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by R ober t M a n gelsdor f staff reporter A destructive invasive plant called Japanese knotweed has taken root in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, and is threatening to damage roadways, crack building foundations and destroy ﬁsh habitat. The bamboo-like plant is strong enough to bore through concrete and so virulent, it can regrow from as little as 0.2 grams of root remains. “It’s impossible to dig them up,” says Jennifer Grenz of the Invasive Species Council of Metro Vancouver, which has been working to eradicate the infestation in the Lower Mainland. See Knotweed, p11

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Ridge soccer goalie Karina LeBlanc has lived her dream of winning an Olympic medal by Ti m Fi t z geral d contributor Maple Ridge’s Karina LeBlanc still has to pinch herself to remember that the bronze medal around her neck is real. After 15 years on Canada’s National Women’s Soccer Team, the 32-year-old goal keeper is living

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out her childhood dream of winning an Olympic medal after a thrilling 1-0 win over France last

Thursday. LeBlanc arrived at the Vancouver International Airport Monday to a hero’s welcome and on Tuesday stopped by Maple Ridge’s Bella Vita restaurant as the guest of honour at a Meadow Ridge Rotary club lunch. Winning the medal exceeded even her greatest expectations, she said. “You dream about it as a young child but it’s far greater and better than I ever could have imagined. “I think a lot of it surrounds how we won and what we had to go through to get there,” said LeB-

lanc, whose voice is still hoarse from celebrating at the closing ceremonies. To get there, the team had to rebound from a crushing loss to the U.S. in the semi ﬁnals. The Americans had two calls from the Norwegian referee that allowed them to tie the match at 3-3. The U.S. then scored in the ﬁnal 30 seconds to break a nation’s heart. However, LeBlanc, who was on the sidelines with an ankle injury, and her Canadian teammates, rallied to defeat France 1-0 to take the bronze medal. See LeBlanc, p26

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The empty lot that used to house notorious Northumberland Court will stay empty for while, after the owner apparently lost interest in the lot. A report to Maple Ridge council Monday says owner Ghalib Rawji hasn’t responded to e-mails or phone calls and it’s been more than a year since he talked with staff. So staff are suggesting that the rezoning application for 29 townhomes and 24 condos, be shelved. Rawji’s rezoning application for the property on Fraser Street, a block south of Lougheed Highway, got first reading more than two years ago on condition that he apply for development permit. But that hasn’t happened, so staff say the application should be closed. Another application for rezoning or development could be filed later, but the process would have to start from scratch. Port Haney resident Tyler Ducharme isn’t surprised.

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chamber of commerce and the Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association showed up and agreed that every business, social service agency or property owner has to do his or her part. “It was really clear that it takes all sectors to make it a vibrant place,” said Kelly Swift, parks and recreation services general manager. She organized the meeting after council requested a report on the state of the downtown after complaints about crime and drugs growing in the area. But when it comes to the social agencies, such as the Salvation Army’s The Caring Place on

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with his older brother, it’s a wonder he graduated at all. “It would have been so easy to quit, to give up, to use everything that’s happened to him as an excuse, but he refuses to,” says teacher Trevor Randle, head of Maple Ridge secondary’s culinary arts program. “But he’s not a quitter.” Campbell admits the last few years of his life have been tumultuous. After years of constant moves and instability, he and his brother left their single mother and moved in with a family friend six years ago. “They thought we would have a better chance with them, and mom agreed,” said Campbell. “I’m so grateful for everything they’ve done for

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Trying to ﬁnd some more breathing space in your garage? Does your basement need some serious cleaning to get rid of that “stuff?” Starting Canada Day, the Ridge Meadows Recycling Depot will accept more items for disassembly and reuse and end-of-life processing. “There’s a lot of new stuff coming on,” recycling society executive-director Kim Day said Wednesday. Starting July 1, electric toys, television game devices, remote controlled cars, tread mills and any other electric-powered exercise machines, old vinyl records, eight-track tapes and DVDs can all be taken to the depot. The same goes for electric lawn mowers, hedge trimmers, lamps, sewing machines and any kind of light bulb, from compact ﬂuorescent, to incandescent, LEDs and halogens. See Recycling, p12

us.” At the age of 14, Campbell got his ﬁrst taste of life in the kitchen when his adoptive mother helped land him a job at Golden Eagle Golf Club in Pitt Meadows. He started out as the kitchen gofer, washing dishes and taking orders from the cooks, and quickly fell in love with cooking. “I love working with my hands, and I love to eat,” says Campbell. He also recognized cooking could be the path to a better life for him. After leaving the family, he and his brother eventually ended up on their own last year, and now rent a small apartment in downtown Maple Ridge. See Chef, p3

