Maple Ridge News, February 17, 2016

Government: New agreement for Pitt Meadows, and Katzie First Nation. 3

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Dingwall wants two full-time firefighters Council sided with fire department review

By Neil Corbett ncorbett@mapleridgenews.com

Pitt Meadows should employ two more fulltime firefighters, Coun. Bill Dingwall said in a recent letter to his council colleagues.

The city currently has five full- Dingwall time fire personnel: a chief, two assistant chiefs and two safety technicians. There are also approximately 25 paid on-call firefighters.

Dingwall said Pitt Meadows is one of the last fire departments in the Lower Mainland that is primarily paid oncall, and with just two first responders on duty, the service lags behind Maple Ridge, which is able to have full-time firefighters attend a wide range of medical emergencies.

In Pitt Meadows, firefighters attend only the most serious medical calls.

“Clearly, we don’t have enough,” said Dingwall, a former RCMP officer.

“This is about safety, and it’s about our citizens.”

He said council voted to stay with the present model of fire protection and emergency services, but response times could be cut dramatically with more staff.

Dingwall noted that 50 per cent of the time fire and police arrive ahead of an ambulance in Pitt Meadows, according to a consultant’s report, and that seconds and minutes can increase survivability of someone in need of medical assistance.

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Elvio Pecchia, general manager and CAO of Pitt Meadows Regional Airport, is looking to attract new business.

Society approves runway expansion

By Neil Corbett ncorbett@mapleridgenews.com

The Pitt Meadows Airport Society is going ahead with $2.2 million worth of improvements that will include a controversial extension of the main runway.

“We want to enhance it for local folks now using it, and for new businesses,” said Elvio Pecchia, general manager of the airport.

The Pitt Meadows Airport Society wants to attract new avia-

tion businesses.

“This tells everyone in the aviation industry that we’re open for business,” said Murray Day, chair of the Pitt Meadows Airport Society.

The project will have four main elements: • extension to the primary runway by almost 100 m (300 ft.) to 1,524 m (5,000 ft.) in total; • addition of runway end safety areas to the primary runway; • addition of new cabling and runway lighting, including precision approach instruments for landing; • installation of a new lighting control panel in the control tower.

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Historically, he said, aircraft only took off and landed to the west of the airport, but now they are also flying in and out to the east. He said helicopters fly over the city, where they didn’t in the past. He said noise is not the only issue – there should also be concern about buildings being hit if an aircraft comes down in the community. In his past involvement, he said Transport Canada officials said there should be prescribed flight paths for helicopters.

“Now they’re flying wherever they want,” he asserts.

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With Transport Canada changing safety regulations in 2015, we want to bring YPK up to the most current standards,” said Day. “The addition of runway end safety areas, as well as upgrading landing instruments, lighting and cabling, will improve safety for the airport community.

The runway extension will allow YPK to safely accommodate a wider variety of aircraft.”

Some airport neighbours oppose the runway extension and have created a Facebook bearing the slogan: “Say yes to our community by saying no to the runway expansion.”

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New agreement for Pitt Meadows, Katzie More than providing water, sewer services

By Neil Corbett ncorbett@mapleridgenews.com

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itt Meadows and Katzie First Nation are hailing the signing of a “historic agreement” and “the start of a new shared history.”

The announcement was of a renewed agreement for Pitt Meadows providing the Katzie with water, sewer and fire protection services. But local politicians said the new relationship goes much deeper than that.

Katzie Chief Susan Miller explained such an agreement could be negotiated between lawyers and staff members, with the politicians signing the completed document.

This time, though, the politicians got involved.

“We worked together for 18 months on an almost monthly basis,” said Miller. “It created an understanding of how each organization operates.”

She said Pitt Meadows Mayor John Becker attended a meeting of the Katzie council, which was a first. She said the council can deal with issues as complex as land transfers under treaty agreements, to “a dog bit my kid,” and Becker saw how the Katzie band office handles it.

In the past, she said Katzie members have been invited to take part in official ceremonies, but called it “tokenism.”

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Katzie Chief Susan Miller said the new relationship will be important in the future as the Katzie band explores development on its land, for either residential or industrial purposes.

“There was no relationship, when it came to being partners. And that has definitely changed.”

Miller said that new relationship will be important in the future as the Katzie band explores develop-

ment on its land, for either residential or industrial purposes.

Becker called the relationship before this agreement “two solitudes,” and said that characterization fit as far back as his first

involvement in 2002, and likely before that.

The two governments started with the intention of replacing long-expired service agreements.

In 2014, both communities applied

to take part in the Federation of Canadian Municipalities First Nations - Municipal Community Infrastructure Partnership Program.

Pitt Meadows and Katzie were one of only six pairs selected for participation out of 50 applicants.

According to FCM, relationships between first nations and municipalities are often marked by tension and mistrust. As a result, communities lose opportunities to share resources, reduce costs, and generate positive social and economic outcomes.

Becker said that early in the process, Pitt Meadows and Katzie united in their opposition to a proposed new quarry.

“We had the Sheridan Hill thing, which really solidified the process,” said Becker.

He clarified that the services are not provided to Katzie at a profit, and most of the necessary infrastructure was already in place.

“As mayor, one of my utmost priorities is to bring Katzie First Nation back into mainstream consciousness in our community so that the richness of its culture can be embraced and celebrated by the entire community,” said Becker.

“We entered the room as neighbors and left as friends.”

Katzie and the Pitt Meadows were recognized both provincially and federally for their working relationship. Miller and Becker were in Ottawa last week sharing their perspectives and experiences at the annual Federation of Canadian Municipalities Sustainable Communities conference.

