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he eight of them were preparing a surprise. One woman filled a cupboard with cans of food. A young man put bulbs on a Christmas tree.

In a bedroom, a pair of women twisting Allen key assembled an Ikea bed frame. A couple of guys lifted a massive 1990s vintage big-screen TV onto a stand, chuckling at the intense weight of it. The staff at the Youth Services Department sponsor a family for Christmas every year, providing gifts for the children, and turkey dinner with all the trimmings. This year demanded something even more. This Christmas, the person in need was one of their own – a teenage boy who volunteers with them at the Greg Moore Youth Centre. He and his mother had been evicted from their apartment in the middle of December. They were given shelter by local social service agencies, while the mom searched for a new place, and new furniture. Youth Services staff knew immediately who their Christmas family would be. “He is an awesome, awesome kid,” said Richard Bosma, and gave the example about how the young man would help a senior couple who lived in his old building – walking their dog, carrying their groceries, and indulging the old man’s love of chess by providing an opponent. “He saw the need, and helped out. That personifies who he is,” said Bosma. He brought the same giving spirit to the youth centre, and everyone appreciated it. “When they got evicted, they were in dire straits,” said Bosma. The staff determined to adopt the family this Christmas, but kept their plans a secret from the boy and his mother. “The moment picked us, more than anything,” said Tony Cotroneo, recreation manager for youth services. “We had a family bordering on homelessness.” The staff scoured social media and other sources looking for furniture for sale. They found couches, chairs, two televisions, a kitchen table and chairs, entertainment unit and the rest of what they would need to furnish an apartment. They asked the boy and his mom to meet them at the Haney Place Mall, to have a photo taken with Santa. The last time they had done that, he was

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Tony Cotroneo hugs the mother after Youth Services staff set up the apartment for her and her son, including decorations and presents for Christmas. Staff in the department sponsor one family every Christmas, and this year their choice was made easy.

about nine years old, but by coincidence they got the same Santa. Some of the Youth Services people kept them busy, while back at the apartment the elves were putting the finishing touches on the new place. They hooked an X-Box up to the gi-

ant television, and made the bed. New clothes went into the closet. They set up ornaments, hung family photos on the walls, and opened a box of chocolates and laid it on the coffee table. Under the Christmas tree was a

giant stocking, a guitar case and an impressive assortment of wrapped presents. “He couldn’t be more deserving of the gifts he’s getting,” remarked Bosma. The new picture with Santa went

into a frame, and onto the wall. Then came the sound of the key at the door. The boy saw everyone, and his new place, and was in awe. “Welcome to your new place,” someone said. The mom and covered her face as the tears came. The boy was speechless. “This is … wow. Never in a million years …” she said. “You guys have no idea … Bless you all.” They walked through the place, she saw the boy’s room with the big TV. “Oh my God – man cave,” she said. Sitting on his bed, he said, “I’m home. For once in my life, I’m home.” Barely composed, the mother reflected on how much the Youth Services staff have changed her son, helping him go from a shy kid to an upstanding young man. She was amazed by what they gave her and her son this Christmas. “To lose all hope, and not know where to turn, and have all these people you’ve never met do all this … It restores your faith.”

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A tax increase for 2013 divided Pitt Meadows council on Monday as one camp called for further slashing while the other stuck to a proposed spike of three per cent. In a 4-3 vote, council approved a general fund increase of 1.79 per cent, with an additional one per cent being directed to a strategic capital reserve for future projects such as a Lougheed-Harris overpass and indoor pool. It means a single family home will see an $83, or 3.10 per cent increase to fund all municipal services in 2013. The city sees the increase – the lowest in

four years – as striking a balance between offering tax relief now while saving and investing for the future. “Our goal was to ensure we do as much as we possibly could with minimal financial burden on our residents. I’m proud that council and staff did their due diligence and demonstrated fiscal restraint,” said mayor Deb Walters, who cast the deciding vote for the three per cent increase, also supported by Couns. Doug Bing, Tracy Miyashita and Gwen O’Connell. “This is definitely a tax rate increase that we can defend.” Two of the largest projects that influenced council’s decision concerned the development

of a “start-stop model” of policing in Pitt Meadows and funding for muchneeded repairs to the city’s drainage system. The city noted that Pitt Meadows’ tax rate “compares favourably” to neighbouring municipalities that are considering increases in the range of three to six per cent. Maple Ridge approved a 3.9 municipal tax increase for 2013. Pitt council was also split on whether to shift the tax burden to businesses. “We want to make it easy for businesses to succeed in Pitt Meadows, by keeping the ratio of business-toresidential tax rates the same, we are showing that commitment,” said Walters.