It was also agreed that some parts of central Maple Ridge can be improved, with better lighting and pedestrian access. Some buildings can be improved in order to reduce crime, while every landlord should participate in a multi-family, anti-crime program. Some artists may be able to temporarily use vacant buildings as studios, to fill what are gaping holes in the streetscape. Ineke Boekhorst, executive-director with the BIA, said it was a positive meeting with pragmatic ideas. see Downtown, p10

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A petition calling for no residential tax increase in Pitt Meadows next year sparked a testy exchange Tuesday as the petitioners made their final plea for city council to heed their request. Tom and Norma Murray presented the petition with 1,300 signatures to council, accompanied by speeches imploring the city to rein in spending and give property owners tax relief in 2013. “We hope council and city staff are willing to listen to solutions from us, the residents, who have spent several months analyzing the city’s budget and believe no tax increase is possible without drastic cuts to services,” said Tom Murray. A former school board trustee, Murray started the petition in July after a staff report to council suggested general taxes will increase about four per cent annually for the next five years.

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Wednesday. And people may have reached the point where they’re not going to put up with such projects anymore. This could be a turning point when people say “No” to big oil and gas, added Bob D’Eith, a Maple Ridge lawyer seeking the NDP nomination for Maple Ridge-Mission. About 75 people showed up at Golden Ears United Church as the Fraser Valley Pipeline Watch Group took issue with Kinder Morgan’s plans to twin its oil pipeline from Edmonton to Burnaby.

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Tsleil-Waututh band in North Vancouver, said his band and the Squamish band both signed the Save The Fraser Declaration opposing the Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline across northern B.C. “Our lands are sacred and our connection to these lands are sacred,” he said. “Look what happened in New York. Things are changing.” The issue isn’t a First Nations or an environmental problem, he added. “It’s all of our problem.”

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A proposed tax increase of three per cent in Pitt Meadows isn’t being welcomed by a pair of seniors who’ve petitioned the city for no spike on their municipal bills next year. Preliminary estimates predict a general tax rate increase Walters of 2.13 per cent and a strategic capital adjustment of one per cent for the average homeowner, with a property valued at $383,716. That means a total tax increase of 3.13 per cent, or less than $50, next year. The estimates come as the city begins its business planning process to figure out spending and expenses for 2013. Though low, the proposed increase is being panned by Tom and Norma Murray. The couple presented a petition with 1,300 signatures to council earlier this month, accompanied by speeches imploring the city to rein in spending and give property owners tax relief in 2013. A former school board trustee, Murray started the petition in July after a staff report to council suggested general taxes will increase about four per cent annually for the next five years. Fed up with annual tax increases, Murray wants the city to follow West Vancouver and Mission, cities which saw no increase in taxes in 2012. Abbotsford is also attempting a “near zero” tax increase for 2013. At the very least, Murray wanted the city to complete a zero-increase exercise, just to see where fat in the budget could be trimmed. see Taxes, p12

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In a letter to council, the corporation’s board stressed the importance of protecting Pitt Meadows’ industrial base, saying residential development won’t result in longterm job creation. The letter counters a proposal by the owners Alouette Es-

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Homeowners in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows have lost thousands of dollars to thieves in the past week during a rash of brazen daytime break-and-enters. A neighbourhood in Pitt Meadows, bordered by Wildwood Crescent and Hammond Road, logged four breakins last week, with two taking place on Tuesday, Nov. 20 and one each the following Sunday and Monday. Maple Ridge residents Robert FitzJames and his wife Shannon were targeted Monday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. while they were at her pregnancy Ultrasound. The thief, or thieves, pried open the side garage door and slide door to enter their Burnett Street property. “They must have been watching the house,” said Fitz-James. The thieves stole his wife’s engagement ring, a 2003 Honda XR80R dirt bike, a red Xbox 360, his mother-inlaw’s jewelry, three laptops and his son’s Lego. In total, the loot was worth more than $10,000. It’s mostly the sentimental things, like the engagement ring, that hurt the most to lose, he said. Ridge Meadows RCMP confirmed there have been a string of break-ins recently, mostly targeting computer equipment and jewelry. Police said the items being stolen can be pawned or flipped easily. The crimes are, most likely, fuelled by drug addiction, police said. The detachment’s street enforcement team is pursuing leads. One of the break-ins on Nov. 20 was interrupted. The man fled before police arrived and a gold-coloured car was seen in the area. see Break-ins, p12