MLA likes straight talk from Osoyoos chief Message resonates for Doug Bing

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

A headline about a B.C. chief ’s speech in Manitoba has caught the eye of MLA Doug Bing, who posted it on his Facebook page.

“Get a damn job: Chief offers blunt remedy for what ails First Nations,” reads the headline from The Reminder, in Flin Flon, Man. The story in the paper referred to a recent speech in Flin Flon by Osoyoos Indian

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Band Chief Clarence Louie, who tells young men on his reserve to, “Get a damn job, be a man. It should be embarrassing for you to raise your kids on welfare.”

The article, by Jonathon Naylor, continues quoting Louie: “Looking to succeed in the workplace? Be punctual. Be on time. Indian time doesn’t cut it.”

Bing, MLA for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows, thought the piece was thought provoking and put it on his personal Facebook page.

“In this age of political correctness, only a respect-

ed aboriginal leader such as B.C.’s Clarence Louie can speak so bluntly to other aboriginals,” Bing wrote.

“I was struck at how blunt he was,” Bing said later.

“It really resonates. This is the one way to get out of poverty – is to get a job and get some kind of income coming in.”

Bing added that if he’d said what Louie did, he’d been in trouble. But, “For him to say that has more meaning.

“I think it’s probably a broad-based message that would apply across the country,” Bing added.

He knows the issues fac-

ing First Nations aren’t as simple as getting a job. But as treaties are signed and bands become more independent “what can we do to generate jobs and economic growth for our people.”

While Bing may be criticized for the Facebook post, he didn’t intend it to be belittling or negative.

“It just seemed it was an interesting post. I heard this fellow before and he makes a lot of sense.”

The move to equality is a gradual process.

“The only way we’re going to get anything done is to work together,” Bing said.

Reaction to the Facebook post has been quiet, with just two comments in favour.

Katzie First Nation Chief Susan Miller hadn’t seen the post and didn’t know the context, but she agreed with the sentiments.

“This is a message that applies across the country.”

It’s important that aboriginal people start to become part of the solution, she said.

“I definitely wouldn’t respond in a negative way to any of that without knowing the context. I have a quite a bit of respect for our MLA.”

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Miller said that certain political leaders, usually male, can get away with such statements.

“They have come from the school of hard knocks. They know what they’re talking about.”

It’s a good statement to help aboriginal people move from beneath the Indian Act, she added.

The Indian Act says bands or aboriginals have to ask permission to do anything first.

“It’s not about independent thinking.”

And that will take some time, she added.

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Chief Susan Miller will have to campaign to win another term as Katzie First Nation chief at the end of the month.

After being named by acclamation two years ago, Miller is being challenged by Spencer Pierre during the Feb. 25 council election.

Pierre is son of Katzie elder Cyril Pierre and grew up on the Barnston Island reserve.

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He added he’s been involved in revitalizing the hulquminum language.

Miller won an election in November 2013, then was acclaimed in the February 2014 election for the two-year terms.

Miller said before she’s been trying to improve how things operate on the reserve that lies between Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge.

“We have to still complete the revisions to the election code. We need to look at our membership code. We’re hoping to advance the treaty discussions.”

A ratification vote takes place in April on the agreement in principle for the treaty, reached after years of negotiations.

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Miller said the Katzie band has had a land and cash offer from the senior governments for the settlement and responded with a counter, but has yet to hear a response from Ottawa.

A treaty agreement could still be reached with the final land and cash negotiations to be completed later.

That remains the one outstanding issue, she added.

“We have been following the path since we entered the treaty process 25 years ago,” Miller said.

Any time the band reached a milestone in the negotiations, it referred back to original documents.

“We do need to do some more education with our members because some of the people that will vote on this were not even born when we started this 25 years ago.”

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“It’s been busy,” Miller said.

There’s also a referendum for the First Nations lands management program.

That will determine how the band manages its land and what kind of developments will be allowed. Miller said opposing the Sheridan Hill gravel mine has taken time, as well.

She still wants set up a daycare, improve housing, get funding for a family support worker and increase post-secondary education opportunities.

Two incumbents, Rick Bailey and Peter James Jr., are seeking re-election.

Another six are challenging for the three council seats. Leslie Bailey, Arnold Pierre, Coleen Pierre, Lindsay Pierre, Brenda PierreLeon and Pam McCotter are also running.

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Speirs tops council expenses Conferences are ‘important’

By Phi l M elnyc h u k pmelnychuk@mapleridgenews.com

The yearly report on Maple Ridge council spending is out and shows Coun. Craig Speirs leading the pack for expenses in 2015, the first year of the new council’s mandate.

Speirs spent a total of $5,100 attending conferences, just over the $5,000 allotted every year to each councillor for such expenses.

Speirs spent $867 attending the Lower Mainland Local Government Association conference in May; $1,846 attending the Federation of Canadian Municipalities meeting in June in Edmonton; $1,965 going to the Union of B.C. Municipalities in September in Vancouver; $270 to attend the Centre for Civic Government’s High Ground conference in March in Vancouver;

and $150 to go to the Zero Waste Conference.

He said Monday he goes to the conferences because he has the time and inclination to do so.

“I always report when I get back. I keep notes and I usually share those with council. I think it’s really important that at least somebody goes.”

Building connections with other cities pays off when issues come forward, he added.

Maple Ridge council budgets for such expenses, setting aside $5,000 yearly for each councillor, and $6,500 for the mayor, to attend professional conferences and training seminars.

However, councillors can exceed their $5,000 yearly limit if other councillors spend less than their allotted amount.

Councillors also claim separately to be reimbursed for attending community events, such as the RCMP Regimental Ball, the Maple Ridge Community Founda-

tion Citizen of the Year event and the chamber of commerce Business Excellence Awards.

