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Co-op fire started in pickup truck Donations organized for eight households By Neil Corbett ncorbett@mapleridgenews.com

The long weekend fire that damaged eight households at a Pitt Meadows co-op originated with a pickup parked in a carport. Fire investigators, with the RCMP, were still examining the truck to try and determine what caused the ignition on Thursday, said Pitt Meadows assistant fire chief Brad Perrie. Vehicle fires are not uncommon, and can be caused by fuel leaks or electrical system faults, said Perrie. But, he added, the fire will be considered suspicious in origin, possibly deliberately set, until the cause is determined. See Fire, 3

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A young man cleans up debris at the Harris Road co-op in Pitt Meadows on Wednesday after a major fire there last weekend.

‘Used needles not a risk’ City wants information on collection programs By Phil M elnyc h u k pmelnychuk@mapleridgenews.com

Mothers and fathers who encounter used needles around Maple Ridge parks and schools and the city workers and volunteers who pick them up got a bit of reassurance Tuesday. “The actual risk of a needle found outside is about the same

as a rusty nail or a piece of glass,” medical health officer Dr. Marcus Lem told council. Blood-borne diseases such as hepatitis C or HIV don’t survive outside the human body, and to catch a disease would require an actual injection of blood. “When they’re outside the body, they don’t actually survive very well.” The risk of transmission of those diseases from a discarded needle outside is minimal, he added. It’s never happened for HIV and only

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once with Hep C, working out to about a 1 in 100 million chance of contracting the latter. “There’s never been one transmission that is related to a discarded needle outside a health-care setting. It’s theoretically possible, but it’s never actually happened.” Drug users, though, can spread disease when they share needles on the same occasion. Lem, though, shares concerns about the numbers of needles found around Maple Ridge and wants to work with the city.

He, along with Fraser Health harm reduction coordinator Erin Gibson, explained the ideas behind harm reduction and providing clean needles to drug users. But Mayor Nicole Read wanted more than generalities. While she understands the risk, finding needles in parks and on school grounds is still stressful for people, she added. How many needles are given out and how many come back, she asked.

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SPOTLIGHT ON: 128 Avenue Road Closure INFORMED: September 2015 ALERT: Major Road Closure From September 14 to 26 Council Meeting Schedule For a number of weeks commuters who use 128 Avenue have seen the progress being made to expand the section of roadway from 210 Street to 216 Street to a four lane configuration.

Starting on Monday, September 14 this section of road will be closed completely for two weeks until September 26. To be clear, you will not be able to access 128 Avenue from 216 Street or Laity Street. Eastbound traffic will be diverted south at 203 Street and westbound traffic will be diverted at 132 Avenue and 224 Street. Dewdney Trunk Road and Lougheed

Highway are the detour routes for the two-week closure. The project has reached a critical stage where watercourses that cross the road at the 216 Street intersection and a second watercourse just west of Laity Street will be relocated. It is essential that this work be done before the end of the month as these waterways are part of a fisheries network, and all of the work impacting watercourses needs to be completed to minimize the impact on returning salmon. In addition to the watercourses, which cut across the roadway, this work will also involve the relocation of water, sewer, storm sewers, gas lines and telecommunications lines. In order to do this work with the greatest speed and efficiency, the closure is required. We recognize that this will have an impact on many citizens who use this route to commute to and from work. Please share this information with your friends and neighbours, including people who may be coming into the community for some late season camping at Alouette Lake. Thank you for your patience while this work is done. We will keep you up to date on the project via our City Facebook Page and on our website at mapleridge.ca/406.

INFORMED: Are You Prepared For A Disaster? Power Outage has People Scrambling for Supplies When a major disaster strikes first responders are going to be overwhelmed with calls for service. That’s what happened during the wind storm a couple of weeks ago. The power went out, and for some people it didn’t come back on for over two days. This was a wakeup call for all of us to take the time to learn what we all need to do to be prepared for a disaster, whether it’s a long power outage or an earthquake. Patrick Cullen, Emergency Program Coordinator for the City of Maple Ridge, will walk you through the steps to create an Emergency Plan for your family. From critical communications if your family is separated, to making a ‘grab and go’ backpack and an emergency kit for your home, Patrick will help you learn

the skills you need to be selfsufficient and safe for at least 72 hours following a disaster. The session will run on Sunday, September 20 both at Noon and 2:00 pm. We are also inviting companies that sell emergency supplies to be part of the September 20 event to display your products. Seating is limited to approximately 100 people per session, so please call 604-467-7301 and leave a message or email emergencyprogram@mapleridge.ca with your name and the number of people attending. Learn the techniques to keep your family safe in an emergency! When the lights go out it’s too late. For more information on emergency preparedness go to the City website at mapleridge.ca/459.

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conjunction with the Haney Farmer’s Market in Memorial Peace Park. There will be formal presentations at 10:00 am at the Bandstand as we recognize the contributions of individuals who have long service to our community. This celebration of our valuable community volunteers is an opportunity to highlight the remarkable achievements of our citizens and to personally thank individuals for their generous gifts of time and skills. Everyone is welcome to attend to meet our local volunteers and to learn how to get involved in community initiatives. Local community groups will be on site to provide information about their exciting volunteer opportunities, as well speakers will provide testimonial about why volunteering matters to them. For additional information and a schedule of Volunteering Matters event activities, visit mrpmparksandleisure.ca. For further questions, please contact the Festival and Volunteer Office at 604-467-7325.

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Parents angry about needles at schools Drug paraphernalia found at Eric Langton

is a top priority for us. At all schools in our school district, school administrators do an inspection of school grounds as a part of their routine when schools are in session. Schools in areas where the required cleanup effort is more significant, including Eric Langton, receive additional support from school district grounds crews, who do a thorough sweep of these grounds on a regular basis,” said spokesperson Irena Pochop. She added that last week’s storm cleanup had crews busier than usual. Their regular cleanup resumed this past week. She added that the homeless camp at MRSS was just one person, and he had moved on. Pochop also said the problem is not unique to Eric Langton.

“We have a few schools where the clean up effort tends to be more significant, and these schools get additional support from the schools district grounds grew,” she said. The district office parking lot, at 22225 Brown Avenue, is one of the buildings where there staff are “constantly” finding discarded needles, used condoms and other drug paraphernalia, she said. The city has recognized the problem, and the city website has an Inappropriate Discards of Sharps Map. It shows 18 reported locations in 2015, most in the downtown core, with numbers ranging between one and 39 needles. When Fraser Health or other agencies offer free clean needles to drug addicts as a harm reduction measure,

they have an obligation to consider what happens to those needles after they are used, asserts Rose. “What about the other end?” There is not even information provided to the public as to where they can dispose of the discarded needles. “It would be easier to swallow if we had education, and clear lines of communication.” After speaking to the police and bylaws about her so called “bucket of filth,” she was advised to drop it off at a pharmacy for safe disposal. At the very least, she says volunteers should be trained to safely clean up what drug users leave behind. Erin Gibson, the regional harm reduction coordinator with Fraser Health, said harm reduction is a provincial program headed by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, and there are three local providers of sterile needles – Alouette Addictions Services, the local Public Health Unit and the Purpose Society. The latter is mobile, and does pick up needles when they are spotted. She said the majority of people who use the needles actually do dispose of them safely. “Most people do the right thing.” What’s more, she said drug users will do sweeps in their communities to pick up needles discarded by other addicts on a regular basis. They are trained in safe handling. She would be receptive to training Maple Ridge volunteers who want to get involved in safely disposing of needles, or “any option that increases the capacity of the community to deal with the problem.” She said drug addicts are among the most vulnerable people in the community, and the stigma attached to drug use sometimes stops them from seeking out needed health care. If they recover from addiction, they are often left with permanent health problems. “Harm reduction sends a really clear message that people’s lives matter,” she said.

three years. “We can’t take much, because the room in the hotel is already packed,” he said. They are staying at the Ramada Inn, while looking for a new place to live. Most of the burned-out residents are staying with family, but Kudelya’s family is in the Ukraine. A neighbour across the street at the co-op allowed them to stay in their home until emergency social services set them up in the hotel. They are one of two families with children who lived at the burned townhouses.

“The biggest concern for me is to find another place,” he said. Ultimately, he would like to return to Harris Road Housing Co-op. “It’s a nice place for kids. It’s a pretty good townhouse,” he said. A structural engineer was going to evaluate the damaged units on Thursday. “I presume they will rebuilt it,” said Ellen Gillam, co-op president. Ultimately, she said all of the residents would be offered housing in rebuilt units. A Facebook page “Pitt Meadows co-

op fire 2015,” has been set up for those who would like to help. Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services will continue to collect financial donations and those of new clothing. They can be reached at http://www.comservice.bc.ca/donations/make-one-time-gift. Other donations go to the Salvation Army Thrift Store in Port Coquitlam (2275 Elgin Ave.) Organizers are looking for volunteers with vehicles large enough to transport furniture, and drivers willing to collect and deliver donations.

