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Soccer merger voted down Friends of Golden Ears want questions answered

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Rinto Sudiyama (centre), 4, reaches to pet a bunny from the Pitt River 4-H Rabbit Club after the annual Pitt Meadows Lions’ Club Easter egg hunt Sunday at Harris Road Park.

The planned merger of two local soccer clubs fell through last week after members of one side voted it down.

Golden Ears United and Pitt Meadows soccer clubs were to combine to form West Coast Auto Group FC. It would have had close to 4,000 participants and more than 300 teams, making it the largest community soccer club in the province.

At a special meeting last Wednesday, parents calling themselves the Friends of Golden Ears Soccer voted against a motion that would have seen the local club dissolve and transfer its assets to West Coast Auto Group FC. Mike Smith, a parent and coach with GEUSC, helped to found Friends of Golden Ears Soccer after questions about finances and structure of the new club went unanswered.

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Grow op busts cut in half Mounties suspect Health Canada licenses behind drop

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

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tore not silent after rash of thefts.

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Marijuana busts in Maple Ridge dropped by half in the span of a year, according to statistics from Ridge Meadows RCMP, who suspect a proliferation of Health Canada licenses is to blame for the decrease.

Year-end figures show police

took down 34 grow operations in Maple Ridge in 2011 compared to 63 in 2010, while Pitt Meadows, where an electrical safety inspection program and bylaw to prohibit designated-growing are in place, saw three grow ops searched in 2011 and one in 2010.

The RCMP officer in charge of the Ridge Meadows detachment believes Health Canada licenses, which allow people to grow marijuana legally, are contributing to the significant drop.

Supt. Dave Walsh doesn’t have

the numbers or evidence to prove his suspicions, but he’s seen illegal grow operations in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows turn into legal ones in Walsh recent years.

He estimates that 80 per cent of the illegal growers from before now

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“That’s my opinion. Is it something I can confirm? I don’t have the hard data to confirm that.”

As of Oct. 30 – 12,225 people hold an “authorization to possess” dried marijuana license under the Marijuana Medical Access Regulations in Canada.

Of those, 7,277 people hold a “personal use production license,” while 2,163 more hold a “designated-person” license, which allows someone else to grow their marijuana.

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$1 million for Fraser parks, trails Experience the Fraser got $25 million three years ago

by Phil M elnyc h u k staff reporter Another million dollars has been sunk into the Experience the Fraser project, but it doesn’t look like any of it will be spent in the district where the funding was announced Monday.

Greg Moore, chair of Metro Vancouver, and Sharon Gaetz, chair of Fraser Valley Regional District, were both at the Easter Monday announcement delivered by Liberal MLAs Randy Hawes and Marc Dalton in Kanaka Creek Regional Park in Maple Ridge.

Gayle Martin, a Langley city councillor on Metro Vancouver’s board, said while no decisions have been made, the steering committee could allocate the money somewhere in the Fraser Valley Regional District, possibly the Abbotsford area.

One million doesn’t go far, added Martin.

Experience the Fraser, a plan to build biking and hiking trails along both sides of the Fraser River from Vancouver to Hope, got $2.5 million in seed money three years ago to develop a concept plan, plus more money last year for a trail from Fort Langley to the Golden Ears Bridge.

First nations, cities, the province, community groups, Metro Vancouver are all involved.

The project would also use trails that already exist, such as those in Pitt Meadows, where paths run from Golden Ears Bridge along the Fraser River and across to Port Coquitlam using the Pitt River Bridge.

Existing trails would make up 43 per cent of the project.

Hawes said Martin started pushing the idea 20 years ago.

With the Lower Mainland’s population continuing to grow, it’s important to keep at the project or the opportunity will be lost.

“Fundamentally, this is a legacy that we need to put together for our children,” said Hawes, adding that people have to keep pushing the pro-

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Liberal MLA Marc Dalton (Maple Ridge-Mission) speaks at the funding announcement Monday in Kanaka Creel Regional park in Maple Ridge. See video @ mapleridgenews.com. vincial government to support it.

“This project cannot be allowed to fall away.”

Hawes suggested a small charge of a few dollars be added on to municipal property taxes as a “park fee” that would be allocated exclusively to Experience the Fraser.

People accept such taxes more easily if they know the monies raised go only for parks, he said.

“The Fraser River is a constant reminder that B.C. is great place to live and work,” added Maple RidgeMission MLA Marc Dalton.

“Trails connect us as a community so it’s been amazing to see Experience the Fraser come alive over the past three years,” he added in a news release, saying it’s a legacy project that will benefit residents and visitors for “years to come.”

He presented a memorandum of understanding between Premier Christy Clark and both regional districts supporting the project.

Gaetz, mayor of Chilliwack, credited former premier Gordon Campbell for ensuring Experience the Fraser was a priority, while Hawes got it started at the local level.

“It was hard work, I tell you, building those relationships, making sure everyone was aware … that this was long term … that would span a generation at least,” Gaetz said.

The million-dollar announcement was made on the third anniversary of the project.

Maple Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykin said a starting point could be connecting Kanaka Creek Regional Park to 240th Street, on the river front. Some dike trails already exist

part of the way.

“I don’t think it would be big at all.”

From there, it’s a short walk up 240th Street to the fish fence on Kanaka Creek, he pointed out.

He’d also like to connect Kanaka Creek Regional Park to Port Haney at the bottom of 224th Street. The district’s long-term plan is to buy riverfront property to connect the two.

Perhaps even a summertime boat service from Fort Langley to Port Haney could be possible, he added.

Coun. Corisa Bell said the project was fantastic for tourism because it would bring in visitors.

“How cool is that going to be, biking from Hope to the Salish Sea [Vancouver or Georgia Strait].

Where else could you do that?”

Beekeeping bylaw pulled from agenda, back again next week staff reporter First the beekeeping bylaw was back, then it wasn’t, but now it will be, in a week or two, and if council agrees, Maple Ridge residents will be able to keep two hives on rural residences of 6,000 square feet.

The bylaw was to be at council’s committee meeting last week, but was pulled from the agenda and withdrawn from Tuesday’s meet-

ing following an earlier presentation by conservation officer Denny Chretien on the Bear Aware program.

Council, though, will consider the bylaw again after staff strengthen language to ensure it’s consistent with the Wildlife Protection Act. The act requires homeowners to take responsibility for any attractants to wildlife.

That could require beekeepers to

install electric fences around hives.

The bylaw is based on one from New Westminster.

A staff report points out that Burnaby, Vancouver, the City and District of North Vancouver, and West Vancouver all have bylaws based on New Westminster’s bylaw, which sets out general requirements.

Those include a maximum of two hives, located at the rear of

Licenses from front Health Canada is proposing to phase out the production of marijuana for medical purposes in homes and communities.

But those changes won’t come before 2014.

Police are not given a list of legal growers, so officers conduct investigations that might last a year or two, only to find out a few days before they obtain a warrant that the marijuana being grown is legal.

“It’s a lot of wasted resources,” said Walsh.

“It’s a joke. It’s well known that crime has infiltrated the program. They pay people to go to doctors to get medical licenses, they’ll buy medicinal licenses. We are no exception.”

Advocates for the legalization of marijuana, though, are quick to point out that police claims are overblown.

Kirk Tousaw, president of the British Columbia chapter of End Prohibition and a practising lawyer, notes that obtaining a Health Canada license isn’t easy.

“The number of medical marijuana licenses represent a drop in the vast ocean of marijuana being produced in B.C.,” Tousaw said.

He also wonders why police are not keeping detailed statistics about how many once illegal growops are now legal.

“The idea that they don’t have these numbers makes me curious as to why not,” Tousaw added.

“Perhaps they don’t want the numbers because they simply want to be able to speculate. I know the police don’t like legal production of marijuana. I suspect they don’t like it because it shatters the propaganda about growing marijuana that the police have been pushing for at least a decade.”

Although police were unable to provide statistics, there have been at least two instances in the past year where grow ops that were previously illegal were found to have Health Canada licenses, including one near Westview secondary.

Tousaw said police claims are exaggerated.

“Abuse is minor. Licensing enables you to do it right, whereas prohibitions in many instances force you to do it wrong. I think police should be applauding medical licenses instead of criticizing them.”

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If Whonnock residents have their way, a 60-metre high cellphone tower won’t be built in their eastern Maple Ridge neighbourhood.

But if they’re unsuccessful in stopping the tower, they would at least like to help write a new policy in Maple Ridge on where cellphone towers should be built. “We’re trying to approach this as a community issue,� said Heather McNeill, whose mom Janet Foster lives next door to where Telus wants to put up the new tower on 110th Avenue.

McNeill and other members of Whonnock ACT (Against Cell Tower) says the towers shouldn’t be in residential areas and she wants the district to follow other cities and write a policy requiring at least some consultation instead of just following Industry Canada default standards, which require newspaper ads and notiďŹ cation of nearby residents, when a cellphone tower goes up. “It’s an exciting, passionate issue. This has impacted every single one of these families and their children,â€? McNeill said Monday.

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Janet Foster stands by the spot on her neighbour’s property where she thinks a cell phone tower is going to be built.

Many people who live in the area are longterm residents who’ve lived there, as her mom has, for decades.

Residents are concerned about effects on human health and dropping property values if the tower goes up.

McNeill says studies show that towers affect human and animal health, while another recent one says cellphone towers can confuse honey bees used for agricultural pollination.

The tower and the road leading to it run will be close to a creek, she points out. “Which is shocking because there’s a creek and wetland nearby.�

Foster says she understands the not-inmy-back-yard view and points out her main irritant is the lack of municipal authority on the issue, which is

governed by Industry Canada regulations. “I’m the caretaker of this property and I need to stick up for it.�

Her house will actually be closer to the cell tower than the property owner’s, she points out.

Residents need to get permits to even build a shed, she pointed out.

The Vancouver Island communities of Colwood and Metchosin require consultation on cellphone tower locations and say the ďŹ rst choice for siting a tower shouldn’t be where people work, play, live or go to school, she added.

McNeill said only four residences received letters from AlcatelLucent Canada that a cellphone tower was planned. People have 30 days to respond with concerns.

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Man arrested in France for smuggling Tamil migrants MV Sun Sea crew still at FRCC

by M o n i s h a M a r t i n s staff reporter A man accused of trying to smuggle Tamil asylum seekers into Canada aboard the MV Sun Sea two years ago has been arrested in France.

Thayakaran Markandu faces a charge of organizing entry in Canada contrary to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for allegedly organizing the trip that brought 492 Tamil migrants from Thailand to Victoria in 2010 aboard a rusty 59-metre-long cargo ship.

Markandu was taken into custody last week

by French authorities and Interpol agents who were acting on behalf of the Canadian government.

All 492 Tamil migrants found on board have all made refugee claims.

Many of the women

and men were held in two Maple Ridge provincial prisons while federal agencies processed them. Men who Canadian authorities allege were the ship’s crew remain in custody at the Fraser Regional Correctional Centre.

Markandu is the first person charged in connection with the MV Sun Sea. An international search was launched after the charges were laid last month in B.C. provincial court.

Extradition proceedings are underway to bring Markandu to Canada.

In a joint statement, Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews and Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney commended the RCMP, Interpol and French authorities for apprehending Markandu.

“Canada is a generous and compassionate country that welcomes newcomers. But no Canadian thinks it’s acceptable to abuse our

immigration system for financial gain through the despicable crime of human smuggling,” read the statement.

The federal government has accused several Sun Sea passengers of having ties to a banned terrorist organization, the Tamil Tigers, and has ordered them deported.

The arrival of the MV Sun Sea and an earlier ship in 2009 that also carried Tamils triggered a sharp response from the federal government, which promised to crack down on human smuggling and illegal migration.

As a result, the Conservative government introduced Bill C-49 to toughen rules. Those include mandatory jail terms for those involved in human smuggling, detention for up to year while their status is being determined and making those who arrive by a smuggling operation wait five years before they can apply for permanent residency in Canada.