Next on the list for total conference expenses in 2015 was Coun. Corisa Bell, with a total of $3,558.

She attended the LMLGA conference in May at a cost of $867, as well as the Centre for Civic Government’s High Ground Governance Forum in March at a cost of $673, and also attended the UBCM meeting, with its fee of $1,832.

Costs to attend the UBCM meeting in Vancouver varied, with Coun. Kiersten Duncan claiming $525 in expenses for that event, while Coun. Gordy Robson claimed $465 and Coun. Tyler Shymkiw claimed $1,670.

Mayor Nicole Read’s conference expenses totaled $1,928, which included $735 for attending the UBCM conference, $405 for attending the LMLGA conference and $788

to attend the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness conference in November.

Speirs also represents Maple Ridge on two FCM committees, on international relations, the other on social and economic development, while Bell is president of the LMLGA. Councillors are also reimbursed separately for their cellphone and iPad expenses.

Expenses In descending order, council expenses for 2015, including conferences, community events and cellphone and iPhone charges: • Coun. Craig Speirs, $6,825; • Coun. Corisa Bell, $4,567; • Coun. Kiersten Duncan, $3,383; • Coun. Tyler Shymkiw, $2,976; • Mayor Nicole Read, $2,851; • Coun. Gordy Robson, $1,565; • Coun. Bob Masse, $719.

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Alarm bell Pitt Meadows Coun. Bill Dingwall wants the city to add at least two full-time firefighters.

Currently, the department deploys firefighters paid per call. It has five full-time paid members, including a fire chief and two assistants.

Dingwall, a former RCMP officer, said Pitt Meadows is one of the last fire departments in the Lower Mainland that is primarily paid on-call and suggests safety would improve with more full-time members.

According to a consultant’s report contracted by the city, response times by the Pitt Meadows fire department average eight minutes, an excellent standard.

Adding just two full-time staff would increase the city budget more than $200,000 a year.

In Maple Ridge, which has full-time firefighters, the department’s budget is almost 10 times that of Pitt Meadows, while the population difference is closer to 4:1.

You can’t put a price on life, although the rest of Pitt council sides with the consultant’s report, which cost $60,000 and suggests the city can get by without fulltime paid firefighters.

Lives are no more at risk with the present model.

Fire chief Don Jolley is confident that Pitt Meadows has an effective system.

Dingwall contends that firefighters have to respond to more medical calls than ever, and cited the shortage of ambulances in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, the source of a recent petition, and the pending addition of naloxone kits for drug overdoses.

However, Pitt Meadows Mayor John Becker said ambulance services are a provincial responsibility.

MLA Doug Bing is on side with adding another ambulance.

Adding full-time paid firefighters is seen as unnecessary by all but Dingwall.

But we hear the alarm bell. Pitt Meadows, though, shouldn’t have to accept more downloading from the B.C. government.

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Housing czar defends drug ghettos Housing Minister Rich Coleman was flabbergasted at the angry response to his solution to the Victoria courthouse “tent city,” the latest tarp-covered camp to spring up in southern B.C. Coleman announced B.C. Views two temporary shelters with three meals a Tom Fletcher day and medical supports. One is a former nursing home close to the courthouse squat, conveniently located near panhandling and drug dealing spots as well as taxpayer-funded services.

The other offers indoor or outdoor tent space at a former youth custody centre, with a dedicated downtown shuttle bus so these “victims” of “homelessness” don’t have to endure B.C.’s most generous transit bus system.

We weren’t consulted, said the indignant spokespeople for those bringing new-looking tents to take advantage of food and other handouts, offered in B.C.’s warmest climate by the province’s most naïve local government.

But this was just a show for the media by our resident professional protesters, some of whom aren’t really “homeless.”

After the reaction, which Coleman described as “bizarre,” the combined 88 housing opportunities are being snapped up. Those on welfare will have to fork over their $375 monthly housing allowance, as the province continues to convert more housing and offer more rent

subsidies.

It’s no wonder that southern B.C. is the destination of choice. Coleman said it’s always been a seasonal thing, but this winter has been the highest in a decade, largely due to an exodus of economic migrants from the downturn in Alberta, naturally heading for B.C.’s most desirable real estate.

I asked him about two other homeless hotspots. In Abbotsford, campers have ignored a city deadline to take down structures in a three-year-old camp, after temporary shelter and costly provincial supports were brought on. A courtroom and street confrontation looms with self-styled “drug war survivors” and their Vancouver legal help.

In Maple Ridge, a tent camp sprang up next to the local Salvation Army shelter, with people cycling through the shelter’s 15-day limit, camping and being fed until they could go back in.

Mayor Nicole Read, who has worked in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, said Maple Ridge took on its own outreach, shelter and housing effort because the province’s $1 million-a-year Salvation Army operation isn’t working.

Coleman is not amused. He said he’s had no complaints about Abbotsford’s Salvation Army shelter, and Read is the only one griping. And no mayor is going to tell him how to spend provincial dollars. Maple Ridge now has two shelters with accompanying street drugs, prostitution and crime.

I asked Coleman about the 10-yearstudy led by Simon Fraser University researcher Julian Somers on the housing,

outreach and services in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. This is the heart of B.C.’s “housing first” strategy, where the province has bought and renovated 30 “single room occupancy” buildings, built another dozen and poured in every possible support, including the buyout of high-living executives at the Portland Hotel Society.

The study found that the hardest cases are worse off than ever, based on court, hospital and other service records, while the influx to the notorious Vancouver drug ghetto have tripled in 10 years.

The study found that the hardest cases are worse off than ever, based on court, hospital and other service records, while the influx to the notorious Vancouver drug ghetto have tripled in 10 years.