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Tolls for the Golden Ears Bridge, reduced last year to encourage more usage, are now set to rise. On July 15, tolls for cars with transponders go up a nickel, while for cars without transponders go up a dime. The increases are scheduled annually to keep up with the cost of living, and raises the one-way charge for a transponder-equipped vehicle to $2.95. Tolls for vehicles without transponders go from $4.10 to $4.20. When it comes to numbers, however, TransLink is probably more focused on whether the number of trips across the bridge is meeting projections. Money raised by the tolls in 2011 jumped by 14 per cent compared to the year before, to $33.7 million, according to TransLink’s Drew Snider. See Tolls, p8

More people got together at the Arts Centre Theatre this year for the annual Christmas Haven. Three hundred and one turkey dinners were handed out on a Christmas Eve filled with live musical entertainment and caroling. And, everyone who attended received a gift from Santa Claus. Organizer Corisa Bell was excited by the turnout, about 50 more than last year, because she says more people are becoming aware of the event. “We are surprised, really, truly, that more people don’t know about the Haven considering how long it has been around,” said Bell, attributing this year’s success to being present in the Santa Claus parade and setting up at the Farmer’s Market. This was the first year transportation was provided to and from the event. Three care homes pooled money to give Christmas Haven up to 25 taxi rides through Alouette Taxi. The event attracted many families, seniors and new immigrants. It’s not just for lower income families, Bell said. “It’s so that people don’t have to be alone on Christmas Eve. It is the concept of community coming together.”

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short speech on one of the piers overlooking the fast-flowing Fraser River, not far from the new residences of the South Bonson area. Ashfield and local Conservative MP Randy Kamp, parliamentary secretary to the minister, had lunch with Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows mayors and staff in the South Bonson Community Centre before briefly explaining the changes to the Fisheries Act that were part of the omnibus budget bill C-38 recently passed by the House of Commons. The last substantial change to

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Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield came to Pitt Meadows Monday to defend his government’s changes to the Fisheries Act that remove general protection of fish habitat. “I believe the times have changed and we have to move on,” Ashfield said following a

the Fisheries Act was in 1970, while clauses dealing with habitat protection were added in 1986. The new bill removes protection from “harmful alteration, disruption destruction” of fish habitat, and instead says no one can cause “serious harm” to native, recreational or commercial fisheries. Ashfield said over the years the act has expanded beyond that of just protecting fisheries. “I think we have to come back to our core mandate and that’s fisheries and fish and that’s what we’re proposing with these

changes.” While the law deﬁnes the three types of ﬁsheries, regulations and policies still have to be set following consultation with provinces, cities and environmental groups over the next few months. The new law will allow the ministry to partner with conservation groups, something not possible under the existing legislation, he pointed out. “We’ve heard from a lot of municipalities talking about the fact they can’t clean their drainage ditches. See Minister, p3

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In the centre of the covered stage lay a bouquet of flowers, surrounded by glowing candles: a makeshift memorial for Todd, the teenage girl from Maple Ridge who took her own life last week after being tormented by bullies. She would have turned 16 next month. Many who came to pay their respects never knew Todd, but they knew how she felt. Dozens of young girls, dressed in pink, held hands, hugging and leaning on each other for support, eyes cast downwards at the bouquet of flowers on the

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A 71-year-old flying instructor from Surrey is dead, while his 55-year-old passenger was treated in hospital following a float plane crash on Pitt Lake, Monday. Police said the two were in a Pacific Rim Aviation Academy Cessna 172 float plane from Pitt Meadows Regional Airport. The plane flipped over on the lake at about 4:30 p.m. during stormy conditions. “They were carrying out touchand-go landings for training. During the sixth touch-and-go the aircraft tipped over,” said Bill Yearwood, with the Transportation Safety Board. “The student was able to get out, but tragically the instructor was not.” Yearwood said when a plane over turns in water it can be challenging even for an uninjured person to get out. Many people have died in such instances, he added. “It is a risk when an aircraft upsets and submerges. “The student made an attempt to help the instructor, but the aircraft was filling up with water fast. He was unable to help him.” See Plane, p12

