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Tam for Greens again Election gets rolling in local riding By Neil Corbett ncorbett@mapleridgenews.com
As federal party leaders exchange barbs at the national level, the election is gearing up in Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge. The Green Party announced its candidate this week – Peter Tam – while the Liberal and Conservative parties are now into the nomination process. Tam asserts that any Green MPs could have influence on government because, in his opinion, the Oct. 19 election is unlikely to result in a majority government. “The numbers are so close, right across the country,” said Tam. “A couple of Green MPs could work with any of the parties.” See Election, 5
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The NDP, with Bob D’Eith as its candidate, was the first to get its signs up after Prime Minister Stephen Harper called a federal election on Sunday.
Pit bull’s death questioned Another witness claims officers used a knife By Neil Corbett ncorbett@mapleridgenews.com
The Ridge Meadows RCMP’s killing of a pit bull is being criticized by the dog’s owner and scrutinized by the SPCA amid contradictory accounts about whether the dog’s throat was slashed or not. RCMP have twice denied taking a knife to the dog’s throat and
claim no knowledge of how it died. The dog attacked 15-year-old newspaper carrier Sarah Metzner on July 24, as she worked her route on 117th Avenue, near Thomas Haney secondary. It broke through the screen on a door to get at her. The girl’s mother was told officers cut the dog’s throat. Another witness said they did so twice. In an online account of the story, Richard Rennie posted that his wife watched almost the entire incident.
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“My husband didn’t want to tell me, because he knew I would be upset. They strangled him with a cord.” She doesn’t know why the dog attacked the girl, and says it had never attacked anyone before. Lind explained that Clouse was a two-year-old pit bull. He had been becoming increasingly agitated by the paper carrier dropping the paper through the slot in the door. He would grab at the paper and rip it to shreds. See Pit bull, 9
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What happened in the Hat No short solution to ending homelessness B y T i m Fi t z g e r a l d tim.fitzgerald@mapleridgenews.com
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t first, the idea of a few tents pitched on the pavement of Cliff Avenue was nothing new. The camp was never meant to be permanent. For Dr. Biju Mathew, the head of clinical psychologist at Ridge Meadows Hospital, the key is housing, as is co-operation. Over the past decade, those living on the streets and accessing services at the nearby Salvation Army used Cliff Avenue and the surrounding area to set up shop for the night, and it didn’t take long for residents to complain. Subsequently, bylaws and the RCMP would come and move them along. But they would return. And this happened over and over again. Then a fence went up around the treed area off the Haney Bypass by Cliff Avenue. A few tents on the street quickly grew to a few dozen by mid-April. By early May, the city had relaxed its move-along approach to get a better handle on the extent of the problem. Mayor Nicole Read posted to Facebook that “the enforcement presence is masking the depth of the problem, which we can now all see very clearly. Bylaw resources moving people around is not a solution.” The city had launched it homelessness task force near the end of January in hopes of addressing the issue. Eventually dubbed the Maple Ridge Resilience Initiative, the plan aims to help the estimated 80 to 100 homeless people living in the community find a way off the street. But the camp at Cliff Avenue has grown to an estimated 55 to 65 residents, according to the city. Those numbers swell during the day. They have been drug overdoses there, and violence has cast a dark shadow over the camp. A woman recently had part of her finger bit off in a midmorning dispute. Then a fight inside a tent spilled onto the street. A baseball bat rested in the middle of the road while a homeless man lay stretched out on a homeowner’s lawn. He was bleeding from the face. Residents are frustrated, letters to the editor and Facebook posts are filled with bitterness at the situation.
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Dr. Biju Mathew drove to Medicine Hat to see how the city there was handling its homelessness problem. The provincial government has promised to fund a temporary shelter once the city secures a suitable location. In the early going of the city’s homelessness task force, Mathew was approached to offer any insight into the homelessness debate. Mathew was intrigued by the offer. He has been following the issue, but admitted to city officials he really had no idea what is the best approach. The clinical psychologist was determined not to be a bystander. He set out to do his homework. Mathew’s initial research led him to the work of Sam Tsemberis, the American PhD whose book Housing First resulted in the formation of Pathways to Housing National in 1992. The idea behind the American doctor’s approach is based on the belief that housing was a basic human right and the most cost effective way to approach the problem. Since its inception, the Housing First initiative has been widely accepted as a common practice across the U.S. and Canada. The Canadian model of the Housing First approach is consumer-driven, offering immediate access to permanent housing for anyone who is homeless. Admission to the program does not require an individual to access psychiatric treatment or drug and alcohol treatment before accessing housing. If you’re looking for federal and
provincial grants in Canada, the Housing First model is the starting point. Mathew then set his sights on the city of Medicine Hat. He had heard whispers of its success. But hearing was one thing. Seeing is another. So in the third week of July, he jumped in his car and drove the 1,200-plus kilometres to see for himself. “I did it because I care very deeply for my community,” said Mathew. “I wanted to get a first-hand look at what they were doing. I wanted to talk to people there and understand what they were doing different.” What he saw, and he said what he hopes to happen in Maple Ridge, is for more cooperation from every level of government and the people of the community who have a stake in ending homelessness. In 2009, the Albertan city of about 60,000 launched the Medicine Hat Community Housing Society in hope of ending homelessness. Approaching six years into the initiative, the small Albertan community appears to be on to something. Since it started in April of 2009, 885 homeless citizens have been housed and gained access to support systems. Of those housed, 283 were children. One of the key selling points for Mathew was the cost to the approach. In Medicine Hat, the average cost of homelessness on the public
system was pegged between $66,000 to $120,000 per person annually. However, under the MHCHS model, offering housing with supports ranged between $13,000 and $34,000 per person annually. Hospital visits plummeted by 53 per cent. Emergency medical services costs fell 12 per cent. The cost to emergency rooms dropped 32 per cent and the days the homeless spent in jail had declined by 58 per cent. The program is diligent in collecting data once someone enters the system and even more so about sharing it with its partners. So while the City of Maple Ridge continues to look for a temporary shelter to help alleviate the camp of 60 homeless people who have overrun Cliff Avenue, Mathew said he believes the answers lies in the model from Medicine Hat. But he cautions that while people want solutions today, answers take years. “It won’t happen today or tomorrow, but we can achieve something like they have in Medicine Hate in the next four or five years,” he said. To work here, there needs to be a buy-in from more than just the city of Maple Ridge, he said. To truly address the problem, the federal and provincial government must get more involved, as well the surrounding communities and agencies that deal with the homeless. In Medicine Hat, the list of part-