“I haven’t had a chance to go over that report yet, but I disagree with the assumption I’ve heard already, because I walk the Downtown Eastside,” Coleman said. “I don’t know if they do every few weeks to a month, but I’ve been doing it for about nine or 10 years and I can tell you it’s a whole lot better down there.”

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Editor, The News: Re: Frustrated at hospital parking (Letters, Feb. 12).

I laud Jerry Wood for speaking out about the unconscionable parking situations at all hospitals and every medical building except the B.C. Cancer Agency.

I find it unacceptable that parking companies such as Impark take advantage of people at medical facilities who are in no position to know how long they’ll be.

As he pointed out, ER visits can be hours long and even outpatient appointments often take considerably longer than expected. Plus, if you are alone with no one to go out and feed the meter, you are at the company’s mercy.

How difficult would it be to have the pay-as-you-leave machines at the exit as they do at the B.C. Cancer Agency downtown, instead of requiring us to pay upon entering?

It is pure greed on the company’s part. What will it take to get it changed?

It is unconscionable to take advantage of the ill and infirm and needs to be rectified.

Catherine A. Bell Maple Ridge

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Editor, The News: We live next to the intersection of 227th Street and the Haney Bypass.

Daily we have to listen to screeching tires and car horns as drivers playing chicken trying to make a left-hand turn from the by-pass into 227th St. Last week, a horrific thump told us that, this time, another driver had misjudged the speed and distance of the oncoming traffic and didn’t make it.

There was the usual confusion, people rushing to help the involved drivers of a small SUV and a five-ton truck, courageous private citizens trying to direct the by-then heavy rush hour traffic, someone phoning 911.

The stunned drivers were still in their vehicles when a fire started in the car.

From the sidelines, we were watching as a young man tried to put it out with water, which, of course, didn’t work.

I ran back to our garage and, being unable to yank the fire extinguisher off the wall, grabbed a small one from our car and ran back (no small feat for an 80-year old) and handed it to the young man.

As he was trying to open it, another driver arrived with a bigger one and

put the fire out.

As the minutes passed, we were waiting for any kind of emergency help to arrive, but could see that nobody seemed to be seriously hurt.

The fire truck arrived in 10 minutes, the ambulance in 20, and a lonely police officer in an unmarked car in 30.

We don’t know why the delay. There could be an explanation. But all stations are located only a few minutes from here, so we find this unacceptable.

“Obviously, it takes somebody with guts to say ‘yes’ and ‘no’ without worrying where the next vote comes from.”

When a more serious accident happened a few months ago, it took over 30 minutes for the ambulance to arrive.

The motorcycle driver later died.

Our complaints are multiple.

We need a traffic light at that intersection, and especially the bypass

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should be widened.

The speed limit should be lowered.

We have lived here since 1992 and find that the traffic must have at least tripled or more since then.

The heavy traffic hardly ever stops, only between two and three during the night does it let up.

When the Golden Ears Bridge opened, we had hoped that a lot of the traffic, especially big trucks and tractor trailers, would go that route.

But, no, they are trying to avoid paying the toll and come across the Mission bridge and through Maple Ridge.

What does it take for our politicians and people in charge of traffic and transport to make some decisions to make our province more liveable for ordinary citizens?

Obviously, it takes somebody with guts to say ‘yes’ and ‘no’ without worrying where the next vote comes from.

I think I speak for all people living and driving along the by-pass.

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Access to the complex will be off of 113th Avenue, says a report to Maple Ridge council.

About at third of the units will have doublewide garages and the remainder, tandem garages, where cars have to

park behind each other.

Staff say that the proposal fits with the design principles of the southern portion of the town centre area plan because it provides a range of housing types, maximizes views of the river, provides open space and pedestrian access through walking paths.

Another feature is the use of natural vegetation as well as construction of a biofiltration pond to filter rainwater runoff from roads and roofs before it’s discharged to a nearby wetlands area.

The report notes that the location was previously used as a fill site, but has been regraded with structural fill brought in as required by a geotechnical report.

Several green building features are part of the project, such as large windows, maximizing daylight, roof overhangs to maximize shade against summer sun, along with use of sustainable building materials.

Outdoor parking spots will be made of permeable paving stones allowing rain water to seep into the ground and recharge groundwater instead of flowing into storm sewers.

Initial application for the project took place in 2011. The preceding council gave it second and third reading in 2013, followed by two extensions in the following years.

Water tower Maple Ridge is building a new water tower so it can supply the firefighting needs of the growing Silver Valley subdivision.

The tower is called the Rock Ridge Reservoir Tank 2 and will provide backup fire, emergency and pump-balancing capacity and meet the needs of the entire Silver Valley subdivision once it’s built out.

The reservoir will also ensure that there’s enough water pressure in Silver Valley in case of emergency.

The new tower will cost $1.8 million and will be located near 240th Street between two stems of Millionaire Creek, next to the existing water tower.

Council decided to go with the lowest bid by Timbro Contracting at its Tuesday meeting.

The tower has to be ready by June in order to meet the peak water needs during the hotter summers.

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Bridge request won’t bump transit grants: B.C. Ottawa may give more than third

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Communities Minister Peter Fassbender says Metro Vancouver mayors shouldn’t worry that the province’s request for federal money to help build the new Massey Bridge will eat into the grants available for transit expansion.

The province has pitched the Massey Tunnel replacement as a green infrastructure project for the purposes of federal funding and one that will help with goods movement in the region.

Some mayors have expressed trepidation that they may be competing with the province for the $60 billion in new infrastructure grants Ottawa is to begin doling out.