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local mother and health care worker is appalled at the uncapped needles and other drug paraphernalia she found at a downtown elementary school on the eve of the new school year. Danielle Rose was taking her older child to Grade 8 Day at Maple Ridge secondary for orientation in late August, when she noticed a small homeless camp under the bleachers at the school track. That got her thinking about what the city’s street population might have left at her daughter’s new downtown school, Eric Langton. She knew it could be bad. Back in June, her son was cutting through a vacant lot at Dewdney Trunk Road and 228th Street, and saw discarded needles scattered everywhere. Concerned, he told his mom about it. She went and cleaned up more than 50 used needles. At least seven still contained what looked like blood and drugs, she said. So on Sept. 3, at about 9:30 a.m., she and a friend, Matt Bosco, went to Eric Langton to pick up what they could, armed with garbage grabbers and sharps containers. And it was bad. “We stopped counting drug baggies when we hit 30. We stopped counting heroin foils when there were more then 15,” she said. Her seven-year-old daughter saw drug packets with a design on them and said, “’Look, someone left a bunch of stickers.’” That was a teachable moment for Rose. There were blood-soaked alcohol wipes, condoms and both capped and uncapped needles. They were all found on both playgrounds at the school, and on a walk around the building’s perimeter. She didn’t check

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Capped and uncapped needles were found at Eric Langton elementary on Sept. 3, along with more than 30 empty drug baggies and blood-covered alcohol wipes, half a dozen mini water bottles, 15 drug foils, a broken glass pipe, a condom and toothbrush. the school field area. They were within easy reach of kids, right where they are playing. “In a hospital environment, you don’t handle those things without gloves,” said Rose. “It was overwhelming. Our reaction was shock and disbelief. It’s really disheartening.” She posted her experience and photos of the drug paraphernalia on the Facebook page Maple Ridge Taxpayers Against Tent City, and got a strong reaction. The school district was aware of the situation, having seen the online posts, and district staff assured the public that it is also concerned about drug paraphernalia at schools. “Ensuring our school grounds are clean and safe for students and staff

No shortage of help Fire from front

The fire Sunday night spread rapidly, and by the time Pitt Meadows firefighters arrived, at least three units were already burning at the Harris Road Housing Co-op, at 119B Avenue. “We were on the scene very quickly, but there were already three or four units involved,” said Perrie. “It was a fast-moving fire.”

Five townhouse units were destroyed, and three more damaged. Seventeen people have been displaced. Everyone got out safely, but one person was taken to hospital with minor injuries. On Wednesday, Andriy Kudelya was able to get out some of the clothes and other possessions from a damaged unit where he has lived with his wife and two young boys for the past

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“We have actually found needles with blood in them,” Read added. “We’re finding a significant amount of needles in our community. So it would be helpful for us to understand how you pick them up.” Gibson didn’t have the number of needles collected in Maple Ridge, but added it would be misleading because drug needles come into the city in many ways, from steroid users, from veterinary use, pharmacies, as well as the harm-reduction programs delivered by Alouette Addictions Services and The Purpose Society. “The important number is the inappropriate discards.” People also want to know why there is no one-for-one needle exchange, Read said. Determining the numbers of needles collected

would be laborious and would require breaking open the sharps boxes and counting the needles and separating those used for illicit drugs, from diabetic needles, from needles that come from pharmacies and those used to inject steroids, from those given out by harm reduction agencies. But Lam knows the number of needles given out has increased in recent years. “But we still want to be distributing more because we know that distributing more to people who need clean supplies will decrease transmission of disease. “But we just have to make sure we recognize the fears and concerns of the community,” and put in good measures for disposal. Read wants Fraser Health to collect the needles so that residents and city workers don’t have to. There’s no money for

cities to pay for needle collection, Lem said. But, he added later, Fraser Health can work with the city to identify locations where needles are found, install sharps boxes and work with the agencies such as Alouette Addictions Services or The Purpose Society so they can pickup discarded needles. If manpower is an issue, Fraser Health can work to improve that, he said. That procedure is already followed in other cities. If someone finds a needle, they call Fraser Health, which will contact the agency distributing the needles. “That’s what we’ve said we can already do. “Sometimes we have to formalize our lines of communication. That’s what we have to do,” Lem said. The authority is also paying for a new program in which users col-

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FOOT CARE City sale could fill downtown hole FULL One new condo building a year By Phil M elnyc h u k pmelnychuk@mapleridgenews.com

The City of Maple Ridge has turned what was once an eyesore into what could be a defining feature of the downtown. Maple Ridge bought 14 lots along Selkirk Avenue, between 226th and 227th streets in 2010 in an attempt to clean up the area, which had several ramshackle homes. After people were evicted, the derelict homes were destroyed, the land cleared and the property put on the market, with the hope that someone would create a showcase development, as envisioned in the town centre area plan. After issuing its second request for proposals last year, three proponents responded with detailed plans for council to consider. Council accepted the one by Falcon Homes for $7 million.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obvious appreciation for the work already done on the site.â&#x20AC;? Darrell Denton, asst. city property and risk manager

Falcon Homes had already built two, fourstorey condo buildings along 226th Street, next to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s property. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obvious appreciation for the work already done on the site,â&#x20AC;?

city assistant property and risk manager Darrell Denton said. Fred Formosa, with Falcon Homes, said five new buildings will be constructed on the property at the rate of about one per year. A fourstorey building will be built along 227th Street, while five and six-storey, wood-frame buildings will be constructed closer to the middle of the property. Public space in the centre of it will allow people to walk through, and there will be space allowed for public art. The intent is to use brick and stone to enhance the European ambience by mixing commercial on ground floor with residential above. Formosa said the development is the largest single project his company has done. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re excited to get going.â&#x20AC;? The company is proceeding without the downtown incentive grants offered to condo developers in the past few years, and despite the homeless issue in Maple Ridge. The latter wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as much of an issue last year, Formosa added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But since then, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a very big thing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And projects weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve built are suffering for it.â&#x20AC;? Marketing of Falcon Homes new condo building beside the Billy Miner Pub on River Road, just down the hill from the Cliff Avenue homeless camp, has been affected, he said. Rezoning of the Selkirk Ave. property land to allow the building is still required. That could be about a year-long process with construction of the first building starting a year from now.

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Pick them up A doctor from Fraser Health told Maple Ridge council this week that used syringes found in local parks and near schools are no more dangerous than a rusty nail. No worries then, because a rusty nail isn’t dangerous? Lucky we get tetanus shots. And it’s not like citizens are going around town, collecting rusty nails by the bucket, anyway. No, they’re picking up dozens, if not hundreds of discarded, used syringes, some still filled with fluids, including what appears to be blood. Maple Ridge has a drug problem, as evidenced by recent overdoses, arrests and warnings. Recently, an employee for the Purpose Society who handed out needles to drug users quit because the job became too demanding. Other agencies, such as Alouette Addictions, also dispense syringes as part of a harm reduction strategy. And the number of them being issued is increasing. That is good, we’re told. However, used syringes are frequently being found in parks and around schools, especially in the heart of Maple Ridge. Some caring, concerned citizens have taken up regular patrols of those areas and are picking up and properly disposing of the needles themselves. City staff usually do so, but council wants Fraser Health to take on that responsibility and asked about a needle exchange. Fraser Health, however, said one-for-one exchanges are an impediment to accessing clean supplies. Fraser Health does have a program which encourages drug users to bring in used syringes, and will provide volunteers with needle collection boxes. But that’s not good enough. No one is questioning the validity or success of the harm reduction strategy, nor the medical facts that discarded, used syringes pose little risk of passing on diseases. But the latter is still a sharp object, and en masse a blight on this community. Maple Ridge rightly wants them off the streets. Fraser Health must recognize that this is an issue of responsibility. Our city is being treated like a garbage dump. You can’t hand out needles by the thousands, to those who are most vulnerable in our society, and expect them to just disappear. Fraser Health needs to get to work and pick them up. – The News

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fter undergrad and backpacking around the world, I happened upon a book by an Edmonton bookseller turned Canadian Encyclopedia publisher turned fiercely patriotic author. He and a Winnipeg Open mic area millionaire were founding a federal “Na- Mike Shields tional Party of Canada” and invited concerned citizens to help build a grassroots movement. My volunteering to organize public current affairs discussions in the Maple Ridge library thus led to running as a 26-year-old candidate in the 1993 federal election. That campaign had Canada’s first female Prime Minister advise elections were not the time to discuss issues, the Reform Party promise to end backroom Conservative corruption, and the Liberals win on a platform including ditching the GST. My ambition was that promising to turn down the gold-plated MP pension (vetted after a mere six years service) would enable a “local boy makes good” to win a widely split vote. Yet all that $25,000 from friends and family, another $50,000 in non-corporate donations, plus the local newspaper editorializing, I was “impress[ive] ... articulate and intelligent and passionate in his beliefs and in his feelings about the country,” was a smidge below five

