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‘Closing pool a year best option’ Leisure Centre staff would be laid off By Neil Corbett ncorbett@mapleridgenews.com
Closing the Maple Ridge Leisure Centre pool for only a year is the bestcase scenario regarding renovations, council heard Monday. Director of parks and facilities David Boag delivered a report to council that recommended awarding a contract for the pool upgrades and renovations for $4.8 million. All three bidders said they would have to close the pool for about a year. “Is there any way we could shave some time off of this,” asked Coun. Craig Speirs. “I believe this is the best-case scenario timeline, not the worst,” Boag said. See Pool, 10
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Force Awakens Gail Payeur decorates the Christmas tree in her Maple Ridge home with a Star Wars theme, complete with a Millennium Falcon tree topper that plays the movie’s theme song. The tree also has lighted storm troopers and R2D2, Wookies, Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. The new Star Wars movie, the Force Awakens, opens in theatres on Dec. 18.
Revised hospital parking pitched Mayor and Coun. Bell to meet Fraser Health By Neil Corbett ncorbett@mapleridgenews.com
Maple Ridge council is going to take on the issue of pay parking at Ridge Meadows Hospital. Coun. Corisa Bell brought it up before her council colleagues at Monday morning’s workshop meeting, and unlike the last council, found they were supportive.
Mayor Nicole Read and Bell will now seek a meeting with Fraser Health officials. Councillors said they acknowledge that Fraser Health needs to collect money for parking at the hospital, but would like to address residents’ concerns about overzealous parking enforcement. They suggested a pay-when-youleave system, so patients and visitors don’t have to feel stressed about being ticketed when their time runs out. Bell said during the last council
term, residents brought the issue to city hall, but it received little support from her fellow politicians or former CAO Jim Rule. With changes at the table, she wanted to try again. “I didn’t feel like the proper attention was put toward the conversation last term,” said Bell. “Because we have a different council, with a different mentality, and I thought it would be great to see if there was an appetite to have this discussion this term.” Three Christmas seasons ago,
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Maple Ridge ‘missing out on millions’ Council putting charges on new development By Neil Corbett ncorbettt@mapleridgenews.com
Maple Ridge council missed an opportunity to collect about $16 million from property developers over the past five years – money that could have been put toward amenities such as community centres, parks and fields, according to Mayor Nicole Read. “I ran the numbers on the amount of money that would have been collected for the city, and I was appalled,” Read told councillors at Monday’s workshop meeting. She told council it is important the city gets started with its Community Amenity Contribution Program as soon as possible. Council had debated an amenity fee based on a “lift” formula, which would take a percentage of a developer’s profit. However, on Monday, more councillors spoke in favour of a flat fee, proposed by staff at $5,100 per unit for townhouses and apartments and $7,500 for a single-family residence. From 2011 to the present year, development in the city has created an average of 244 residential lots per year, 134 townhouses and 140 apartments. Based on those averages and the proposed flat fees, the city would have garnered amenity fees of $3.2 million per year.
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Council is considering a flat fee for condos, townhomes and single-family residences. Coun. Gordy Robson spoke in favour of flat fees and said council needs to move on the issue to end uncertainty in the development community. The fees, over time, would pay for amenities such as new fields, arenas and a pool, he said. Robson suggested $5,100 for houses and $3,100 for condos and townhouses. “I think getting at it is the biggest thing,” he added.
“The ‘Robson Rates’ are reasonable,” Coun. Tyler Shymkiw said. “We don’t want to end up disincentivizing development.” Coun. Craig Speirs rather see flat fee for homes set at $10,000 per lot. “The development community has gotten away with a lot over the years,” said Speirs. “It’s time to pay up.” The issue was sent back to the development community for comment, and the city will also consult
with the Urban Development Institute. Speirs said he would not value feedback from developers on what the rates should be. “I don’t want to be a beggar in my own house.” Other cities have amenity fees, which they collect based on various systems. Coquitlam charges $3 per square foot. Read noted that Maple Ridge is unique in the Lower Mainland for
not charging developers amenity fees. “We are very late to the party,” she said. “This council has been very eager to see that put in place, so we can start catching up.” Local realtor Bob Terepocki said one large developer has already walked away from buying an 11acre parcel in Albion because of the uncertainty created by the potential new fees. “It will scare developers away, if they get too high,” he said outside council chambers on Monday. “The problem is, as a developer, you buy a piece of property, and all of the sudden you have this great huge amount you have to pay the city, and three years down the road … what happens if the market does die? Is the city going to share in the loss, if there’s a loss?” However, he was pleased to see council moving away from a rate based on lift, or profit. “I don’t like the lift, I like the flat rate – a fair flat rate,” said Terepocki. “We need to know sooner than later.” His daughter and business partner Carla McColeman said council is on the right track. “It’s important there’s clarity, and it’s expedited, and I agree with the comments made in council – there’s a risk of disincentifizing developers coming to our community,” she said. Staff will bring a report back to council, with developer and public input, in the third week of January.
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Ridge Meadows RCMP have been knocking on doors and chatting with Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows residents about their restricted and prohibited firearms and the registration that’s required for them. In the last week of November, police visited the homes of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows gun owners whose registrations had expired. “During the initiative [dubbed Safe City], a total of 83 firearms were turned over to police, with the vast majority of owners requesting the police safeguard their firearms while they complete the documents they require,” Supt. Dave Fleugel said in a release.