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Let them know

Like it or not, we’re being watched.

Whether going to the bank, to buy clothes or coffee, or on our way to the pool, at the border, surveillance cameras record our steps, and faces.

Even police officers have to mind how they act as people pull out cell phones and record encounters.

It’s unnerving, this perceived loss of privacy.

But it’s also necessary, foremost for safety, as a deterrent for crime, also to help maintain civil obedience. Just look at the role video played in all the charges stemming from last year’s Stanley Cup riot. You think many folks will be throwing garbage cans through store windows if the Canucks don’t win it all this year?

The riot alone proved just how untrustworthy people are.

Businesses in downtown Maple Ridge know all about that.

Still, people have a right to know they are being recorded.

Federal and B.C. privacy laws require businesses to post signs telling the public if they’re being surveilled. Some comply, others not fully.

Regardless, with advancing technology, and being so economical, the commercial use of video surveillance is now commonplace.

But where does our right to privacy start? Where does it end? Once we lock the front door?

We’re at the point it’s safe to assume and accept that many if not most of our movements in public are being recorded.

That make some people uncomfortable.

For others, if you’re doing nothing wrong, doing what you believe in, does it matter who’s watching? What can you do about it?

If would be ideal if surveillance wasn’t so prevalent. But there will always be people looking to take advantage of others, take from them, and those are the ones we need to watch.

For the rest, however, put up a sign, at least tell people they’re being recorded.

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Political spotlight falls on Cummins VICTORIA – The information age might have sped up B.C. voters’ mood swings, but the basic dynamic hasn’t changed since the days of Social Credit.

When familiarity breeds contempt, people vote to reject the familiar and see what happens. Or as B.C. Views Tom Fletcher one radio talk-show caller summed up his decision to climb on board the B.C. Conservative bandwagon, he knows two things about leader John Cummins: “He’s not Adrian Dix and he’s not Christy Clark.”

It’s been more 21 years since Gordon Wilson reshaped B.C. politics and launched the modern-day B.C. Liberal Party with a single quip in a leaders’ debate between a bickering Rita Johnston and Mike Harcourt. Cummins has about a year to show he’s earned his rising poll numbers, and to refute the conventional wisdom that he’s the best friend the NDP has had since Wilson put them in power and later joined them.

So let’s get to know Cummins a bit better. He’s 70, and has an 18-year record as a Reform-Alliance-Conservative MP. His Ottawa days are mainly remembered for battling treaties and aboriginal-only fisheries, and for being the first Reform MP to reverse himself and take the MP pension. That pension pays him about $100,000 a year as he tries to build a second political career in B.C. Another legacy of Cummins’ federal

record is his support for the harmonized sales tax. As he hastens to clarify, he supported Conservative legislation to enter into HST deals with any province, which Ontario and B.C. subsequently did.

Cummins said B.C. could have brought in the HST at a lower rate to reflect its broader reach, as Atlantic provinces did. But they tried to make it a “tax grab” and now they’ve “poisoned the well” for many years.

“We’re going to have to pay the price I guess, in the sense that where it has been introduced, it has been shown to have grown business,” Cummins said.

“Think tanks on both the left and the right have come to that conclusion.”

To me this beats the NDP’s crude coffee-shop populism that simply ignores HST benefits for small business and the poor.

Speaking of crude, Cummins further distinguishes himself from the B.C. Liberals by endorsing the proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline to Kitimat. He applauds the federal government for moving to place limits on submissions to federal environment hearings, citing the thousands of Internet sign-ups that have clogged the Northern Gateway hearings.

His record on aboriginal issues suggests he has little sympathy for territorial objections from First Nations, those with treaties or those without.

The April 19 by-elections in Port Moody-Coquitlam and Chilliwack-Hope offer a chance for the B.C. Conservatives to present policy alternatives. So far they’re against gas taxes, especially the carbon tax, against a second Metro Vancouver garbage incinerator, and in

favour of fixing the “catch and release” justice system. These are the slogans that stand in for actual policies needed to govern.

Cummins will be going door to door in the by-elections, especially in Chilliwack-Hope, where he believes his upstart party has a real shot at winning.

He offers a telling anecdote about the last time he was door-knocking in Port Moody, the premier’s former hometown.

The B.C. Liberals have suggested the B.C. Conservatives chose Christine Clarke as their candidate to capitalize on the premier’s name recognition.

The B.C. Liberals have suggested the B.C. Conservatives chose Christine Clarke as their candidate to capitalize on the premier’s name recognition. That wasn’t what Cummins and his previously unknown candidate found when they first started campaigning.

“She’d say, ‘hi, my name is Christine Clarke,’ and the doors would close rather quickly,” Cummins said.

Now she identifies herself as the B.C. Conservative candidate, then gives her name.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com (tfletcher@blackpress.ca).

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Its been interesting to note that TransLink has recently placed a full-page advertisement in the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News, reminding us of the virtues of taking the Golden Ears Bridge.

Prior to this advertisement, TransLink mailed out a number of high-glosssed flyers in the surrounding area. Each of these efforts were made at a substantial cost to us as taxpayers. It suggests that the revenue from the tolls from the bridge are struggling because of the lack of usage. It seems obvious that a large number of people consider the tolls too high and unfair.

Some families spend $50 to $120 monthly on tolls, on a conservative basis, in contrast to a TransLink board member who makes $200,000, probably with perks too add. The average family is no where close to that income bracket, even with both spouses working.

The average family is no where close to that income bracket, even with both spouses working.

I welcome the decision of the provincial government to audit the spending of TransLink. I cannot but help question where the waste is in this organization as I look at this recent campaign to the commuters of the Golden Ears Bridge.

The bridge tolls can be made more palatable to the public by lowering the rates and, surely, the use of the bridge will increase.

STEVE HALAS MAPLE RIDGE

Tired of the Caring Place EDITOR, THE NEWS:

Re: It’s sad all the way around (Letters, March 28).

I agree with Mr. Homen about the so-called Caring Place.

It would be real nice if these people were locals, but they are not.

I have a soft spot for families who need help and that’s good if they could receive help from them, but it attracts more than that.

I grew up in this town and since the Caring Place came, it has attracted homeless from all over the Lower Mainland.

It was a pretty picture Dorthy from Kansas painted about the wizard from Oz, but people in Maple Ridge are getting tired of this place and its welcome mat to homeless who seem to not want help and when the weather turns will soon live in the bush.

No, we are not ignorant or narrow-minded, just ask all the neighborhoods that get ripped off nightly or look around at the buggered up druggies who don’t stray to far from the place.

M. ISAAKS MAPLE RIDGE

online comments • Amanda McKellar · Maple Ridge, British Columbia: Re: Maple Ridge talking mall with Kwantlen (mapleridgenews.com).

Congrats to the city of Maple Ridge for missing the bus once again on commercial development. First Nations have beat you to the punch and now you will not get any of the benefits of new commercial taxes. Perhaps you should have listened to the people years ago and profited from what people wanted.

Letters welcome Letters to the editor should be exclusive to The News and address topics of interest to residents of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. Include full name and address, as well as daytime phone number for verification. Keep letters to 500 words or less. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. @ E-mail letters to editor@mapleridgenews.com.

Overall, the world is improving EDITOR, THE NEWS:

Re: Protecting the environment not radical idea (Letters, April 4).

The letter highlights some assumptions that should not be allowed free pass without some questioning.

First, self-styled environmentalists are not the sole valid representatives of the environment. We are all environmentalists and concerned about clean air, water, and food.

But many of us do not see the contemporary green approach as the best means of protecting the environment.

And this gets to science and factual evidence.

One of the repeated problems of the environmental movement has been its inability to deal with evidence that conflicts with the environmental alarmist narrative. We saw this in the climate-gate scandal in Britain, where leading alarmists tried to prohibit credible contrary evidence from being published.

Some of the most respected climatologists in the world were demonized as “deniers” without consideration of the very credible research they had done. None of them denied that a mild warming had

taken place from 1975-1995.

They simply recognized that there was little final evidence that it was solely human-caused or catastrophic in nature.

Now even the climate alarmists have been forced to acknowledge that we have had 15 years of no further warming (http://thegwpf.org/pressreleases/5360-no-globalwarming-for-15-years. html).

No one denies there is climate change. The question has always been how much, if any, is humancaused and how much is natural.

Climate has always changed as paleo-climate records show. And much more rapidly and severely than today. That is the normal state of climate – to change. We adjust to it, and not like King Canute, believe that we can prevent it.

And there is no “constant erosion of environmental protection” going on. The Kuznet’s environmental curve correctly notes that as people grow and develop economically, their environment improves because once basic needs are met people can afford to focus, on their environments.

The only areas suffer-

ing serious environmental degradation are areas of poverty, where economies are not improving.

Overall, world environmental indicators show no serious general degradation, but many areas of improvement.

And far from rushing through the Enbridge pipeline, activists have been trying all sorts of gimmicks to slow the process down, including inviting fellow activists from outside of Canada to speak at the hearings (the list now has 4,000-plus registrants).

Further, we all need to question the assumptions of green growth. It has brought Britain to the brink of an energy crisis, with intolerable rates of fuel poverty.

We also have the example of Spain, where for every job created in the heavily subsidized alternative energy sector, two were lost elsewhere.

And now we are watching the collapse of green policies across Europe under the weight of subsidization and inoperability.

More of a concern is the anti-progress perspective of hard core greens. Bill Rees, Canada’s leading environmental theorist, once said to us in a class at

UBC: “I would not only halt economic development, I would reverse it”.

David Suzuki, said that he wants us to return to plowing our fields with oxen, just as they do in Cuba.

They want us to return to a more primitive past, which appears to be part of the message expressed in the Earth Hour blackouts.

I would offer the conclusion of a friend that to be anti-progress is to be antihuman.

Most unsettling in this more fundamentalist strain of modern environmental activism is the offensive and irresponsible terrorizing of children with all sorts of exaggerated alarmism.

Children now even suffer a new psychological disorder, eco-anxiety.

Shame on you, Mr. Rees and Mr. Suzuki. This is not science, but another form of ideological extremism.

There is much evidence to show that the overall state of the world is improving and offers good reason for hopefulness about our future, not fear.

By the way, the latest polar bear counts show populations healthy and increasing in numbers.

WENDELL KROSSA MAPLE RIDGE

60-metre cell tower for Whonnock a surprise EDITOR, THE NEWS:

I’m still in shock after one of our neighbours received a letter in the mail advising that Telus has applied to build a 60-metre tall cell phone tower in rural Whonnock, on private property.

I feel it is very important to inform other members of the Whonnock community that this is happening as few seem to be aware.

Along with many others who are just finding out about this proposal, I am concerned about the health, environmental and financial implications this proposed tower will have

on us.

The road to this proposed site will have to go through wetlands and or near a creek, and many trees will have to be removed.

There are many health concerns, too numerous to mention here, along with the fact that owning a home near a tower is not very desirable.

Please, if you live in Whonnock, take notice that this is happening in your community. Get informed, ask questions, go visit municipal hall and do what you need to, but do it fast as we have been given

30 days (April 29).

Most of us are dependant on cell phones today and we, therefore, understand that towers or newer types of technology are needed.

Some people who live in the area are currently in the information gathering process and would be hap-

py to hear from those with ideas and also share our ideas with other concerned residents.

Most of us are dependant on cell phones today and we, therefore, understand that towers or newer types of technology are needed.

Where they go and the process of finding the most appropriate locations needs to be reviewed.

Please contact other concerned residents and stay up to date on new information by contacting Whonnock Acts on Facebook.

P. SHAW MAPLE RIDGE

Conservative voters have heads in sand over pot EDITOR, THE NEWS:

The majority of the public recognizes that prohibition of marijuana does not work and only contributes to crime and costs to taxpayers.

Unfortunately, the majority of Conservative voters have their head in the sand on this issue.