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Last week’s snow and ice storms may have brought a white Christmas prematurely, but they haven’t dampened the spirit of the season. This is the time of year for families and friends to gather and enjoy each other’s company. It’s a time for children’s eyes to alight with wonder and magic. It’s a time for parties, with much laughter and fellowship. It’s a celebration, both religious and secular. It’s also a time of year when many of us connect with our roots, whether it’s traveling to visit far-flung family or blowing the dust off trinkets and traditions from generations past. That’s especially true in Canada, a nation of immigrants.

Celebrating the season and creating new traditions is part of the magic of Christmas. For many, Christmas is an amalgam of western traditions like turkey and colourfully wrapped presents under a decorated tree and their own cultural celebrations, a piñata hung from the ceiling, a feast of spicy sauces and flatbread, polished boots placed in the window awaiting gifts left in the night. Some don’t even celebrate Christmas. They gather a couple of weeks later according to the Julian calendar, or for the new year, or for Eid, the festive conclusion to Ramadan. In our ever-changing world, filled with so much uncertainty, it’s traditions that ground us, keep us connected to where we came from, who we are. They also weave the tapestry of our multi-cultural country. Celebrating the season and creating new traditions is part of the magic of Christmas. Here’s to a joyous one, however you celebrate. Merry Christmas. – Black Press

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Dix seeks balance with business VICTORIA – NDP leader Adrian Dix has completed year-end interviews with members of the legislative press gallery. Here are highlights from my discussion with him. Tom Fletcher: On the Kinder Morgan oil pipeline expansion proposal, federal NDP B.C. Views leader Tom MulTom Fletcher cair says the federal environmental process would have to be strengthened before a project like that could get a thorough enough hearing. Do you agree? Adrian Dix: The B.C. Liberal government has signed an equivalency agreement that says that the federal decision is the provincial decision on these projects. If it applies to Enbridge Northern Gateway, presumably the B.C. Liberals would apply it to Kinder Morgan. They could have done a joint process, where [the final decision] would have gone to both cabinets. They chose instead to give up jurisdiction. They were so afraid of making any decision on Northern Gateway that they sent it over to the federal government. So what we’ve said is within a week of coming to office, we would end that equivalency agreement, and British Columbia would make decisions about both Enbridge Northern Gateway, which applied in May 2010, and any other pipeline, including the Kinder Morgan proposal, for which no application has been made. Obviously it would have been desirable

for everyone had they chosen a true joint review, as they have in Site C [dam proposed for Peace River], as they did with Kemess North [rejected mine expansion proposal] and other cases. TF: You don’t want duplicated review processes here, you just want a provincial cabinet say in the decision? AD: That’s right. TF: On your relationship with the B.C. Federation of Labour, your caucus is considering a proposal that B.C. should once again do away with secret ballots for union certification. AD: The B.C. Fed makes a case to the government on a series of issues on employment standards every year. Labour law, every year. WorkSafeBC, every year. Trades and training, every year. With respect to [accepting signed union cards for certification], it is a democratic process that the Newfoundland Conservative government just put into place a few months ago. So it’s a proposal from the labour movement and we’re looking at it. For most of B.C.’s modern history, since the Second World War, we’ve had that card-check system in place. The question would be whether [returning to that system] is a priority for this term in government. TF: So those kinds of things will be made clear in your platform? AD: Absolutely. TF: You picked up some serious money from the business community at a fundraiser in October. Is that some kind of a record for the NDP? AD: [Laughs.] It might be a record, I don’t know. I think the business fundraiser we did at the Hotel Vancouver netted $350,000.

I think what it reflects is, this year I’ve had about 230 meetings with the business community. The purpose of it has been principally to build understanding, particularly on issues of skills training. With the priority I give to skills training, I think I’m much more attuned to their concerns than the government has been.

