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Albion school taking shape Plans in conjunction with community centre By Neil Corbett ncorbett@mapleridgenews.com
A new elementary school and community centre in Albion is starting to take shape. Hundreds of residents have offered their ideas for the joint project between the City of Maple Ridge and the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows School District throughout February. Those have been given to an architect, and converted into conceptual plans, as well as three dimensional simulated fly-over. “We had good feedback,” said school board chair Mike Murray, and the facility models attempted to capture that. See School, 12
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Multicultural MRSS Bob Mullett (right) of The Alpiners, a Bavarian folk music trio, plays the alphorn, while Dean Spyropoulos supports him on accordion while celebrating German culture during the first multicultural week festival at Maple Ridge secondary on Wednesday. The week started with Taiko drummers, then there was a mariachi band, then a French Canadian one called Le Bruit Cours dans la Ville. The cafeteria food also reflected the culture being celebrated each day.
Two cities make up over airport By Phil M elnyc h u k pmelnychuk@mapleridgenews.com
It took some mediation, but the two cities are now working on resolving their differences over their shared asset, the Pitt Meadows Regional Airport. Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge councils met Tuesday to discuss that, with the assistance of me-
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Both cities agreed on a process for the future. “I think it’s a huge asset for both communities and should be allowed to grow,” Speirs said. He added that the airport society has its annual meeting in May and wants the board to work on creating a vision and a plan for achieving that. The frustrations between the two cities reached a peak July 29, when Pitt Meadows asked Maple Ridge to give up its share of the airport.
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That was quickly rejected by Maple Ridge Mayor Nicole Read, who in a response the same day said Maple Ridge had “no intention of divesting ourselves of our interest in our joint asset. We also wish to remind you that multi-jurisdictional control of an airport is not unique to Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.” Pitt Meadows seems to have accepted that Maple Ridge won’t give up its share of the airport, Speirs added. See Airport, 9
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