes from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, isn’t intended as a protest, but a show of support for homeless people.

“Our object is to try to coordinate between communities facing the housing crisis in different spaces in B.C. because we see people facing the same problems everywhere. And there are no solutions anywhere,” Drury said.

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creasing trend to more tent cities instead of an actual solution to the homeless crisis.”

He downplayed concerns about the barbecue and said much of that is Facebook worry.

He talked with homeowners along Cliff Avenue this week and said many feel for the homeless, but are worried they’re so close to their homes, which he understands.

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Drury objects to creating divisions between homeowners and street people.

“A lot of us are one paycheque away from being there.”

He said unlike other camps, where most of the opposition comes from the city, in Maple Ridge it’s the hostility from the rest of the population.

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‘Homelessness not a crime’ RCMP lobbies for treatment program

By Phil M elnyc h u k pmelnychuk@mapleridgenews.com

One part of Maple Ridge’s effort to tackle homelessness carries guns and have badges and has the ability to haul people away.

But Ridge Meadows RCMP won’t be following that approach as it does its part for the Mayor’s Homelessness Solutions Task Force.

“We cannot arrest our way out of this problem, but we are enthusiastic to be part of the solution,” Insp. Dave Fleugel told a gathering of municipal workers and volunteers, all part of the group that’s charged with solving the issue in the city.

And while police will stop criminality wherever they see it, the homeless and poor won’t be singled out as police go about their job keeping the peace and enforcing the law, he said Thursday at a special briefing about the plan to end homelessness.

Fleugel said that one thing officers learn about early is Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Homelessness is not a crime.

“We will not apply an unbalanced or prejudicial level of enforcement to those living in poverty.”

However, there must be other options other than the criminal justice system for dealing with the mentally ill or drug addicted, he added.

Police know they have to do something, but also know they’re not trained to deal with the gaps in social services.

And police are only part of the solution.

Citing former Vancouver police chief Jim Chu’s perspective, police used to be the last resort to deal with mentally ill or those in crisis.

Now they’re often the first to respond.

That’s not sustainable, Fleugel said.

“I think our officers do an incredible job of dealing with the reality of what our marginalized population present to them each and every shift,” he added.

“Mental illness is very real. Addiction and substance abuse are very real.”

Fluegel, with the task force’s standards enforcement team, said RCMP have been lobbying for an assertive community treatment

program, in which mobile teams of mental health workers meet people in their own environment and expects Maple Ridge will be able to share a team with Langley.

Mayor Nicole Read said having bylaws or police constantly moving homeless people from place to place doesn’t work.

That’s been done for years.

But now, the community as a whole seems to be getting involved and others are starting to take notice, so it’s time to have a “powerful” national, provincial and local conversation about the issue.

Read added that the people in the homeless camp on Cliff Avenue, behind the Salvation Army on Lougheed Highway, and which has become the focal point of the issue, had been living all over Maple Ridge.

“Now they’re all in one place. It’s interesting to see what happens when you have people in one place in a community that traditionally has been voiceless and invisible.

They start to actually become empowered and have a voice.”

That’s a step towards solving the problem.

The issue of homelessness will be the toughest task that the current council takes on, she told the group in council chambers.

Read said her own family experience is motivating her.

“I have this in my own family,” she said.

“So anybody who thinks I don’t have the courage or resolve to step into this pocket is sorely mistaken.

“I understand both sides of this equation. I understand that drug addiction and mental health and homelessness are things that compel people to do things they otherwise wouldn’t do.”

At the same time, she understands that homeowners and residents also have a right to live in safety.

Read, with emotion in her voice, showed the audience a photo of when she was young with her aunt, who was abused and an alcoholic and struggled to raise three children, two of whom turned out be addicts and one of whom was schizophrenic.

“That’s a product of the environment in which they were raised.”

Her aunt’s problems required many family trips to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside until finally her aunt managed to overcome her alcoholism and achieve stability.

Then her aunt was strangled by her son, Read’s cousin, a drug addict, likely over money for drugs.

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Police arrested a man on four outstanding warrants at the Cliff Avenue camp behind the Salvation Army on Thursday.

After they made the arrest, police found a drivers’ licence, B.C. Care Card and social insurance card that had been stolen in April from a local gym.

As a result, police are recommending charges of possession of stolen property and possessing identity documents against the 25-year-old.

Ridge Meadows RCMP civilian spokesman Dan Herbranson said the arrest could have happened on any corner of the city.

He said there isn’t an unusual amount of calls about crimes from the camp, although there are lots of reports of illegal drugs and drinking.

But by the time police arrive on scene, that’s out of sight, he added.

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Ridge Meadows RCMP say the car went off the road westbound on 100th Avenue at 250th Street, on Thornhill, just before 9 a.m. The car then hit a ditch and a culvert.

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Resident renews call for city-wide garbage pickup

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Elizabeth Taylor is tired of the “gong show” – of household garbage left at curbsides every day of the week, bringing black bears into places where people live.

Sooner or later, she says, it’s going to end badly.

“It’s just not working, it’s just not working,” Taylor said Monday.

Taylor has created a petition on change.org, to make her case for city-wide pickup in Maple Ridge.

“This city has no waste management system at all. Citizens hire private waste services, resulting in garbage being picked up every day of the week. This has created a daily garbage buffet for the native black bears,” she says on the webpage.

Unlike most cities, garbage collection in Maple Ridge is left to four or more companies competing for contracts

to haul away trash from curbside.

With different pickup days throughout the week, Taylor says garbage cans can be on the street every day of the week, creating a convenient, but possibly deadly, snacking schedule for bears.

“When a kid gets killed by a bear, if it was my kid, I would be suing them for every penny.

Because it’s very clear that they’re putting people at risk with their irresponsible waste-management practices.

“We need to have a city-wide system of dealing with city-wide waste.”

She’s made the case before, almost three years ago, when a garbage bear was bothering neighbours along 100B Avenue, in Albion.

Now, another bear, a two-year-old, is munching on leftovers and has been visiting back yards in Albion for the past

month and a half.

“On Thursday, he was sitting behind a house waiting for the garbage to come out. So when a woman brought her garbage out, over he came and grabbed it. So he’s totally habituated.

“I found him on my back porch and I have two big dogs.”

Taylor says with no compulsory garbage pickup and people free to do as they like with garbage, by either signing on with a garbage hauler or taking the trash to the Maple Ridge Transfer Station, people either composting their kitchen waste or store it for weeks, all the while attracting sensitive noses.

“It seems to me like it’s the wild west of garbage,” she said. “You can do whatever you want.

You can store it for a month, attract the bears.

“We’re luring them in with our nonsensical methods.”

Taylor’s petition has collected about 70 names and will send it on to Maple Ridge, the Ministry of Environment and Metro Vancouver at some point.

Her campaign came Monday as council looked at the latest staff report on the issue.

The report re-stated projections of how much homeowners would have to pay to have city-wide garbage pickup.

If Maple Ridge contracted out garbage pickup to a single private company, people would pay between about $300 annually on their tax or utility bill.

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Wild West The B.C. Liberal government is in the process of adopting the Election Amendment Act, which will give candidates and political parties the ability to access hitherto private data about voters from past provincial elections.

The NDP, unfortunately, has gone along with the basic thrust of this law. The most principled opposition has come from Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver, and independent Vicki Huntington has also been challenging the law.

The main purpose behind the law is to allow wellfunded political parties, notably the Liberals and NDP, to “mine” voter data and craft campaigns to encourage their own supporters to come to the polls, while at the same time coming up with ways of targeting specific supporters of the other parties from casting votes. Along the way, they will be digging into voters’ privacy in a way that has caused the Information and Privacy Commissioner great concerns.

It is unfortunate that there has been so little attention paid to this. As Huntington noted, after an amendment to the bill was defeated, “People don’t want to be targeted or harassed based on whether or not they voted. This bill won’t encourage voter participation. It will reinforce voter cynicism.”