The Conservative government is basing its policy on these Conservative supporters and keeping the Americans happy.

In 2006, I was the riding candidate for

the marijuana party. I ran because the absurdity of the prohibition laws was one of the most illogical policies inexistence and I wanted this to be an issue.

I have never used marijuana.

As a high school teacher and parent, it was obvious that students could easily access marijuana from someone who would give a real positive talk on how great it was.

The more dangerous addictive cigarettes could only be obtained by getting past tough selling rules and get-

ting a product that displayed scary pictures.

If we are going to finally get rid of this ineffective costly law, the Conservatives must get the message that this issue will turn voters away.

This is an issue that, if reversed, would give the government more money for social programs instead of cutting programs to pay for ineffective laws that simply put people in prison.

DAN BANOV MAPLE RIDGE

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The district then can say whether it concurs with the project or not, adding if Telus doesn’t meet federal regulations, the cell tower can’t be built.

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He added that the site is key for Telus in order to keep up with rising demand and prevent more dropped calls. The project will cost between half a million and a million dollars.

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Proposed Tower Location: TM Mobile Inc. (TELUS) intends to build a 60 meter Self Support Telecommunications facility on a property located at: 27649 110 Ave, Maple Ridge, BC Coordinates: 49°12’09.63” North, -122°27’20.72” West.

The tower will be used by TM Mobile Inc. (TELUS) to enhance its wireless network.

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Concerns were over staff salaries Soccer from front “Initially, I was for the merger ... but under its current form, I think it is a very bad idea,” said Smith, who is a management consultant. “The bottom line is that the way it’s being run is very closed, and not transparent.”

Smith said parents and coaches are concerned the new club’s staff would be paid salaries that are too high for a non-profit youth soccer club, and questions regarding the

specific salary figures have gone unanswered.

“We don’t know how much anyone is making, because they won’t tell us,” he said. “There’s an opportunity for a lot of money to change hands.

It’s important that this process is transparent.”

Smith said he plans on running for a seat on the GEUSC’s executive at its annual general meeting later this month.

He said parents are also upset at a requirement for some elite-level

players to take part in mandatory skills academies, which cost extra, and are concerned about the future of grassroots development with the new club.

“There’s a lot of questions that haven’t been answered,” said Smith.

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“Right now, both clubs have silver-level teams with gold-level and bronze-level kids playing for them,” Fletcher said. “This way we could have gold-, silver-, and bronze-level teams, and kids could play in their skill level.”

A single local club would have also had a better chance of landing a new franchise in the newly formed High Performance League.

Fletcher said the two clubs could still amalgamate down the road, as long as parents’ concerns have been addressed.

As a result of the vote, GEUSC will be fielding teams this season under their own banner, and the club is now scrambling to organize tryouts.

Fletcher said he expects some soccer families to move to West Coast Auto Group FC anyways, despite the merger falling through.

“West Coast will have more to offer based on their positioning,” said Fletcher.

The soccer club announcedtheappointment of Misty Thomas last week as the club’s executive director. Thomas is a former Olympian, and was general manager for the Canadian Women’s National Soccer Team.

Smith said many of the coaches he’s talked to have told him they are losing players to Mission and elsewhere, because they don’t want to deal with the politics and uncertainty.

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Gluten-free bakery held up by thief Cash stolen during robbery Cash was stolen during a robbery at a bakery in downtown Maple Ridge on Good Friday.

A man entered Zena’s Gluten Free Bakery on Dewdney Trunk Road at 1 p.m., pulled out a weapon and demanded the clerk open the till.

He stole cash from the register before running out the store.

He was last seen heading east from the bakery towards 224th Street.

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Weekend in jail A 41-year-old man spent the long weekend in jail after he tried to steal a package of cigarettes from a convenience store.

Police allege the man walked into the store on Lougheed Highway

near 207th Street and walked out with a pack of cigarettes he did not pay for.

An employee of the store chased after the man and got into a fight with him on 207th Street.

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He was arrested and taken into custody, where officers found he was violating bail conditions imposed on him following an incident in Burnaby.

He was held in custody for a court appearance on Tuesday.

Purse returned A senior citizen from Aldergrove was reunited with her lost purse on Monday.

The purse was turned in to Ridge Meadows RCMP around 9:30 a.m. and watch commander staff Sgt. Hector Lee managed to track down a phone number.

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Drunk drivers Six drunk drivers were taken off the road over the Easter long weekend in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

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Invitation to Tender Bridge Barrier and Railing Replacement Reference No: ITT-OP12-43 The District of Maple Ridge invites tenders for the bridge rehabilitation at: • Bridge No. 8 – Millionaire Creek, on Fern Crescent at 129th Avenue • Bridge No. 9 – Coho Creek, on 228th Street at 125B Avenue, and • Bridge No. 12 – Kanaka Creek, on 112th Avenue at 246th Street

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The work generally consists of replacing existing timber bridge railing (including timber bull rails) with new steel beam and posts railing system and bull rails. At Bridge No. 9, additional work includes replacing the approach barrier system and at Bridge No. 12, additional work includes asphalt resurfacing and replacement of existing tie-rods.

In addition to the above identified bridge locations, additional bridge repair locations may be identified and considered for future work at a later date. The District reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to obtain a separate quote(s) from the successful contractor for this additional work and direct award this work under the terms of their existing contract.

The District also reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to conduct an independent competitive bid process for additional bridge repair locations.

The tender documents can be downloaded from BC Bid at www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca. There will not be a public opening for this Invitation to Tender. Unverified bid results will be available on BC Bid after the closing time.

For all inquiries, contact Daniela Mikes, Manager of Procurement at the District of Maple Ridge, Tel: 604-466-4343; dmikes@mapleridge.ca.

The District of Maple Ridge reserves the right to reject any or all Tenders or to accept the Tender deemed most favourable in the interests of the District. The lowest or any Tender may not necessarily be accepted and the District will not be responsible for any cost incurred by the Tenderer in preparing the Tender.

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E-Comm estimates more than 70,000 of those calls – or 200 per day – were “pocket dials” in which cellphones in a pocket or purse dialed 911 by mistake. Another 40,000 were abandoned calls where the user hung up.

Growing use of smart phones are behind the increase as they now account for 58 per cent of 911 call volume – an alltime high and up 10 per cent in four years.

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If 911 is dialed by mistake, the centre says callers should stay on the line and speak with the call-taker.

When callers hang up, staff will call back to ensure the caller is safe, tying up more resources and in the case of hangups from landlines, dispatching police.

Operators who handle the numerous pocket dials must stay on the line

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Notice of Public Hearing TAKE NOTICE THAT a Public Hearing will be held in the Council Chamber of the Municipal Hall, 11995 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, North-East corner entrance, at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 17, 2012 to consider the following bylaws:

1a) 2011-008-RZ MAPLE RIDGE OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDING BYLAW NO. 6903-2012 LEGAL: Lots 1 and 2, both of Section 22, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 71164; Lots 1 and 2, both of Section 22, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 70674; Lot 2, Section 22, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan EPP1414; Lot 2, Section 22, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 72685; Lots 1 and 2, both of Section 22, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 72087; Lots 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 78, 80, all of Section 22, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 43885; Lots 1 and 2, both of Section 22, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 72374; Lots 1 and 2, both of Section 22, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 72831.

LOCATION: 19 lots on Ansell Street, North of 124 Avenue PURPOSE: To Amend Schedule “B” of the Official Community Plan FROM: Suburban Residential TO: Estate Suburban Residential

2) 2011-068-RZ MAPLE RIDGE ZONE AMENDING BYLAW NO. 6842-2011 LEGAL: South half of Lot 13, Section 26, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 7639 LOCATION: 25339 130 Avenue FROM: RS-3 (One Family Rural Residential) TO: RS-2 (One Family Suburban Residential) PURPOSE: To permit future subdivision into 4 single family lots.

3a) RZ/109/08 MAPLE RIDGE HERITAGE DESIGNATION AND REVITALIZATION AND TAX EXEMPTION AGREEMENT BYLAW NO. 6902-2012 LEGAL: Lot 141, District Lot 396, Group 1, New Westminster District, Plan 29594 LOCATION: 22031 Dewdney Trunk Road PURPOSE: A bylaw to designate a property as a heritage property under Section 967 of the Local Government Act and to enter into a Heritage Revitalization Agreement under Section 966 of the Local Government Act and to grant a Tax Exemption under Section 225 of the Community Charter. This tax exemption is applicable to “Duplex 1” only (heritage building) at the above mentioned location.

1b) 2011-008-RZ MAPLE RIDGE ZONE AMENDING BYLAW NO. 6794-2011 LEGAL: Lots 72 and 73, both of Section 22, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 43885 LOCATION: 12610 and 12640 Ansell Street FROM: RS-3 (One Family Rural Residential) TO: RS-2 (One Family Suburban Residential) PURPOSE: To permit future subdivision into 4 lots

3b) RZ/109/08 MAPLE RIDGE OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDING BYLAW NO. 6907-2012 PURPOSE: To amend Schedule “A” of the Official Community Plan.

Chapter 8, Development Permit Area guidelines, Section 8.4 Development Permit Area Exemptions is amended by inserting the following after item 1(j) as item 1(k): Alterations to a heritage building protected through a heritage designation, provided that the building is subject to a Heritage Revitalization Agreement bylaw that has received final reading from Council, or a Heritage Alteration Permit that has received final approval.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that a copy of the aforesaid bylaws and copies of staff reports and other information considered by Council relevant to the matters contained in the bylaws will also be available for public inspection at the Municipal Hall, Planning Department counter, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. from April 3 to April 17, 2012, Saturdays, Sundays and Statutory Holidays excepted. Some of this information will also be posted on the District website www.mapleridge.ca on the Mayor and Council/Agendas and Minutes page.

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ALL PERSONS who deem themselves affected by any of these bylaws shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing before Council on the matters contained in the bylaws or by making a written submission to the attention of the Manager of Legislative Services or by sending an e-mail to the Clerk’s Department at clerks@mapleridge.ca, by 4:00 p.m., April 17, 2012. All written submissions and e-mails will become part of the public record.

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Since it opened a year ago, Pink Addictions on Selkirk Avenue, off 223rd Street, has been hit by a series of break-ins and thefts, including one where 50 pairs of jeans were stolen in a span of four minutes.

The most recent incident, however, has forced owner Jennifer Martin to take extreme measures to keep her staff safe.

On March 7, a man walked into the store and stole two expensive sweatshirts and a pair of jeans.

In his rush to flee, he pushed the store clerk out of his way and into anti-theft alarm panels near the door.

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Jennifer Martin, owner of Pink Addictions, and her employee now wear silent alarms around their necks. ber plate of the car the man got into.

Martin, though, is frustrated by the police investigation and a lack of communication between her and the officer handling the file.

She doesn’t know if the man involved has been arrested or whether he’ll ever be charged.

“He assaulted my employee, so we should have the right to press charges,” she said.

Martin has contemplated shutting down

her store and moving to another location, but would rather stay put.

“I like it here. I want to stay in the area,” she said.

In the past year, she has spent $6,000 on security. She reinforced her store’s back door and recently installed a police light outside the front door, that activates via a silent alarm, to alert nearby businesses and passersby. She’s also been bringing her pit bull to

work.

I shouldn’t have to do this to protect my staff, said Martin.

“It’s for my employees. I would feel so sorry if something happened again.”

Ridge Meadows RCMP, however, assure Martin that officers are working on catching the thief and were disappointed to hear she believed the detachment wasn’t taking the crime seriously.

See Thefts, p17

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Commercial break-ins down Thefts from p16 “The investigation is actively being pursued,” said Insp. Dave Fleugel.

“It is understandable for citizens to be frustrated with the speed of some investigations and we appreciate that they are personally impacted by the offence and demand swift action.”

Unlike the movies, he added, investigations are more complex than simply tracking down a thief and handcuffing him.

Investigative steps include interviewing witnesses or crafting court orders to obtain and seize information take much longer than many would think.