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per cent of the vote. The lonely task of collecting campaign signs preceded an effort to bolster electability through a master’s degree from arguably the world’s leading university for economics and political science. Interestingly, my fellow student and girlfriend at the time was a refugee from Sarajevo who has since become the senior advisor to Britain’s foreign secretary, a baroness in the House of Lords, plus a close personal friend of Angelina Jolie in spearheading a United Nations initiative to prevent abuse of women in war-torn regions. I contrastingly pursued a career in finance, which was never quite available to a lower middle class West Coaster, as well as yielded negative repercussions for future political aspirations. Nonetheless, a newspaper article advising the local Liberal Party couldn’t find a candidate for 2004’s imminent Federal election (plus my self-evaluation of being politically middle of the road) prompted discussions with that local riding association. I was eagerly accepted as its candidate and planning on this basis continued for the next four months – until out of the blue I received a call from a “senior Liberal Party executive from Abbotsford”. He advised that his Harrison Lake resident protégé had lost a nomination battle in that riding, “so now she is going to be the Liberal Party candidate for your area”. Unappreciative of being dictated to, my reply was that it would be up to local voters and set about both mailing my background

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and phoning to discuss positions with every Liberal Party member from Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. Nomination proceedings at Thomas Haney secondary began with 15-minute speeches, during which my competitor said nothing except, ‘Let’s just get this over with.’ There was no way I would not win, so it seemed. Until about an hour later, when multi-seat vans began arriving, after which the tally turned out 75 per cent to 25, not in my favor,. The riding president was later quoted as saying I didn’t do the necessary work to sign up new party members. I had zero other involvement with any party until this spring, when I reached out to all four major party headquarters, as well as their local riding associations. To all of them I expressed an interest in volunteering on whatever teams they have working on policy platforms. I received: no reply whatsoever from the Liberal Party; a suggestion from the local Conservatives that I could instead start door knocking for Randy Kamp right away; an invitation from the regional Green Party to a seminar about raising $25,000 for them within three months; and, as of Wednesday morning, 238 e-mails (in just 204 days) from various NDP entities all requesting a donation today of “just $5 or more.” Such is democracy. Mike Shields grew up locally and hosts SFU’s Philosopher’s Café Sessions at The ACT, 7 p.m. every fourth Thursday of every month.

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THE NEWS/letters The thanks good citizens get Editor, The News: Viewed with interest your story in today’s paper about the guy having a problem with Pitt Meadows council about downed trees and so on in our city. There are many stories in the anal city – this was just one of them. Here’s another. Hammond was a disaster between Wildwood Crescent and Bonson Road on that crazy day, and traffic had to be diverted on to Wildwood Cres. and 116A Avenue to get around it. Then a tree on 116A Ave. went down right across the road, blocking this new detour, right at a blind dogleg. There might have been some serious accidents on that blind corner. My neighbour, doing the good citizen thing, went out (later joined by some other citizens), and began cutting the tree branches out of the street to clear it and piling the cut branches onto his lawn. He wondered later if the city might help him clear his front yard - maybe chip ’em, and haul them away. But, now the city in its wisdom, says he’s on his own. Not fair. He should have left it there to block the busses. I’m afraid that next time, good citizens will just stay home. Greg Wilmot Pitt Meadows

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Living a public life on streets Editor, The News: I am a relatively new resident of Maple Ridge, having moved here in November 2014. I had little knowledge or experience this fine city before. I live in a bachelor suite in a 55-and-older building on 222nd Street, which apparently accounts for the 24/7 human rush hour of people in the neighbourhood. I was told by my building manager not to be out alone on the street after dark, as there have been four murders in the area in the past year and a half. Also, he advised me to leave nothing in my car, which is, of necessity, parked on the street, as his was broken into five times. Understandably, I was aghast to learn I’d just moved from Pitt Meadows to a ghetto, which I’ve affectionately named the uptown east side. I have personal reasons for being dismayed by the homeless/ mental health/addiction situation here. Twelve years ago, my life fell apart when my now ex-husband went through health issues.

We lost our business. He had a brain aneurysm, and I was left to raise two daughters on my own. Then, when my youngest daughter was 16, she tried heroin. She died from an accidental overdose in February of this year at 20 years old, after four years in and out of recovery. Every day I am reminded of her when I see skinny girls on street corners. It makes me sad. I can’t afford to move and this is where affordable housing has placed me. I don’t mean to whine. At least I have a home. When I read that $75,000 is being spent on a study of the social services offered in Maple Ridge, it reminded me that, on most jobs I’ve worked, management spends money and makes decisions without ever consulting the people that will be affected by them. What if part of that $75,000 was handed out in coffee cards to find out what the homeless people want or need? Maybe they just want a place to camp in peace in the summer and to be left alone. Maybe just a cup of coffee. Who knows?

I’ve learned that whoever has the money has the power. Do we care what they want, or do we decide what we’ll give them because we can? I don’t mean to trivialize a complex, tragic, overwhelming issue. I guess I’m just expressing some thoughts and throwing out something to think about because whatever we’re currently doing isn’t working. And while I don’t like my neighbourhood and a lot of the people in it, including the addicts in other apartment buildings who I suspect are responsible for the daily visits from emergency crews, I recognize that homeless people are people first. What if there was a program where homeless people helped care for homeless animals? Or got paid to clean the streets? I’ve noticed city workers aren’t keeping up with the job and I’m pretty sure they’re paid well. I’ve noticed the homeless recycling cans and bottles and they’re paid poorly. Part of the charm of living on the street is the lack of responsibility, which for some people

with mental health problems, can feel overwhelming. I know, I’ve been there, with a baby. Not for long, mind you, and thank goodness. Thirty years ago, the street wasn’t as much the filthy dung hole and the drugs didn’t make people as crazy as today. A couple of Christmases ago my older daughter and I went to a mission on Hastings Street and I didn’t want to listen to the sermon, so I walked the streets outside. Homeless people there are business people. Everybody’s selling something, be it contraband tobacco, drugs, secondhand goods. It’s a subculture where everyone has a place, a community where everybody knows each other. It’s public life, as opposed to private life. No matter where I’ve lived in the Lower Mainland, I’ve always had to work to establish the most casual relationships with my neighbours. Houses give people a place to hide. Jacquelyn Johnston Maple Ridge

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Pitt council split on hiring environmental officer Three members wanted to wait until budget discussions By Neil Corbett ncorbett@mapleridgenews.com

Pitt Meadows will hire a new full-time environmental stewardship officer as soon as the new year, despite arguments from three councillors that the new position should be considered as part of the annual budget. The issue was thoroughly debated on Tuesday at a council in committee meeting, with Coun. Bill Dingwall among those saying council is being inconsistent in setting its spending priorities. He noted that even the request for a $6,000 expenditure for youth justice was recently put off until the budget process. Council should “look at all of our pressures and priorities,” he said. “What we need to do, and what we can do.” Coun. Tracy Miyashita echoed that the new hire should be part of the 2016 budget planning process, during which council looks at all of the city’s needs and priorities. Coun. Janis Elkerton also said the new job should be considered “in the context of the needs of the entire organization.”

the budget, and cutting spending for economic development. The new hire will not impact the present budget. The job will carry a base salary of $70,000 per year, with another $17,000 in benefits. There will also be an ongoing cost of $8,000 per year for a city vehicle. Mayor John Becker said his concern for the environment decides the issue for him. “I’ll let my passion override my fiscal conservatism,” he said. “I have a difficult time imagining anything more important than the air we breath, the

water we drink and the land on which we live.” He said the city should take a leadership position on environmentalism, and pick up the slack left by the province’s lack of enforcement. Making it subject to budget considerations could delay the hire until the middle of 2016, he said. “I want to get this up and running.” CAO Kim Grout noted that the position would offer expertise not currently at city hall, and staff who currently try to do this type of work would be freed up to do other tasks. The officer’s responsibilities will be based on similar positions in other cities. Some councillors sug-

gested a part-time officer, but Grout responded that would impact the quality of candidate the city would be able to attract to the new job. The new position will promote environmental stewardship, dealing with issues such as illegal dumping, invasive species, the city’s greenhouse gas emissions, wildlife interactions, waste diversion and city energy use. Coun. Bruce Bell, who chaired the meeting, heard the debate and sided with the mayor and councillors David Murray and Mike Stark. “It’s about sawing the baby in half here,” he said, and noted that staff could still cancel the position “if this ends up being a mistake.”

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Quotations received after the closing date and time may or may not be considered. Facsimile submissions will not be considered. There will be no public opening for this Invitation to Quote (ITQ). No information will be disclosed from the time of bid opening to the time a contract is awarded. Once a contract has been awarded the successful Bidder’s name will be available upon request. All submissions become the property of the City of Maple Ridge and are subject to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Legislation. Procurement contact: Nathan Hearts – Buyer Tel: 604-476-3091; Fax: 604-466-4328; procurement@mapleridge.ca 11995 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 6A9 Tel: 604-463-5221 • Fax: 604-467-7329

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Liquor Primary Licence Application The City of Maple Ridge gives notice that it is seeking public opinion on the following proposed Liquor Primary Licence application. Applicant: Ridge Brewing Company Ltd. Establishment Location: #2 – 22826 Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge Proposed Total Occupant Capacity: 50 persons (25 persons on the main floor and 25 persons on the upper mezzanine) Hours of Operation: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 11:00 am 11:00 am 11:00 am 11:00 am 11:00 am 9:00 am 9:00 pm 9:00 pm 9:00 pm 1:00 am 1:00 am 1:00 am

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Persons who consider themselves affected by this application are requested to make written submissions in the form of a letter addressed to the Council of the City of Maple Ridge, 11995 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 6A9. You may send your letter by regular mail or e-mail to mayorandcouncil@mapleridge.ca Written submissions will be accepted until 4:00 pm September 15, 2015. Please note that all submissions will be considered a public document and all information contained in it will be publicly available. For further information or clarification, on the proposed Liquor Primary Licence Application only, contact Liz Holitzki, Director of Licences, Permits and Bylaws at 604-467-7370 between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm Monday to Friday.