The amendment, introduced by Weaver, called for a delay in implementing the law until there was more public consultation. While the NDP supported the amendment, the Liberal majority voted against it.

B.C. is, in some ways, the wild west of politics.

There are no restrictions on donations from businesses, associations, wealthy individuals or unions to political campaigns. While there are limits on spending during campaigns, the most crucial and strategic spending is often done before the campaign is underway.

While there is now full disclosure of those who donate to political parties, the amounts raised by the Liberals and the NDP are considerably more than is truly needed to properly run a campaign. The Liberals alone raised more than $10 million last year.

Now the political parties are being handed another tool that, in a day and age when it is easier than ever to collect a raft of data about individuals, will allow them to hone their message and specifically target individuals.

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Is B.C. a Third World backwater?

VICTORIA – We might call ourselves Super, Natural or even The Best Place on Earth, but how is B.C. viewed around the world?

Ever since U.S. billionaires and their environmental clients decided more than a decade ago to B.C. Views supervise our society, Tom Fletcher the impression that British Columbia is a primitive colonial backwater in need of “saving” has only been reinforced.

In late April, the province and coastal aboriginal leaders announced completion of marine planning areas for Haida Gwaii and the North and Central Coast. U.S. activists knew about the announcement weeks before the legislature press gallery did, and a documentary crew was sent up to advance the narrative of the saving of the “Great Bear Rainforest.”

Within minutes of the announcement, the World Wildlife Fund website trumpeted the creation of the “Great Bear Sea,” continuing the penchant of outsiders for renaming large parts of B.C. to fit their marketing strategies.

Unlike the “Great Bear Rainforest” land use deal of 2007, the Sierra Club, ForestEthics and Greenpeace were not represented. Instead, Tides Canada CEO Ross McMillan sat beaming in the audience.

McMillan’s role in directing U.S. foundation money to B.C. has prompted him

to declare himself “a principal architect of the Great Bear Rainforest project,” although in the early years he and his staff (currently 24 people) stayed behind the scenes while Sierra, Greenpeace et al took the credit.

At the event, two aboriginal leaders gave a nod to the real funder of the ongoing effort to “save” the B.C. coast, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Gordon Moore is a co-founder of Intel Corp., maker of most of the world’s computer processor chips, now spending his vast fortune on the Amazon basin, B.C. and other “threatened” places.

Other Silicon Valley and Seattle billionaires helped finance the original effort, and a strategy document surfaced in 2008 describing their plan to de-market the Alberta oil sands by creating a blockade against energy exports on our Pacific coast. That campaign has featured a fake cancer study and grossly exaggerated greenhouse gas claims compared to U.S. coal and oil production.

The effort has since expanded to natural gas, with false horror stories about “fracking” finding a receptive global audience.

Last week I wrote about the plan by British manufacturing conglomerate Reckitt Benckiser to buy up farms in the B.C. Interior and replant them with trees.

Contrary to my description, “RB Trees for Change” isn’t participating in the dodgy European carbon credit market.

They’re just doing it for global marketing purposes, covering pioneer-cleared farms of our colonial backwater with forest for 100 years so they can adver-

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tise their soaps and cold pills as carbon neutral. Another 10,000 hectares of B.C. “saved” from destruction by benevolent foreign interests.

Back to reality. B.C.’s Auditor General issued a report last week calling on the province to do more to prevent the “cumulative effects” of industrial development. A familiar example of this is the struggle to maintain caribou herds in northern B.C. The B.C. government mustered a response from the multiple ministries that have worked on this since 2010.

A whopping 37 per cent of B.C. is designated as parks and protected areas for environmental and cultural values.

Among other things, they noted that 90 per cent of B.C.’s vast area is now covered by regional land use plans created to manage cumulative impacts. A whopping 37 per cent of B.C. is designated as parks and protected areas for environmental and cultural values.

Maybe that’s still not good enough, but it’s better than anything I can find in Europe or the U.S. That’s particularly true of California, home of Hollywood, Silicon Valley, a pipeline spill, heavy oil refining and gridlocked freeways.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press newspapers.

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THE NEWS/letters Who’s job is it? What we all want: dignity Editor, The News: Re: Four teams to tackle homelessness (The News, May 29).

The article stated that Mayor Nicole Read made homelessness part of her election campaign, and MLA Doug Bing was quoted as saying: “I guess that’s why it ends up on her plate.”

I wanted to remind Mr. Bing that housing is a provincial issue and suggest that it’s on Mayor Read’s plate in large part because he wasn’t doing his job.

Jonathan Peters Maple Ridge

Ugly hospital entrance Editor, The News: As I have been doing often recently, I went to the hospital to visit a friend. The experience was not a pretty one.

Once outside what was the old main entrance, there were beautiful trees and shrubs creating a shady welcoming patio for the enjoyment of both patients and visitors.

Now there is carnage, the lovely old trees cut down, their stumps a grim testament to destruction. There is no shade, no welcome, no solace. It is among the most ugly hospital entries one could imagine.

It is a mystery to me that an area so carefully created for the enjoyment of those experiencing difficult times should be destroyed. I can only hope that some extremely talented landscape architect has been hired to make a new place of shady well being. Or will there be a parking lot ?

Perhaps someone knows the reason for the devastation we are currently faced with. Patients and visitors alike need greenery. Trees are inspirational and hopeful, never mind being essential for a healthy environment .

What is the plan for the area outside our hospital?

Linda King Maple Ridge

Editor, The News: Re: ‘Homelessness is a mental health issue’ (The News, May 27).

Pick up any media and the headlines will contain some hint of the financial burdens placed upon everyone from the middle class on down.

At the bottom of the pile, you’ll find the homeless.

Unfortunately, what you may not realize is that good people could just as easily be that other person, drug addicted and homeless.

Government clawbacks and underfunded shelter rates, inadequate mental health services don’t meet the duality which often underpins the complex issues of homelessness.

Habitual homelessness is a different story.

Personally, as a person with a disability, I struggled with this dual diagnosis, which created chaos and huge suffering.

When I decided to take a different approach and learn about the issues that others similar to me faced, I realized that many didn’t have the ability to understand the system. And, as a result, the system hasn’t had sustainable results.

Instead, what we do have is Cliff Ave. I staged a one-woman protest in 2011, organized a rally, gave presentations to committees and participated in community networking projects in addition to assisting others who don’t have a clear understanding of the legislation that governs their life; in my

case, provincial income assistance.

I learned the legislation and the rules of MSDSI (income assistance) and Residential Tenancy to help those facing challenges.

I share my story because I have the same problems as many who have a home and those who don’t, and if not for circumstance, I would never know how to give authenticity because everyone needs help.

I understand the outrage of the property and business taxpaying citizens

tance given does have too many financial hits for those who are trying to be contributors, only a change in policy can offer relief.

After giving shelter to a homeless man earlier this year for a short time, the frustration with the supports available and the compliance of the individual overrode any housing provided.

Key in that is compliance to common sense rules, and new routines are difficult without the right individual supports.

“Key in that is compliance to common sense rules, and new routines are difficult without the right individual supports.”

surrounding the funding for the homelessness task force for Maple Ridge.

I attended the update from council and I am convinced the Mayor Nicole Read has a very fluid plan that allows for redirection and will undoubtedly be put to task.

Thus far, small immediate relief for all affected directly at Cliff Ave., the property and business owners and the street citizens comes in the form of a portable toilet to address the immediate concern of the sanitary conditions and in doing so gave what we all want: dignity.

While I empathize with the street citizens, and agree the financial assis-

Having the right housing is key, but so are the policies that surround it to allow for the best possible outcome.

It’s more than time for all levels of government to get together and create programs that do the best possible job for the situation at hand.