ners is 20-plus deep, including the provincial ministries for seniors, municipal affairs, and human services. In addition the local landlord management companies, the chamber of commerce and the outlying communities of Calgary, Grand Prairie, Lethbridge, Edmonton, Red Deer, and Wood Buffalo have all gotten involved. Mathew said if people hope to actually solve the issue of homelessness, they have no choice but to buy-in. He said setting up temporary shelters is a Band-Aid solution that don’t address the problem. He said shelters typically cost twice as much as providing a Housing First option. Policing costs average about four times as much and provincial hospitalization and psychiatric facilities cost about 12 times as much. While saying you’re going to provide housing for the homeless is one thing, convincing the local taxpayer is another. He said even Medicine Hat council had initial reserves about providing “free housing.” He said the Medicine Hat Community Housing Society approached the issue from a rational economical standpoint. It sold the issue as a business proposal. The Housing First model reduces the burden on the taxpayer, said Mathew. “Why wouldn’t you fund it? It’s been proven to be effective. As a taxpayer, your money is already being spent on the problem.” But he stresses there needs to be more help from the provincial and federal governments, as well as surrounding municipalities. Like Medicine Hat’s model, the society would need to be run by a professional body, a non-profit society, have a board of directors, and a mission statement. He said for it to work, the onus has to be taken off the city. Mathew said every community has a homeless population, but if there was independent oversight properly funded without political interference, it could work. “They are not in the business of providing housing. Let’s face it, they are politicians. They are here to run the city, not housing.” The doctor is hoping everyone involved can tone down the rhetoric and join hands to find a solution. “We don’t have to reinvent the wheels here, he said. “We have a successful model in Medicine Hat. The program was approved by one of the country’s most right-wing politically aligned governments in Canada. So if that can be done there, why can’t we do it here.”
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There’s still no word on a timeline for a proposed temporary homeless shelter in Maple Ridge, but no matter where one is located, Amelia Norrie expects public backlash. And any shelter serving the homeless population would still need to be accessible to the downtown core,” said Norrie, public relations coordinator for the Salvation Army’s Caring Place. She said whether that means being more on the peripheries of what the city deems to be downtown Maple Ridge is up for debate, but any shelter needs to be within walking distance for the majority of people it serves. Norrie said the Caring Place would consider a move from its current location, but said it provides services to a wide range of people in Maple Ridge. “Remember we at the Caring Place are not only serving some of the people who are living on Cliff Avenue, we are also dealing with low income families and individual seniors who have limited mobility and accessibility,” she said. Norrie said there is bound to be backlash once the city announces its location. She was involved with the construction of the Salvation Army’s Gateway of Hope project in Langley in November of 2009 and said it’s always a concern for the people who live in that neighbourhood, especially when you are dealing with the marginalized portion of the population. “Definitely the NIMBY idea was strong and very outspoken,” said Norrie, “but since then the community have gotten use to the idea, have learned and grown to appreciate the work the Salva-
tion Army does.” Mayor Nicole Read said there’s still no word on the timeline for the shelter, but says she expects city staff to bring forward recommendations within the next week. Read said she hasn’t seen the options staff are considering. The mayor said despite recent claims by Cliff Avenue business operator Dr. Liz Zubek that the camp is growing, city numbers suggest otherwise. “With respect to Liz Zubek giving you numbers, I don’t really know how to respond to that, other than, we report the numbers out every single week. We send them to Doug Bing, Mark Dalton, B.C. Housing, so our numbers are firm,” said Read. “The numbers have not changed. We are static at 32 tents or less. And we have, depending on the week, between 55 and 65 people down there, so those numbers have remained quite static.” The mayor said the city is going to great lengths to be get an exact handle on the situation on Cliff Avenue. “We are obviously taking a lot of pains to count the numbers exactly and I think it’s really important that the whole community know that the numbers are re-
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He said Green Party leader Elizabeth May has said she will not whip Green MPs on votes, and they will be given free reign to work for their constituents, taking an objective view of legislation. They are the people’s representatives to government, as opposed to being the government’s representative to the people, said Tam. One of the key issues locally is homelessness, and the Green Party’s plan to censure a guaranteed livable income is part of the solution, said Tam. “Everyone is finger-pointing. We don’t want to finger-point. We want to fix the system.” Tam and his team are organizing an event to launch his campaign on Aug. 11, from 7-9 p.m. at the Open Door Hall, (11391 Dartford St.) in Maple Ridge. He will be joined by Claire Martin, a former CBC meteorologist and Green Party Candidate for North Vancouver. An experienced campaigner, Tam ran for the Green party in the last federal election, earning about five per cent of the vote, behind the Liberals, NDP and Conservatives. Kamp won with 54 per cent of the vote, followed by Craig Speirs of the NDP with 36 per cent. Tam has volunteered as a Scout area commissioner, and is on the board with the Maple Ridge Art Council and local festivals. He works as an aviation technical data systems professional with Nav Canada. Tam has been married for 27 years and has three children in high school and post secondary education. The Green Party’s popular support nationally has ranged from three to 14 per cent, and it has had just two MPs at once. The local Liberal party is in the final stages of its nomination process, said riding association president Ian Sas. The party has scheduled the candidate selection meeting for “mid next week,” he said, and will announce a candidate by the end of next week. “I am very excited about our local Liberal Party of Canada riding association’s progress with volunteers coming forward, new members and solid fund raising,” said Sas. The riding’s Conservatives are also in the process of nominating a candidate. Mark Bogdanovich, chair of the nominating committee, confirmed that the only nominees to have come forward are MLA Marc Dalton and MP Kamp’s executive assistant, Mike Murray. The nomination period ends this week, then a date will be set for local Conservatives to vote for their candidate. The NDP nominated Bob D’Eith as its candidate in May.