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More than one person snapped photographs of a young man and a teenage girl engaged in sexual activity at a Pitt Meadows rave, while others illuminated the act with a flash light, a trial heard on Thursday. A young man who took the photographs of the pair testified that they were first spotted in tall grass by a girl, who approached them and asked them their names. “They told her they had just met,” said the man, who was called to give evidence at a trial for Dennis John Allen Warrington, accused of posting graphic photographs on Facebook of Colton McMorris and the girl having sex. See Rave, p14

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o her mom, she was known as Princess Snowflake. A sprite-like teen, with almond shaped eyes, who loved pink and sang like an angel. She was a snowflake because every snowflake is different and unique. To the world, she is Amanda Todd - a 15-yearold who shared her heart-breaking story in a video on YouTube, a few weeks before she took her own life in October. The teen didn’t speak in her nine-minute video but the messages she wrote on flashcards left an indelible mark, spurring an anti-bullying bylaw in her hometown of Port Coquitlam and a Canada-wide discussion on teen suicide.

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Her mother too has turned to the worldwide-web for solace. These days, Carol Todd blogs, tweets and shares her thoughts on Facebook. “I do take comfort and peace in my words,” she says. “If others can take and use the words that I say and write so randomly and use them well, then I have done a great job in putting forward the messages that Amanda and I want to share. Never in a million years would

One of several memorials held after Amanda Todd’s death in October. Teens light candles on the floor of the bandstand in Memorial Peace Park in Maple Ridge. I have thought I would be sitting here blog- and stalk her with a screen shot he took of ging and living through what I am living.” her indiscretion. Todd’s death was also the impetus Spearheaded by Sandy Garossino, a for the Red Hood Project, a grassformer Crown prosecutor and civic roots movement to make social meactivist, the campaign seeks to addia sites such as Facebook safe for dress security gaps in major social kids. media sites that expose children and Amanda Todd was contacted and young teens to risk to predators and blackmailed through Facebook by abusers online. an adult predator, who impersonated local Named for Red Riding Hood and her teens to enter her circles of friends. encounter with a wolf, The Red Hood In Grade 7, she revealed herself online to a Project is the first of campaign to put the cyber predator, who proceeded to blackmail onus on industry to institute measures to

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secure online safety. “While educating kids to be Internet savvy is very important, it’s not enough,” said Raffi Cavoukian, a popular children’s entertainer who founded the Centre For Child Honouring, based on Salt Spring Island. “Parents can’t adequately supervise their kids to be fully safe.” Raffi signed the letter because he too believes it is an issue of consumer protection. “It’s a point I’ve not heard anybody else make. “I jumped at the chance to call for a systemic remedy to keeps our kids safe, one that is a responsibility of billion dollar companies like Facebook.” Amanda Todd was also voted “Canadian Newsmaker of the Year” by editors and news directors who cast ballots sent to them by The Canadian Press. The District of Maple Ridge is also considering a bylaw, similar to Port Coquitlam’s, that gives giving the RCMP new powers to dealing with bullying behaviour in that city. The program, Be Someone, was developed by PoCo business leader Gary Mauris, with the support of PoCo Mayor Greg Moore. It will create a monetary fine for bullying behavior, and will provide bullies an opportunity to take an approved course. If they take the course, the ticket will be “ripped up.” Amanda transferred schools to try and escape her tormentors, attending Maple Ridge and Westview secondary schools in Maple Ridge before moving to Port Coquitlam last year. Amanda’s family has created two funds with the Vancouver Foundation to support anti-bullying education, help young people struggling with mental health issues and support programs that help people with learning disabilities. • To donate to Amanda Todd’s legacy, visit vancouverfoundation.ca.

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rotection of fish habitat is out of the Fisheries Act, while protection of cultural, commercial or recreational fisheries is in. Now all that remains to be done is to write some rules and regulations to bring to reality the new legislation. The passing of Bill C-38 this spring meant the axing of the section prohibiting ‘harmful alteration, disruption destruction” of fish habitat. Instead, the new act says no one can cause “serious harm” to recreational, commercial or aboriginal fisheries. The major change to the act was part of a controversial omnibus bill passed by the Conservative government this spring that lumped several contentious topics into one massive piece of legislation. The changes prompted a volley of criticism, from environmental organizations, scientists and former federal fisheries ministers.