“So what we’ve said is within a week of coming to office, we would end that equivalency agreement, and British Columbia would make decisions about both Enbridge Northern Gateway, which applied in May 2010, and any other pipeline, including the Kinder Morgan proposal, for which no application has been made.” TF: I suppose that kind of success in fundraising might make it more difficult to follow through with your pledge to ban corporate and union donations. AD: I don’t think so. The B.C. Liberal Party has a very high level of corporate donations as a percentage of its total. We’re overwhelmingly dependent on individual donations. We get support from unions, but it’s not even close to what people would think. TF: So you’ll campaign for that, as you have before? AD: Yes. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com (tfletcher@blackpress.ca).

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Seeking justice for missing sister One of 67 women missing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Janet Henry’s face still remains on a “Missing Women” poster. by M o ni s ha M a r tin s staff reporter

t took courage to tell her sister’s story and brought the room to tears. For Sandra Gagnon, the experience was cathartic. Testifying at the Missing Women Inquiry was the last step in a long journey for justice for her youngest sister, Janet Henry. “I am really relieved it is over,” said Gagnon, a day after a fourvolume report investigating the disappearances of 67 B.C. women was released. “I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders.” Titled “Forsaken,” in homage to women, the report found “blatant” police failures and a systemic bias against the poor, addicted women of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside allowed serial killer Robert Pickton to prey on them for years. Gagnon reported her sister missing 15 years ago, on June 25, 1997. To this day, she believes her sister was killed on Pickton’s Port Coquitlam pig farm, although there

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This year, though, with the inquiry underway, Gagnon and her family finally bid farewell to Henry with a ceremony in Alert Bay. Henry, who belongs to the Namgis First Nation, lived in Maple Ridge before drifting to the abyss of the Downtown Eastside. “I have done all this for my sister’s daughter,” said Gagnon, explaining she promised her niece that she would try her best to find out what happened to her mom. Commissioner Wally Oppal specifically mentioned Gagnon during a press conference last Monday, thanking her and other families for sharing their heartbreaking stories. “The missing and murdered women were forsaken twice,” Oppal said in the report. “Once by society at large and again by the police.” The former attorney-general noted the fragmentation of policing in the Lower Mainland led to multiple failures, including uncoordinated parallel investigations and the failure to share key evidence. He recommended an expert panel develop a proposed new regional policing model and implementation plan. Gagnon is satisfied with the report and wants to see Oppal’s 63 recommendations implemented ,but isn’t optimistic about that possibility. “I want change,” she said. “But you can’t trust the system.” • To read the report and for video from the press conference, visit mapleridgenews.com

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FURNITURE

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

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ROOMS FOR RENT

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MAPLE RIDGE: 1 bdrm condo @ $800/mo & 2 bdrm condo- $950/mo with u/g parking. Avail now. Gordon Tower @ 222nd/Dewdney. 604-467-4450 or 604-355-1356

The following vehicle will be sold, as per the Warehouse Liens Act: 1994 Toyota Celica VIN# JT2ST07N4R0004754 registered owner Daniel Nicholas Reid, debt amount as of December 26, 2012 is $4493.22 If you have a claim to this vehicle please respond in writing by January 16, 2013 to: Maple Ridge Towing (1981) Ltd, 23283 McKay Ave, Maple Ridge, B.C. V2W 1B9.

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

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Canuck Roofing All Roof Repairs Any job big or small. Free Est. *WCB *Insured *BBB 778-772-1969

HUNGRY PAINTERS ceiling, walls, trim, power washing Int/Ext Spray, Brush & Roll 604-467-2532

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New SRI *1152 sq/ft Double wide $77,900. *14x70 Full gyproc single wide - loaded $66,900. Repossessed mobile, manufactured & modulars. Chuck 604-830-1960. Glenbrookhomes.net

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MAPLE RIDGE; 3 Bdrms, 1.5 baths dble garage, lndry, kitchen w/island & fam/rm. N/S, N/P. Avail immed. $1495/mo + utils. (604)202-8000

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MAPLE RIDGE, 2 bdrm rancher, Hammond area, well kept, pri bkyrd close to schls & transit. $1195/mo, avail immed. Refs & good credit req 604-462-1673

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SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured Competitive rates. Wknd Specials. Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

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CANE CORSO MASTIFF all blues 6F 2M, ultimate family guardian ready to go $1000 (604)308-5665 CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