Maple Ridge’s mayor and council are weighing through complex funding scenarios, looking for the best overall outcome for all homeless, not just for those camping on Cliff Ave. At the end of the day, balancing the homeless issue also means preventing it.

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Coun. Gordy Robson disputed the cost of private collection and said the geographic area for pickup should be defined.

Robson said council needs details of all costs that will be part of curbside pickup.

Municipal engineer Dave Pollock told councillors that in addition to pickup costs, there would be staff administration costs, plus costs of about $25 a year per household to provide bear-proof garbage containers.

“I think all of these numbers right now are highly speculative,” added Mayor Nicole Read.

She’s concerned about misinformation and said other city’s contracts are difficult to compare.

But Pollock said unless a request for proposals is issued and companies come back with formal bids, the numbers won’t

be precise.

“I just can’t give definitive numbers at this point.”

Nevertheless, staff have some confidence in the costs in the report, added public works manager Frank Quinn.

“It’s about as close to accurate as we can get. If we don’t like the numbers, we don’t like the numbers. That’s just how it is,” said Coun. Craig Speirs.

But he said the costs estimates are fairly accurate.

He said it only costs him about $60 annually to take the household garbage to the Maple Ridge transfer station, instead of hiring a private hauler for curbside pickup.

About 40 per cent of Maple Ridge residents don’t want municipal garbage pickup, he added.

He warned council about taking on the service, offered by most other cities in Metro Vancouver.

“One thing for sure, if we go down this route,

we’ll own the complaints and we’ll own the problems.”

Multi-Material B.C.’s role in collection must also be clarified. It could take over collection of all recycling.

The report also notes that combining garbage and organic waste pick up could be cheaper.

Instead, Speirs said Maple Ridge should just encourage competition between the garbagehauling companies and regulate the days when pickup takes place to minimize the number of collection days.

Currently, with four private companies picking up garbage, four vehicles can be on a particular suburban road on the same day.

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Taylor says Maple Ridge should create an innovative, eco-responsible waste collection system.

But she doesn’t hold out too much hope.

“It’s never going to change. Couns. Craig Speirs and Gordy Robson are adamant we’re never going to do it. It will cost us more.”

Hiker surfaces It was a rough night in the bush for a local man who had a misadventure in UBC’s Malcolm Knapp Research Forest, Thursday.

Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue say the caretakers at the forest, at the north end of 232nd Street, noted a vehicle remained in the parking lot at the forest at closing time.

One of the caretakers heard what he thought were calls for help and got staff to look around. They didn’t find anything, so he called police.

Search and rescue showed up and just before midnight and got members out searching for the man. RCMP dog and helicopter teams also responded.

Search and rescue leader Rick Laing said searchers were worried the man had fallen down the steep banks into the North Alouette River.

“Our plan of attack at first light was to put a swift water team into the river.”

But searchers didn’t have to worry.

The man showed up at about 6:30 a.m., walking along the B.C. Hydro transmission line right way of way towards the search command post.

“He seemed to be suffering from hypothermia when he showed up this morning.”

The man, in his 40s, also seemed confused.

“When we talked to him, he wasn’t sure where he was or where he had been.”

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The Lower Mainland has seen it’s driest May since 1946, but that has not caused the blueberry crop to whither.

In fact, the crop is rip-

ening about two weeks ahead of schedule, particularly in the micro-climate of the Maple RidgePitt Meadows area, says Debbie Etsell of the B.C. Blueberry Council.

Vancouver had it’s driest May since 1946, as

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The conditions appear to be near perfect for blueberries. Normally, the first pick comes off in early July, explained Etsell, but producers are now getting ready to harvest by mid-June.

“Get ready, they’re coming,” said Etsell. “We’re two weeks ahead, so they’ll be coming off sooner.”

Having no periods of prolonged rain while the fruit is ripening is key to a good yield, said Etsell, and plants were assisted by a mild winter and warm spring.

“We’re two weeks ahead, so they’ll be coming off sooner.”

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The vast majority of the province’s blueberries are grown in the Fraser Valley and Pitt Meadows farmers are big players in the industry.

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Police are looking for a suspect after six fires started early Sunday.

Just after 2:40 a.m., someone set a garbage can on fire at the Maple Meadows West Coast Express station on Dunn Avenue.

Minutes later, three more garbage cans were set ablaze, all at bus stops on Dewdney Trunk Road between 201st and 203rd streets.

Then at about 3:30 a.m., the entrance to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at Laity Street and Wicklund Avenue was set on fire.

Finally, a garbage can lit was set alight at Ma-

ple Ridge Square mall at 224th Street and Dewdney Trunk Road.

Police say the fires were started using the materials inside the garbage containers.

There were no injuries and the only damage was to the doors of the church and the garbage containers.

Ridge Meadows RCMP and the Maple Ridge Fire Depart-

ment are working to recover evidence that could identify any suspects.

“Anytime we have multiple set fires, police are concerned.

These incidents will be thoroughly investigated, and investigators are hopeful a suspect, or suspects, will soon be identified,” said Const. Amanda Harnett.

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Some cities are championing the operations as a means of economic development, Clelland noted.

The MMPR is the governing set of regulations for the industry.

Whonnock residents wanted to know why they weren’t told earlier of Tantalus Lab’s intent of building there. The previous council allowed the operation to locate there after being one of the first cities to direct all medical marijuana operations to Agricultural Land Reserve locations.

While fire, police and the city have to be informed of the possible locations, through what is called notices of intent, those are not being released to the public.

The city is still waiting to hear from its lawyers on what information it can disclose on further proposals.

“There’s a strong sentiment that if we were to disclose the addresses and that somehow resulted in the community protesting … that the city could be held liable for that company not getting its licence,” said Maple Ridge Mayor Nicole Read.

But council has not made a final decision on whether it will or not disclose locations, she pointed out.

The city has asked Health Canada if it can release the locations of the other proposed sites.

“And we don’t have an answer on that.”

Read also wrote to Health Minister Rona Ambrose last month asking for a process to allow the public to participate in location of marijuana facilities.

Read said even with the new regulations on medical marijuana facilities in the ALR, the city does not have enough power to require marijuana facilities to move to one particular area or to only operate where municipal water is provided.

Abbotsford lawyer John Conroy understands the predicament the city is in.

“It may be fair to withhold locations unless it becomes obvious,” where those proposed facilities are.

It’s possible a city could be sued if a location is released resulting in a

lost business opportunity, he added.

But here has to be a balance, between informing the public and privacy.

“But when it comes to marijuana, the reaction is often so emotional, so it does cause problems.”

Conroy also said that Health Canada regulations don’t prohibit cities from disclosing locations.

The MMPR requires that applicants notify fire, police and municipal officials of their plans, Conroy said.

“I would think, therefore, the whole point is to

put the city, representing the people, on notice,” of a company’s plans.

That way, if people have concerns, they can raise them at public meetings.

“You need to have a balance in terms of making sure you keep everyone happy.”

On the other hand, if no rezoning is required for a marijuana facility to be built, a public meeting may not be required.

Part of the problem is that people don’t understand what’s involved in a modern, medicinal marijuana grow facility, he added.

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“The biggest issue people are having here are with everyday residents of Maple Ridge,” he added.

“When people come through and throw bottles at the heads of homeless people or scream at them and … try to yell them down or try to hit them with their cars, in our opinion, these are hate crimes.”

That leads to dehumanization and deaths, he said.

The alliance is an all-volunteer group with no funding or staff.

“We’re a bit surprised that there’s any controversy about it at all,” he said of the BBQ. Brian Harris, an advocate for the homeless, said the atmo-

sphere is tense at the camp and some are planning on leaving.

He said the barbecue is a chance to smooth things for the homeless, to meet other Maple Ridge residents and for the homeless to say they don’t want to be there.

He said the camp is forming into three groups, those with mental issues, those who are addicted and those simply without a place to live.