Other more complicated tasks such as the conversion of security video, fingerprint analysis or DNA collection can take even longer, Fluegel said.

“The standards for charge approval are very high and each investigation is under intense scrutiny by the courts.

“We remain optimistic that we have identified the person or persons responsible and intend on proposing charges for the Crown to consider.”

Despite Martin’s concerns about thefts and break-ins in the downtown

core, police statistics show commercial break-and-enters in Maple Ridge dropped 19 per cent from 2010 and 2011.

Residential break-ins were also down by three per cent.

“It is understandable for citizens to be frustrated with the speed of some investigations ... “ Fluegel credits the detachment’s crime reduction approach, which targets known or repeat offenders for the reductions.

Those tools include making officers patrol crime “hot spots” or tackling the root causes of crime such as substance abuse.

The RCMP and downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association are also working on a new crime prevention program specifically designed for businesses.

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As of April 1, B.C. seniors are eligible for a new, refundable personal income tax credit to assist with the cost of permanent home renovations that allow them the exibility to remain in their own homes longer.

The B.C. Seniors’ Home Renovation Tax Credit is worth up to $1,000 annually, calculated as 10 per cent of eligible expenditures.

The credit can be claimed by seniors, whether they own their home or rent, and by individuals who

share a home with a senior relative. “Home is where the heart is. We know that seniors, like everyone else, are happiest in their homes,� Premier Christy Clark said. “That’s why our government introduced the Seniors’ Home Renovation Tax Credit, to help seniors stay independent, healthy and in their homes.�

The tax credit will also help to protect and create jobs by supporting the home renovation industry.

Eligible expenditures will include things like upgrades

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Renovations not covered by the tax credit are general maintenance, including roof repairs, windows, ooring, insulation and painting, as well as devices, such as equipment for medical monitoring and home security, smoke alarms, appliances.

B.C. ombudsperson to speak at RMSS The Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Katzie Seniors’ Network and the Ridge Meadows Seniors’ Society have arranged for B.C.’s provincial ombudsperson to speak about her second report, “The Best of Care: Getting it Right for Seniors in British Columbia.�

B.C. Ombudsperson Kim Carter released the ďŹ nal

report on her province-wide investigation into “systemic issues� in home and community care in February.

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system.

Carter will be speaking about her recommendations from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24, at the Ridge Meadows Seniors’ Activity Centre, 12150 224th Street, Maple Ridge. • The event is free, but has limited seating. Please register at 604-786-7404 or email htreleaven@shaw.ca

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Seniors and caregivers need to work together for better oral health staff reporter April is Oral Health Month and the B.C. Dental Association is hoping to educate seniors and their caregivers about the challenges seniors face in maintaining good oral health.

Dental health care is a growing need among B.C.’s aging population to prevent pain, infection, tooth loss and negative effects on general health and quality of life.

“Preventive dental health care is particularly important among the senior population due to the growing range and complexity of health issues that seniors face,” said Dr. Hank Klein, president of the British Columbia Den-

Seniors’ listings • Parkinson’s Society B.C.’s Maple Ridge Parkinson’s Support Group meets from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Ridge Meadows Seniors’ Activity Centre this Wednesday, April 11. This meeting is open to all persons with Parkinson’s, their caregivers, families, and friends.

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Caregivers have an important role to play in assisting seniors with preventive care.

Older adults are increasingly reliant on others to maintain a healthy mouth.

Declining dexterity, eyesight and cognitive abilities along with an increase in medications or foods and drinks that contain sugars, result in seniors being more susceptible to dental health issues which can progress rapidly without proper care.

“Unfortunately, many frail elders are not able to care for their mouths properly,” said Klein. “Family members and care providers have an important role to play in daily mouth care. Dentists and their

staff have an important role to play in disease prevention, through regular examinations to diagnose problems early and professional cleanings. All of these elements result in better health outcomes for seniors.”

Klein recommends seniors visit their dentist for an exam, even if the senior wears a denture.

By visiting the dentist regularly, not only can cavities and gum disease be caught early, there is also the potential to detect other diseases, such as oral cancer.

The dental team can provide advice to care for a senior’s oral health, addressing any specific challenges, including how to brush and floss teeth.

For more information please contact Peta Purdy 604-463-1332, or email rpcoco@telus.net • The Ridge Meadows Seniors’ Activity Centre is hosting a free seminar this Thursday, April 12, titled “How to Trust in your Future.” This is a seminar for anyone who would like to learn more about the what a

caregiver can provide for a family, what a wills and estates lawyer does, and when they will be needed, and how a person can have a large majority of their final arrangements already in place. 10 a.m. to noon, 12150 224th Street, Maple Ridge. For more information, call Martin Scholz at 604-857-5779.

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You must There will be some have noticed that grohigh school grad ceries don’t seem to get reunion people at the any less expensive. tea, and another group For many years, the known as We Call It Maple Ridge Historical Haney. The members usually meet and correspond on Facebook, but will be coming out in person. They will have a booth on April 14, when they will talk about their group and sell bumper stickers, all proďŹ ts going to the Maple Ridge Museum.

You will be happy to know that some things never seem to change.

There will be an appetizing afternoon tea, with freshly made sandwiches, cakes and goodies. You will be given a warm welcome, and ďŹ nd plenty of friends and history enthusiasts to talk to.

As usual, there will be an extensive display of photographs with information provided by the Maple Ridge Museum.

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Section coordinator: Monisha Martins 604-467-1122 ext. 217 newsroom@mapleridgenews.com

Adventures in make-believe world Maple Ridge boy pens first book at age 11

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J

oshua Krauchi is careful not to give away the ending to his first book.

He’d like the readers to go on an adventure themselves.

“You’ll have to read it,” he says shyly.

Inspired by the Deltora Quest books, which he’s currently reading, Krauchi, 11, has crafted Davius, a medieval world of his own, replete with dragons, sword-fights and weird creatures.

“Davius was what Earth was called, only it’s more scary,” explains Krauchi.

The Five Gems of Davius follow Drake Sylvan on a quest to find five magic stones that fit into an armour.

“Once you find all the gems you can rule the world,” says Krauchi, who already has a sequel in the works.

At 49 pages and 18 chapters, Krauchi knows the Five Gems of Davius is quite a feat, almost a year in the making. Instead of playing video games like most of his friends, he’s been spending time with his imagination.

He’s enjoyed creating Drake and the evil cloaked entity Fenreck, who

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Joshua Krauchi, 11, with his book The Five Gems of Davius. A copy of the book is available at the Maple Ridge library. has a voice that sounds “like a frog burping underwater or a beast that had a large basketball stuck in his throat.”

Besides Drake, there’s Miss Stupid Head or Sarah, a girl he saves and

who tags along with the protagonist for part of the adventure.

Miss Stupid Head is apparently a name Drake told him to christen Sarah with.

As Drake and Sarah head out on

adventure, they encounter several creatures who are protecting the gems, including a dragon, a scorpion, a werewolf, and slithery beast with no legs.

Just like a seasoned writer, Krauchi

wasn’t satisfied with the first draft of his book and reworked a second copy, adding more descriptions and a few extra scenes.

It makes the world of Davius a little more real, says Krauchi, who also illustrated the book and has given a self-published copy of it to the Maple Ridge library.

Krauchi admits like Drake he would like to go on an adventure and explore places much further away from his neighbourhood.

“It’s fun,” says Krauchi, who reveals he sometimes dreams adventures with his brothers, where he’ll test his sword-fighting skills.

Krauchi has lent the book to friends who given him mostly positive feedback. His parents, on the other hand, are extremely proud.

But he’s anxious to hear what the librarian in Maple Ridge thinks.

He hopes she likes it.

Once coaxed, Krauchi reveals Drake doesn’t find out Fenreck’s a bad guy until the very end.

He’s trying to get the gems because he wants the world to be a perfect place, says Krauchi, who too would like the world to be free of worry.

“He doesn’t want anything bad to happen to anyone, he doesn’t want monsters about.”

At the library • The Five Gems of Davius is available at the Maple Ridge public library, 130 – 22470 Dewdney Trunk Road.

Favourite children’s classic comes to Life Follow the adventures of Busytown Busy and his friends on stage in Maple Ridge Richard Scarry’s Busytown Busy comes to life on stage at the ACT in Maple Ridge on Sunday – the show’s only performance in the Lower Mainland.

In this theatrical debut, Busytown Busy captures the incredible world of Richard Scarry and follows the adventures of his six unforgettable friends: Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm, Sally Cat, Hilda Hippo, Pig Will and Pig Won’t.

Together the friends search for the answers to three unique, bamboozling mysteries and discover some fascinating surprises along the way.

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Busytown: Busytown Busy will bring out the detective in us all.

This interactive theatre experience was created by Koba Entertainment’s artistic director Patti Caplette with co-writer and Gemini Award winner Jim Taylor and a creative team of top designers, choreographers and composers.

Set to original music

by Juno Award winner Norman Foote, this fun and charming storyline features original music, fabulous costumes and a charming storyline.

Described by SOCAN magazine as “a cross generational songwriter,” Foote writes tunes that catch the heart of young and old alike.

Busytown Busy is based on Richard Scarry’s catalogue of more than 300 children’s books, which have sold more than 150 million copies worldwide.

Broadcast on CBS in the United States and CBC in Canada, Busytown Mysteries features lovable characters and focuses on preschool problem solving and learning.

“Its delightful stories have been enjoyed by children in more than 80 coun-

tries around the world and beautifully translates to the stage in this delightful production,” says Lindy Sisson, executive director of the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Arts Council.

Produced by Koba Entertainment, Richard Scarry’s Busytown: Busytown Busy is among the company’s roster of celebrated theatrical productions including Max & Ruby: Bunny Party and The Backyardigans: Quest for the Extra Ordinary Aliens.

Showtime Busytown Busy plays the ACT in Maple Ridge Sunday, April 15 at 1 p.m. Tickets are $25 or buy a family pack of four tickets for $90. To purchase, call the ACT box office at 604-476-2787 or visit www.theactmapleridge.org.

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Hone your stage fighting skills Fight master Paul Gelineau will teach a workshop at Gallery 7 Theatre

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Become an expert swordsman and learn to handle a rappier just like a medieval knight at a stage fighting workshop with fight master Paul Gelineau.

This “hands-on” workshop will teach participants how to create the illusion of violence that is effective, but safe for the performer.

Professionally accepted techniques for slaps, kicks, punches, trips and hair pulls will be explored as well as basic sword fighting techniques used on all professional stages and film sets. Be prepared to move, dodge and grunt.

“It may seem strange to offer a workshop such as this,” explains Gallery 7’s artistic director Ken Hildebrandt.

“At the heart of drama is conflict, and sometimes that conflict is expressed physically. It’s important for actors, directors, and producers to learn how to recreate that physicality realistically and safely so we can more honestly examine the reasons behind the conflict.”

The workshop will be taught by Gelineau, who has created fight-action choreography and coordinated combat workshops for such theatres as The National Arts Centre, The Shaw Festival, The Banff Centre for the Arts, The Citadel Theatre, Theatre Calgary and the Vancouver Opera. He holds a MFA from the University of Alberta and resides in Chilliwack.

“You won’t find so high calibre of a workshop lead by so experienced an instructor for so low a cost in Vancouver,” says Hildebrandt.

“This is a rare opportunity right here in our own community to really dig deep in to the heart of powerful and more professional acting.”

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Cost for the workshop is $65 and includes the workshop, a snack and bottled water.

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The PNE Star Showdown is looking for contestants to light up the stage this summer.

Whether you’re a singer, dancer, musician, magician or stand up comedian – this is your chance to shine.

Contestants will vie for $10,000 in winnings and over $22,000 in New Image College scholarships during four days of live competition from Aug. 18 to Aug. 21.

During the semi-finals, competitors will face off for daily 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes in one of three age categories for a chance to go head to head in the finals round. There,

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Richard Scarry’s Busytown Busy April 15 – 1:00 p.m.