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The City of Maple Ridge is advancing its fall chipping program by a month in order to deal with the trees and branches knocked over by the Aug. 28 windstorm. Starting Sept. 15, people who live west of 224th Street can set out their branches and shrubs at curbside. After Oct. 5, people who live east of 224th Street can set out their woody debris. That doesn’t mean that crews will be there on those dates. Given the amount of debris knocked down by the storm, crews may take a while cleaning up the streets. “The request to move the chipping program dates forward reflects the city’s desire to help citizens recover from this event quickly and efficiently,” said Mayor Nicole Read. The information on the chipping program can be found on the city website at www.mapleridge.ca/357/BrushChipping. The program includes pick up and disposal of tree and shrub branches. Branches may be up to 15 centimetres in diameter. No construction waste, building materials, stumps, leaves, branches with thorns (rose bushes, blackberries), vines (including willow branches), bamboo, root balls, or household waste will be permitted. The purpose of this program is to provide an alternative to burning this material. For people who have more volume, there is a green waste area at the Maple Ridge Transfer Station located next to the Recycling Depot at 10092 – 236th Street, Maple Ridge. Green waste tipping fees will apply. For any reports of damaged trees on public property or other concerns relating to the windstorm, call the city’s operations centre at 604463-9581. No pre-booking is necessary and there will be no specific day or time for pickup.

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CrimeStoppers launches Cash for Guns Goal to get 500 illegal weapons newsroom@mapleridgenews.com

CrimeStoppers is turning its attention to illegal firearms, now offering cash rewards for anonymous tips about gun-toting gang members and other criminals. “Most law-abiding Canadians don’t have illegal guns. Criminals do,” says the press release from CrimeStoppers. When a gang member or a criminal has a gun, a friend, relative, or somebody else usually knows it. They may be anyone – a parent or sibling, wife or husband, girlfriend or boyfriend, a gang associate, rival, or maybe even a server at a restaurant or club. Often, these associates are innocent, but they don’t report these weapons to anyone out of fear. Working together, CrimeStoppers and local police forces launched a major new campaign called “Cash for Guns,” with a goal to get 500 or more illegal weapons off the streets in the next year. With this new program, CrimeStoppers wants to give friends, acquaintances and loved ones a way to help save lives. “People may personally know individuals with these guns, but because they’re close, they may think it’s too risky to speak out and do something about it. We’re giving them the way to get past that,” said Linda Annis, executive director of Metro Vancouver CrimeStoppers. “Violent crime involving illegal guns is increasing at an alarming rate, and for every person carrying one of these weapons, someone else has information that could lead police to seizing these guns. CrimeStoppers is offering them a safe way to do the right thing.” The campaign’s message will be seen on

more than 300 billboards, digital boards and bus shelters around the region. It will air in radio and TV spots, and will be featured during preshow advertisements at local movie theatres. The ads will remind everyone that calling CrimeStoppers remains anonymous and they may be eligible for a reward of up to $2,000. “The caller’s motivation doesn’t matter. All we want is the anonymous tip as to who has the guns, and how police might find how it might be found and seize them,” added Annis. “We want the public to know they do have a safe and anonymous way to protect a loved one, protect themselves, or to prevent a violent crime. It might even be to report on a rival gang member, or just to get the cash reward. Whatever the motivation, this campaign’s sole purpose is get information that will get these guns off the streets and prevent anyone one else from getting shot.” Cash for Guns is supported by local police forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) E Division, Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit – B.C., and the Canada Border Services Agency.

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To amend the Maple Ridge Zoning bylaw to prohibit the sale of liquor and wine in grocery stores by adding the following under Part 4, GENERAL REGULATIONS, Section 401(3); g) The sale in or from a grocery store, or in or from a store located in a grocery store, of beer, cider, wine or spirits, or any other product intended for human consumption, that contains more than 1% alcohol by volume, except a product produced primarily for cooking purposes.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that a copy of the aforesaid bylaws and copies of staff reports and other information considered by Council relevant to the matters contained in the bylaws will also be available for public inspection at the Municipal Hall, Planning Department counter, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. from September 3, 2015 to September 15, 2015, Saturdays, Sundays and Statutory Holidays excepted. Some of this information will also be posted on the City website www.mapleridge.ca on the Your Government /Meet Your Council/Council Meetings page. ALL PERSONS who deem themselves affected by any of these bylaws shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing before Council on the matters contained in the bylaws or by making a written submission to the attention of the Manager of Legislative Services or by sending an e-mail to the Clerk’s Department at clerks@mapleridge.ca, by 4:00 p.m., September 15, 2015. Please note that all written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection.. Dated this 3rd day of September, 2015. Ceri Marlo Manager of Legislative Services

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Canada ‘can move mountains’ B.C. offers $1M fund to help Syrian refugees

Surrey top destination for Syrian refugees so far By Jef f Nage l Black Press

.C. took in just 72 government-assisted refugees from Syria over the past two and a half years and advocates say there’s room for so many more. They compare Canada’s response to the current refugee crisis, in which Ottawa has pledged to take 10,000 Syrians spread out over three years, to how the country stepped up to accept fleeing Vietnamese boat people. In 1980, Canada welcomed more than 19,200 southeast Asian refugees and nearly 60,000 more were sponsored over two years by churches and other groups. “If there is political will, we can move mountains,” said Chris Friesen, chair of the Canadian Immigrant Settlement Sector Alliance. “So far, we haven’t seen that under the Harper government. We have been far more generous in the past than we have in recent times.” The current trickle of arriving government-assisted Syrians, perhaps a dozen a year into Surrey, is a drop in the bucket of the city’s rapidly growing population, which climbs by about 1,000 new residents a month. The number of additional churchsponsored Syrian refugees is uncertain, but is likely tiny, according to Friesen, who is also director of settlement services for the Immigrant Services Society of B.C. Most of the 72 Syrians have come to B.C. from Lebanon, but others have arrived via Turkey and Malaysia, he said, and they come from a range of ethnic backgrounds from Kurds to Sunni Muslims. “Surrey, Burnaby and New West are the primary destinations at the moment, largely due to the ability to find affordable housing,” Friesen said. Friesen said he and other immigrant advocates want Ottawa to enact an emergency refugee plan that was drawn up as a contingency in 2002 following the Kosovo refugee crisis to swiftly bring in a significant number of additional refugees, in consultation with the UN. In addition, he says the government can and should issue minister’s permits to immediately reunify extended

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Aerial view of Za’atri camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan, July 18, 2013. family members of Syrians already in Canada. That provision allows those family members who are in danger to come here in as little as 72 hours, leaving some aspects of refugee application processing, such as medical exams and clearances, to be conducted in Canada. “The minister has a number of tools at his discretion which currently have not been used and given the current crisis should immediately be initiated.” As for the slow pace of meeting Canada’s commitment to take in Syrians, Friesen said that’s due to the government’s insistence most be sponsored by the faith community, rather than being government-assisted. “They should have committed to 10,000 government-assisted refugees and then allow church communities to undertake additional sponsorship,” Friesen said. Immigration lawyer Richard Kurland believes there are plenty of churches and other groups and individuals eligible and willing to sponsor more refugees, but Ottawa has arbitrarily imposed a quota that creates a slow bottleneck for processing sponsored applications. “The problem is the immigration minister is processing about seven or

eight cases a day,” Kurland said, arguing that could be changed at the stroke of a pen as there’s no lack of staff or resources. “If the minister says instead of processing about eight cases a day, process 20 or 25, it’s an immediate solution.” As it sits, he said, a flawlessly completed new refugee application filed now faces a 42-month processing wait. “The only thing blocking the entry to Canada is the minister’s decision on the quota.” He said accelerating approval of sponsored refugees would come at no cost to the government because sponsor groups are volunteering to pay. “They are ponying up $50,000 cash to cover the expenses for the most important first year in Canada – accommodation, food, you name it,” he said.

New refugees Government-assisted refugee arrivals in B.C. in the first half of 2015. Individuals: 199 (110 adults, 16 teens, 46 children under 13, and six seniors age 65 and up); Top source countries: • Iraq – 59;

“Because Canada allows these sponsorship groups – and it’s the only country doing it – it’s the people who want refugees here paying the bill, not the taxpayer. So what’s the problem? For me, it’s a no-brainer.”