They also made Maple Ridge sit up and take notice, prompting council to form a task force to ask why the government was following such a path. The changes also sparked a protest by high school students. In October, the district’s taskforce demanded that Ottawa explain the scientific basis for making the changes. They also wanted the federal government to reverse the new rules, which result in protection of only commercial, aboriginal or sports fisheries. Council also sought clarification of what the Fisheries Act means when “death or killing” of fish occurs. Maple Ridge also wanted regional support for its stance and sent a resolution asking for the support of Metro Vancouver and its 21 members. The task force wanted more information before it could offer its opinion on the legislative changes. “In order to consult on something, you can’t say, ‘This is where we’re going. It’s done, we’re going here,’” said Coun. Cheryl Ashlie,

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warded some questions in advance of a recent meeting they had with the MP. “Most of them he never responded to,” said task force chair John Kelly. Randy Kamp, the member of parliament for Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission, said the government’s main purpose for the changes was to refocus protection on fisheries after the act became too broad, requiring government monitoring of even low-risk projects. Gone is the requirement to get authorization for disruption of any kind of fish habitat. That’s only required for waters that connected to recreational, commercial or aboriginal fisheries. According to the government, authorization will not be required for projects occurring in waters that do not support the recreational, commercial or Aboriginal fisheries. New tools will be available to manage smaller impacts to economically viable fisheries. For Kelly, though, the changes make little sense. “We are still trying to get the feds to tell us, what are they trying to fix?,” he said.

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Maple Ridge Teachers’ Association president George Serra said there were complaints to the union about teachers who violated the extracurricular ban, but noted the BC Teachers’ Federation would not be taking action against them. “At the end of the day, they have to look their colleagues in the eye,” he said. By July 2012, teach-

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he battle for marijuana decriminalization opened up a new front in Maple Ridge in 2012. Taggs dispensary, operated by the non-profit The Always Growing Green Society, offers medicinal marijuana, B.C.’s first dispensary outside Vancouver. It opened quietly, in late 2011, with a small membership. The facility receives its product from so-called compassionate growers, licensed to grow marijuana by Health Canada. The society requires that patients bring them a doctor’s statement of diagnosis before it will allow them to join

the group, and use its products. Much of the cannabis sold is in edible form, in different strains, and for patients who want to smoke it, the society recommends vapourizers. The ointments, edibles, extracts and tinctures Taggs dispenses treat symptoms for a variety of illness, including anxiety, depression, AIDS and cancer. “This is not a dealer in a room, handing out bags,” said Michael Joinson, society president. It has been a popular service. By the end of the year, the Tagg society had signed its 1,000th member. Taggs has not been the subject of an investigation

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Maple Ridge Community Gaming Centre now underway. sprucing up its parking lot and landscaping, Dollarama in December announced its opening across the lot in the former Westminster Savings building on Lougheed Highway. • Some other projects in the works include: Dewdney Centre, five towers proposed for the northwest corner of Dewdney Trunk Road and 224th Street. That project has received first reading but there’s no definite start date. • An application also has been filed for 53 condos at 22341 McIntosh Ave., while a 68unit apartment block on St. Anne Avenue has reached second reading. • A riverside development for 43 condos just

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012 was the year Hammond residents started to think about what their neighbourhood will become, asking district hall to create a formal plan. In July, a group of Hammond families held a get-together at the Hammond Community Centre, and one of the purposes was to envision the future of their neighbourhood. Cycling lanes, trails, waterfront access, beautification, heritage building preservation and a Hammond business improvement association were all ideas raised in the name of community improvement. Developers have been showing interest in the area, south of the Lougheed Highway, along 207th Street, just east of the Golden Ears Bridge. Since 2006, there have been applications for about 4,000 residential units. Residents want a formal area plan to guide growth. The area has been known as Port Hammond and Hammond’s Landing, and it was the site of a CPR station and steamship port. Under district policy, areas that will be considered for formal area plans will be those that are in transition, or are the subject of development applications that don’t conform with long-range planning. Council decided in November that the Albion flats, should be the next to neighbourhood to receive an area plan, although the Hammond plan could be started if the Albion process gets bogged down.