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Workshops in grant writing, technical theatre and learn all about the District of Maple Ridge’s Cultural Mapping Project.

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For more information on how you can get involved, please visit us online at www.rmhfoundation.com or call Laura Butler at 604.466.6958

Youth Week @ The Act May 1 - 7 Workshops, talent shows, awesome performances and more! Full schedule at www.theactmapleridge.org/ youthweek

Maple Ridge Art Gallery Garibaldi Art Club: Cranes!

March 24 – April 21

Local Businesses are Staying Green!

Ridge Meadows Recycling congratulates:

Fuller Watson BrandSource We at Fuller Watson BrandSource Home Furnishings are very aware of our climate changing. With that we have taken numerous steps into making our business a green business. We shred and recycle all the paper used for office supplies. We have a new computer system that is able to provide paperless invoices and have also changed all our lighting in store to high efficiency light bulbs. Our warehouse also does their part. With all the product we get in, we strip down all the packaging materials into Plastic, Wood, Styrofoam, and metal containers making sure that it all gets disposed of in the proper ways. We at Fuller Watson BrandSource hope that every business will do the same to make our world a greener place to enjoy.

Garibaldi Art Club’s spring show, inspired by cranes: local, exotic and mechanical.

Lobby Nights @ The ACT SFU Philosopher’s Café April 12 – 7–9 p.m.

What role should the sacred play in our culture?

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Renegades celebrate 10 years of ball hockey Season opener set for this Friday at Cam Neely Arena

by R o b e r t M a n g e l s d o r f staff reporter Hockey is as much a religion in Canada as it is a national sport.

But for many hockey-lovers in the Lower Mainland, where ponds rarely freeze, playing hockey can mean paying thousands of dollars for equipment and arena fees.

It’s no surprise then that the Ridge Meadows Minor Ball Hockey Association has seen the growth it has in the past decade.

The Ridge Meadows Renegades will be celebrating the opening of its 10th season this Friday at Cam Neely Arena. The local ball hockey association has grown from 100 kids in 2003, to more than 1,000 this season, with a waiting list of 150 kids.

“The only thing holding us back is available rink time,” said Ridge Meadows Renegades executive member Diane Draper.

With the cost of ice hockey out of reach for many local parents, Draper says ball hockey can provide a cheap way for kids to play Canada’s most beloved sport.

“The only equipment you need is a stick, some gloves, a helmet, and some soccer shin pads,” she said.

As a result, organized ball hockey is one of the fastest growing youth sports in Canada.

But the appeal of ball hockey goes far beyond its relative affordability.

For many ice hockey players, it offers an effective way to stay in shape and stay sharp through the summer months.

See Ball hockey, p29

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Jean-Ann Berkenpas of Maple Ridge, riding for Xprezo, leads the pack along the Kennedy Road dike by Barnes Road during Barry’s Roubaix 2012, a European classic inspired bike race in Pitt Meadows, on Sunday. The category 1, 2, and 3 women had to do 10 laps of a 10-kilometre loop featuring four kilometers of the scenic Pitt Meadows dike system and rural farm roads.

Cyclists storm Pitt Meadows dikes Local Rider Steph Roorda wins women’s race

by R o b e r t M a n g e l s d o r f staff reporter Close to 100 cyclists took part in the third annual Barry’s Roubaix cycling race Sunday, storming the Pitt Meadows dikes for the first event of the 2012 cycling season.

The course featured a nasty mix

of pavement and gravel that took its toll on the participants bike’s and tires, with only half of the field completing the race.

In the men’s Category 1/2 race, Rob Britton from Team H&R Block took home first place with a time of 2:52:42 in the 120-km race, while Tim Abercrombie of Garneau Evolution finished second with a time of 2:52:57. Britton’s teammate Mike Sidic finished third in a dead heat with Jesse Reams of Hagen Berman Elite In the women’s Category 1/2/3

race, favourite Steph Roorda of the Maple Ridge-based Local Ride/Dr. Vie Superfoods+ elite women’s cycling team finished first with a time of 2:34:25 in the 100-km race. Roorda is a World Cup track cycling medalist and Pan American champion, and sprinted to victory in the 2008 Harris Roubaix road race, the predecessor to Barry’s Roubaix.

Coming in at second place was Claire Cameron of Mighty Riders with a time of 2:34:27, while Maple Ridge’s Jean Ann Berkenpas

finished third just fractions of a second later.

In the Category 3/4 men’s race, Jordan Duncan of Russ Hay racing topped the podium, while Michael Wegner finished second, and Tristan Hughes third.

Eric Verster was first in the novice men’s division, while Madeline Hawkins was first in the novice women’s division.

In the U-17 men’s race, Ulrich Langley finished first, while Maple Ridge’s Maggie Coles-Lyster won the U-17 women’s race.

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Patrick McConnell of the Ridge Meadows Phillies takes a swing at the ball during the first peewee A game of the season against the Coquitlam-Port Moody Rockies Sunday afternoon at the Pitt Meadows Athletic Fields.

Sunshine kids return to Albion The local minor baseball season kicks off with the annual Ridge Meadows celebrity

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baseball game at the Albion Sports field Sunday, April 15, at 2 p.m.

This year, the Mighty Pirates, a team of physically and mentally challenged children from Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows will be taking on the Sunshine Foundation - Dreams for Kids All-Star team. Local dignitaries and representatives from the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Fire Departments as well as the Ridge Meadows RCMP will add some muscle to the Sunshine Team.

To compliment the game, the celebrated Maple Ridge Concert Band will also be stirring up the crowd with some of their great ball park music.

Also appearing will be the Shiner Clowns, and the outstanding Sgt. Dave Smith and his equestrian team and K-9 unit.

The Sunshine Foundation – Dreams for Kids is a national children’s charity which helps dreams come true for children challenged with serious or lifethreatening illnesses.

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Ball hockey players take part in last year’s U-17 Western Challenge Cup.

Ball hockey gets kids into the game Ball hockey from p27 Draper’s son plays midget rep ice hockey as well as ball hockey, she said he finds ball hockey a great way to train in the off season.

“It’s a real workout,” she said. “In hockey you can glide on your skates, but in ball hockey you are running everywhere.”

The rules are roughly the same, with only a few key differences.

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offensive players can play the ball all the way back to centre after gaining the zone without having to come back onside.

The local association’s season opener starts at 6:30 p.m. this Friday, April 13, at Cam Neely Arena, and will feature junior-level games, a barbecue, face-painting, and a raffle. Also on hand will be members of the Langley Rivermen junior A hockey team to sign autographs. For more information, visit www. rmmbha.com

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Community Calendar Thursday, April 12 • The Ridge Meadows Seniors’ Activity Centre is hosting a free seminar, titled “How to Trust in your Future.”

This is a seminar for anyone who would like to learn more about the what a caregiver can provide for a family, what a wills and estates lawyer does, and when they will be needed, and how a person can have a large majority of their final arrangements already in place.

10 a.m. to noon, 12150 224th Street, Maple Ridge. For more information, call Martin Scholz at 604-857-5779.

Friday, April 13 • Eric Langton Elementary School is holding its third annual trivia night fundraiser.

Everyone is welcome to this adult-only evening. Challenge your friends and foes in their knowledge of all things trivial.

A variety of categories, movie and sound clips, geography, history, current events and more. Tickets are $13 each, teams are six to 10 people.

Come with a team or we can find you one. Coffee and tea, snacks and desserts included.

Cash bar. All funds raised go toward purchasing new playground equipment for the school. To purchase tickets call 604-476-1174 or e-mail ericlangtonpac@gmail.com.

12138 Edge Street, Maple Ridge, 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.).

465-4322 or at pittmeadowsmuseum@telus.net Ongoing • Begin Again, a support group for widows and divorced women aged 55 and older, meet the last Friday of every month from 2 to 4 p.m. at St. George’s Anglican Church Hall, 23500 Dewdney Trunk Road. Social activities, grief counselling, outings, and presentation on seniors’ concerns. For more information, call Rose at 604-467-8319, or Lil at 604-463-4703.

• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Wednesday in Pitt Meadows.

New members are always welcome. The group meets at 7 p.m. at Pitt Meadows Heritage Hall, 12460 Harris Road.

For more information, please call Rena at 604-460-1398 or Eloise at 604-465-7316.

• Overeaters Anonymous meets every Wednesday at the St. Andrew’s Church from 7:15 to 8:30 p.m. 22165 Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge, back entrance.

• Singles dance, at various

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If it is in reasonably good condition, drop it off at the Maple Ridge Recycling Depot and we’ll recycle it at a free draw at Earth Day. The Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition and Maple Ridge Cycle will offer tips on bike safety, bike maintenance and repair, and a how-to on using Translink’s bike racks.

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Fun, Friendship, Unity

All proceeds to Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation

Fairview Elementary, Maple Ridge Run begins at 9:00am. Online pledging and more information at www.rmhfoundation.com. Register online at www.runningroom.com.

Presenting Sponsor

We Can’t Help

3 p.m. For more information, call Diana at 604-465-4466.

• Come join in the fun with seniors’ beginners Hawaiian dance lessons. For more information, contact Diana at 604-465-5722.

• The MS Society, Lower Mainland Chapter, is offering a self-help group is now being offered in the Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows and surrounding areas at Willow Manor, 12275-224 St. Maple Ridge, on the second Thursday of every month (no meetings July and August), from 2:15 to 3:45 p.m. For more information, contact David Ius or Greg Turnbull at 604-895-8202.

• Volunteer wanted. Be a mentor for newcomers who are new to Canada. Settlement Mentoring is looking for volunteers acting as a community guide and resource person. Time commitment is two to three hours once a week for three to six months.

Contact ISS of B.C. in Maple Ridge at 778-284-7026, ext.

1582 or email smentoring. mr.@issbc.org

The 9th Annual RMHF Fund Run

Saturday, April 14 • Metro Vancouver presents Bear Essentials from noon to 3 p.m. at Kanaka Creek Regional Park in Maple Ridge.

As Metro Vancouver grows, people are living, working and playing in closer proximity to bears. Understanding bear behaviour helps keep people safe and bears wild. Drop by and learn about black bear ecology and understand how to coexist with our wild neighbours. Meet at the Riverfront south of Lougheed Highway and River Road. Open to all ages, free drop-in.

Sunday, April 15 • This Sunday, the Pitt Meadows Museum is holding a do-it-yourself pop bottle solar light workshop. Bring a clear plastic one- or two-litre pop bottle and learn how to turn it into an eco-conscious light. Museum staff will also be examining how to make a small composter out of pop bottles. For more information contact the Museum at 604-

locations, occasional Saturday nights. Live band. For more information call Doris at 604465-4412.

• Ridge Meadows Hospice Thrift Store now accepts donations of furniture that is in good condition. This excludes mattresses and pillows. For more information please call 604-463-7711.

Store is located at #3-12011 224 Street, Maple Ridge • The Maple Ridge Art Gallery is pleased to announce that it will host a juried exhibition by the Garibaldi Art Club from March 24 to April 21. The exhibition “Cranes” offers considerable scope to members as both the bird and the mechanical device of the same name will be featured. The exhibition is open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., 11944 Haney Place, Maple Ridge.

• The Maple Ridge Lupus Support Group meets the third Friday of every month (except July and August) at 22610 116th Avenue, Maple Ridge, at the Fraser View Community Centre from 1 to

FREE Fund Run Giveaway to the first 250 registrants!

Empower, Support, Laugh

Gold Sponsors

SOCIAL NIGHTS Silver Sponsor

Media Sponsor

Online Registration

are held the second Tuesday of every month (except July and August) Time: 7:15 pm To attend as our guest call 604.465.7880 or email: siridgemeadows@soroptimist.net Soroptimist International Western Region Website: www.wcsoroptimist.org

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OBITUARIES

DISCRIMINATORY LEGISLATION Advertisers are reminded that Provincial legislation forbids the publication of any advertisement which discriminates against any person because of race, religion, sex, color, nationality, ancestry or place of origin, or age, unless the condition is justified by a bona fide requirement for the work involved.