Harris said he wasn’t sure if the barbecue was going to ahead. He was going to bring his rock band, but instead will bring his acoustic guitar.

Ridge Meadows RCMP civilian spokesman Dan Herbranson said one female has been arrested and charges of assault causing bodily

harm are being recommended regarding the biting incident.

“Some type of disagreement turned into a physical altercation and the one bit the other’s hand,” Herbranson said.

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Variety going around the world it’s supposed to be fun.”

For approximately 12 years, the group has been performing local variety shows reminiscent of 11-year-long Carol Burnett’s popular television series, which several decades later was ranked No. 17 on a list of the 60 greatest television shows of all time.

Having lost her own parents to old age not that long ago, Smith, a retired paralegal and business owner, says she is passionate more than ever about her volunteer role, which allows her to sometimes witness the physical change in cast members when they have the chance to perform. She gives an example of one member who speaks very slowly when holding a conversation, but shows no sign of delayed speech when singing a song.

“Quite simply, singing is a different part of your brain.”

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eniors Week is going “Around the World.”

The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Variety Plus theatre group is holding performances of Around the World on June 5 and 6 at the Ridge Meadows Seniors Centre as part of Seniors’ Week activities.

The group’s show is broken into two 40-minute acts and will entertain their audiences with songs and dance numbers that incorporate music of global influence, four-part melodies and comic skits.

“They like their comedy skits – dressing up in funny costumes and being funny,” director Mary-Ellen Smith said of theatre group members, aged five to 90.

She is continually astonished by their dedication and ability. As many as 18 of the group’s members are regulars and others come and go as they need to throughout the year, Smith added.

Although no one is pressured to stay with the group, Smith says members are innately committed to practices, which can include a

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Mel Steward (left) and Jim Britt perform at last year’s Variety Plus event. once-a-week dress rehearsal that lasts three hours for cast members and typically five for Smith herself.

Above all, however, she emphasizes the group exists for community seniors to have a fun, social

outlet that allows them to express their creativity.

“I want them to have fun because

Tickets Tickets will be available at the door.

For more information about the show or to become a member of Variety Plus contact, varietyplus@telus.net or call 604-467-9636.

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The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Arts Council handed out five $1,000 scholarships to students in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

Selection was based on a combination of demonstrated artistic impression, technical skill and level of presentation, grades relating to the artistic category, personal resume and planned attendance at a post-secondary institution.

Brendan Williams of Thomas Haney, Rosie Elphick and Jacob Pryanthan of Maple Ridge Secondary, Carla Haldin of Samuel Robertson Technical, and homeschooled student Jeremy Laity were named this year’s recipients.

“These students want nothing but to continue their education and better themselves,” said Brad Tones, arts council board and scholarship committee member. “They should be proud of the work they’ve done in the arts and in school, it will give them the head start they need to become great artists. I was inspired by what I saw

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at the auditions and wish them the best in postsecondary” The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows scholarship program has been offered to students in School District No. 42 for many years and, since 2005, the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Arts Council has provided $55,000 in support.

Korleen Carreras, arts council board president, said it is an honour to support their journey in the arts.

“We are very lucky to have so many talented youth in Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows,” said Carreras.

Bob D’Eith, arts council board member and chairperson of the scholarship awards committee, said they were really impressed with the level of talent this year “It was difficult to make the final choices, but we believe that our award recipients have a lot of potential to have careers in the arts,” said D’Eith.

The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Arts Council awards scholarships in the areas of music, dance,

drama/technical theatre, visual and media, and literary.

The 2015 scholarship recipients: (Visual arts) • Brendan Williams – THSS. “Words simply cannot describe my gratitude towards receiving this scholarship. It will help me tremendously with tuition costs as well as allow me to focus solely on my film projects during my time in Capilano University’s Bachelor of Motion Picture Arts Program. Receiving this scholarship gives me more confidence than ever going into the future.”

• Rosie Elphick – Maple Ridge secondary “It has been my dream for the past two years to pursue a career in animation after high school graduation. However, like so many dreams today, they require financial and emotional support. The money provided by your scholarship, along with the validation of my work by the arts council, are a welcome boost to my confidence and my bank account.”

(Music) • Jeremy Laity – homeschooled “I am extremely grateful to have received this scholarship, it will be a great benefit as I move on into post-secondary. It’s an honour to be recognized for something that I love to do and I look forward to future opportunities to give back to the community.”

• Jacob Pryanthan – Maple Ridge secondary.

“This scholarship is such an honor to receive, and a great testament to my growth as a musician. I’m graced just to be selected, and I will absolutely put this award towards my career in jazz studies, and hopefully to help bring back jazz as a massively popular genre.”

(Literary) • Carla Haldin – Samuel Robertson Tech.

“The art council’s support for writers in our community is exceptional. We have many fine young writers and the scholarship is encouragement and recognition of that talent,” said Katherine Wagner, Golden Ears Writers.

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Former Maple Ridge singer and songwriter Hilary Grist will be in Vancouver Saturday, June 6 to help launch her new book and CD, Tomorrow is a Chance to Start Over.

The event will be held at the Book Warehouse, located at 4118 Main St. in Vancouver starting at 2 p.m., with Gist both reading her new book and performing songs from the CD. Gist not only wrote the music that accompany’s the book, she helped create the artwork for the cover.

The story is about Ira and Isabelle, two siblings living in a little red house by the sea who decide to escape the sound of the city’s beeping cars and sail off to a far away land.

In addition to the narrated story, the CD offers nine original songs, as well as a rendition of Johanne Brahms’ classic Cradle Song.

The former Maple Ridge artist is a graduate of Capilano University and cites influences from Ella Fitzgerald to Tom Waits.

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It was a time when the Second World War dominated the news and music and laughter were a way to help ease the worry.

Specc-Tacular Productions will present A Walk Down Memory Lane with three shows, starting Friday, June 5, showcasing the music of the 1940s.

This multi-act, high energy show combines songs, dancing and humourous sketches reminiscent of the 1940s.

The shows will feature classics like Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy, White Cliffs of Dover, A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square, Time to Remember and Chattanooga Choo Choo.

Christine Olorenshaw of Specc-Tacular Productions is proud to present this beautiful nostalgic show with talented local singers and dancers.

“Music provided an uplifting mood for people during war time and the theme of war took a popular role in the development of pop and jazz music,” she said.

“Artists expressed their feelings of hardships during the war. Others sang songs that aimed to lift the spirits of the citizens. The 1940s were the

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Cyclists take over downtown Coles-Lyster second on town core course

By Neil Corbett Sports@mapleridgenews.com

On a normally sleepy Sunday afternoon, the streets of downtown Maple Ridge were humming, as bike racers from across the province competed in Race the Ridge – which was also the provincial championships this year.

Organizer Barry Lyster said it was probably the biggest turnout for the race since he started it 12 years ago, and there were 180 riders entered in the town core criterium.

The Haney course is a favourite with cyclists, as riders start on MacIntosh Avenue at 224th Street, race to 223rd, come back via 119th Avenue, loop through Memorial Peace Park and finish at the starting line.

“It’s one of the most popular courses in the province,” said Lyster, ranking it just behind Vancouver’s Gastown race.

The Haney course is great

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Maggie Coles-Lyster of Local Ride racing took second in the provincial criterium event. for spectators, who can watch almost half of the race from the park.

They had some local racers to cheer for, and Lyster’s talented daughter, Maggie

Coles-Lyster, didn’t disappoint. The speedy 16-yearold competed in the elite women’s category for the first time, and took second place.

The provincial road race event was held in Mission, the time trial in Abbotsford, and Coles-Lyster finished sixth and fifth respectively in those events.

“She has a really strong sprint, which suits a criterium,” said Lyster.