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Underway Prime Minster Stephen Harper visited the Governor General on Sunday, putting into motion an 11-week campaign leading up to an Oct. 19 election. Typically, campaigns are 37 days. However, the recent Fair Elections Act changed that. Now, with greater flexibility on election spending, political parties can run longer (and ultimately more expensive) campaigns. Voters, however, could be excused for thinking the campaign started months ago. The flurry of recent funding announcements come against a backdrop of aggressive campaigning by candidates hoping to unseat incumbents. Twitter feeds, Facebook pages, and email inbaskets have been filled with electioneering and hype. The drip-drip of government announcements reached a torrent this week. Since Monday, more than 55 announcements were made, ranging from support for smoking cessation programs, to support for seniors, veterans and First Nations. There was money for municipal infrastructure programs, contract extensions for airports and improvements to seaports and dock facilities. In Maple Ridge, half a million dollars in federal money was presented for upgrades at Albion Sports Complex. This is just the beginning. There will be more announcements and a lot more hand waving. We’ll hear about the economy, security and leadership. There will be more attack ads. And poll results. It promises to be a long 11 weeks. Try and pay attention. – Black Press
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Let’s outlaw trophy hunting “Killing an animal that can’t defend itself is cold-blooded murder” – Ioana Dungler.
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urder is “premeditated killing of a person.” Killing an animal without just cause fits Along the Fraser the definition. This thinking gained Jack Emberly ground when Cecil, a rare, black-maned Zimbabwe lion in his prime, was slaughtered July 1 by an American dentist who says he was just indulging a sport he loved, while staying within the rule of law. He wanted a souvenir. But, world-wide outcry since has renewed demand to end Dr. Walter Palmer’s sport – trophy hunting – and the Zimbabwe government has since suspended “the hunting of lions, leopards and elephant outside of Hwange National Park. Why? Trophy hunting brings millions into Africa, but only three per cent reaches the people; the rest goes to outfitters. In contrast, tourists armed with cameras, add billions to local economies. Similarly, in B.C., grizzly bear viewing brings twice as much revenue ($30 million in 2012) into local hands as trophy hunting. Here’s how Dr. Walter Palmer “practiced”
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the cruel “sport” he loves. After luring Cecil from the game preserve, Palmer wounded him with a crossbow. He then followed Cecil’s blood trail for 40 hours, finishing him off with a rifle. Palmer’s crew skinned Cecil and severed his head, and tried to destroy a collar which tracked the animal for research intended to advance the lion population. It’s plummeted 50 per cent in the last decade because of habitat loss, poaching, and trophy hunting. “This is murder,” insists Ioana Dungler, of Lionsrock, a big cat rescue sanctuary in South Africa. It would still be murder, she says, if the cat lived outside a protected reserve. Trophy hunting is sanctioned in 11 other African countries. In B.C., the Ministry of Environment calculates the annual “harvest” for elk, mountain goat, cougar, black bear, and wolves as if they were grain crops like wheat or barley. In 2014, the “harvest” for grizzles, was 350, a number it deemed “well within the maximum mortality rate.” Words like “harvest” and “within maximum mortality rate” are appropriate for financial ledgers, but not for lions, bears, wolves. Nor is it appropriate to destroy wild animals on the basis of specious argumentation, including the one the ministry floated about two baby bears in Pt. Hardy. They were not a threat to people, as management claimed. Conservation officer Bryce Casavant said
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they could be rehabilitated. When it comes to thinking about animals, it’s time for a paradigm shift. Animals have a right to life. They are not bales of hay, or ears of corn. They are something to revere. “Tiger, tiger, burning bright in the forest of the night,” wrote poet, William Blake, “what immortal hand or eye, could frame thy fearful symmetry.” Anyone hearing the cubs crying for a dead mother would not be able to deny killing babies is blasphemy. Anyone who watched the siblings hold tightly to each other in a cage would think of them not as objects to be harvested or culled, but Jordan and Athena, orphans needing care and comfort until they are reintroduced into a habitat cordoned off from trophy hunters, or poachers hoping to sell body parts. Nearly 300,000 people have now signed a petition demanding the ministry re-instate Casavant, who was enlightened in refusing a managerial order to destroy two helpless and harmless cubs. But, the ministry, an organization that needs overhaul and ethical focus, has so far failed to do the right thing. Meanwhile, the Raincoast Conservation Foundation is buying up hunting territory in the Great Bear Rainforest to protect these magnificent animals, our own Cecils, from murder. In Africa, Ioana Dungler calls for an end to trophy hunting everywhere. Jack Emberly is a retired teacher, local author and environmentalist.