COPYRIGHT Copyright and/or properties subsist in all advertisements and in all other material appearing in this edition of bcclassified.com. Permission to reproduce wholly or in part and in any form whatsoever, particularly by a photographic or offset process in a publication must be obtained in writing from the publisher. Any unauthorized reproduction will be subject to recourse in law.

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

In Loving Memory of

With profound sadness we announce mom’s passing on Sunday, April 8th, 2012, she was 83. Memorial Service will be held on April 14, 2012 at 11:00 am at Maple Ridge Funeral Chapel (Osborn’s) 11969-216th Street, Maple Ridge. Interment to follow at 12:00 pm at the Maple Ridge Cemetery, 21404 Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge. Reception tea to follow back at Maple Ridge Funeral Chapel.

No flowers please – your presence will make us happiest.

For full obituary and condolences go to www.mapleridgefuneral.ca

Gordon William Willard

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INFORMATION

BC ARTS AND CULTURE WEEK is coming! Celebrate the arts by attending the great events that are being presented in your community from April 22-28. www.bcartsweek.org CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certification, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

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PRE-SCHOOLS

Little Explorers Preschool 12145 Laity St. in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church • Educational & Nurturing Environment • Qualified Early Childhood, Montessori and Special Needs Educators • Ages 2-1/2 to 5 years

604-722-2410

Little Explorers Preschool “Where Children Can Learn By Exploring”

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PRE-SCHOOLS

LAKESIDE PRE-SCHOOL Located on beautiful Whonnock Lake. Mrs. Kilsby 604-462-0026

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 106

AUTOMOTIVE

SERVICE MANAGER - Hanna Chrysler Ltd. (Hanna, Alberta). Opportunity in a perfect family environment. Strong team, competitive wages, benefits, growth potential.

Fax resume: 403-854-2845. Email: chrysler@telusplanet.net.

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REGISTRATION FOR SEPT. 2012 LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS to Every Hunter in BC! Advertise in The BC Hunting Regulations Synopsis 2012-2014 publication.

Increased circulation 250,000 copies! Tremendous Reach, Two Year Edition!

Contact Annemarie at 1 800 661 6335 or hunt@blackpress.ca

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108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES $294+ DAILY MAILING POSTCARDS! Easy! Guaranteed Legit Work! www.ThePostcardGuru.com $20-$60/Hr Using Your Computer! www.FreeJobPosition.com Overnight Cash To Your Doorstep! www.CashGiftingBucks.com More Amazing Opportunities Visit: www.LegitCashJobs.com

EARN EXTRA CASH! - P/T, F/T Immediate Openings For Men & Women. Easy Computer Work, Others Positions Are Available. Can Be Done From Home. No Experience Needed. www.HWC-BC.com HOME BASED BUSINESS We need serious and motivated people for expanding health & wellness industry. High speed internet and phone essential. Free online training. www.project4wellness.com

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DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING

DRIVERS REQUIRED HTL Transport LTD. Hiring long haul Class 1 flatdeck drivers to run AB. High Pay & new trucks.

Must travel to the U.S. 2 yrs exp & clean drivers abstract.

Fax Resume to 778-395-3536 htltransport@live.ca

ONTIME TRANPSPORT INC., excellent reputation since 1986, requries fully equipped & financially stable O/Os pulling their own Super Trains/Tri axle flats for steady hauls in Western Canada.

You must have a clean Abstract, professional attitude & be fluent in English. Please call us for more info 604-857-1191 or 1-800-9613444. Thank-you for your interest.

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Davie Jones Edith McDermott Highland Park Pitt Meadows Programs included: Arts, Science, Music, Math, Dramatic Play & Sports Fully licensed, Qualified E.C.E. Caregivers & Teachers Close to major route

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Your Loving Wife & Family

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Preschool Daycare 21/2 to 5 years Before &/or After school care K ~ 12 years

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Who passed away April 11, 1999 It’s been a long 13 years Memories don’t fade they just grow deep For the one we loved but could not keep We hold our tears when we speak your name But the ache in our hearts remain the same.

No one knows the sorrow we share When the family meets and you’re not there We laugh, we smile, we play our parts, Behind it all lies broken hearts Unseen, unheard you’re always near, So loved, so missed, so very dear Just as you were you will always be, Forever treasured in our memory.

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Full Time Position - required for commercial building in the Mission Skills and Experience: We are seeking a mature, reliable self starter for total building maintenance. Responsibilities include the repair and maintenance of all equipment in the building and the suites, cleanliness and upkeep of the grounds, and preventative maintenance program. Additional responsibilities include monthly Life Safety Audits, WHIMIS and Fire Training.

The successful candidate will possess basic knowledge of painting, general equipment repairs, electrical, plumbing, and carpentry repairs, as well as heating and air-conditioning systems. You will have experience working hands-on with fire drills, building automation systems and contractor management.

A minimum of five years experience working in a similar environment is preferred. A valid Driver's License is required.

Criminal record check required. Must be available to deal with after hour emergencies. This is a salaried position so flexible hours are required.

Qualifications: • Certified Training within OH&S • Building Operators Certification or similar training/experience • Pool Operators Certification • Fluent within Microsoft Office Word / Excel/ Outlook • Can-do attitude and ready to deliver outstanding customer service • Physically and mentally able to carry out the duties of a high demand position • Must be able to work independently and possess excellent time management skills

Please apply with resume in confidence to maintenancecoord@gmail.com

Advertising Sales Consultant The Langley Times, a twice-weekly award-winning newspaper has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time sales person.

The successful candidate will have a university or college education or two years of sales experience – preferably in the advertising or retail industry. The ability to build relationships with clients and offer superior customer service is a must. The winning candidate will be a team player and will also be called upon to grow the account list with an aggressive cold calling mandate. The ability to work in a an extremely fast paced environment with a positive attitude is a must.

We offer a great working environment with a competitive base salary and commission plan coupled with a strong benefit package.

Black Press has over 170 community newspapers across Canada and the United States and for the proven candidate the opportunities are endless.

Please submit your resume with a cover letter

by Friday, April 20, 2012 to: Dwayne Weidendorf The Langley Times, #102-20258 Fraser Highway, Langley, B.C. V3A 4R3 or email to publisher@langleytimes.com No phone calls please.

www.blackpress.ca

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Touching hearts, helping others...

All in a Day’s Work!

OWNER OPERATORS & CLASS 1 Company Drivers Surrey Terminal Van Kam Freightways’ group of companies requires Owner Operators and Class 1 Company drivers to be based out of our Surrey Terminal. Applicants must have winter and mountain driving exp./training.

We offer above average rates and an excellent employee benefits package.

Call Bev at 1-800-663-0900 or send a detailed resume and current driver’s abstract. (For owner operators, provide details of your truck) to: careers@vankam.com Fax, 604-587-9889 Van Kam is committed to Employment Equity and Environmental Responsibility.

Thank you for your interest however only those of interest to us will be contacted.

Become a

PRACTICAL NURSE HEALTH CARE ATTENDANTS Work & learn 3 days a week bridging to Practical Nurse in less than a year.

PROGRAM STARTS SOON IN MAPLE RIDGE Funding may be available.

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AIRLINES ARE HIRING- Train for high paying Aviation Maintenance Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified- Housing available. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance (877)818-0783 APPLY NOW: Pennywise Scholarship For Women to attend Journalism certificate course at Langara College in Vancouver. Deadline May 30, 2012. More information: www.bccommunitynews.com

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HELP WANTED

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JACOBS FIELD Services Ltd. (Maintenance) is looking for a General Foreman with oilfield experience for a Northern BC site. Person will live in Dawson Creek or Fort St. John. Send resume to: humanresources@ tritonprojects.com Fax 780-485-6722

NEEDED. Heavy Equipment Technicians and Maintenance personnel for expanding pipeline company in Olds, Alberta for work in shop and jobsites throughout Western Canada. Fax resume to 403-556-7582 or email: pdunn@parklandpipeline.com

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Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home for a few months. Are you looking for the opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling work?

PLEA Community Services is looking for qualified applicants who can provide care for youth in their home on a full-time basis or on weekends for respite.

Training, support and remuneration are provided.

Funding is available for modifications to better equip your home. A child at risk is waiting for an open door.

Make it yours.

Call 604-708-2628 www.plea.bc.ca

HELP WANTED

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CARRIERS NEEDED

AT THE SCOTIABANK CANADIAN OPEN FASTPITCH!

START NOW!!!

12 F/T CSR reps needed Up to $20/hr, weekly pay

Must be outgoing Call Erica

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HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES

Counter Person / Kitchen Help required permanent Full Time.

Must be friendly & outgoing.

Apply in person with resume to: The Lunch Doctor 12139 Harris Rd., Pitt Meadows before 11am or after 1pm.

604-465-5955

Be part of our exciting, worldclass softball tournament, which takes place from June 30 - July 9 in Surrey, BC. We are looking for volunteers in areas such as: scorekeeping, security & parking, transportation, batgirls, tickets & gates, and more! We ask that each volunteer work a minimum of 20 hours.

In exchange for your time, each volunteer will receive: • FREE ADMISSION to all playing venues • 1 complimentary item of event apparel • 1 complimentary meal per volunteer shift worked!

Call our office or visit our website for more info.

604-536-9287 or www.canadianopen fastpitch.com or Attend our next Volunteer meeting for more details.

Tuesday, May 1 7:00 pm at the Sandman Signature Hotel, 8828 201 Street, Langley

The following routes are now available to deliver the NEWS in Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows

JOIN US ON: INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL. Sites in AB & BC. Hands on real world machine training. NO Simulators. Start any Monday.

Funding Options. www.IHESchool.com 1-866-399-3853

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40100111 - 119 Ave, 220 St, 221St, Lougheed Hwy, Selkirk Ave. 40210211 - 125B Ave, 127 Ave, 127 Pl, 228 St 40400411 - 130 Ave, 232 St, Calvin Cres, Dogwood Ave 40000014 - 116A Ave, 117 Ave, 232A St, 232B St, Glenhurst St 40330328 - 114 Ave, 207 St, Dartford St, Lorne Ave, Waresley St, Westfield Ave 40330325 - Beckly St, Chigwell St, Ditton St, Hampton St, Kent St, Lorne Ave, Princess St, Wharf St 40210212 - 128 Ave, 228 St, 228A St, 229 St, 230 St, Barnsdale St 40220263 - 121 Ave, 122 Ave, 216 St, 218 St, Acadia St, Mountainview Cres 40100114 - 218 St, Dover Rd, Laurie Ave, Lougheed Hwy, Wicklow Way 40100112 - 220 St, 221 St, Dewdney Trk Rd, York St 40400424 - 133 Ave, Boulder Pl, Bryant Dr, Granite Way 40400432 - 138A Ave, 139 Ave, 139A Ave, 2229 Lane, 229 St, 229B St, 230 St, Docksteader Loop 40330334 - Lorne Ave, Ospring St, Princess St, Wanstead St 40330329 - Eltham St, Lorne Ave, Melville St, Ospring St, Princess St, Wanstead St

If you live on or near one of these routes and you are interested in delivering papers please call circulation @ 604-476-2740 and quote the Route number. brian@mapleridgenews.com

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FARM WORKERS

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

Employment starts early July’12 Submit your application to: 604-465-8153 or by Fax:604-465-9340 or by mail:12554 Woolridge Rd., Pitt Meadows, B.C. V3Y 1Z1

VOLUNTEERS

VOLUNTEER

for Landscaping Work!

Competitive, Energetic, Honesty a MUST!

Community & Social Service Workers administer & implement a variety of social assistance & community services programs including life skills workshops & substance abuse treatment programs. They also assist clients in dealing with social and personal issues. Train locally for the skills necessary in this rewarding career field.