Sponsorship A groundswell of public demand to aid refugees has followed the tragic drowning of two young Syrian boys and their mother, whose sister in Coquitlam wanted to bring them all to B.C. “People want to do something,” said Chris Friesen of the Immigrant Services Society of B.C. “Many are looking into how to sponsor a refugee.” He suggests Lower Mainland residents consider volunteering with one of the agencies that assist refugees. • Iran – 51; • Syria – 32; • Myanmar – 11; • Burundi – 8. Top destination cities: • Surrey – 84 (53 %); • Burnaby – 31 (19 %); • Coquitlam – 20 (13 %); • New Westminster – 16 (10 %); • Vancouver – 8 (5 %).

The B.C. government has added $1 million to its budget for helping refugees settle in the province, and has opened a toll-free information line for those who want to sponsor people fleeing violence in Syria. Premier Christy Clark announced the funding in Vancouver Tuesday, along with a toll-free information number for community groups and private sponsors at 1-877-9526914. Clark said the province currently spends about $4 million a year to support the federal program that settles immigrants in B.C. The extra funds will be reserved for assistance to Syrian refugees, she said. “It is our belief that it’s just not good enough to totally open our doors,” Clark said. “We have to make sure that when refugees get here, we’re doing everything that we can to help them realize the Canadian dream and find their way as seamlessly as possible in to British Columbia.” The one-time investment will be used for trauma counselling, help for groups of citizens to navigate the refugee sponsorship process, foreign credential recognition and community and employer supports including matching training funds for those committed to hiring a Syrian refugee. Clark said all the federal parties have indicated they want to increase refugee intake in response to the Syrian civil war, and B.C. has supported that position for several years. Last year Ottawa admitted about 36,000 immigrants to B.C., and about 1,500 were refugees. “Our job isn’t to decide who’s coming in when,” Clark said. “That’s their job. Our job is to make sure we’re ready.”

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A month-long enforcement blitz is underway across B.C. to reduce deaths and crashes from distracted driving. The new campaign, launched last week by police forces and ICBC, comes ahead of an expected move by the provincial government this fall to stiffen the penalties for repeat offenders. “B.C. drivers know it’s against the law, but far too many still make excuses for their behaviour, then continue to put themselves and others at risk,” said Staff Sgt. Dale Somerville of B.C. RCMP Traffic Services. “That’s why we’re cracking down on those who cannot police themselves.” According to ICBC, an estimated one in four deaths on B.C. roads involves distracted driving, which is the leading cause of crashes with pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. Nearly 90 people a year die in distracted driving-related crashes in B.C., about a third of them in the Lower Mainland. Cell Watch volunteers will be roadside across the province reminding drivers to leave their phones alone. Somerville noted cellphone use is against the law even when a vehicle is stopped at a red light or in slow moving traffic. ICBC road safety coordinators will also visit community events with a driving simulator the public can try. Supporters can also take a stand against distracted driving and encourage others to do the same by picking up a free decal to display on vehicles from ICBC licensing offices and Autoplan dealers. Justice Minister Suzanne Anton said them province’s recent review of the distracted driving penalties made it clear

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REAL ESTATE IN MAPLE RIDGE & PITT MEADOWS

Weather changing way we garden By Mike Lascelle

know I am not alone in feeling that lately it appears that Mother Earth has an axe to grind with us – be it the summer drought followed the early appearance of autumn, or the windstorm that reminded us that electricity is a privilege that most take for granted. One way or another, something has to give. Whether we like it or not, that something is us, we have to change. How we treat this planet – the size of the footprint we leave behind – with our daily lives and on the smallest scale, how we garden. I think the severity of this year’s weather has shocked many of us, and, judging by the barrage of questions I have been receiving at work, quite a few have already decided to make some sort of change in the way they garden. So I thought I would share a few of the most common queries along with some advice on potential options. What do we do about our summer droughts and water restrictions? I think this year’s early water restrictions were a blessing in disguise, mostly because had we not taken conservation seriously in midsummer. Then those Stage 4 restrictions would have been inevitable, meaning that we would have a lot more dead plants on our hands. That said, it may be time to put away those wasteful sprinklers and start thinking about drip irrigation systems, rain barrels and watering bags to get us through the drier periods. The application of bark mulch will also help to retain soil moisture in summer while protecting the roots from frost damage in winter and acting as a weed deterrent. Should I replace all my drought or winddamaged trees and shrubs? Start by recognizing that some plants are prone to drought or wind-damage, as evidenced by all the shallow-rooted cedar hedging that expired over the dry summer. Similarly, there are many trees such as cottonwoods, willows and black locust (Robinia) that suffered a lot of breakage during that last windstorm and I don’t expect

Contributed

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them to perform any better the next time it decides to blow. You should also recognize that sometimes structural flaws such as co-dominant stems or double-leader trees are more prone to splitting in high winds and try to mitigate these flaws with corrective pruning at a young age. Additionally, you need to consider drought tolerant shrubs such as smokebush (Cotinus), Christmas box (Sarcococca), Oregon grape (Mahonia) and flowering quince (Chaenomeles) when replacing those badly

ON P U CO

scorched azaleas and rhododendrons. Last on my list are the water-hungry lawns and the possibility of converting some of them into low maintenance landscapes using a combination of ground covers, massplanted shrub groupings and maybe a few taller accents, such as mid-sized conifers. When is the best time to replant? This is an important question and, personally, I think that we need to go back to the oldfashioned method of planting in the fall. The rationale for this includes two root flushes (one in autumn and the other in

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#90 - 12099 237th Street, MR Cozy two bdrm one bath upper unit in family-friendly complex. Freshly painted, vaulted ceiling, gas fireplace, laminate and tile floors. New roof in 2009, new fencing, 2 parking spots and storage locker. Affordable living with strata fees of just $191.75/mo. Asking $219,900.

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Dishing up a soup cook-off at Haney Farmers Market Cheryl Acton (right) of Fraternal Orde r of Eagles Ladies’ Auxiliary to Maple Ridge Aerie No. 2831, presents Eileen McKenna (left) with a $1,000 donation for the comf ort of Chemotherapy patients.

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At the gran Sunda d re-opening y, July 5 with of Haney Va pe prizes, sample customers e s, 50/ n 50 dra joyed a fun ev w and refresh ent on ments.

Cheryl Acton (right) of Fraternal Orde r of Eagles Ladies’ Auxiliary to Maple Ridge Aerie No. 2831, presents Cheryl Stilin (left) with a $2,400 donation for patient comfort items forr the Pediatric Observation Unit.

These generous donations were provi ded by the Provincial Fraternal Order of Eagles, Sisters of the Province of British Columbia, to fund items to ease patient discomfort durin g treatments.

Alhamdulillah the 7th Annual Eid Festival at the Maple Ridge Library was celebrated on July 25th. Shown are MP, MLA , Mayor of Maple Ridge and Councillor of Pitt Meadows with the Islamic Society of Ridge Meadows.

John Kot, President of MR Hyundai and Guy Lemieux VP of Operations. were on to present a cheque for $10 hand ,000 to RMH Foundation executive director Laura Cherrille, and develop ment officer Laura BButler.

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dies knitted ov er 160 purple caps for BC Ch raise awarenes ildren’s Hospita s of Shaken Ba l to by Syndrome.

Chances Maple Ridge is prou d to announce that it has selected Alisa’s Wish Child Advocacy Centre as its sign and Youth ature charitable partner. As part of the announcemen Chances Maple Ridge mad t and commitment, e a $10,000 donationn to the orga g niz nization on July 28.

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FOX’S REACH donated another $5,0 00 to the girls to help support Ridge Meadows Female Hockey Association developme nt camp. Between SCOTIABANK and the FOX’S REACH PUB donations we have a sold out development camp helpin g all the girls “remove the rust” prior to our Septe mber schedule kicking off.

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Raelene Wilson (centre), Grand Mistress of Provincial Grand Lodge of British Columbia, presents Pediatrics/Maternity Manager Maja Tomas with a generous $10,000 donation for comfort needs of patients of the Pediatric Observation Unit. RMHF Executive Director Laura Cherrille (left) joined Lodge members Shirley Ferguson and Shylene Wilson (l to r) and pediatric staff for this special presentation.

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ne of HUB’s favorite events of the year took place Sunday. Thirty people in two groups took part in the third annual Bike to Farms ride. We again visited Matt and Deanna Laity at the historic Brookfield Farm, Lorea McCready and her amazing vegetable garden, and learned what goes on at Red Barn Plants and Produce from owners Ken and Elke Knechtel. Visiting these local farms made me think about how important it is to treasure our heritage. The passionate people who own and work so hard on our farms often have a long and deep connection to the land where they sow and harvest their produce, and to the animals that produce the milk, eggs and meat we consume. These businesses keep our heritage alive. Most of all, we need to treasure and support our local farmers because they are needed to make our community more resilient in the long term, in case California can no longer send us the many fruits and vegetables that have fed us with for decades. And when it no longer makes sense to transport much of our food thousands of miles, our own local farmers can help feed us and we won’t need to go hungry. We had some kids on the ride, but next year I’d like to see more. Of course, there’s more to heritage than just farming. You can find out more about our community’s heritage at GETI Fest 2015, on Sept. 19 (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.), as this year’s theme is just that: heritage. If you’ve never heard about GETI, it stands for Golden Ears Transition Initiative. Under the leadership of founder Gerry Pinel, GETI works to create awareness of the need to transition to a less fossilfuel dependent future and greater resilience of our community. Many action groups each do their little bit to help create awareness and encourage change. Our HUB committee is one of those groups. Our bike rodeo at GETI Fest has some-

thing to do with transition and resilience, as well. But most of all, it’s a lot of fun for the younger crowd. Kids are welcome to bring their own bikes, that they can decorate at our bike decorating station before they try the bike rodeo. We will teach the kids some of the rules of the road that they can practice on a large intersection drawn on the pavement in front of city hall.