cal fame as the proprietor of Dave’s World, which was located at an old service station site just off the Lougheed Highway near 269th Street. He fought the municipality trying to remove it, but finally lost the battle in January 1998, when the authorities rolled in with a busload of police officers and an excavator. Four officers carried Alexander away. The 70-year-old

gas station was demolished. Alexander and his brother were both arrested during the skirmish and charged with obstructing a police officer, but were both acquitted in April 2000. In June this year, the 66-year-old was found in his trailer in Mission. A tall, large man with long hair and long white beard, Alexander had heart surgery a year ago, although

the cause of his death is not yet known, according to family. “He wasn’t in good health,” said his niece, Sheri Albert. Alexander had attended Simon Fraser University and twice ran for mayor of Maple Ridge. Albert said her uncle loved his family. “He really was a family man. He came to every family dinner – Easter, Christmas, weddings.” He left behind a daughter.

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Protests squash breed-specific bylaw

A forensic vet from Atlanta helped SPCA crack the case

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of these cats attacking people. “People pet our cats. It’s not just my cat. It’s other people’s cats as well. They’re like a dog, very sociable.” However, the SPCA doesn’t like the idea of the mini-leopard living in people’s homes. “We have so many house cats that need homes,” said Sara Dubois, manager of wildlife services with the B.C. SPCA. “We would disagree,” Dubois said of the request. Staff are still researching the topic and have to balance the cat owners’ requests with the SPCA’s and the provincial government’s, which doesn’t consider servals wild animals.

Serval cats originate in Africa and look like a leopard but are about the size of a bob cat. Serval cat owner Rick White says domestic servals have been bred in captivity for generations and are proposing that thirdgeneration, captiveborn servals be allowed. Maple Ridge’s new animal bylaw, prohibits all but domesticated cats or those that are registered under The International Cat Association. White takes his pet out and about regularly in public, including stores that allow pets. “There have been no instances

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Dr. Melinda Merck conducts a necropsy with SPCA staff. when needed. “The valuable information that Dr. Melinda Merck was able to share with our local veterinary community will be extremely helpful in future investigations,” she added. The SPCA had hoped to analyze the DNA lifted off the carcasses of cats killed in Maple Ridge and Langley but the venture was too expensive. Merck believed coyotes were behind the killings because they are stealthy predators, usually attacking quickly and silently. However, no one was able to determine who placed the cats in strange places. In Maple Ridge, a cat’s head was left outside a school, another placed on a porch and a third found in a plastic bag. The SPCA believes the animals were moved post-mortem and is working with the RCMP to find suspects. “The case is closed for now as there is no evidence of who may have moved body parts – hopefully there won’t be any more incidents,” said Chortyk.

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s treasured pets disappeared and their dismembered carcasses turned up in the oddest places, cat owners in Maple Ridge were sure a twisted serial killer was on the prowl. After several months of speculation, the B.C. SPCA solved the mystery in June, revealing the mutilated cats were all killed by another animal. “I think the case was certainly unusual and complex,” said Lorie Chortyk with the SPCA, which brought in a veterinary forensic expert to crack the case. “Initially, the veterinarians we dealt with all concurred that the injuries had to be caused intentionally by humans so that was obviously very concerning to the public.” Dr. Melinda Merck, a veterinary forensic expert, examined the remains of 30 animals – 20 cats, eight crows, one rabbit, one dog – found in Maple Ridge and Langley in the span of a month and determined all were attacked by a predator. A renowned animal crime scene specialist from Atlanta, she had previously investigated the Whistler sled dog killings and helped build a case against NFL player Michael Vick for his involvement in a dog-fighting ring. Chortyk said the SPCA is fortunate enough to have connections with some world leaders in animal forensics, whose expertise they can draw on

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he clamour about a bylaw aimed at pit bulls dropped from a roar to a whimper this fall after Maple Ridge took some of the teeth out of its new Animal Control Licencing Bylaw. Instead of charging owners of pit bulls higher licence fees, council opted for non-breed specific legislation that just hiked fees on dogs that have been labelled aggressive. Under the bylaw, people with dogs deemed aggressive will have to pay $200 for a yearly licence, considerably more than that charged for a normal dog. “Staff have determined that is not the way to go,” bylaws director Liz Holitzki said then. “Instead, we’ll deal with the behaviour of the dog.” The new bylaw, which replaces several older bylaws, defines an aggressive dog as one that bites or harasses a person or another pet, or one that’s known to attack without provocation. The category includes a dog’s first instance involving a minor bite. The bylaw, which received third reading in November, may need some tinkering yet. A request by a group of serval cat owners asked council that month to change the bylaw to allow servals to be legally kept in Maple Ridge.