Locals could also cheer on Brett Wakefield, a Maple Ridge cyclist with the Giant cycle club out of Vancouver, who is racing in the elite men’s category for the first year. He was in the middle of the pack in the criterium, and seventh in the road race.

Kelsey MacDonald of Pitt Meadows also competed in the elite women’s criterium, and finished 18th.

Coles-Lyster is building toward the junior nationals in Quebec in July. The event is for 17 and 18-yearold competitors, but she has received permission to compete as an under-age racer. Still, she should be in the hunt for a podium finish in all three disciplines. Next summer, she will be eligible to be chosen to race for Team Canada at the world championships.

Race organizer ColesLyster said he couldn’t pull off the popular Town Core Criterium without the cooperation of downtown businesses and city hall.

Burrards start 0-2

By Neil Corbett sports@mapleridgenews.com

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Reinforcements are coming, but the embattled Maple Ridge Burrards are getting off to a slow start this WLA season.

Key players have been missing, still with their National Lacrosse League teams in the playoffs. The undermanned Burrards were blown out 13-6 by the Victoria Shamrocks on Sunday at Cam Neely Arena. Victoria’s trio of Corey Small, Cory Conway and Scott Ranger each had six points.

Mike Mallory was the top Burrard scorer with two goals and two assists, and Andrew Murphy had the Gordie Howe Hat Trick with a goal, an assist (two) and a fight.

Frank Scigliano was in net for his first game of the summer season, and

allowed 13 goals on 44 shots.

“We didn’t have our best game on the back end, and the offence turned the ball over,” said coach Chris Gill.

“We made a lot of mistakes that ended up in the back of our net. It’s all fixable.”

The 0-2 team awaits the return of NLL rookie of the year Ben MacIntosh (see story page 18), and forwards Jarrett Davis and Riley Loewen – the two top scorers on the team last season.

The Burrards are on a road trip this weekend, and will play both Island teams – Victoria on Friday night at the Q Center, and Nanaimo on Sunday.

They won’t have a full lineup Friday.

“It’ll be a tough game, but you’ve got to battle through it,” said Gill.

Their next home game will be on Tuesday, June 9 at 7:45 p.m. when they host the Langley Thunder.

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Ramblers 10th in Badminton The Maple Ridge Ramblers high school badminton team was .500 in the provincial tournament at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops.

Ridge won three matches, defeating Mt. Douglas 6-5, Winston Churchill 7-4 and South Kamloops 11-0.

They also lost three matches to Killarney Secondary 5-6, Moscrop 4-7 and Point Gray 4-7 which placed them 10th in the province.

Academic all-stars Two local scholar athletes attending Simon Fraser University were selected to the 2015 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Track and Field Academic AllConference team.

Maple Ridge’s Jacob Karamanian, a senior who is studying biomedical physiology, had a GPA of 3.61.

Pitt Meadows resident Vladislav Moldavanov, a sophomore in business administration, posted a 3.68.

They are among the 163 student-athletes who were awarded with the distinction. To qualify for the academic all-conference teams student-athletes must have a minimum GPA of 3.20, be in their second year of competition at their current institution, and must be a projected letter winner.

Water polo champions Two local members of the Fraser Valley Water Polo Club, Alex Rosec and Ava Morrant, were part of the team that won the National Club League Championship over the weekend.

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Maple Ridge Burrard Ben McIntosh received every single first-place vote in the NLL rookie of the year balloting.

In his first season with the Edmonton Rush, McIntosh finished with an impressive 86 points on 37 goals and 49 assists, and just missed the all-time rookie scoring record of 89 points.

He was a first-round pick of both the Burrards in the WLA entry draft, and of the Rush.

McIntosh had one WLA season under his belt, and led the Burrards in playoff scoring last year.

In the winter season, Edmonton coach and GM Derek Keenan made no secret that he drafted McIntosh to add more scoring and presence on Edmonton’s right side He had stiff competition in Jeremy Noble in Colorado, who finished second in the voting.

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Ben McIntosh (90) was chosen as the rookie of the year on the National Lacrosse League, and will soon be rejoining the Maple Ridge Burrards.

He missed the first half of the season as a holdout from the team that drafted him, Rochester, but a trade was finally made to get Noble to Colorado, where he was already living. Noble

wasted little time in showing off his skill-set, putting up 39 points on 13 goals and 26 assists in nine games.

Burrards coach Chris Gill said he’s happy for the rising lacrosse star,

and that the award is a great honour.

“In that league there’s so many good young players. I just comes down to who is the most consistent, and that was our boy Benny.”

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FUNERAL HOMES

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS 7

OBITUARIES

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS 7

OBITUARIES

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS 7

OBITUARIES

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS 33

CHILDREN

INFORMATION

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TRAVEL.............................................61-76 CHILDREN ........................................80-98

www.canadabenefit.ca/free-assessment.

EMPLOYMENT .............................102-198

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BUSINESS SERVICES...................203-387 PETS & LIVESTOCK ......................453-483 MERCHANDISE FOR SALE...........503-587

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

REAL ESTATE ...............................603-696

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RENTALS ......................................703-757 AUTOMOTIVE ..............................804-862 MARINE .......................................903-920

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IN MEMORIAM

Beloved Farrah

Passed away June 4th, 1997

18 Years since I lost you Thought of every day Never to be forgotten Loved forever, Mum

Born 1918 in Brandon, Manitoba and passed away May 14, 2015 in Abbotsford, BC. Mary lived in Brandon and Rapid City, MB, Vancouver, Maple Ridge, Mission and Abbotsford, BC. Predeceased by her mother, father, brothers Albert, Charles and Fred, sisters Minnie, Ida, Hilda and Evelyn.

Survived by son Charles (Chuck) Riches, his wife Pietje (PT) Radomski, grandsons Mark and Jim, great grandsons Noah, David and Jacob.

Mary loved music and loved to sing in choirs, now she can sing in a choir in Heaven.

Heartfelt gratitude to the nursing staff, unit 3 at Tabor Home, Abbotsford, BC where she spent the last 6 years of her life. She lived with Alzheimer’s for the last 12 years of her life. At Mary’s request no service will be held.

SCHILLER, Florence Rose June 23, 1932 – May 15, 2015 It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our mom, predeceased by our dad (Gerald) just one month earlier.

We believe she died of a broken heart. She leaves behind her daughters Kelly (Ken) and Dale, grandchildren Jennifer (Ryan), Gord, Cole, Brett, and great grandchildren Mannix and Lincoln. She also leaves behind her 3 sisters Joelle (Tom), Fern (Denny) and Heather (Irv).

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FOUND: PANASONIC PHONE at bus stop on Dewdney Trunk by Save on Foods. Call 604-477-4577

December 23, 1916 ~ May 25, 2015

Elmer passed away in his home in Kelowna on May 25, 2015. He was predeceased by his wife Joan. He is survived by his daughter Anna, his sons Paul, Larry and David. He lived Maple Ridge for over forty years and ran many business ventures during that time. He liked to discuss politics and actively participated in political life. He never stopped looking for his next adventure. He will be missed by his family and friends.

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TRAVEL

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TIMESHARE

Memorial Service to be held at Maple Ridge Funeral Chapel (Osborn’s) on Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 1:00 pm.

Condolences may be sent to www.mapleridgefuneral.ca

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CAHILL, Catherine (Kay)

Ole Christensen

June 3, 1941 ~ May 30, 2013 Maple Ridge, B.C. It has been two years since we kissed you goodbye.

Two years of learning to live and enjoy life without you.

But loss has taught us many things The love you had for us, it’s very powerful and so precious.

We’re full of sadness that you’re no longer here.

Your influence still guides us As we still feel you near.

What we shared will never die, it will live within our heart and our happy memories.

With lots of love, your wife and all your family

CRIDLAND, Leslie Stewart Passed away peacefully on May 27th, 2015.