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Editor, The News: Re: Pitt scrutiny scrutinized (The News, July 29). Thank you to Couns. Janis Elkerton and Bruce Bell and the rest of Mayor John Becker’s team for standing by their promise of a zero per cent tax increase and continuing to mitigate fiscal responsibility by requesting scrutiny of all city hall and council expenditures. I am a bookkeeper and have to agree with Coun. Mike Stark in his findings from the city finance department that keeping track of expenses line by line as to an amount, description, and who received the funds is not the least bit onerous. That is why there are general ledger codes and computers. Transparency to the taxpayers and saving every penny is simply doing due diligence. I was once in a business meeting for a large company and we were asked if we could think of any ways to save money. One idea I had was to quit buying donuts for the large group meetings. After checking the records, a rough estimate was six times per month at $50 on each occasion equating to $3,600 per year. There was another service provided at $200 per month that I proved was completely unnecessary and which was cancelled at another savings of $2,400 per year. There were many other suggestions, some implemented, some not. But reviewing the ‘bottom line’ saved the company thousands of dollars per year. As for Coun. Tracy Miyashita to suggest this issue is about trusting city staff, it is not. It is about research, evaluation, analysis, and validation of a lot of small amounts that eventually became $2.4 million dollars of taxpayers money. Sometimes a little fishing can net some pretty big fish. Patricia Tochkin Pitt Meadows
Editor, The News: Re: Dog attacks paper carrier (The News, July 31). Again, we have a vicious dog in a residence and some poor unsuspecting soul is attacked. On the one year anniversary that our little Yorkshire terrier Tucker was attacked and shaken to death by a pit bullcross rescue dog in Pitt Meadows, I am still shocked that citizens have to put up with the so-called pit bull in all its variances. Pitt Meadows has got somewhat of a lid on the problem, changing the leash law last year to a fixed short variety leash, no more retractables for known vicious dogs, not just pit bulls, as well as muzzles, time limits for dog tie-ups. I do not know how that is all going, but on most walks I still carry bear spray in case I am ever attacked. The dog spray I used before had no effect on the attacker. I punched the attacker repeatedly, succeeding only in hurting my hand and still having pain to this point. What a shame that I and others do not have unfettered movement in our community because someone wants a bully dog. Give me a break. After our dog was attacked, one of
our neighbors even carried a mountain climber pick axe on her walks. Someone should not have to do that. And now we have one of our young people traumatized over an attack. It will be years for her to recover emotionally. At the age of 66, I am still traumatized over the July 30, 2014 attack of my dog. I will not walk my own neighborhood after dark since there are still a few known bully dogs in our area. When I made my submission to the Pitt Meadows council last September, I had an expert opinion attached from a well known Lower Mainland dog breeder. He told me that, in no uncertain terms, there is little anyone can do when a pit bull attacks. Many of those attacks are unprovoked. He further said it is a fallacy that it is the owner’s fault. In most cases, it is the dog, since the breed is bred to kill and will snap to attack and release only when it is ready. Far from the ‘it’s the owner’’ debate so common in the media, he said in his expert opinion that is a false notion. There is enough evidence from hospital trauma wards to wake us up to the danger of some of these breeds, and others, too. But in true Canadian fashion, we will continue to deal with outcomes rather
than preventative measures. Here we put people in danger. Ontario banned the breed and it’s derivatives in 2005. The dog that attacked our dog was put down the next day. The owners had another vicious dog that the property manager failed to address, but when the neighbors did, the couple moved away. Very sad that should have happened, since it was the property manager’s negligence that enabled the attack. They were a very nice couple, but in too deep to handle both of their dogs. My heart goes out to Sarah Metzner. Greg Wyatt Pitt Meadows
online comments ‘Made to fight’ Ryan Coughlin · Re: Pit bull attacks paper carrier. Dude, pit bulls were created by breeding the most aggressive dog traits. They were made to be fighting dogs. • Linda Chapman Ban pit bulls. They are too dangerous to have in civilized society. The threat to children is simply not worth it.
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They eventually covered the mail slot. But in the heat of the summer, she left the door open, with just the screen closed, and when Metzner came with her delivery, the dog broke through it. Lind said she tried to get the dog off the girl, but its jaws were locked onto her left hand. “She was panicked, and I was panicked,” said Lind. Neighbours ran over to help, and the police arrived quickly, in four police cruisers, and took control. Lind saw two officers kneeling over the dog – an averagedsized pit bull, she said – pinning it to the ground. She couldn’t watch the scene, she said, and went into the house. “They were joking and making comments,” she said, crying. “I thought, ‘Do you not care that someone in here loves that dog?’” She asserts that police should better know how to deal with an aggressive dog, and have some means to subdue it, such as a tranquilizer. “I just want the police to be accountable for what they did,” she said. “He was a member of the family.” RCMP civilian spokesman Dan Herbranson said police did not arrive on the scene intending to kill the dog, and did the best they could under the circumstances. “The police force feels badly,” he said.