“That is not being put on the table at the expense of the vision for Metro Vancouver,” Fassbender said of the Massey request. “We’re

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He said the provincial government has a responsibility to consider the needs of the whole province.

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With more full-time fire responders, the percentage would rise in favour of the patient, he said.

Dugal Smith and Associates conducted a report for the city, reviewing the fire and rescue services model, which included four months of interviews as well as document, process and statistical reviews.

It found that the average overall response time for all of rural and urban areas is eight minutes, which is considered an excellent standard for a volunteer or a paid oncall department covering such a large community.

Average response time in the rural area is just over 10 minutes, and the report said rural residents

accept the longer response as a consequence of living there.

Average response time in the city’s core area is 7:30. On average, 10 firefighters turn out for a call.

The department responds to 500 incidents per year on average. The breakdown for the 488 calls in 2014 was: 44 fire related, 132 medical emergencies, 114 vehicle crashes, 91 responses to alarms and 107 other.

When the Pitt Meadows composite service delivery model, which is composed of primarily paid on-call volunteer team supplemented by a small career staff, was compared with similar municipalities in B.C., Pitt Meadows scored well on response time,

training, apparatus and equipment, inspection programs, service costs per capita, and the reduction of critical incidents, according to the city.

The budget for Pitt Meadows’ system is $1.3 million, serving a population of 18,000.

The Maple Ridge fire department has 53 fulltime firefighters, between 60-65 paid on-call and a budget of $10.26 million.

It serves a population of 76,000.

Based on the study, in January council decided to continue to support the paid on-call system.

Dingwall said he can’t join his fellow councillors in celebrating the low cost of fire protection in Pitt Meadows.

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Dingwall recently stated his position in writing to council and Pitt Meadows fire chief Don Jolley, who advised council of a new provincial initiative to issue naloxone to firefighters, so they can give a potentially live-saving injections to drug overdose patients.

Dingwall said the decision highlights the increasing reliance on firefighters in medical emergencies around the province.

“There is also significant and recent coverage surrounding the shortage of ambulance services in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows (two for the whole area) and we owe it to our citizens, families and ourselves (touch wood) that it does not happen to someone close to us or in our community, and to do what we reasonably can towards increased public safety and health,” wrote Dingwall.

Pitt Meadows Mayor John Becker said Dingwall’s comments are an opinion, but council made its decision based on a study.

“We spent over $60,000 for a very comprehensive and very well done fire services review,” added Becker.

He noted that for every

$168,000 in new spending, the city must raise taxes one per cent, so Dingwall’s proposal is not inexpensive – it would result in a tax increase of about 1.5 per cent, he estimated.

Becker said that would be a non-starter for council. The provincial government is responsible for emergency response in medical emergencies, he added.

“The provision of ambulance services is something the province deals with.”

He noted Delta Mayor Lois Jackson promoted the training of city firefighters in first responder medical care because her city had full-time firefighters who were not busy.

“That’s not the situation here,” said Becker.

Jolley said emergency service providers would always like more resources, but he is confident that Pitt Meadows has an effective system.

He said firefighters in Pitt Meadows respond to serious calls, including cardiac arrest, drownings, allergic reactions and major trauma.

“And, if we can make a difference to a patient with a narcotic overdose, that’s a good thing,” added Jolley.

He said the fire services review found that no increase in staffing is required.

Residents worry about noise Airport from front

“It’s safety first of all, and it’s noise, and it’s quality of life,” said Joyner. “Council has allowed this area to be built up, so they’ve got to take some responsibility.”

Resident Johanne Rensmaag said the airport should operate a noise program to measure the decibel levels of air traffic, and it should have a community liaison committee to hear the views of residents. It could discuss measures to reduce the disruption residents have to put up with.

“The more information residents have, the better it will be,” she said. “I just wanted a dialogue started, to get people communicating. We don’t want to shut the airport down, we’ve lived here with it for 40 years.”

“Let’s work together.”

She said an open house about the improvements, held at the airport, did not allow for open dialogue.

“It’s 2016 – communicate with the people your business is affecting,” she said.

The airport board made its decision after reviewing information gathered from a thorough review process, which included a feasibility analysis, noise study, environmental review, archaeological study, and a public open house.

It has taken about four years to get the project to the stage where it can finally go to tender, said Day. “The project ties in with our mission to develop YPK for economic and social benefit to Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, the North Fraser Region, and adjacent communities,” said Day. He said the improvements make the airport safer for Learjets and executive jets, both of which already use the airport.

He noted the runway expansion will be on the west, and will not affect Baynes Road.

The Pitt Meadows Airport Society will be funding the project. Construction will begin this summer, and is to be complete in the fall.

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Magdalena Romanow is a volunteer at Katie’s Place, an animal shelter in Maple Ridge.

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Arts&life AIRPORT PROJECT UPDATE The Pitt Meadows Airport Society board has approved the YPK Runway Enhancement

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The ACT Art Gallery Exhibition Under Development Until February 27 Assembled sculpture, 2D and installation work in mixed media.

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Meditation in the Gallery Friday, February 26 Self-guided meditation, bring your own pillow or mat to be comfortable

GEMS: A Brilliant Young Mind Monday, February 29 An autistic teenage math prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad.

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Admission is by donation with a suggested donation of $2.

Open mic An open mic event will be held at the Salvation Army Caring Place, Feb. 28.

The event will be hosted by blues and folk musician Gary Redmond and Kyle Herman, aka Arak StarrEagle.

There will be a hamper drive with items being collected for the school lunch bag program, as well as a collection of non-perishable food and personal care items for residents.

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The Maple Ridge Ramblers wrestling team hosted and won the boys title at the Upper Fraser Valley Wrestling Championships on Saturday.