Leslie will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 35 years, Ruth; children, Paula, Charlie, John, Tim and Shery; and many grandchildren & great grandchildren. A Celebration of Life will

be held Saturday, June 6th at 2:00 pm in the Maple Ridge Funeral Chapel (Osborn’s) 11969 - 216th Street.

Condolences may be sent to www.mapleridgefuneralchapel.ca

SHERIFF, Brennen Scott Of Pitt Meadows, BC, passed away on May 28th, 2015. Born February 16th, 1998. Survived by his loving family; parents, Scott & Kelly; sister Courtney; brother Connor; grandparents Marie and Wes Sheriff; Vicki Sorensen, and David & Leslie Steele; many family & friends, and the family dog Sugar.

Visitation will be Thursday June 4th 2015, 7:00 - 8:00 pm at the Maple Ridge Funeral Chapel (Osborn’s) 11969 216th Street Maple Ridge. Celebration of Life will be held Friday, June 5th at 2:00 pm at Maple Ridge Baptist Church, 22155 Lougheed Hwy, Maple Ridge. All friends and Family are welcome. Pastor James Zelinski officiating.

Condolences may be sent to www.mapleridgefuneral.ca

Passed away peacefully with her family by her side in the evening of May 31, 2015. She was born on January 23, 1931 in Tipperary, Ireland. She is pre deceased by her parents John and Kathleen Doyle, her 2 brothers, Denis, and her sister Josie. She is survived by her daughter Rose (Jim), grandchildren Brian (Alysha), Lynda (Bill), Matt, and Kayla and her 3 great grandchildren, her siblings Joe, Willie (Anne), Johnny, Peg (Pat), Phil (Mervyn), Jerry, Mary (Bert), her nieces and nephews and numerous family and friends. A special thank you to Kay’s Doctor, Louise Fetaz, for her ongoing support.

Dr. Fetaz, you were more than just a physician to our family, you are a compassionate friend.

There will be a service held on Friday June the 5th at 1pm at Garden Hill Funeral Chapel 11765 224th St., Maple Ridge.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the BC Cancer foundation.

The Peace Arch News has an opening for an advertising consultant.

By joining White Rock / South Surrey's number one community print and online newspaper, you can develop a rewarding career in advertising and marketing while contributing to one of the Lower Mainland's most vibrant communities. The team environment at the Peace Arch News will inspire you to the highest level of customer partnership and reward your motivated approach to excellence.

You should be a strong communicator, well organized, self motivated and enjoy working in a fast-pace environment. Previous media sales experience is preferred. A car and a valid driver's license are required.

The Peace Arch News is part of Black Press, Canada's largest private independent newspaper company with more than 170 community, daily and urban newspapers in BC, Alberta, Washington, Ohio, California and Hawaii.

Please send your resume with cover letter by Friday, June 5 to: Dwayne Weidendorf - Publisher Peace Arch News, #200 - 2411 - 160th St., Surrey, BC V3Z 0C8 or email to dwayne@blackpress.ca

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

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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 130

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONISTS are in huge demand! Train with Canada’s top Medical Transcription school. Learn from home and work from home. Call today!

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HELP WANTED

Looking for an experienced Glazier. Must have valid driver’s license and windshield replacement is an asset.

Please email resume to:

accentglass@telus.net

LOT ATTENDANT West Coast Toyota requires a part-time Lot Attendant. Must be available 3 to 9 Monday thru Friday, and 9 to 6 on weekends.

Must have a valid driver’s licence, “N” is acceptable. Must be able to drive a Standard transmission.

Apply in person with current copy of D/L, Abstract & resume to: Sales Manager West Coast Toyota 19950 Lougheed Highway, Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 2S9

EDUCATION

www.westcoasttoyota.com SEWER Required to do repairs on garments and linens for textile rental company. $12.50 per hour very flexible hours up to 16 hours per week. Apply in person at 205-1515 Broadways Street POCO

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

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

Commercial Transport Apprentice

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL. NO Simulators. In-the-seat training. Real world tasks.

Weekly start dates. Job board!

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Required for Western Star & Sterling Trucks of Vancouver Inc. 2nd/3rd year level position available in Abbotsford. Engine experience considered an asset.

Factory training provided.

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Union Shop - Full Benefits

FLAGGERS NEEDED. No Certification? Get Certified, 604-575-3944

Haney Builders Supplies

Email your resume to:

alex@haneybuilders.com

With late model diesel engine experience req. for Cullen Diesel Power Ltd. Positions available in Surrey. Detroit Diesel & MTU engine exp. considered an asset.

Factory training provided.

FARM WORKERS

AUJLAS’ FARMS LTD

Union Shop - Full Benefits Fax Resume: 604-888-4749 E-mail: ars@cullendiesel.com

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CEMENT MASON

Email resume to: gblltd@telus.net or Fax: 604.294.3745

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.Kluane First Nation www.kfn.ca

Landscaping Sales & Service Opportunities Up To $400 CASH Daily

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CONCRETE & PLACING

UNIQUE CONCRETE

DESIGN

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FREE ESTIMATES

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

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

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40400442 - 138B Ave, 232 St, Silver Valley Rd

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YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE

ASPHALT GRINDINGS WHOLESALE GRAVEL 7 DAY DELIVERY

Call 604-897-5850 DRAIN Tiles, Sewer, Water Video Inspection, Jack Hammering, Hand Excavating Call Tobias 604.782.4322

281

GARDENING

Circulation

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Top Line Projects Ltd. Established 1994

D Home Repairs D All types of carpentry D Renovations Call Mike 604 - 306 - 4468

300

LANDSCAPING

Ed’s ROTOTILLING & LANDSCAPING *Rototilling *Levelling *Gardens *Loader Work *Brush Cutter *Plowing

~ Free Estimates ~

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283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS D Garden Blend Soil D Lawn Blend Soil D Custom Blends avail.

D Composted Mushroom Manure

M.T. GUTTERS

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NO Wood byproducts used

When QUALITY Matters

Call Tim 604-612-5388 GUTTER & ROOF Cleaning/Power Washing since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Simon, 604-230-0627

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all soils are tested for Optimum growing requirements.

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

S. H. LANDSCAPING TREE SERVICES Trimming W Pruning W Topping Clean-upW Garbage Removal

Full Service Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service.

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

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

TOTAL RENOVATIONS Repair, Replace, Remodel...

Fencing & Allan Block

SPECIALIZING IN

Free Estimate 19 years experience in Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows

• Basement Suites • Kitchens • Baths • Remodels • Additions • Flooring • Painting • Drywall • Much More Since 1972 Dan 778-837-0771

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Pressroom Helpers/ Stackers

SURREY: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, hardwood floors throughout and new roof. $549,000. 604-575-5555.

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We have several openings for Press Helpers/ Stackers at our Delta location.

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Preference given to those with experience in this field, but is not necessary. Shifts are 12 hours/3 shifts per week or 9.5 hours/4 shifts per week.

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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Available routes in Maple Ridge

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ELECTRICAL

✶ Bark Mulch ✶ Lawn & Garden Soil ✶ Drain Gravel ✶ Lava Rock ✶ River Rock ✶Pea Gravel

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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Prompt Delivery Available

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

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GARDENING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

CLEANING SERVICES

HOUSEKEEPER AVAIL NOW. Taking new clients. Great Refs.

Call anytime 1-604-302-9291

PERSONAL SERVICES

HELP WANTED

Experienced Cement Mason required for city curb & gutter and sidewalk work.

We offer excellent Union Wages & Benefits!

MECHANICS

Commercial Transport & Diesel Engine

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

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or drop off your resume in person

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

TAX FREE MONEY is available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

Call Anytime 1-800-639-2274 or 604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

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

Forklift Drivers/ Yard Help Inside Sales

FARM LABOURERS required 5 or 6 Days/Week 40 or 50 Hours/Week $10.49/Hour Horticultural work such as: Planting, pruning, spacing and harvesting the crop.