“Why didn’t she go outside and help control the dog?” he asked of Lind, noting that two other neighbours got involved. “The dog was very, very aggressive toward people, and had already attacked and bitten a child,” he said. In fact, Herbranson said the question has been asked why an officer didn’t draw his or her sidearm and dispatch the animal with a bullet. But they determined that discharging a firearm in the residential setting could make the situation even more dangerous. He noted that police are not given specific training in how to calm an aggressive dog. Officers struggled with the dog, using their body weight to attempt to contain and control it. They had used a police baton to pry its mouth open, to free the girl’s arm. The police report also states that they used a “makeshift muzzle to control the animal.” “By the time the thing was over, the dog had passed away.” RCMP Cpl. Amanda Dunlop previously said “there was no knife used at all.” The SPCA is not yet ready to let the issue lie, and is having the dog examined to determine the cause of death. “We weren’t present. The dog was already deceased when we arrived,” said Maple Ridge branch manager Jennifer Stack. They talked to neighbours, and heard contradictory versions of events.
Stack said there was not enough blood present for the dog to have been killed by having its throat cut. Stack said a pathologist will determine how the dog died, and the SPCA will make a determination whether to have an animal protection officer investigate. “We’ll wait for the pathologist’s report, and take it from there,” Stack said, adding that the report is expected late this week. Lind said she isn’t trying to minimize the damage her dog did, and it has bothered her.
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Long campaign gives Tories an edge: Smith Election triggers spending limits By Jef f Nage l Black Press
Federal election lawn signs have begun to sprout now that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has fired the starting pistol on what will be a 78-day campaign, the longest in modern history. The prime minister visited Governor General David Johnston at Rideau Hall Sunday morning to dissolve Parliament and begin the election set for Oct. 19. The voting day had been fixed in legislation and party leaders had been in campaign mode for weeks, but dropping the writ this far ahead means spending limits will be in force for much longer than the typical 36 days. That will give a financial advantage to Harper and the Conservatives, according to SFU political scientist Patrick Smith. “They certainly have the largest war chest,” Smith said. “Money matters in politics.” He predicts the Tories will far outspend their rivals and might be in a position to blitz advertising channels late in the campaign when NDP and Liberal coffers may be nearly exhausted. A campaign more than twice the usual length means a spending limit twice as high – more than $50 million per party – that only the Tories have a realistic shot at fully exploiting. “They have more money than the other parties so they can withstand a longer race.” The early writ drop means third party advertising – such as union-funded antiTory attack ads by Engage Canada – will now be subject to a tight $200,000 spending limit, largely clamping down on their influence. That was a key motivation for starting the campaign now rather than waiting, Smith
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REAL ESTATE IN MAPLE RIDGE & PITT MEADOWS
Using lawn-mowing time elsewhere By Kevin Gillies
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ith lawn watering currently banned in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley, this summer is the perfect time to consider home maintenance projects that are not mowing the lawn. While we are currently embroiled in the heart of the busiest season for household fans, air conditioners and, other summeroriented household appliances, upkeep or maintenance — even hanging a clothesline — can save energy and money. Proper minimal maintenance of household fans, also have health benefits. With summer’s heat, it’s common to see numerous fans in area homes — be the fans built-in or portable. All types of household fans need occasional cleaning because dirt and dust accumulates on the air blades. Then, when the fan’s turned on, its air blades redistribute the dirt back around the room. This is not only unhealthy, but it clogs air filters in air conditioners and central air systems. Keeping up with a monthly cleaning, using proper tools, can make fan maintenance easy and fast. Cleaning ceiling and other portable fans with a damp rag can wipe away grime and dust that builds up on air blades. Using a ceiling fan duster can help with higher ceiling fans.
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Cleaning ceiling and other portable fans with a damp rag can wipe away grime and dust that builds up on air blades.
“It’s never a bad time to remove AC filters for cleaning.” Be careful not to use ammonia or bleachbased cleaners (any heavy cleaner, actually) as they can damage the finish of a fan’s blades and damage its appearance as well. Checking the AC couldn’t hurt at this time either. It’s never a bad time to remove AC filters for cleaning. But if you have central air-conditioning, and haven’t already done so this season, considering a professional servicing for you system can find energy efficiencies as well as developing
problems. Experts say maintaining your home’s central air conditioning system can be similar to maintaining your car. As is often the case with a car, sometimes you don’t understand how poorly your system works until it breaks down at the worst possible time, or until you get it tuned up. Experts recommend homeowners schedule a routine maintenance appointment with a local company to keep your system performing at its peak level. Plus, proper maintenance of your AC unit helps you save money on your monthly energy bill by reducing its energy needs. And installing a backyard clothesline to dry
laundry in the summer’s sun helps reduce dryer use, which reduces household heat while also you saving you energy-bill money. And the smell of air-dried sheets can’t be beat, right? How about cleaning that suddenly overused barbecue or grill to lengthen its life? Charcoal grills need to have ash removed and have residue wiped out. Cleaning it inside and out with hot soapy water and a sponge removes most of the residue. Don’t use the grill until it’s completely dry. A gas grill, can be cleaned by turning up the heat to high and leaving the grill cooking for 30 minutes with its lid closed. After the grill cools, brush it and its drip pans
off with a grill brush and wipe down with a damp sponge and a gentle cleanser. Other summer maintenance project that can easily replace that lawn-mowing time can include: gutter cleaning, window washing, deck analysis and repair, garden work (add some mulch), and checking detector batteries and operation. With all that a homeowner can accomplish with decreased lawn-mowing time, it might be worth considering a low-maintenance lawn alternative like rock gardens for the future. But that’s another day. Kevin Gillies is a freelance writer for Black Press.