Parents can help by being car traffic. If you can’t bring your own bike, we have several kids’ bikes that you can use, and helmets, donated by Maple Ridge Cycle and Pitt Meadows Cycle. I’m happy to tell you that there will be some e-bikes at the event. Do drop by and try one out. You won’t believe how much fun they are! This year at GETI Fest, the organizers want

In our own province, more than 100,000 people turn to local food banks each year.

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Host West Coast teams hoist cups More than 2,000 participants on hand for start of fall season B y T i m Fi t z g e r a l d sports@mapleridgenews.com

The West Coast Cup featured some homegrown gold as a pair of teams took top honours at the Labour Day weekend tournament. The West Coast Auto Group Football Club under-14 boys took home gold in the red division after they squeaked past Surrey’s Central City Breaker Snipers 3-2 in Monday’s final. The WCFC Impact u-15 girls’ team took home gold, winning the round-robin format with three wins and a tie. Head coach Darren Hollywood said the win was redemption after finishing second last year in the West Coast Cup. “We have such a close group of girls here,” said Hollywood. “We don’t have that one player that’s a superstar like some of the other teams you see. It’s weird. Everyone just plays so well together.” This is the second year together for the Impact and the win over the Labour Day weekend picks up where the team left off last season, said the head coach. The Impact won the B.C. Coastal Girls Soccer League championship and the Albion Cup last year. He said part of the team’s success lies in the work off the field. The tight-knit group spent some time in the Okanagan camping together as a way to bond, said Hollywood. “This is our first season back together as a unit so it was nice to come back and have such a strong showing,” he said. In other action at the West Coast Cup, four other local teams took home silver medals. The WCFC Hammers, a boys’ u-15 team, lost 3-1 to the Prince George Timberwolves in the silver division finals Monday. The WCFC Element boys’ u-18 team lost 2-0 to Ladner in the final and finished with a silver. The WCFC u-13 girls lost a heartbreaker in the finals to Coquitlam Metro Ford Trifecta on penalty kicks. The team dropped a 2-1 decision after running a perfect 3-0 in round robin play.

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Brendan Pardy of the West Coast Football Club under-14 metro boys’ team side steps a pair of Burnaby United defenders during the West Coast Cup. The u-16 metro select boys’ team finished second in the round-robin format play, losing out on points to Guilford Athletics Arsenal. Mother Nature also took home a gold on the weekend, said Misty Thomas, executive director for the West Coast Auto Group Football Club. She said anytime you’re hosting a tournament featuring more than 130 teams, weather plays a big factor in the success. “I don’t know what we did to make Mother Nature so happy,” laughed Thomas. She said anytime your are running a tournament at this time of the year and it’s dependent on the weather, sunny skies makes the

rest of the weekend run that much smoother. She said with more than 2,000 players spread out on 16 fields across Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge, it’s challenging enough to keep everything on schedule. Mix in rain or lightning, and delays throw everyone off schedule. “We had tremendous amounts of support from our group of volunteers,” said Thomas. “Chris Begg is our tournament director and did a great job of making sure the draws were balanced and provide teams with competitive balance over the course of the weekend.” She said the tournament also makes sure

there’s space for house league teams. “That’s really important to us,” said Thomas. “They always have a home here.”

All Blacks take silver The Albion FC All Blacks u-16 girls’ team made an impressive debut at the SX Cup in Cloverdale over the weekend. The newly formed team posted a record of one win and two ties during round-robin play to make it to the finals. More impressive was the play of the defence, lead by goalie Julia Nick, who posted three straight shutouts. The All Blacks dropped a 1-0 heartbreaker to the North Delta Devils in the final.

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Nothing kicks off the start of a new school year quite like the sight of sounds of football. The Pitt Meadows Marauders open the AA varsity season with an exhibition game Friday afternoon in Surrey against Frank Hurt and head coach Matt Todd is looking to improve on last year’s playoff appearance. “It’s always a little tougher at the start of year,” said Todd, who is entering his third season as head coach. “We had a couple weeks of practice at the end of last year and we’ve been working hard this week, but they’re young kids and they will forget their assignments sometimes.” He said the key at the start of the season is working on fundamentals and just getting to know new teammates.

He said, on offense, the team will be looking to Grade 12 Haden Harty to fill the shoes left behind by running back Ryan Beaubien, who is off playing junior football with the Valley Huskers in Chilliwack this season and leaves a big hole on Pitt’s offence. Beaubien ran for 689 yards last year, averaging almost 138 yards a game. Senior Drake Kindren steps into the role of quarterback in hopes of keeping the ball moving forward, said Todd. Pitt finished the 2014 regular season with a 4-1 record before dropping a 39-28 decision to the Seaquam Seahawks in the first round of the playoffs. On defence, Todd said Grade 12 Bailey Mountford is going to be expected to step up his game this year. See Football, 31

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Marauders head coach Matt Todd readies his varsity football squad for the season.

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hether you are a casual, recreational jogger or an experienced marathon runner, one issue we all are concerned with is how do we reduce the chance of injury? One common question that comes up: does running on hard surfaces cause unnecessary pounding on the legs and will this lead to an injury, or premature wear and tear? The conventional aphorism is that hard surfaces are hard on the body and will cause injuries to the knees and other structures. But making this link has been proven tricky, especially considering the growing number of studies since the late 1990s that are showing that there is a complex network of systems in your body which help to mitigate the forces your leg experiences during running. In both humans and other running animals,

the soft-tissues of the leg (muscles, tendons, cartilage) act like a spring to dampen forces, much like the shock-absorbers in your car. By doing this, they reduce the vertical distance that the centreof-mass travels, giving your body a smoother, more horizontal run. Add to this fact that, through a complex feedback circuit between your muscles and your central nervous system, your legs adjust the length and frequency of the stride and the degree of bend in the joints at the hip, knee and ankle to dampen forces. By adjusting these factors, we are able to further adapt to the surface we run on – and this property is commonly called “leg stiffness.” Researchers have found that leg stiffness will increase when we are on softer surfaces (barkmulch trails or rubber track) and it will decrease when we are on harder surfaces. What happens is that

when we run there is a point on roads, we of diminishing naturally and benefit because automatically the surface is alter our stride so pliable that and keep a more energy is little extra bend being put in to in our joints. overcoming the We also tend loss of what’s to land more called ‘ground towards the reaction force’ Kinected forefoot. and, thus, Some people Kerry Senchyna speed and runcall this running economy ning ‘softly.’ suffer. When we do this we The interesting thing are transferring the extra is that humans and force of the running running animals can surface to our muscles alter their leg stiffness and soft-tissues. automatically within one But when we are runor two strides, as they ning on soft surfaces, change surface from hard joints straighten, and the to soft or vice versa. bones take more of the The upshot of the topic load. so far is that hard surSince softer surfaces faces don’t automatically produce a stiffer leg with cause injuries – we adapt longer stride lengths and to the type of surface, frequencies, they tend to whether we realize it or produce faster running not. times, which is why most To be continued. racing events are done on tracks that use a rubberKerry Senchyna holds ized surface. a bachelor of science Note, though, that as degree in kinesiology and the surface continues is owner of West Coast to get softer (like sand) Kinesiology.

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The Pitt Meadows varsity football team runs through some drills in preparation for its exhibition game Friday.

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The middle linebacker was third on the team in tackles last year with 25 and chipped in with two sacks. Todd said in order to take the next step in the playoffs, he’s hoping his team can avoid injuries. “That really hurt us last year. They’re part of football, but we’re hoping we can be healthier down

the stretch.” He also said with the worries about concussions, he seen a drop in the number of kids coming out. “We have lower numbers again this year, so that’s always going to be a challenge,” said Todd. “Parents do worry about concussions. But we’re working on ways to improve the game. Football B.C. has a new

push on safe contact, which emphasizes a better way of tackling. Quite a few of our coaches have taken the clinic.” He said the school has also purchased 25 new helmets that help reduce the effects head trauma. Pitt Meadows plays an exhibition home opener \against the Ballenas Whalers on Friday, Sept. 18 at 2 p.m.

Yoga classes will be offered in 10 studios from Pitt Meadows to Mission by 14 local Yoga instructors. Join us as we inspire the people of Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and Mission to spread awareness and support for two amazing charities. Participating schools are: • Sapphire Island Yoga • Centered Within Yoga East • Centered Within Yoga West • Believe Yoga • Epic Yoga & Fitness • Free Spirit Yoga • Iron Lotus Yoga • Osprey Yoga on the River • Pitt Meadows Seniors Center.