It was the first team championship in 20 years, as Ridge last won the regional tournament in 1996, said coach Bill McCrea.

“It was the best weekend,” he said.

“We were led by captains Cam Hicks and Libby Mcdonnell, as well as Ryan Hicks, Miki Rowbottom, Marquases

Haintz and Cyntia Matao all gold champions,” said McCrae.

Mateya Haintz earning silver and Marko Kolobara and Tate Smith both took bronze – all scoring critical points in the team competition.

Next up is the provincial championship, and McCrae said the Ramblers have qualified 13 of his 20 wrestlers.

He came into the year hoping that his team could finish in the top six in B.C., but said after having so many of his wrestlers qualify, he has to revise that to top three. The Ramblers placed third in B.C. four years ago.

The B.C. High School Championships will be held on Feb. 26-28 in Abbotsford.

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The Ridge Meadows Flames are in a tough playoff battle with the Mission City Outlaws in the first round of the Pacific Junior Hockey League playoffs.

The first game was last night in Mission, and game two of the best-of-seven goes tonight at Planet Ice, at 7:30 p.m. Game three will also be at Planet Ice, on Friday night at 7:30 p.m., and then the series shifts to Mission.

The Flames finished the season with a record of 19 wins, 20 losses, two ties and three overtime losses, in fourth place in the Harold Brittain Conference.

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Three players had a goal and an assist – Nolan Ferguson, Marco Ballarin and Dale Howell. Nicholas Maydaniuk and Boston Colley were the other scorers, and Alexandre Furlan had two assists.

Liam Murphy got the win in goal, with 38 saves on 42 shots.

The Flames blew out the Langley Knights 12-3 on Thursday night, as Bradley Crompton had four goals and an assist for a five-point night. Three players had a goal and two assists – Brandon Galbraith, Colley and Maydaniuk.

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Two Maple Ridge athletes were among the standouts as Club Aviva Gymnastics competed at the second B.C. Provincial Cup for trampoline held recently in Burnaby.

Emily Christie took her second place in Women’s L4 Double Mini Trampoline, and made it to finals in Women’s L4 Trampoline.

Jordyn Byer made it to finals for Women’s L2 13U Trampoline.

The team is preparing to head to Kamloops for the third B.C. Provincial Cup event in March.

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The Maple Ridge Rustlers Atom A1 team is on to the prestigious Final Four tournament.

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After starting with a winless record in their first 10 games, going 0-8-2, the Rustlers finished their campaign red hot, going 7-1-2. That left them in fifth place in their league.

That took them to a playoff series against a higher ranked team Coquitlam, with they won by scores of 5-4 and 3-1.

The Final four will be played in Langley from March 4 to 10, and the Rustlers will be up against teams from Langley, Semiamhoo and Surrey.

It is the first time an Atom A1 team has advanced since 2009-10.

Another highlight of the season was winning bronze at the Victoria tournament.

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(Above) Ramblers gold medalist Ryan Hicks lifts Westview’s Jayden Burke at the regional championships on Feb. 13 at MRSS; (right) Dionte Hurtado of MRSS (right) grapples with Jeevan Dhinsa of Lord Tweedsmuir secondary in Surrey.

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Approximately 140 skaters will participate in the carnival, ranging from beginners, starting with three and four-year-olds, up to the club’s senior skaters who have been skating

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Advertising Sales Consultant

IN-HOME Caregiver required for June 27, 2016 (Twin girls - 6 yrs old, one with autism). Full-time perm. $10.75/hr. Pitt Meadows (Bonson Landing). email: gspottie@telus.net for more info.

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

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GOLF SHOP STAFF Part Time to Full Time.

Golf knowledge an asset but not required. Must be 19+ years Must be avail. to work weekends and afternoons. Good computer skills required. Golf playing privileges included.

Please email resume to: missiongolf@shaw.ca or drop off resume at 7983 Nelson St. Mission B.C. STALL CLEANER, P/T, reliable mature, horse exp a must. 2-3 hrs per time, several times per wk. No drugs or alcohol. Call 604-462-0488

Please send your resume with cover letter by Friday, March 11, 2016 to:

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EDUCATION/TUTORING

A MATH TUTOR Available; Math 8-12; Math 10, 12 Provincial’s. Certified teacher, extensive experience Ph: Don Camozzi 604-464-2717

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

Wednesday, May 25th, 2016 at Swan-e-set Bay Resort and Country Club

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T H E F I F T E E N T H A N N UA L H A N E Y ROTARY

C H A R I T Y G O L F TO U R N A M E N T

SAVE THE DATE Saturday a April 23, 2016 10am-2pm

PERSONAL SERVICES

blackpress.ca X bclocalnews.com

In support of youth locally and internationally

To Advertise in this space call 604-575-5555 PLUMBING

S. H. LANDSCAPING TREE SERVICES

Hot Water Tank & Furnace Install Water Main / Drain Cleaning

Trimming • Pruning • Topping • Clean-up • Garbage Removal • Pressure Washing GARDENING Flower Beds • Allan Blocks Bark Mulch • River Lava Rock LAWN CARE Weeding • New Turf • Fertilizing • Moss Control • Power Raking • Aeration FENCING Free Estimate

PROMPT - RELIABLE - HONEST Call Wayne 778.952.8044

waynebelong@hotmail.com Partial Fee to benefit the Maple Ridge Food Bank

The Haney Rotary Club Serving Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows since 1952

supported by

West Coast Auto Group

Group

1 P M S H O T G U N S TA R T !

Tournament fees are $170 per golfer*

*includes a box lunch, range access, golf cart, 18 holes of golf, tee gifts, on course side competitions and barbeques, dinner and access to an outstanding silent and live auction all in aid of youth charities.