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There was a Shamrocks player laying on a table in the hallway getting stitches in the top of his head, a Burrards player had left in an ambulance, and there was blood splattered all over the floor after Game 2 of the Victoria-Maple Ridge bestof-seven playoff series on Wednesday night. Victoria took a 2-0 lead in the series with a 12-5 win. The rowdy and often cheap game was like one from the wooden stick era of the Western Lacrosse Association. “It’s good old-time lacrosse out there. We’ve got guys getting stitches, they’ve got guys getting stitched up,” said Shamrocks coach Bob Heyes. Both he and Burrards coach Chris Gill accused the other team of not “playing lacrosse,” and reducing the competition to where the game ended in a bloody line brawl, with three fights underway at once. “It’s very similar to our series last year against Maple Ridge,” said Heyes. “They’re a team that plays a very gritty, very in-your-face game.” Last year the two teams met in the league championship, and the Shamrocks advanced to the Mann Cup final. “We want to play lacrosse. We have a team that can play any style that’s out there, but we’re here to play lacrosse. We did it last year. We beat them in the finals,” said Heyes. “Same thing this year is, we’re going to play lacrosse. If they’re going
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After a hard fought and often cheap game, the final whistle led to this line brawl between the Victoria Shamrocks and the Maple Ridge Burrards on Wednesday night at Planet Ice. The best-of-seven series returns to Maple Ridge on Sunday at 5 p.m. to challenge us, we’ll deal with it.” Gill said his team is getting frustrated by offensive players receiving cheap shots. His players are getting hacked in the legs, and on at least four occasions in a much, much worse place. “Two games in a row we’ve talked about discipline, we’ve played disciplined lacrosse, we say, ‘take the hit, suck it up, it’s a long series,’” said Gill. “At some point, if our players are getting hacked on the shins, we’ve got to protect ourselves.” The Burrards players and bench staff were incensed that a Sham-
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rock player slammed Creighton Reid’s head into the boards, cutting him badly. There was blood spilled on the floor across almost the entire length of the Burrards bench. “Their player grabbed our player, had his helmet off, and ran his head into the boards,” said Gill. He called on the officials to call the cheap shots, and to protect elite players from the NLL who take part in the summer league. “Unless we can be protected, the boys are going to take it into their own hands,” said Gill. “They’re going to have no players playing in the WLA – no quality players, no
superstars, unless they’re protected.” The Burrards trailed just 5-4 at the midpoint of the game, and then Victoria went off for six unanswered goals. Three Shamrocks had five points: Daryl Veltman, Jesse King and Corey Small. Small was the game’s first star with four goals. Ben McIntosh had two goals and an assist for the Burrards, while Riley Loewen, Connor Goodwin and Zack Porter also scored. There were seven game misconduct penalties to the Shamrocks and five to the Burrards, and the
league had not announced any suspensions as of Thursday morning. Gill said there is no quit in the Burrards. “We’re in the series,” said the coach. “It’s a long series. We knew we weren’t going to beat them in four.” The series shifts back to Victoria on Saturday. “We’ll have 3,000 there for Saturday night, so it’ll be a fun show. I don’t know if either team will have a full lineup though,” said Heyes. • The next game at Planet Ice will be game four on Sunday at 5 p.m. The sixth game, if necessary, would
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Walking is still relevant Y ou’ve no doubt been hearing more over the past few years about the benefits of high intensity exercise. The research is consistently showing shorter but higher intensity bouts of exercise will get you in shape quicker, positively affect health-risk factors and will help you lose weight to a greater extent than medium intensity, long duration exercise like walking. Does this mean that walking or other medium intensity exercise has no value? It turns out that walking can produce many health outcomes, including reducing the risk for hypertension and heart disease, improvement in insulin and glucose metabolism, weight loss and bone and joint health. Many people who either haven’t exercised in a long time, who are out of shape, or have some musculoskeletal problem can’t necessarily do, or won’t enjoy, higher intensity exercise. For these people, walking is a simple activity that requires no special skill or training, and is a low cost activity requiring only a good pair of shoes and, in this region, an umbrella. Research has found that moderate joint loading such as the type found with activities like walking will improve lubrication and the
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Kayak racer Alex Brent will carry the flag for Team B.C. when the 2015 Western Canada Summer Games open in Wood Buffalo, Alberta today. “It’s unbelievable to imagine myself being the flag bearer for Team B.C.,” said Brent, who trains with the Ridge Canoe and Kayak Club. “I understand the amount of hard work and time that is required to reach this level of competition and it’s a great honour to be selected from a group of such high caliber athletes.” Brent is a 2012 B.C. Summer Games and 2013 Canada Summer Games alumnus. He has had a
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A Celebration of Life will be held September 5, 2015 at Ridge Meadows Senior Society, 12150 224th St., Maple Ridge at 12:30 pm. In lieu of flowers, her family welcomes donations made in honour of Janet to the BC SPCA in Maple Ridge.
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FIXIT PLUMBING & HEATING H/W Tanks, Reno’s, Boilers, Furn’s. Drain Cleaning. Ins. 604-380-2932
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SALES
The Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News, one of Canada’s leading and award winning community newspapers has an opening for a Junior Advertising Consultant.