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he sports story of the year in Maple Ridge was the Olympic bronze medal won by Karina LeBlanc with the Canadian Women’s soccer team at the 2012 Lond o n Olympics. The veteran goal keeper has been on the national team for 15 years. The 32-year-old felt the agony of the upstart Canadian team’s semifinal loss to the heavily favoured United States, after controversial decisions by the referee led to a penalty shot that tied the game. And she was there for the thrilling 1-0 win over France. “I don’t even remember the details, all I remember is the being on the field just crying my eyes out. They are the happiest tears I have ever cried. I was just so proud to be Canadian,” said LeBlanc, who noted that she always dreamed of playing at Old Trafford Stadium, the home of Manchester United. “It’s a cliche, but you have to go through the extreme low to get to that high.” Back in B.C., she got a

Marauders fourth in Maui tourney The Pitt Meadows Marauders played for a medal, but finished fourth at the Lahainaluna Invitational senior boys basketball tournament in Maui, Hawaii, over the Christmas break. Pitt opened the tournament with a 60-25 win over Maui High, as Sebastian Marshall with 18 points and Jordan Rich with 12, led the scoring. Their second game was a 54-43 win over the Molokai Farmers. But the third game brought them up against the eventual tournament champions, the Curtis Vikings of University Place, Wash., near Tacoma. Curtis beat them 70-34 en route to the gold medal game. They dominated the tournament, outscoring their opposition 289-122. Enzo Tadeo led Pitt in scoring, with 10 points. In the bronze medal game the Marauders were shut down by San Marcos of California in a 6543 loss. Marshall led Pitt in scoring with 12.

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Karina Leblanc, goalkeeper for the Canadian women’s soccer team, with her Olympic bronze medal at Bella Vita Restaurant in Maple Ridge. hero’s welcome – from I ever could have imag- She was among 27 play- wanting to take that the crowd at the Van- ined,” she said. ers who took part in next step [up in abilcouver International “I think a lot of it sur- on-field and off-field ity] as a group and as a Airport, to Maple rounds how we won workouts at various country and as a proRidge’s Bella Vita res- and what we had to go Vancouver-area locales. gram – and now it’s taurant as the guest of through to get there,” LeBlanc was among 12 started.” honour at a Meadow said LeBlanc. veterans, including capThe 2015 FIFA WomRidge Rotary club In December, the vet- tain Christine Sinclair. en’s World Cup will be lunch. eran of more than 100 “It’s exciting,” said played in Vancouver, “You dream about it as Team Canada games LeBlanc in an interview Edmonton, Winnipeg, a young child, but it’s far began work with the with the CBC. “We’ve Ottawa, Montreal and greater and better than national team again. been talking about us Moncton.

The Ridge Meadows Flames have solidified their hold on third place in their conference by taking six of a possible eight points in their past four games. On Dec. 20 in Mission, the Flames beat the host Outlaws (6-20-2-1) by a score of 6-1. Three players enjoyed three-point nights: Adam Bartsch (two goals and an assist), Mitchell Plevy (a goal and two assists) and Sean Pesut (three helpers). Travis Oddy with a pair of goals and Marco Ballarin with one, rounded out the scoring. R.J. Bruni was solid in net, stopping 26 of 27 shots. The next night at Planet Ice, the Flames lost 6-5 in overtime against North Vancouver (15-13-1-1). Scorers were Matthew Bissett (two goals), Connor Redmond (goal and an assist), Plevy and Ballarin. Paul Piluso, Pesut and Bartsch each had two helpers. The Flames will take on the class of the league, on Jan. 4 at Planet Ice, when they host the firstplace Richmond Sockeyes, who boast a record of 22-6-1-0.

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APARTMENT/CONDO Bright 2 bdrm apt. Large 2 br located in a Central Coq Co-op. $810/mo. No subsidy. Close to transit, schools, and shopping.

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