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MAPLE Ridge Ctrl. Gordon Tower, 1 Bdrm, fresh paint, new flr, 5 appl, mtn view, avail now. $800. NS/NP. Suit retired person. (604)467-1886 Maple Ridge

Glenwood Manor Apartments 1 & 2 Bdrms from $655 & $840 & renovated suite with dishwasher $45. extra. Clean, Spacious Includes heat, hot water & parking Seniors discount 21387 Dewdney Trunk Rd

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TM The Hyundai names, logos, product names, feature names, images and slogans are trademarks owned by Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. †Finance offers available O.A.C. from Hyundai Financial Services based on a new 2013 Elantra L 6-Speed Manual/Sonata GL Auto/Santa Fe 2.4L FWD Auto with an annual finance rate of 0%/0%/0% for 24/48/24 months. Bi-weekly payment is $297/$213/$522. No down payment required. Cost of Borrowing is $0/$0/$0. Finance offers include Delivery and Destination of $1,495/$1,565/$1,760. Registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, charges, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. Delivery and destination charge includes freight, P.D.E., dealer admin fees and a full tank of gas. Financing example: 2013 Sonata GL Auto for $22,064 (includes $3,500 price adjustment) at 0% per annum equals $213 bi-weekly for 48 months for a total obligation of $22,064. Cash price is $22,064. Cost of Borrowing is $0. Example price includes Delivery and Destination of $1,565. Registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, charges, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. Delivery and destination charge includes freight, P.D.E., dealer admin fees and a full tank of gas. ▼Fuel consumption for 2013 Elantra Sedan L 6-Speed Manual (HWY 5.2L/100KM; City 7.1L/100KM)/2013 Sonata GL Auto (HWY 5.6L/100KM; City 8.7L/100KM)/2013 Santa Fe 2.4L FWD Auto (HWY 6.7L/100KM, City 10.1L/100KM) are based on Manufacturer Testing. Actual fuel efficiency may vary based on driving conditions and the addition of certain vehicle accessories. Fuel economy figures are used for comparison purposes only. †♦Friends & Family prices for models shown (includes $2,000/$3,225/$1,250 in price adjustments): 2013 Elantra Limited/Sonata Limited/Santa Fe 2.0T Limited AWD is $22,694/$27,339/$39,009. Prices include Delivery and Destination charges of $1,495/$1,565/$1,760. Registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, charges, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. Delivery and destination charge includes freight, P.D.E., dealer admin fees and a full tank of gas. ♦Friends & Family Selling Prices are calculated against the starting price less all factory to dealer price adjustments (including Friends & Family price adjustments). Friends & Family Selling Prices include Delivery and Destination. Registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, charges, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. Delivery and destination charge includes freight, P.D.E., dealer admin fees and a full tank of gas. ‡Factory to dealer price adjustments (including Friends & Family price adjustments) are calculated against the vehicle’s starting price. Factory to Dealer Price adjustments of $2,000/$3,500/$1,150 available on 2013 Elantra L 6-Speed Manual/Sonata GL Auto/Santa Fe 2.4L FWD Auto. Factory to dealer price adjustments are applied before taxes. Offer cannot be combined or used in conjunction with any other available offers. Offer is non-transferable and cannot be assigned. No vehicle trade-in required. Ω0 payments for up to 90 days (payment deferral) is available on new in-stock 2012 Sonata Hybrid, 2013 Accent 4 Door/Accent 5 Door/Elantra Sedan/Elantra GT/Sonata/Santa Fe models and only applies to purchase finance offers on approved credit. If payment deferral is selected the original term of the contract will be extended by 2-months/56-days for monthly/bi-weekly finance contracts. Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. will pay the interest of the deferral for the first 2-months/56-days of the monthly/bi-weekly finance contract. After this period interest will start to accrue and the purchaser will pay the principal and interest monthly/bi-weekly over the remaining term of the contract. Ω†♦‡Offers available for a limited time, and subject to change or cancellation without notice. See dealer for complete details. Dealer may sell for less. Inventory is limited, dealer order may be required. ◊Based on Natural Resource Canada’s 2012 ecoEnergy award for most fuel efficient full-size car. ††Hyundai’s Comprehensive Limited Warranty coverage covers most vehicle components against defects in workmanship under normal use and maintenance conditions.

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