TREE SERVICES
D Free Estimates D Insured Licensed D References Residential D Pressure Washing
Fencing
GUTTER & ROOF Cleaning/Power Washing since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Simon, 604-230-0627
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Pay-Less Pro Painting
Lawn Care
LANDSCAPING
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
Summer EXT/INT SPECIAL LOOK for our YARD SIGNS
Flower Beds W Allan Blocks Bark Mulch W River Lava Rock
283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS
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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
Gardening
Call Mike 604 - 306 - 4468
meadowslandscapesupply.com
LANDSCAPING
Top Line Projects Ltd. Established 1994
Meadows Landscape Supply Ltd.
No Commitment ~ No Contract 1 Time or Bi-Weekly!
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
• • •
TOPSOIL
SCREENED TOPSOIL MUSHROOM MANURE BARK MULCH 604-467-3003
www.jonesbroscartageltd.com
4 Purebred blue males. 1st shots, tails / d c removed. ULTIMATE FAMILY GUARDIAN Pet homes. $1250. 604-308-5665
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
STAFFORDSHIRE PUPS, healthy, de-wormed, 1st shots, ready now. $1300. staffypuppies@hotmail.com TOY MINIATURE. CKC Reg`d male 8 wk old, black, vet checked, all shots. $1500. Call 778-998-1967.
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RENTALS 749
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GARAGE SALES
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GARAGE SALES
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GARAGE SALES
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STORAGE
Pitt Meadows Marina
GARAGE SALES
14179 Reichenback Rd
INTERIOR DESIGNER INVENTORY SALE FROM SHOW HOMES : Furniture, Accessories, Art, Rugs, Silk Trees, Floral, Fabric, Rods, Blinds, Everything must go!! Storage Warehouse Too Full! Corner lot of 1392 Kingston and Princeton off Coast Meridian in Coquitlam( North of David Right on Princeton) Aug 7/ 8 11-3 Call Tracey 604 323 4888 for directions DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!!
MAPLE RIDGE
Designer Garage Sale Everything Must Go Sat, Aug 8th, 8am-2pm
11890 West Street
Furniture, wedding supplies, tools, toys, household items & much more!
MAPLE RIDGE
GARAGE SALE
SHIRLEY’S MOVING SALE
Saturday & Sunday Aug. 8 & 9, 9-4pm
August 8th & 9th, 9am-4pm
23121 - 128th Ave.
12151 Greenwell St.
China cabinets, Dining room & Kitchen table, bdrm suites, lots of misc. items. MAPLE RIDGE
MULTI FAMILY SALE Saturday & Sunday, August 8 & 9, 9am-2pm
Saturday & Sunday
Halloween, Christmas, records, Lego, classic cars & wall stand, entertainment set AND LOTS MORE
CLOSING OUT SALE
New Italian clothes under $19 A lot of household ~ $1 to $15
Friday, Saturday 11am-6pm. Sunday 12:30pm-6pm.
#10-12350 Harris Road
706
APARTMENT/CONDO
Derek Manor
2048 Manning Ave. Port Coquitlam
RENTALS 709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL
Impeccably Clean!
New SRI *1296 s/f Double wides fr $85,488. *New SRI 14’ wides fr $69,988. Repossessed mobile homes from $1900. www.glenbrookhomes.net
736
HOMES FOR RENT
CENTRAL MAPLE RIDGE- Small 2 bdrm home-Refs & Credit check $1300/m. Peter 604-240-7588
The Classifieds: Small Ads, Big Deals! phone 604-575-5555
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 548
VACANT MANUFACTURED HOME PADS AVAILABLE
2000 VW PASSAT for parts, runs, needs transmission, $1,000. obo. Call 604-302-3281.
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#1 Cash Buyer ~ Since 1987 ~
706
$$CASH $$ for your furniture, tools, electronics, antiques, appliances, computers & collectibles.
ANYTHING OF VALUE
Single Items to Entire Households 604-463-4449 604-209-6583
APARTMENT/CONDO 2 Bedroom Apartments BRIGHT & LARGE Central Coquitlam Co-op
No subsidy Cls to transit, schools & shops Dasl ~ 604 945 5864 dasl@terramanagement.ca
GARIBALDI Court (604) 463-9522 Central Maple Ridge
REAL ESTATE 633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS
Sorry No Pets
1989 14x70 in Ruskin MHP w/View Fam./Pet ok. $39,900 w/$575pad Chuck 604-830-1960
OFFICE/RETAIL
POCO. Lrg., bright, clean, secure, 1 BDRM Condo on 3rd floor. 6 appliances (incl. w/d & f/p), u/g parking, nr all amenities. $800/mo. Ref’required. Sept 1st or 15th http://bccondos.net/2615-jane 250878-0889
741
OFFICE/RETAIL
The Scrapper
1 & 2 bdrm. Avail Aug 15 $810/mo. No Pets
Ref’s & Credit check req’d
MAPLE RIDGE
Beach Campgrounds.