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

778-628-7590 338

PLUMBING

#1 IN RATES & SERVICE. Lic’d/Ins. Local Plumber. Drains, gas, renos etc. Bonded. Chad 1-877-861-2423

5” Gutter, Down Pipe, Sofﬁt

30 YEARS EXPERIENCE

A Gas Fitter ✭ Plumber Furnaces, Boilers, Hot Water Heating, Hotwater Tanks, Drain/ Duct Cleaning & Plumbing Jobs. ✭ 604-312-7674 ✭ ✭ 604-507-4606 ✭

778-231-9675, 778-231-9147

FLUID SOLUTIONS. Gas, plumbing, heating, reno’s, repairs. 20 years exp., reliable & courteous. Lic’d. Bonded. Jack 778-835-4416

FREE ESTIMATES

HERFORT CONCRETE

Leo: 604-657-2375 / 604-462-8620

DN Painting Top Quality/Affordable Prices Exterior/Interior Drywall Repair

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

Professional Installation

NO JOB TOO SMALL Serving Lower Mainland 25 Years! *Prepare *Form *Place *Finish *Granite & Interlocking Block Walls *Stairs *Driveways *Exposed Aggregate *Stamped Concrete. *Interlocking Bricks *Sod Placement EXCELLENT REF’S -WCB Insured

Scott 604-891-9967 paylesspropainting.com

When QUALITY Matters

(604)465-1311

* We do Move-outs * Chemical Free

HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES

778-322-2378 Lower Mainland 604-996-8128 Fraser Valley Running this ad for 10yrs

Ed’s ROTOTILLING & LANDSCAPING

GARDENING

NEED a Break? Back to School Special

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www.paintspecial.com

Fencing

ACCOUNTING / TAX /BOOKKEEPING

HOUSEKEEPER AVAIL NOW. Taking new clients. Great Refs. Call anytime 1-604-302-9291

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NORTH STARS PAINTING www.northstars-painting.com AMAZING WORK, AMAZING VALUE! 778.245.9069

Lawn Care

(604)462-0408

Bookkeeping & Accounting Payroll, Year-end, Financial Statements, Income Taxes E-FILE Service Ph: 604-465-2123 Cellular: 604-788-0161

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329 PAINTING & DECORATING

Weeding W New Turf Fertilizing W Moss Control Power Raking W Aeration

Reasonable Rates.

ACCOUNTING Done Accurately Small Bus. Acctg, p/u & delivery, Bookeeping, Payroll, Tax Returns, GST. 604-814-0967 / 604-862-1596

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates. Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

Gardening

Free Estimate 19 years experience in Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows

MOVING & STORAGE

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING

Flower Beds W Allan Blocks Bark Mulch W River Lava Rock

Free Estimates. Call Marv:

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320

Trimming W Pruning W Topping Clean-up W Garbage Removal Pressure Washing

604-463-0718 eagletileandnaturalstone.com

FENCING

PERSONAL SERVICES 182

S. H. LANDSCAPING TREE SERVICES

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Local natural stone distributors. Custom made Granite Countertops. Slate, Granite, Marble, Tile, Tumbled Stone. Large selection of Porcelain & Ceramic. Sales & Service

CEDAR & CHAINLINK

LANDSCAPING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

JAGUAR LANDSCAPING Lawn & Garden Service. Design, Pruning, Lawns, Cleanups, Comm/ Res. (604)466-1369

A - 20779 Lougheed Hwy Maple Ridge

DRAIN Tiles, Sewer, Water Video Inspection, Jack Hammering, Hand Excavating Call Tobias 604.782.4322

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300

EAGLE TILE

263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES INSIDE SALES REPRESENTATIVE

287

Licensed, Bonded, Expert trouble shooter. 24/7. 100% guaranteed.

.Need Cash, Own Vehicle? Borrow up to $25,000. SnapCarCash. 604-777-5046

bcclassified.com

ELECTRICAL

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

GUTTER & ROOF Cleaning/Power Washing since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Simon, 604-230-0627

LOW RATES 604-617-1774

Haney Sewing and Sound Attn: Don Sheppard 22381 Dewdney Trunk Road Maple Ridge, B.C. V2X3J4

JOBS: Whether you’re looking to find or fill a position, this is where your search begins.

DRYWALL

CASCADE DRYWALL. Res / Comm Drywall, taping, text. ceilings, t-bar. steel stud. Call Rob 604-218-2396.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

FIXIT PLUMBING & HEATING H/W Tanks, Reno’s, Boilers, Furn’s. Drain Cleaning. Ins. 604-380-2932

Interlawn Landscape Services Commercial / Res. 604-356-9273 www.interlawnlandscapes.com

CHUCKS RENOVATION

.Window & Roof Cleaning Gutters Cleaned & repaired. 604-961-1280

Gutter Cleaning & Repairs. (Res. & Strata). Prompt Service. Window Cleaning & Pressure Washing. Grants Home Maint 604-936-2808.

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HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES

BC’s largest High School Cafeteria Company

with over 60 locations now interviewing for

t 4VQFSWJTPST t 5FBN -FBEFST t $PPLT t $PVOUFS "UUFOEBOUT t $BTIJFST 'PPE 1SFQ Starting in Sept at a school near you, 4-8 hour shifts available during the school day. If you would enjoy summers, Christmas & spring break off email: jobs@canuelcaterers.ca or fax: 604-503-0951

Building & Repairing Fences Chain saw - Fallen Trees * Lic. WCB, BBB *

Call 604-319-1993

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✶Dump Site Now Open✶ SBroken Concrete RocksS $25.00 Per Metric Ton SMud - Dirt - Sod - ClayS $25.00 Per Metric Ton GrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds $59.00 Per Ton

Meadows Landscape Supply

604-465-1311

VECTOR RENO’S Specializing in all interior & exterior home renovations & additions. Call 604-690-3327

MISC SERVICES

320

MOVING & STORAGE

Top Line Projects Ltd.

MIRACLE MOVING

D Home Repairs D All types of carpentry D Renovations

Licensed - Bonded - Fully Equip. Residential Commercial, 1-3 Men BIG OR SMALL MOVES Start $45/hr ~ All size trucks Free estimate/Senior Discount www.miraclemoving.ca

Established 1994

Call Mike 604 - 306 - 4468

604 - 720 - 2009 ~We accept Visa & Mastercard~

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REAL ESTATE

RENTALS

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

741

OFFICE/RETAIL

Maple Ridge Ofﬁce & Retail Space

551

GARAGE SALES

551

GARAGE SALES

551

GARAGE SALES

Maple Ridge

DEROCHE

Downsizing 3 Homes 23055 ~ 117 Ave

GARAGE SALE

All Proceeds to Animal Humane Society. Help get the animals out of the cold. Saturday & Sunday Sept 12 & 13, 10am-3pm #103 - 41168 Lougheed Hwy 10 Minutes out of Mission. Beautiful scenic drive, follow Lougheed Hwy all the way, located on the right at Oasis Mobile Home Park. 2 Minutes before the Deroche Store - pick up some fresh beef jerky!

(North of Thomas Haney S.S.)

Sat Sept 12, 9am ~ 3pm

Huge variety. Bikes to Christmas decor, RV items, antiques, canning, garden, & household

Maple Ridge Bee Equipment, Firewood, Kitchenware, etc.

MAPLE RIDGE

Haney Presbyterian Church Garage Sale Saturday, Sept. 12th 9am - 12noon 11858 - 216th Street

Maple Ridge

22961 ~ 117 Ave Sat. Sept 12th 9am ~ 2:30pm Cancel, if rain

Lordco Flea Market June 13th

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 356

RUBBISH REMOVAL

Richmond Hills Townhouse Complex Garage Sale

Saturday, Sept. 12th

9am ~ 3pm, Rain or Shine

22488 116th Ave

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 372

SUNDECKS

477

PETS

fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

ITALIAN MASTIFF (Cane Corso)

mikes hauling 604-516-9237

OUR READERS WILL BE LOOKING FOR YOU WHEN THEY NEED REPAIRS OR RENOVATION SERVICES.

Saturday, Sept 12th, 9am - 3:30pm.

Sat. Sept. 12th ~ 9 to 3 pm

Maple Ridge

Everything from Tools to Toys. Wide variety of items.

Rick Medhurst Royal LePage Realty

New SRI *1296 s/f Double wides fr $94,900. *New SRI 14’ wides fr $72,900. Repossessed mobile homes from $1900. www.glenbrookhomes.net

604-463-3000

746

MANUFACTURED HOMES. MOBILE HOMES. MODULAR HOMES. NEW & USED Call Chuck at 604-830-1960 ~ your local SRI dealer ~

Saturday, Sept 12 9am - 1pm 12425 - 224th Street Back Lane ~ Watch for signs Kitchenware, Heli Hanson wear, Toys, Furniture, Jewelry, Purses Vintage & Estate Items Reasonable Prices ~ Some Free

$75 OFF 1ST MONTH

Street or Visitor Parking

Haney Motor Hotel

*** Once a Year *** Multi-Family Garage Sale

MOVING / DOWNSIZING SALE Sat Sept 12th, 9am - 2pm

21500 Exeter Ave, Maple Ridge Furniture - house & patio, fitness equipment, yard & garden tools, books, decorative items/ pictures, kitchenware and many other household items.