Employment starts early June /15 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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Fax Resume: 604-888-4749 E-mail: ars@cullendiesel.com

NOW HIRING

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

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

.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

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! Indemand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available.

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27,000 circulation. Owner approaching retirement. If you are serious about wanting to own your own newspaper contact Joyce, 403575-0090. Email: jeweb1@xplornet.com.

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HELP WANTED

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

We thank all those who are interested in this position, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

blackpress.ca X bclocalnews.com

Size not exactly as shown

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PRINT AD: Includes photo and 3-lines for one week.

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 300

LANDSCAPING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 329 PAINTING & DECORATING

JAGUAR LANDSCAPING Lawn & Garden Service.

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

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 356

RUBBISH REMOVAL

477

PETS

REAL ESTATE

RENTALS

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

706

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION

www.paintspecial.com Running this ad for 10yrs

JACK RUSSELL; Adopt a beautiful 8 yr old Jack Russell, she is petite, standing 11’’ at the shoulder, and weighs 11lbs. All white with brown markings around both eyes & ears, with her right ear being 1/2 white.

(604)846-8212

2 coats any colour

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

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

1989 14x70 in Ruskin MHP. Fam./Pet ok. $39,900 w/$575pad Partial view. Chuck 604-830-1960

A-1 Painting Company - Interior / Exterior 20 years exp. Summer Special 10% off (604)723-8434

$59.00 Per Ton

604-465-1311

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MOVING & STORAGE

AFFORDABLE MOVING

$45/Hr

LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

604-537-4140 1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates.

Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

MIRACLE MOVING Licensed - Bonded - Fully Equip.

Residential Commercial, 1-3 Men BIG OR SMALL MOVES Start $45/hr ~ All size trucks Free estimate/Senior Discount www.miraclemoving.ca

604 - 720 - 2009 ~We accept Visa & Mastercard~

329 PAINTING & DECORATING NORTHSTARS PAINTING www.northstars-painting.com Master Painters at Students Rates.

Best Value In Town, Book Now For Super Savings. 778.245.9069

STEFANO PAINTING Exterior Summer Special 10% Off FREE Estimates (604)720-1390

PIT BULL PUPS- born Feb 24th.

Blue/Blue Brindle. Shots. Wormed. $850-$1250. 604-376-0920

Scott 604-891-9967 paylesspropainting.com

TOPSOIL

• • •

PEST CONTROL

SCREENED TOPSOIL MUSHROOM MANURE BARK MULCH 604-467-3003

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Same Day Service

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

NEW & USED Call Chuck at 604-830-1960 ~ your local SRI dealer ~

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

Serving Tri City 35 Yrs. Call 24 Hrs/7 Days

Got Bed Bugs?

Lowest Price in Town

Please Call

778-323-2334 338

PLUMBING

373B

TILING

TILES, TILES, HARDWOOD small or big jobs call 604-880-6438 for details or visit www.futurisitictiles.com

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TREE SERVICES

#1 IN RATES & SERVICE. Lic’d/Ins. Local Plumber. Drains, gas, renos etc. Bonded. Chad 1-877-861-2423

A LICENSED/HONEST PLUMBER & GAS FITTER / Furnace man with 35 yrs exp, ref’s, insured, reas rates Free est. 24hrs. Don 604-220-4956

Purebred CAIRN TERRIER Pups Shots, dewormed. $800. House pets. 604-854-1978, 604-807-5204 WANTED pure black LAB PUP female 6-8 wks. Give full details & telephone # to Box #001, 20258Fraser Hwy Langley V3A4R6

VACANT MANUFACTURED HOME PADS AVAILABLE 45+ Abbotsford, Ruskin 55+ Abby, Ruskin, Mission, Hope Chuck 604-830-1960

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

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

Includes: Heat, Hot Water

and Hydro

Call 604-467-3944

Near Shopping & Amenities.

SENIOR’S DISCOUNT

604-463-2236 604-463-7450 12186-224 St, Maple Ridge Certified Crime Free Buildings

748 SHARED ACCOMMODATION

CENTRAL MAPLE RIDGE house to share, all utils incl. Near amens & WCE. $500/mo. 778-689-8424

750

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL PORT COQUITLAM 775-3000sqft.

Ground floor commercial space.

Office / retail / service type business. Facing onto city park. 2 blks from Lougheed/ Shaughnessy intersection. Call 604-464-3550.

HOMES FOR RENT MAPLE RIDGE

SUITES, LOWER

MAPLE RIDGE Kanaka area 2 bdrm suite, sep livrm, f/s, d/w, own W/D. N/s, n/p. $950 inc utils/cable Avl now. 604-463-7017 or 778-8472352. kongolotherese@gmail.com

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SUITES, UPPER

W. MAPLE Ridge. 2 small bdrm + den. Newly reno’d, full bath, shrd lndry. N/s, n/p. Wifi, cable. $980 inclusive. July 1. 604-813-7535

CLOSE TO TOWN CENTER

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 509

Haney Motor Hotel

* Renovated Suites * *Large *Clean *Very Quiet

736

Yellow Lab, female, 4 yrs old, spayed, vet checked, shots. $700 obo. No sunday call, 604-795-4681

RENTALS

AUCTIONS

BUD HAYNES, WARD’S Firearms Auction. Saturday, June 13, 10 a.m., 11802 - 145 St., Edmonton, Alberta. Denny Harding Estate, Sask. Store Dispersal. Over 200 new guns. Website, catalogue w/pictures. Phone 403-347-5855 or 780-451-4549; w w w. b u d h ay n e s a u c t i o n s . c o m . www.WardsAuctions.com.

ROOMS FOR RENT

$75 OFF 1ST MONTH

$840/mo & $940/mo

MANUFACTURED HOMES. MOBILE HOMES. MODULAR HOMES.

778-323-2334

Spring EXT/INT SPECIAL

333 PEST CONTROL/SERVICES

604-463-3000

604.418.1932 1 & 2 Bdrms available

LOOK for our YARD SIGNS

Meadows Landscape Supply

Rick Medhurst Royal LePage Realty

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une 6, 2015 is Pitt Meadows Day and the Pitt Meadows Museum and Archives is once again working hard to prepare its two sites for the Saturday celebration.

The General Store site of the museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It has new temporary exhibit, “From Home to the Front.� The Pacific Coast Paranormal and Research Society will be a guest, while the store will host a children’s heritage style craft and a museum scavenger hunt.

The Hoffmann and Son site is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and feature a blacksmith, a Hoffmann slide show, engine guys and, with some luck, rope making.

In addition, the museum will be having the opening of its centennial mural at 2 p.m., followed by cake. This mural was done by a number of local children and youth in the community.

And now, in the spirit of 101 years of history, some trivia about Pitt Meadows Days gone past: • At one time, Pitt Meadows Royal Party members all received a bowl of Strawberries with ice cream as a treat for their efforts. • It is rumoured that for the first few events were held on May 24 no matter what day of the week it fell on.

It seems that by 1963 the event was being held on the first Saturday in June. • The event went through a difficult time in the late 1940s and no celebrations were held in 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1951. The newly formed Pitt Meadows Lions Club restarted Pitt Meadows Day in 1952 and Marlene Wickson was queen that year. • Before 1958 and prior, the Pitt Meadows’ queen and her Royal Party gathered for the official ceremonies on

a make shift stage put together for each years event. In 1958, British Columbia’s centennial year, a permanent stage was erected. It was dismantled in 2003. A new stage for this event and other in the community was erected for the centennial legacy project in 2014. • May Pole dance was once an integral part of the original celebrations. • The first mention of fireworks at a Pitt Meadows Day celebration is in 1966.