For more information about player registration and sponsorship opportunities Please contact Laura Egan at laura@grpconstruction.ca • 604-992-5892

20 years experience in Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows

CLEANING SERVICES

“We will improve your Corporate & Residential image”

Services: • Office Cleaning • Janitorial • Pressure Washing • Window Cleaning

604.230.1634 or 604.467.3724

www.intexjanitorial.com Tel: 604-786-3466

PAINTING

POWER WASHING

LANDSCAPING

www.paintspecial.com

WINDOW & ROOF CLEANING

778-322-2378 Lower Mainland 604-996-8128 Fraser Valley Running this ad for over 12years

Dr. Patrick O’Brien CIM

LANDSCAPING

WRD PLUMBING PLUMBER/B-GAS FITTER

Licensed & Insured

proudly presented by

. Need Cash? Own a vehicle? Borrow up to $25,000. SnapCarCash. 604-777-5046

SHOP WORKER

. Flaggers Needed. TCP Certified Traffic Training. 778-683-5967

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

N.Langley. $15/hr to start or higher depending on exp. level. Must have valid drivers license. Email resume to: ron@valmartdoors.com

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

Steve Scott - Ad Manager Peace Arch News #200 - 2411 - 160th St., Surrey, BC V3S 0C8 or email to steve.scott@peacearchnews.com

LARGE FUND Borrowers Wanted Start saving hundreds of dollars 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

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N. LANGLEY: If you are injured, or would like to get in from cold, we are looking for someone to train in sales to expand our office team.

If you have the field experience, please call Ron 604-888-6116, or email: ron@valmartdoors.com

Required for

Mission Golf & Country Club

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.

LABOURERS

Industrial Overhead Door TECHNICIAN / INSTALLER

.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

FINANCIAL SERVICES

PERSONAL SERVICES

9393 287th Street Maple Ridge, BC

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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.

PERSONAL SERVICES

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299 2 coats of any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale High Performance paint.

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

Del green Landscaping

WorkSafeBC insured

Gutters cleaned & repaired www.expertpowerwashing.com

Mike 604.961.1280

- Residential &

- Lawn & Garden Care - Irrigation Systems - Pruning & Hedging Installation & Repair - Tree Removal - Grass & Sod - Seasonal Installation Maintenance - Planting Beds & & Cleanup Commercial

- Garden Design,

Containers

Michael Mihail

15 YEARS HORTICULTURE EXPERIENCE Your garden in our hands will look like paradise!

OFFICE: DIRECT:

778-668-5110 604-446-3903

EMAIL: delgreenlandscapes@gmail.com

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 203

ACCOUNTING / TAX /BOOKKEEPING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 281

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

GARDENING

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GARDENING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 287

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 356

REAL ESTATE

RUBBISH REMOVAL

RENTALS

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

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ROOMS FOR RENT

$75 OFF 1ST MONTH

Prompt Delivery Available

7 Days / Week

Rooms from $470/mo. Fully Furn, weekly maid service, cable TV, private bath, on bus route, 5/min walk to commuter rail.

Meadows Landscape Supply Ltd.

Haney Motor Hotel

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

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

1989 14x70 in Ruskin MHP w/View Fam./Pet ok. $42,900 w/$575pad Financing avail. 604-830-1960

(604)465-1311

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Call 604-467-3944

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STORAGE

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

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TREE SERVICES

.Jim’s Mowing. 310-JIMS (5467).

HANDYMAN CONNECTION HANDYMAN CONNECTION Handyman Connection - Bonded -Renovations - Installations Repairs - 604.878.5232

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HOUSECLEANER accepting new clients. $20/hr, min 3/hrs. 5 Yrs exp.

Refs upon request. 604-674-7111

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STEER MANURE

CLEANING SERVICES

JAGUAR LANDSCAPING Lawn & Garden Service.

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

Delivered or Picked up

Wynnyk Farms 604.467.4419

CONCRETE & PLACING

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.Window & Roof Cleaning Gutters Cleaned & repaired. 604-961-1280

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

.ProWorks Home & Garden. Pressure washing, lawn maint, lndscpg.

$59.00 Per Ton

Meadows Landscape Supply

604-465-1311

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

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DO YOU OFFER HOME SERVICES? Home Improvements, Landscaping, Rubbish Removal, etc...

Call today to place your ad 604-575-5555

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Ask about our

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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

Renovations Plus Home Improvements & Repairs

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OFFICE/RETAIL

604 - 720 - 2009

• Hardwood • Laminate • Painting • Drywall • Tilling • Baseboard • Crown molding • Small renos • Fences • Decks • And More!

ROOM SPECIAL

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MIRACLE MOVING

778-903-0942

www.affordablemoversbc.com

$45/Hr

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

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

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LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

OFFICE/RETAIL

OFFICE TWO INDIVIDUAL SPACE OFFICES FOR • 10’ X 8.5’ available RENT • Includes heat, A/C & window

604-537-4140

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www.paintspecial.com 778-322-2378 Lower Mainland 604-996-8128 Fraser Valley Running this ad for over 12yrs

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299 2 coats any colour

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls

Cloverdale High Performance paint.

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

All offices on second floor, downtown Maple Ridge location, new and clean with one shared washroom on the floor.

One year minimum lease subject to credit and criminal check.

Contact Jim at 604-476-2720

This city is remarkably cohesive and friendly. I have lived in Tokyo and Vancouver; there you never meet someone you know in the streets.

In Maple Ridge, I walk downtown and expect/ look forward to seeing people I know.

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PLUMBING

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

Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area.