Location: Golden Ears Provincial Park Coordinates: 49°18'43.20"N, 122°28'9.20"W Site is unsurveyed Crown Land - Not Within ALR The facility will include locked equipment cabinets within a fenced compound that will be secure from public access via lock and key located on a 20m x 20m permit area. All necessary Transport Canada and NAV Canada approvals will be obtained by Rogers Communications Inc and provided upon request to any members of the community. With respect to this matter, the public is invited to provide written comments, including a return address, by August 28, 2015 to the contact information shown below:
CAVALIER LAND LTD ATTN: Michael Cameron 400 - 440 2nd Avenue SW Calgary, AB T2P 5E9 e-mail: comments@cavalierland.ca If you have any questions regarding the policy and installation of telecommunications facilities please contact:
Industry Canada - Spectrum Management and Telecommunications Lower Mainland Office 13401 - 108 Avenue, Suite 1700 Surrey BC V3T 5V6 e-mail: vancouver.district@ic.gc.ca ROGERS 65.0 SELF SUPPORT TOWER
21617 128 Ave. 3 Bdrm + den on farm 1 & 2 Bdrms available $840/mo & $940/mo
Great Location
Queen Anne Apts.
* Renovated Suites * *Large *Clean *Very Quiet Includes: Heat, Hot Water
and Hydro
Near Shopping & Amenities. SENIOR’S DISCOUNT
604-463-2236 604-463-7450
with F/S, W/D & D/W.
Avail Now. $1500 + utils.
Call: 604-722-5609 741
Polo Club Apartments 19071 Ford Rd. Pitt Meadows Clean, Quiet Well Managed Bldg. 3 Blocks to W.C. Express W 1 & 2 Bdrm Suites W 3 Appliances W Secured Garage Parking W Adult Oriented W Ref’s Req’d & Absolutely No Pets
604.465.7221
741
OFFICE/RETAIL
OFFICE TWO INDIVIDUAL SPACE OFFICES FOR • 10’ X 8.5’ available RENT • Includes heat, A/C & window All offices on second floor, downtown Maple Ridge location, new and clean with one shared washroom on the floor. One year minimum lease subject to credit and criminal check.
Contact Jim at 604-476-2720
OFFICE/RETAIL
Maple Ridge Office & Retail Space
• Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal
FREE TOWING 7 days/wk. We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022
Unbelievable Rates, Starting at $495/month. Various sizes 320sf. - 2000sf. Various downtown locations. Updated and well maintained.
Rick Medhurst Royal LePage Realty
604-463-3000
12186-224 St, Maple Ridge Certified Crime Free Buildings
1 & 2 Bdrm units available. Great location for seniors! Clean, quiet & affordable! Incls heat, h/w, cable. Senior Move-In Allowance. Refs & Credit check req. CRIME FREE BUILDING
741
Good Apartment Sizes Heat SH/W S Parking
MAPLE RIDGE
RENTALS
SCRAP CAR REMOVAL #1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200
Any Age - Abbotsford, Ruskin 55+ Abby, Ruskin, Mission, Hope Chuck 604-830-1960
FURNITURE
TOWNHOUSES
821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS
MANUFACTURED HOMES. MOBILE HOMES. MODULAR HOMES.
PB Cane Corso’s. Very Loving & Sweet raised by family as family. Ready to Go $1200. 604-802-8480
SUITES, LOWER
TRANSPORTATION
604-941-5452; 604-944-7889
NEW & USED Call Chuck at 604-830-1960 ~ your local SRI dealer ~
Provincial Park, including the Alouette, Gold Creek and North
PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1108/mo - $1211/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
MISSION: 1400 sf loft 2.5 bdrm 1500 sf shop. Newly reno’d, rustic style on 2.5 acres. Lots of prkg, lots of power. 8 mins downtown Mission. Chad 1-877-861-2423
This proposed site will provide enhanced wireless voice, data
604.465.7713
752 RENTALS
SUBJECT: ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC FILE # W3603 65m telecommunications tower. and emergency services to the Alouette Lake area of Golden Ears
MAPLE RIDGE 1 Bdrm +den, new bath/carpet, 1400 sq.ft., W/D. N/P, N/S. $950 incl util/cbl 604-505-8181 MAPLE RIDGE. 1 bdrm suite. Avail now. $600/mo incl utils & cable. Call 604-467-8052, 604-347-7935
Tools, electronics, toys, girls clothes, gardening, hsehold, etc.
Proposed Rogers Communications Inc 65m Telecommunication Tower
Onsite Manager
750
12398 221st St.
633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS
Launch Ramp with 3 lines and ample parking for tracks and trailers
last unit in the bldg facing the west Coast express train station
PITT MEADOWS: 19332-121B Ave. Sat. August 8, 9 - 3pm, BBQ tent, Misc household items, etc.
REAL ESTATE
PETS
Moorage Rental Year or Semi-annual Outdoor Storage Available Starting At $30/month for Boats, RV’s, Cars, Trucks & Trailers
Pitt Meadows
(corner of 124th & 221st)
PETS 477
MAPLE RIDGE
PUBLIC NOTICE
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ROOMS FOR RENT
$75 OFF 1ST MONTH
Rooms from $445/mo. Fully Furn, weekly maid service, cable TV, private bath, on bus route, 5/min walk to commuter rail.
Haney Motor Hotel 22222 Lougheed Hwy., Maple Ridge Inquire in person between 9am - 3pm or
Call 604-467-3944
NOTICE is hereby given that on August 15th, 2015 at 11:00am 113B St., Maple Ridge, BC and 11:30am at 11985 203rd St., Maple Ridge, BC, the undersigned; Advanced Storage Centres will sell at Public Auction, by competitive bidding, the personal property heretofore stored with the undersigned. 6057 Shannon Faulkner 5072 Travis Hiles 3015 Lara Laine 5025 Jeremy Knibbs J024 Angela Rowe K031 Kyle Marley
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