The name of the event has also changed several times over the years. In 1937, it was known as Pitt Meadows May Day. • The name of the event has also changed several times over the years. In 1937, it was known as Pitt Meadows May Day. By 1938 and through 1944 it was the Pitt Meadows Annual Sports Day and Strawberry Carnival. Starting 1945, the celebration was known as Miss Pitt Meadows Day. The day continued with this name through 1947, and it was used again when the event was reestablished in 1952 and continued through 1967, with the exception of 1964, when, in honor of the town’s 50th anniversary, it was referred to simply as “Pitt Meadows Golden Anniversary.â€?

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Volunteering gives Lynn Papp winner confidence Raffaella Toscano selected this year’s winner

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or Raffaella Toscano, community looms large in her heart.

As an active volunteer, whether it’s her time at the hospital or with Pitt Meadows Day and Canada Day celebrations, Toscano says the benefits of giving back to her community have open unlimited doors in her life.

“When I started to volunteer, I didn’t have a lot of self confidence,” says the Grade 12 Pitt Meadows student. “But from the first time I walked through the doors as a volunteer, I was welcomed with open arms. It’s made a huge difference in my life.”

Toscano’s dedication to her community has not gone unnoticed.

Penny Griffin, a career preparation and work experience teacher at PMSS, says she is astounded at the level of commitment she see’s from the honour roll student.

“What she does, the amount of time she volunteers, is not something you see in many students her age anymore,” says Griffin. “I can’t believe she has time to fit everything into

her schedule.”

Come Pitt Meadows Day, Griffin and the rest of the community will get the chance to say thank you to Toscano. The tireless volunteer will be given the 2015 Lynn Papp award, handed out each year to the person in the community who gives back to their community “without the expectation of reward.”

Griffin nominated the student and is thrilled Toscano will be honoured for her efforts. The award is named after Lynn Papp, a long standing volunteer in Pitt Meadows who died suddenly in 2000.

“I was so surprised,” Toscano said of being given the award. “Our community thrives in part because of our volunteers, so it’s a tremendous honour.”

Besides her efforts at the hospital and with Pitt Meadows Day and Canada celebrations, the Grade 12 student also volunteered at the True North Blue Grass festival.

Her time at the hospital has also helped shape her future goals. While she was preparing for a career in business, the time spent watching nurses, doctors and other health practitioners helping with patients has changed her life.

Business has been put on hold as Toscano prepares for a life in medicine.

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Raffaella Toscano, a senior at Pitt secondary, volunteers at the local hospital and for community events.

Citizen of the year An unwavering dedication to building a better community has many rewards. For Ken Joyner, one of those includes being named the 2015 Pitt Meadows citizen of the year.

The Pitt Meadows Community Foundation named Joyner this year’s recipient and will honour him at Pitt Meadows Day celebrations June 6.

Joyner is being recognized for his tireless work over the years as a volunteer with various sports organizations, as well for being an advocate for the community.

Joyner was a central figure in lobbying the newly elected provincial government in 1975 to make good on their promise to build a new school in Pitt Meadows. After working with numerous volunteers, Joyner and the community’s

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Fundraising was also a part of Joyner’s contributions to the community. Along with his wife Thelma, the two were instrumental in the Terry Fox Run in Pitt Meadows from 1981 to 1988. The pair also canvassed for the B.C. Heart and Stroke Foundation as well as the B.C. Cancer Society.

Sports has also played a big role in Joyner’s community life. Whether it was helping shore up funds for upgrades to the north Bonson ball diamond, or his work with building youth soccer programs, Joyner and his wife have a long history in Pitt Meadows.

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yla Malone will have the honour of being crowned Miss Pitt Meadows at this year’s opening ceremonies.

The Grade 6 student at Pitt Meadows elementary is excited for the chance to represent her community of Pitt Meadows.

“I’m very excited for this opportunity,” said the young student. “I’m honoured that I was chosen out of all the students.”

Malone said she has been attending Pitt Meadows Day celebrations ever since she can remember and this year’s event will certainly have special meaning.

Malone says she loves her community and enjoys playing basketball and competing in the high jump.

She is currently working her way to the finals of the school district track and field championships.

In addition to her love of sports, Malone also enjoys art class.

Amneet Basra, Miss Pitt Meadows for 2014, will be passing her the crown during the ceremonies, starting at 1:30 p.m.

Miss Pitt Meadows and other members of the Royal Party are selected from qualifying students who have lived in Pitt Meadows for at least two years.

The Royal Party consists of 10 flower girls, from grades 1 to 3, two flag bearers of Grade 4 boys, one Grade 5 girl medallion bearer, one Grade 5 girl record bearer, Miss Pitt Meadows and her three attendants, all Grade 6 girls, and the retiring Miss Pitt Meadows and her attendants:

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aving grown up in Pitt Meadows, Colette Trudeau has always enjoyed the chance to connect with her community.

She fondly recalls joining her parents each year as they made their way down to the Pitt Meadows Day parade and fireworks.

Now it’s Trudeau’s chance to be part of the celebrations as she take centre stage with her band, Me and Mae. The band plays “homegrown country music with a rock and roll sensibility” and will hit the main stage at 3:45 p.m. on June 5.

“It’s such a big part of the community and such a great way to connect,” said Trudeau, who joined the band as its lead singer about six months ago. “But to be able to perform in front of friends and family has always been few are far between. So this will be a great opportu-

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Trudeau joins bandmates Shawn Meehan, Jacky Mae, Kim and Adam Reid and Ben Parker. The band has forged a reputation as one to watch on the Canadian country music scene.

Me and Mae’s first break came with the single Love Me Leave Me Lonely, which Meehan co-wrote with Carly Rae Jepsen, who at the time was his guitar student.

The release of the band’s debut album, Off the Rails,

on Cordova Bay Records, in May 2014, was quickly followed by a Nashville tour and a nomination for best new country artist, as well as winning a B.C. Country Music Award.

Trudeau joined the band in early 2015, after her work as the lead singer of the all-female rock group LiveOnRelease,with which she co-wrote the hit single I’m afraid of Britney Spears, which appeared in the movie and soundtrack for Dude,

Where’s My Car? Trudeau and her bandmates will launch their summer tour in Pitt Meadows.

Other dates include stops in Calgary July 6 as part of the Stampede, a three-day festival July 10 to 12 at the Craven Country Jamboree in Regina, and at the Havelock Country Jamboree in Ontario on Aug. 15, which is Canada’s largest country live music and camping festival.

“It’s exciting to get out on the road and make connec-

tions with our fans,” said Trudeau. “It’s nice we get to start off in Pitt Meadows.”

This year Pitt Meadows Day will be hosting the live entertainment on the Centennial Stage, a legacy project from last year, located on the north ball diamond at Harris Road Park.

The organizing team is proud to showcase local bands that all have band members from Pitt Meadows or Maple Ridge.

“All of the bands are outstanding and we are excited to welcome our headliners Me and Mae for the first time to Pitt Meadows Day as they are kick off their summer tour at Pitt Meadows Day,” organizers said.

“New this year is an expanded entertainment schedule to include live music during the salmon and chicken BBQ from 5 to 7 p.m.,” said Erin Mark, a volunteer with Pitt Meadows Day’s entertainment committee. “Guests will be able to enjoy a delicious dinner and live music

outside at Harris Road Park.

It doesn’t get much better than that.”

Schedule: • 12:15 to 1 p.m. - James Buddy Rogers; • 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. - opening ceremonies with May Pole dancing demonstration; • 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. - DaniElle; • 3:45 to 4:30 p.m. - Me and Mae • 5 to 5:45 p.m. - Shades of Green; • 6 to 6:45 p.m. - Shades of Green (second set); In addition to the musical performances, there will be free children’s entertainment: bouncy castles, a climbing wall, Norden the Magician, and Queen Elsa performing Frozen story telling and songs. The festival is open at Harris Road Park from noon to 5 p.m., and Mark said, like any festival, performance times will vary.

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