1-800-573-2928

$880/mo & $980/mo

TIMOTHY hay. $15.00 per bale. 60 lb. bales. Pitt Meadows. 604 505 4087

TRANSPORTATION

* Renovated Suites * *Large *Clean *Very Quiet

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

Queen Anne Apts.

and Hydro 477

Near Shopping & Amenities.

PETS

SENIOR’S DISCOUNT

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

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

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 551

2002 ACURA RSX SUPER CLEAN! $4999.

Call: 604-561-0053.

PORT COQUITLAM

GARAGE SALES

1 bdrm suite - $775 2 bdrm corner suite - $925

ESTATE / MOVING SALE Indoors

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 * SORRY NO DOGS * CALL FOR APPOINTMENT

Friday & Saturday Feb. 19th & 20th 10 am - 4 pm 12722 227 St, Maple Ridge Antiques, Furniture, China, Crystal, Stamp & Beanie baby collections, 45 years of household stuff.

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SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

#1 FREE Scrap Vehicle REMOVAL ~~ ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT ~~ $$$ PAID FOR SOME. 604.683.2200 The Scrapper

604-464-3550

MISC. FOR SALE

POLE BARNS, Shops, steel buildings metal clad or fabric clad.

Complete supply and installation.

Call John at 403-998-7907; jcameron@advancebuildings.com

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REFORESTATION NURSERY SEEDLINGS of hardy trees, shrubs, & berries for shelterbelts or landscaping. Spruce & Pine from $0.99/tree. Free Shipping.

Replacement guarantee. 1-866873-3846 or www.treetime.ca

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.

SAWMILLS from only $4,397 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

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TRUCKS & VANS

2003 FORD 250 XL Super Duty. 4 X 4 With canopy. 346,000 kms. $3,850. obo.

Call Kevin: 604-851-4509

OFFICE/RETAIL

SHARED

MISC. WANTED

OFFICE SPACE For as low as $380/mo. downtown Maple Ridge ~ 2nd Floor ~

Wanted: ROYAL ALBERT CHINA, all patterns, Old Country Roses etc. Call: (604)308-7267

Call: Mary @ (604)479-5919

For more information, call Alouette Addictions 604.467.5179

A Gas Fitter ✭ Plumber

WITNESS NEEDED: If you witnessed or have any information about a hit & run accident that occurred on January 27, 2016 at Lougheed Hwy & Meadowtown Centre Way could you please call 604-3147154. Thank you.

PARENT’S NIGHT: YOUR KIDS & DRUGS A FORUM Real life perspectives on drug and alcohol use from teens and professionals

Furnaces, Boilers, Hot Water Heating, Hotwater Tanks, Drain/Duct Cleaning & Plumbing Jobs.

x Find out about current drug trends x Q&A with teens & Alouette Addictions staff x How to prepare & communicate with your child about the pressures of high school

✭ 604-312-7674 ✭ ✭ 604-507-4606 ✭ #1 IN RATES & SERVICE. 38 yrs.

Lic’d/Ins. BBB. Drains, gas, renos etc. Bonded. Chad 1-877-861-2423

RUBBISH REMOVAL

6pm-8pm February 17th, 2016 Glenwood Elementary School 21410 Glenwood Avenue, Maple Ridge

Read the full interview at mrcf.ca

Proud sponsors COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT

mikes hauling 604-516-9237

Great Location

Includes: Heat, Hot Water

FIXIT PLUMBING & HEATING H/W Tanks, Reno’s, Boilers, Furn’s.

Drain Cleaning. Ins. 604-380-2932

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604.465.7713

1 & 2 Bdrms available

FEED & HAY

WANTED; GORMAN RUPP FIRE PUMPS. Please call or text Al at (604)991-0461.

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Why are you proud to call Maple Ridge home?

Onsite Manager

MAPLE RIDGE

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.CAN PRO Paint and Drywall. 3 Rooms $250. 604-7717052

Launch Ramp with 3 lines and ample parking for tracks and trailers

APARTMENT/CONDO

PETS

560 329 PAINTING & DECORATING

Moorage Rental Year or Semi-annual Outdoor Storage Available Starting At $30/month for Boats, RV’s, Cars, Trucks & Trailers

RENTALS

~We accept Visa & Mastercard~

AFFORDABLE MOVING

14179 Reichenback Rd

Jerry, 604-500-2163

MOVING & STORAGE

ABBA MOVERS & DEL Res/comm 1-5 ton truck, 2men fr $45. SENIOR DISCOUNT. Honest, bsmt clean up 25yrs Exp. 24hrs/7days 604-506-7576

Arruda 329 PAINTING & DECORATING

$25 Off with this Ad

MISC SERVICES

SBroken Concrete RocksS $25.00 Per Metric Ton SMud - Dirt - Sod - ClayS $25.00 Per Metric Ton GrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds

EXTRA INCOME Classified ads are a direct line to extra income. Somewhere there is a buyer for the things you no longer want or need.

604-575-5555

DRYWALL

Tree Removal/Topping/Spiral Thinning/Hedge Trimming/Stump Grinding. Free Estimates.

WCB/Fully Insured

✶Dump Site Now Open✶

Call Matt 604-465-5566 www.proworkshg.com

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

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TREE BROTHERS SPECIALIST

LANDSCAPING

Pitt Meadows Marina

New SRI Manufactured homes Singles $74,900. Doubles $94,900.

PARK SPACES AVAILABLE REPOSSESSIONS 1974-2010 www.glenbrookhomes.net Chuck 604-830-1960 Trades. Financing. Permits.

.t1 tax

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Hours: Monday - Friday 9 am - 9 pm • Saturday 9 am - 6 pm • Sunday 10 am - 6 pm

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