TRADES, TECHNICAL

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GREENHOUSE workers needed.

Ability to work quickly and carefully required. No exp. nec. $10.25/hour.

Mon-Sat. Apply to fablesales@telus.net

$100-$400 CASH DAILY

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604.466.3600 www.sprottshaw.com

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FARM worker required at Heppell’s Potato Corp. Surrey BC for approx.

25 weeks starting June 2012. Duties are planting, weeding, harvesting field crops, grading, heavy lifting, packaging & general cleanup.

Skills required are ability to work among others. Hourly rate of $10.25, 48-55 hrs/week, 6 days a week, 1 day off. Fax Resume 604574-0553 or email info@heppells.ca

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CALL MAPLE RIDGE:

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

Hiring for all FULL TIME Shifts for Ridge Meadows locations.

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ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

Ability to work till late or work early (6am start) a great asset.

Benefits available, and competitive wage Email resume and hours available to: Subway_careers@shaw.ca

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

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

604-468-8889 candymassage.blogspot.com/

COMMERCIAL ROOF FOREMAN

$28.00 - $38.00 per hour based on experience. Commercial roofing co. hiring lead roofers with extensive exp. in commercial roofing, including: two - ply torch, single ply, sloped and metal.

Offering Great Benefits Including: Company Vehicle, Paid Travel, Support Crews, Top Wages, Health/Dental, Pension & Company Uniforms.

Must have proven ability to install using RCABC roofing practices and follow WCB regulations.

Fax resume: 604-944-2916, Call Adam: 604-944-2977 or e-mail aknipfel@designroofing.ca Visit: www.designroofing.ca

604-460-8058 #7 - 20306 Dewdney Trunk, M. Ridge Corner Max Gas Station

Christian Daycare seeking part time, ECE qualified staff person. $16 per hour.

Email resume:

harmonydaycare@ mapleridgecrc.com CONCRETE FINISHERS and Form Setters. Edmonton based company seeks experienced concrete finishers and form setters for work in Edmonton and northern Alberta. Subsistence and accommodations provided for out of town work; john@raidersconcrete.com.

Cell 780-660-8130. Fax 780-444-7103.

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✸ MASSAGE CONFIDENTIAL✸ Simply for your health & pleasure *European *Private 604.230.4444

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

DROWNING IN DEBTS? Helping Canadians 25 years. Lower payments by 30%, or cut debts 70% thru Settlements. AVOID BANKRUPTCY! Free consultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1 877-556-3500 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. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com

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DRYWALL

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 281

Professional Drywall & Taping All textures. Big/small projects.

604-970-1285

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ELECTRICAL

#1167 $25 service call, BBB Lge & small jobs. Expert trouble shooter, WCB. Low rates 24/7 604-617-1774

GARDENING

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

MLG ENTERPRISES All Aspects Landscaping & Garden Solutions

300 OF Home (604)501-9290

Improvements,

Meadows Landscape Supply Ltd.

(604)465-1311

1-8-NOW-PARDON (1-866-972-7366) RemoveYourRecord.com

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NUTRITION/DIET

HERBAL MAGIC Limited time offer - Save 50%!! Lose Weight and keep it off. Results Guaranteed! Don’t delay call NOW 1-800-854-5176.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

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ACCOUNTING/TAX/ BOOKKEEPING KC Business Management Accounting/Bookkeeping

D All government required tax filing, including payroll and WCB reports D Setting up your business on computerized accounting software D Issuance of monthly financial statements for your business D Help with managing your day to day administration needs D Help with maintaining your A/R and A/P accounts to keep them current D Filing of personal and corporate tax returns REASONABLE RATES Call Kate at 604-477-2200 or e-mail me at katecrawford@shaw.ca

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CLEANING SERVICES

“AN EXTRA HAND” Exp. Hardworking, reliable cleaning lady. Also grocery shopping, light errands & companionship, to-from appoint Louise Reasonable rates. 604.467.3665 A PERFECT SHINE Residential & Commercial Cleaning 604-619-3796 Vi CUSTOMIZED HOUSECLEANING TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS * Move-Outs * Staging *Inside Windows & Organizing.

Call Marie 604-467-1118.

I love to make order out of chaos!!!

Organized, efficient, reasonable rates. Noreen 604-466-3696

338 16897 Windsor Road Pitt Meadows

(Turn right 1st road East of Pitt River Bridge from Vancouver)

604-465-9812 1-800-663-5847

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DC ELECTRIC (#37544). Bonded.

24 hr service. We specialize in jobs too small for the big guys! 30 yrs exp. Free est. 604-460-8867.

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

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RIDGE MEADOWS ELECTRIC Lic & Bonded. Small Jobs. Call Don 604-462-0480 or 604-861-7418 YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

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FLOOR REFINISHING/ INSTALLATIONS

604-618-6401 Marcel.

Ceramic Tiles, Hardwood Laminate Guaranteed work, Free Estimate.

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GARDENING

GUTTER Cleaning Service, Repairs Free Est, 20 yrs exp, Rain or shine.

7 days/week. Simon 604-230-0627

M.T. GUTTERS Professional Installation 5” Gutter, Down Pipe, Soffit 28 YRS EXP. *FULLY INSURED

Cleaning & Repairing Call Tim 604-612-5388

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Always! Pwr. raking, grass cutting, fertilizing, hedging, pruning, Rubbish rem. Free Est. 604-230-0627

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

Medium to Large Properties / Estates

PROFESSIONAL & RELIABLE REASONABLE RATES

Mike 604-862-3053

Cutting Edge Lawncare Ltd. Certified Turf-Grass Management Tech.

Does it make a difference??

You bet your grass it does!!

-- Seniors Discount --

604-560-1971

CONCRETE & PLACING

HOME REPAIRS

604-618-6401 Marcel Repairs, Maintenance, Renovation Guaranteed work, Free Estimate RETIRED carpenter wants to keep busy. Looking for small carpentry jobs. Will repair or build new. Will also do small plumbing jobs. Call Ken 604-460-7803.

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ADDITIONS, Renovations & New Construction. Concrete Forming & Framing Specialist. 604.218.3064

Serving Lower Mainland 23 Years! *Prepare *Form *Place *Finish *Granite & Interlocking Block Walls *Stairs *Driveways *Exposed Aggregate *Stamped Concrete. *Interlocking Bricks *Sod Placement -Excellent Ref’s -WCB Insured

Dean 604-834-3076 HOOT & OWL Renovations & repairs Also rubbish removal available Email: hoot&owl@telus.net Gary 604-339-5430

Let MDG Home Services do the work for you...

Just pick up the phone and give us a call!!!

UNIQUE CONCRETE DESIGN

Monthly Lawn Maintenance Weekly Lawn Mowing - Power Raking Aerating - Moss Control Fertilizing - Hedges - Pruning

Ph: 604.465.5376 Cell: 604.318.4514

From 1, 3, 5, 7,10 Ton Trucks Licenced ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free estimate/Seniors discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

604-537-4140 SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured Competitive rates. Wknd Specials.

Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

Spring clean ups Fully INSURED

ABACUS ROOFNG

604-462-9009 New and Re-Roof Specialist Residential & Commercial.

Shakes, Shingles and Duroid.

25 year of experience.

Call for your FREE estimate.

Jas 778-896-4065 Bell 604-339-2765

RUBBISH REMOVAL

RECYCLE-IT!

JUNK REMOVAL Recycled Earth Friendly • Estate Services • Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses & More!

DUTCH TOUCH Green Services Ltd

On Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!

Landscape Construction Renovations W Maintenance

604.587.5865

www.recycleitcanada.ca

604-463-3644 604-861-1490 “ ABOVE THE REST “ Int. & Ext., Unbeatable Prices, Professional Crew. Free Est. Written Guarantee. No Hassle, Quick Work, Insured, WCB. Call (778)997-9582

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL Always! deliver Top soil, bark mulch, sand & gravel. 7days/wk.

Simon 604-230-0627 will spread

A-TECH Services 604-230-3539 Running this ad for 8yrs

Hemlock, Fir & Cedar Available for Delivery Call for pricing

SCOTT FAMILY RENOS

604-465-5193 or 604-465-5197

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PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

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477

PETS

Jack Russell pups, cute, short, stocky, smooth coat, tail doc, deworm, 1st shot. $550. 604-798-9233

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Call: (604)460-8776

LOCAL HAY FOR SALE. Good Quality! 60lb bale average. $6/bale.

Pitt Meadows. Call 604-505-4087.

Cocker spaniel pups – purebred, no papers 1st shots, dewormed, ready to go now. $600. Call 604-888-0832

AAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.

604-465-3189

FEED & HAY

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

2 HUNGRY PAINTERS Int./Ext. + POWER WASHING. Man & Wife with combined Exp. of 75+ Years. 604-467-2532

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

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

Scott 604-891-9967

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LANDSCAPING

MDG HOME SERVICES

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288

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

W Maintenance W Power raking W Fertilizing W Pruning W Landscaping WClean-up

*Yard Clean-up *Pruning and More.

257

GrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds $59.00 Per Ton

Commercial Ride-on Mowers *Line-Trimming *Edging *Blowing

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45 Years in the drywall trade. All size jobs boarding, taping, spraying.

Big or small. Wayne 778-242-2060

SBroken Concrete RocksS $22.00 Per Metric Ton SMud Dirt Sod ClayS $22.00 Per metric Ton

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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Tree removal done RIGHT!

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

PLUMBING

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George 604-466-9514

242

TREE SERVICES

$36/HOUR. Local lic’d Plumber.

Big & small jobs. Plumbing, heating, plugged drains, call (778)549-2234

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374

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

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329 PAINTING & DECORATING

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LANDSCAPING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

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TOPSOIL

SCREENED TOPSOIL MUSHROOM MANURE BARK MULCH 604-467-3003

TREE SERVICES A1-TRI-CRAFT Tree Serv.

Dangerous tree removal, spiral pruning hedge trimming, stump grinding, topping.

Insured, WCB Free Est Arborist Reports

Andrew 604-618-8585 $ Best Rates $

LAB/RETRIEVER born January 23 family raised. Dewormed. $400.

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

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REAL ESTATE 627

HOMES WANTED

RENTALS 706

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

TRANSPORTATION

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

810

AUTO FINANCING

TRANSPORTATION 838

TRANSPORTATION

RECREATIONAL/SALE

845

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES!

Rottweiler Pups- PUREBRED, tails, dewclaws, shots, vet checked Health guarantee. Ready April 6th $650. to $1,000, 604 460 0804.

WE BUY HOUSES! Older House • Damaged House Moving • Estate Sale • Just Want Out • Behind on Payments Quick Cash! • Flexible Terms!

CALL US FIRST! 604-657-9422

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS 518

BUILDING SUPPLIES

SAWMILLS from only $3997 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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FURNITURE

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

1978 14x60 2bdrm in Ruskin park $39,900 & New SRI single & double wides from $84,900. 604-830-1960.

2005 FOREST RIVER Grand Surveyor, 30’ 5th wheel, 1 slide, fiberglass laminate construction, on small quiet RV park in Maple Ridge. Kept in covered storage 4 years.

Built on deck. $19,000 obo.

Pad $425/mo.

(778)668-0327. Bob New SRI *1152 s/f dblwide $77,900 *14x70 full gyproc single wide, loaded $66,900. Repossessed Mobiles & Modulars. Chuck 604-830-1960.

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ABBOTSFORD ABBOTSFORD CONDO FOR SALE BY OWNER

The Stonecroft 2350 Westerly Street

551

GARAGE SALES

SAT. APRIL 7, 8-3 p.m. 23085 Eagle Avenue, Maple Ridge, BC (North of Dewdney Trunk Rd. turn @Tim Hortons on 230th, then right on Eagle...look for signs) Assortment of motor cycle parts, tools, camping equipment, gardening stuff, 85 Chev P/U and a 2001 Chev Cavalier!! We haven’t forgotten the ladies...kitchen and household stuff too!