Saturday Sept. 12th 9am - 3:30pm 11662 Riverwind Street Maple Ridge

22222 Lougheed Hwy., Maple Ridge Inquire in person between 9am - 3pm or

477

PETS

509

AUCTIONS

BIGGEST Restaurant Equipment Auction In Canadian History! Kwik Auctions 2 Day Sale. Sept 14/15 - www.KwikAuctions.com - Online Bidding Available Via Bidspotter! MERCHANDISE: CLASS 500’S From antiques & collectibles, to sporting goods and electronics, to parakeets and pet supplies, if it’s considered merchandise for sale, you can find it here.

548

FURNITURE

APARTMENT/CONDO

749

2 Bedroom Apartments BRIGHT & LARGE Central Coquitlam Co-op AND Seniors only building No subsidy Cls to transit, schools & shops

14179 Reichenback Rd Moorage Rental Year or Semi-annual Outdoor Storage Available Starting At $30/month for Boats, RV’s, Cars, Trucks & Trailers

1 & 2 Bdrms available $840/mo & $940/mo

Great Location

Queen Anne Apts.

MISC. WANTED

Have unwanted or inherited firearms in your possession? Don’t know how to dispose of them safely and legally? Contact Wanstalls and we will come and pick them up and pay you fair value for them. Wanstalls has been proudly serving the Lower Mainland firearms community since 1973. We are a government licensed firearms business with fully certified verifiers, armorers and appraisers.

Call today to set up an appointment 604-467-9232

Onsite Manager

604.465.7713

Includes: Heat, Hot Water

and Hydro

752

Near Shopping & Amenities. SENIOR’S DISCOUNT

604-463-2236 604-463-7450 12186-224 St, Maple Ridge Certiﬁed Crime Free Buildings

TRANSPORTATION

Certiﬁed crime free clean quiet building for mature adults only. 1 bdrm, gas f/p. No smokers No pets $$550-$600 + utils.

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

(604) 467- 5271 MAPLE RIDGE Central. Spacious 1 bdrms, newly painted, nr all amens, insuite w/d, d/w, lrg patio, vaulted ceilings, sec u/g prk. Immed. Ns/Np $850 & $890 +utils. 604-377-8135.

615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY

Polo Club Apartments

2002 ACURA RSX SUPER CLEAN! School ready. $6690. 604-561-0053.

Atlas Vinyl Sundecks - Your Complete Sundeck Specialist. Free estimates (778)285-2107

374

TREE SERVICES

Your Tree Service For Honest Prices & Quality Work

JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT! 604.587.5865 www.recycleitcanada.ca

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

• • •

TOPSOIL

SCREENED TOPSOIL MUSHROOM MANURE BARK MULCH 604-467-3003

www.jonesbroscartageltd.com

Call Scott at 604-618-0333 Certified Arborist Free Estimates * Fully Insured

TREE BROTHERS SPECIALIST Tree Removal/Topping/Spiral Thinning/Hedge Trimming/Stump Grinding. Free Estimates. WCB/Fully Insured

$25 Off with this Ad

Jerry, 604-500-2163

1 Purebred blue male. 1st shots, tails / d c removed. ULTIMATE FAMILY GUARDIAN Pet homes. $1000. 604-308-5665

19071 Ford Rd. Pitt Meadows

#1 Cash Buyer ~ Since 1987 ~ $$CASH $$ for your furniture, tools, electronics, antiques, appliances, computers & collectibles.

ANYTHING OF VALUE

Single Items to Entire Households 604-463-4449 604-209-6583

Clean, Quiet Well Managed Bldg. 3 Blocks to W.C. Express

CENTRAL MAPLE RIDGE Excellent opportunity for Office / Retail Space. 1098 SQ/FT with 5 rooms, air conditioning, alarm & 4 parking spots out front. $299,900. Gary Fraipont 604-466-2838 RE/MAX LifeStyles Realty

559

MEDICAL SUPPLIES

INVACARE Electric bed. Excellent condition. Includes mattress. $800 OBO Maple Ridge. 604.250.8115

563

MISC. WANTED

FARM EQUIP wanted. Farm tractors, back hoe & equip. Any condition. Call collect 1604-794-7139 or 604-795-0412

W 1 & 2 Bdrm Suites W 3 Appliances W Secured Garage Parking W Adult Oriented W Ref’s Req’d & Absolutely No Pets

1989 14x70 in Ruskin MHP w/View Fam./Pet ok. $42,900 w/$575pad Financing avail. 604-830-1960

604-575-5555

845

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

#1 FREE Scrap Vehicle REMOVAL ~~ ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT ~~ $$$ PAID FOR SOME. 604.683.2200

604.465.7221

736 633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

TOWNHOUSES

PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1130/mo - $1235/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available. 19250 119th Ave. For more info & to book an appt call 604-465-1938

Maple Ridge Central

Wanstalls Tactical & Sporting Arms

REAL ESTATE

Launch Ramp with 3 lines and ample parking for tracks and trailers

* Renovated Suites * *Large *Clean *Very Quiet

Have Unwanted Firearms?

STORAGE

Pitt Meadows Marina

MAPLE RIDGE

563

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

748 SHARED ACCOMMODATION

CENTRAL MAPLE RIDGE house to share, all utils incl. Near amens & WCE. $500/mo. 778-689-8424

Dasl ~ 604 945 5864 dasl@terramanagement.ca

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

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

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Closing Out Sale All good quality clothing all under $10 A great variety of household items and décor, tools, books and much more! Friday, Saturday 11 am to 6 pm Sundays 12:30 am to 6 pm

Call 604-467-3944

RENTALS

#10 12350 Harris Road

REGENCY Court Garage Sale & Food Drive. 19060 Ford Road, Pitt Meadows. September 12, 2015 8am - 2pm. Hot Dogs Sales & Food Drive to benefit Friends in Need Food Bank. 604-506-0651 for queries.

PETS

New SRI 14x60. $74,900. Pad rent $550/mo. 55+. Call Chuck 604-830-1960

Dressers, Framed Prints, Tires, Tools & Household items. Something for everyone! Pitt Meadows

ROOMS FOR RENT

Rooms from $445/mo. Fully Furn, weekly maid service, cable TV, private bath, on bus route, 5/min walk to commuter rail.

Maple Ridge

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at:

Complex Sale 20625 - 118 Ave

PETS

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

GARAGE SALES

of 233 St (off 124th)

No early birds. Cash only.

North of Lougheed about 300ft on 216th Street. Hope to see you there!! Maple Ridge

12300 ~ 12200 blocks

22087 - 124 Ave

9am - 4pm. Sat & Sun Sept 12 & 13

551

Multi Family

Multi Family Sale

GARAGE SALE Saturday, Sept 12 8am - 3pm

GARAGE SALES

Maple Ridge

MAPLE RIDGE

GARAGE SALE 23405 Sandpiper Ave.

551

Unbelievable Rates, Starting at $495/month. Various sizes 320sf. - 2000sf. Various downtown locations. Updated and well maintained.

• Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal

HOMES FOR RENT

EAST MAPLE RIDGE - 3 bdrm, 3 bth home. Upper floor, g/level 2300 sf. 5 appl. lrg yard. Mtn views. Avail. now. n/s. Refs required. $1500 utils inc. (778)839-4149

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GET READY FOR FALL! Men’s Leather Walking Shoes Our After-sale $109.99

SALE $54.99 Style: 5CPCDHAS-Q1000

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Stormrider Jackets • 100% cotton • Lined for warmth Reg. $84.99 SALE $67.99

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Men’s 8” Dakota

Men’s 6” Dakota

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Men’s Quad Comfort® Lite Athletic Shoes

Cobra Waterproof Workboots Sizes 7-11, 12,13, (14 through FastFind or special order). • CSA Grade 1 steel toe/plate and ESR. Style: 5ANADKAB08128QC Our After-sale $209.99

SALE $189.99

Workboots with Quad Comfort®

Sizes 7-11, 12,13, (14, through FastFind or special order). • CSA Grade 1 aluminum toe/composite plate and ESR. Sizes 7-11, 12,13, ™ (14, 15, 16, 17 through FastFind or special order). • Tarantula Antislip rubber outsole is engineered to help prevent slips and falls • CSA Grade 1 steel toe/composite plate and ESR. Style: 5ANDDKAB13603/13604 Style: 5ANBDK3-6114 Our Reg. $169.99

Our Reg. $129.99

SALE $149.99

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20758 Lougheed Hwy., (beside the Post Office) Maple Ridge 604-463-7277 Monday - Friday 9 am - 9 pm • Saturday 9 am - 6 pm • Sunday 10 am - 5 pm

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