Bright 1050sf. 2 Bdrm. 2 Bath, Top Floor, South East Corner.

Exc. Cond. 2 Secure U/Ground Prkg. Spaces, Gas F/P, in-suite lndry. Residential Manager On Site. $199,000.

604-889-8424

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

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Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

696 559

MEDICAL SUPPLIES

SIMMONS Elec. bed, sgl 115v raises feet, head & knees. w/Massage button. $250: (604)463-4185

560

MISC. FOR SALE

Can’t Get Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1866-981-5991

REAL ESTATE 615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY DIY STEEL BUILDING DEALS! Many sizes and models. Make an offer on clearance buildings today and save thousands of dollars.

FREE BROCHURE - 1-800-6685111 ext. 170.

STEEL BUILDING - BLOWOUT SALE! 20X26 $5,199. 25X28 $5,799. 30X42 $8,390. 32X56 $11,700. 40X50 $14,480. 47X76 $20,325. One End wall included.

Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

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HOUSES FOR SALE

OTHER AREAS

RURAL NOVA SCOTIA water front lots for sale. Country living at its best. Three bedroom apartments for rent. 45 miles to university town. www.sawmilllanding.com waterfront@bellaliant.net 1.902.522.2343

RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO #1 IN RENTALS (Since 1990)

Professional Property Management Services P.Meadows Brand New - Solaris Towers. 2 & 3 bdrms, 5 appli’s, nr WCE, shops,parks,schls. Now. NS/NP,refs. Rents Start@ $1200 Downtown POCO - 4 bdrms + den house. Cls to schools, WCE, all amens. Cat ok $1750/mo.

PoCo 2 bdrm 1/2 duplex, 1 bath, laminate in livrm & bdrms, fenced yard. Avail now. N/S. $1050/mo.

Call 604-464-7548 Coquitlam Centre GREENBOROUGH APTS

“New Building” 1 bdrm - from $1025 /mth 2 bdrm, 2 bth - from $1395/mth Avail. immed. Centrally located. N/S, No dogs.

Close to all amens & transportation.

Clubhouse facilities.

Phone (604)468-1698 Derek Manor 2048 Manning Ave. Port Coq ~ 604-941-5452 or 604-944-7889 FREE PREMIUM CABLE $80 Value

MAPLE INN 11695 -224th St Maple Ridge - 1 Bdrm $550/mo includes hot water .

Certified Crime Free Building Mature adult oriented.

Close to uptown 604-463-4131 for appointment (9am-5pm) MAPLE RIDGE mo

1 & 2 Bdrs from $765/

GREAT LOCATION

Queen Anne Apts. * Renovated Suites * Clean, very quiet, large, INCLUDES: HEAT, HOT WATER & HYDRO

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12186-224 St, Maple Ridge Certified Crime Free Buildings

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

Close to stores & schools.

MAPLE COURT I st

22437 121 Ave 604-467-0715 &

MAPLE COURT II 22423 121st Ave 604-467-4894

Maple Ridge Centre 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments Newly renovated, hardwood floors, heat & hot water included. No pets.

From $750/mo for 1 bdrm; $950 for 2 bdrms.

Avail now. Close to amenities.

Call 604.467.5677

Maple Ridge

Glenwood Manor Apartments 1 & 2 Bdrms from $695 & $860 & renovated suite with dishwasher $45. extra.

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

(604)466-5799 Maple Ridge Swan Court Apartments Large 1 & 2 Bedrooms.

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

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

604.477.0603 MAPLE RIDGE

WESTGATE APTS Under New Management Large 2 bdrm stes available.

Incudes heat, hot water, large balconies. Close to transit.

Call 778-788-1845

Northwest Pkg, 22 ft, Sleeps 7, 1 bunk, Shower in & out.

G.V.W. 3300. Lots of extras

PITT Meadows. Lrg newer 4 bdrm house, 3 bathrms. Dble gar. Fenced yd. 5 appls. Nr schl. & WCE. N/S. N/P. $2350. May 1. 778-838-0281.

2007 Cougar 276RLS

741

We Will Pay You $1000

OFFICE & RETAIL SPACE

All Makes, All Models.

New & Used Inventory.

1-888-229-0744 or apply on line at: www.kiawest.com (click credit approval)

Various downtown locations.

Avail. Now! Updated and well maintained. Various sizes 320sf.

- 2000sf. Starting at $495/month.

Must be employed w/ $1800/mo. income w/ drivers license. DL #30526

Call: Rick Medhurst, Royal LePage

WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CREDIT? Christmas in April, $500 cash back. We fund your future not your past. All credit situations accepted. www.creditdrivers.ca 1-888-5936095.

604-463-3000

ROOMS FOR RENT

$75 OFF 1ST MONTH

818

Rooms from $435/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

2008 PONTIAC WAVE, 4 dr sedan, auto, high kms. runs/looks good, white, $4000 firm. 604-538-9257.

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

Call 604-467-3944

1996 SUZUKI Swift 2/dr car, auto, 4 cyl. 1.3L, stereo, passed AirCare for 2 yrs. $1250. Call (778) 551-1662.

RV PADS

MAPLE RIDGE ~ RV pads for rent $425/mo. cable incl’d Suit mature adult. Sm pet OK. (604)306-5752

2000 Honda AWD CRV- Standard, runs perfectly, new breaks all round, air cared. Mag wheels/snow tires avail. $5500 1 (604)796-9757

750

2001 HONDA ACCORD-4 dr. sedan, 4 cyl. auto, local, silver w/ grey cloth, 161k, pwr. options, A/C, very clean in/out. $5450 / 604.312.7415

SUITES, LOWER

MAPLE RIDGE. Albian area. 2 bdrm with view. Sep entry. N/S. N/P. Close to bus line. Inste. W/D & D/W. $950/mo. incl utils. & basic cable. Avail now. 604-463-6610.

MAPLE RIDGE. Bright 2 bdrm above grd, 4 appls, shrd lndry, cvrd patio. Ns/np. $950 incl. utils, sat TV, & net. May 1st. 604-722-5478 MAPLE RIDGE “Cottonwood” nice new bright 1 bdrm, own W/D, DW, soaker tub $875 incls utils n/s, n/p, ref’s req’d.Avail now. 604-463-6711 MAPLE RIDGE, LARGE 1 bdrm suite, near schools, WCE, & shop centre. $775 incl. util’s. Own W/D. Brand new carpet/laminate. N/S NP. Avail. now. Ph: (778)242-1313.

MAPLE RIDGE: Nice 1 bdrm ste. $725 incl utils. Apr.15. NS. NP. Ref’s. 604-836-5509, 604-466-5509 MAPLE RIDGE W. 207/Lougheed.

New 2 bdrm ground level, quiet culde-sac. NP/NS. Refs. $950 incl utils. Avail May 1st. 604-961-0727 PITT MEADOWS, avail May 1st.

Newly painted legal 1 bdrm suite.

Own ent & patio, lots of storage.

N/S, pets neg. Call 604-460-1958.

751

SUITES, UPPER

MILLARDVILLE. 2 bdrm. N/S. N/P. Laundry & hydro incl. $800/mo.

Avail. Call 604-937-7161 aft 6 p.m.

752

TOWNHOUSES

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

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

S Impeccably clean S Heat S Hot Water S Parking

1 bdrm $790/mo - No pets

Avail April 1 - Ref’s req’d

GARIBALDI Court (604) 463-9522 Central Maple Ridge 2 BEDROOM Available Now

Great location for seniors!

Searching for your dream home or selling it? This is the location. Listings include everything from acreage, farms/ranches to condos and waterfront homes.

Senior Move-In Allowance.

PRESTIGIOUS - WESTWOOD PLATEAU, BRAND NEW!

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MAPLE RIDGE Central Mature Adult building 1 Bdrm apt., newly reno’d u/g parking,cable incld $600$650/mo, n/p, ref’s, For appoint 11am to 5pm (778)327-8405.

AUTO FINANCING

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

Clean, quiet & affordable!

Incl. heat, h/w, cable.

Refs & Credit check req.

Sorry No Pets

810

1 Bdrm suite $775 1 Bdrm & den suite $875 2 Bdrm corner suite $925

Not your average apt. but 1200 sf of luxurious living space, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, F/P, cov. patio, hrd. wd. flrs, Kitch. fully loaded with highend appls, and solid granite cntr tops, lndry rm with full size W/D. Close to shopping, schls, golf and bus route. Avl. immed. $1550/mth. 604-469-6990.

DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

1-800-910-6402

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CREDIT DOESN’T MATTER..

For The Best Interest Rate Call: 1.877.941.4421 www.ShiftAutoFinance.com

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2002 HONDA CIVIC, automatic, 4 door, 134,000 kms. beige, $3000 obo. Call 778-237-0828.

830

2007 Resort 240RKS

RECREATIONAL/SALE

2010 Crossroads Cruiser 31.5 ft 5th wheel. All alum. construction.

8586 lbs dry. Triple slide. Extra insulation pkg.

Many features. $29,800: 604-814-2406

SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pickup anywhere in BC, Min. 10.

Toll Free Call:1.877.334.2288 The Scrapper

DSI water heater, microwave, A/C, two entry doors, rear kitchen, dinette slide and more! $15,995(Stk# 332262) www.fraserway.com/ consignment 1-877-651-3267 DL#31087 40’ DUTCH STAR with Cummings turbo diesel, less than 59,000 mi.

Always stored indoors, looks like new, economical to operate, 2 slides, din. booth, 2 a/cond, 2 TV’s, 2 CD & 2 VHS players, ldry., propane generator (6500W). Must be seen. 604-854-3266

WHAT’S YOUR HOME WORTH THIS YEAR? Ask Bruce and Rene Pollon RE/MAX Lifestyle Realty direct 604-816-3366 office 604-513-2300

MOTORCYCLES

2001 YAMAHA V STAR - 1100 cc, chocolate brown, flamed tank & fenders. Inc. helmet, Great shape. $3500/obo. (604)463-4185

838

Awning, 3 burner w/oven, microwave, dinette booth, A/C & more! $21,995(Stk# 33437) www.fraserway.com/ consignment 1-877-651-3267 DL#31087

CARS - DOMESTIC

2003 CHEVY MALIBU 110,000 km, auto, AirCared, good tires, $3000 obo. Call: (604)531-3251

Haney Motor Hotel

747

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

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

Auto Loans or

MAPLE RIDGE

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$9,995.00 604-463-9428

GUARANTEED

OFFICE/RETAIL

TRANSPORTATION PORT COQUITLAM

2003 Salem Light:

MAPLE RIDGE, Central: 5/bdrms, 3/bath fresh paint, CDS, dbl gar, 2,000sf . Nr all amens & schls. N/P, N/S. $2100/mo (604)785-8851.

MAPLE RIDGE

AVAILABLE NOW

HOMES FOR RENT

COQUITLAM - bright spacious, 4 bdrm. 2 bath, 2 kitchen, W/D, fenced yard, alarm, W/D, cls. to amens. $2150/mo. 604-936-4827 or 604-936-4824 for more info.

Near Shopping & Amenities.

604-463-7450 604-463-2236

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

PORT COQUITLAM, 2043 sq ft.

Ground floor, dance/fitness area.

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

TRUSTED NAMES !

847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

1990 TOYOTA 4X4 V6 auto 340K needs tires & body work. $2500 obo. 604-510-2569 2004 JEEP GRAND Cherokee Ltd. 4x4, auto, green, 126K, $6500 firm.

Call 604-538-4883

851

TRUCKS & VANS

2008 Mazda B4000 SE+, Gold/Grey, 48K, auto, loaded, lk new, $13900, N.Delta, 778-8553097

MARINE 845

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673 #1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200

912

BOATS

12’ DOUBLE HAUL Fiberglass boat, 3 seats, oars, rod holders & canopy. On eze-load trailer. Very safe. $3,200. 604-850-7143

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