“It’s understandable that many people do not even realize their restricted and prohibited firearms are unregistered, particularly if they have inherited these firearms. “We ran this pilot program to help gun owners with registering their prohibited and restricted firearms if they wish to keep them, or relinquish unwanted firearms to the police.” It’s dangerous to have the guns around because they could be stolen during a burglary then used in a crime. Police added later that the homes that were visited are the last-known addresses of people who had registered their restricted and prohibited firearms under the Restricted Weapons Registration System. In 1998, the federal government re-
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Up in arms Reports that the U.S. has logged more than 350 mass shootings this year are shocking. And, according to details shared by those who have tracked the violence, there have been five such incidents on more than a single day. It’s difficult to fathom one such senseless act, never mind more in one year than there are days. It’s no surprise that the gun-control debate is heating up south of the border. Last week’s killing of 14 people at a San Bernardino, Calif. social-services agency was reportedly the deadliest in the U.S. since that at Sandy Hook elementary three years ago, when 26 children and adults were gunned down. Also fresh in our memories is the previous Friday’s killing of three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado. When the issue of gun control is raised in Canada, opponents to such regulations rightly argue the laws make no difference to those with a criminal mind and a determination to do lethal damage. Regardless of the country, province or state, and whether there are laws and how strict or lax they may be, the reality is the problem lies more with the people who possess firearms than the firearms themselves. It can be argued that there is a necessity for such artillery, that completely removing guns from the equation is not the solution. Those tasked with ensuring our safety need them. They deal with the worst people in society and must have the ability to use lethal force not only to protect us, but themselves in our service, too. Fortunately, the reality is the majority of those in law enforcement – in Canada, at least – can go their entire career without ever pulling the trigger, aside from target practice. Those who hunt for food also argue their right and need to possess arms, although that is often hotly debated itself. These points are only a few of the numerous sides to the argument. Time and time again, the debate appears to come to an impasse, when weighing whether one’s legal right to possess guns means that they should. It’s a question that needs serious consideration by lawmakers not only in the U.S., but worldwide, before mass shootings become so commonplace that they no longer make headlines. –Black Press
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Business not as usual on B.C. land Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick has released the latest update to the B.C. Liberal government’s “strategic growth plan” for farm and food products. After reporting a record $12.3 billion in total agriculture and B.C. Views agri-food sales in B.C. Tom Fletcher for 2014, the latest plan sets a new goal of increasing it to $15 billion by 2020. It’s a mostly a status quo plan, continuing current marketing efforts and encouraging higher-value production of a wider range of products. The ministry intends to hire its first expert in food and beverage production. It’s a reflection of the fact that fully 70 per cent of that $12.3 billion comes from food and beverage processing. This continues the government’s push to improve economic viability of farms by allowing more food product manufacturing and sales on Agricultural Land Reserve property. Letnick says another key strategy is to improve access to irrigation. B.C. has 20,000 farm operations, a number that’s holding steady even as the average age of farmers increases. Opposition MLAs formed their own agriculture committee to tour the province over the past year, chaired by NDP agriculture critic Lana Popham and independent Delta South MLA Vicki Huntington. Their report speaks to some of the issues
not discussed by the government. One of those is foreign purchase of farmland, a matter subject to regulation in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba but not B.C. Properties have also been purchased to grow hay for export to Asia, and Huntington says she continues to hear of costly farmland in Delta and Surrey being bought at prices long-established farm families can’t afford. We’ve seen a British food and drug conglomerate buy up B.C. Interior farms to plant trees for carbon offsets, a project that was wound down after local protests. Popham and Huntington are calling for a systematic inventory of foreign purchases, to determine if regulation is needed here as climate change shifts growing patterns. Popham argues that with California enduring years of drought, B.C. can’t continue to depend on imports for more than half its food. “We have countries that are actively seeking food producing land, because their countries are having difficulties producing under drought conditions,” Popham said. “So before we know it, our farmland could be bought up by other countries that are actively and smartly trying to ensure their own food security.” Neither Letnick nor the opposition MLAs could produce results from the government’s decision to split the Agricultural Land Reserve into two zones, with more latitude for non-farm activities outside the southwest and Okanagan. But we’re starting to see signs of the new system of regional Agricultural Land
Commission panels working with local governments. The Langley Times reports that the Township of Langley quietly signed a deal with the ALC in July to allow development of farmland near the Aldergrove border crossing and Langley airport. The agreement says there is a need for a “defensible and durable urban/ALR edge.” If you think everyone loves farming, you’ve likely never lived on this “urban/ ALR edge.” The latest example is on Vancouver Island, where urban neighbours are protesting an established farmer’s decision to clear a forested property for hay growing.
“The farmer has been forced to erect a chain-link fence to keep out trespassers who have decided the property is a park that they can use when they like.” The farmer has been forced to erect a chain-link fence to keep out trespassers who have decided the property is a park that they can use when they like. The mayors of Saanich and View Royal seem more concerned with appeasing urban complainers than protecting the right to farm. They are being pressed to buy up idle ALR land to soothe urban voters repelled by logging and farming. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.
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THE NEWS/letters Irony of Strip-a-thon Editor, The News: Re: Strip-a-thon ready for another year (The News, Dec. 4). If we’re OK with women undressing for strangers, we have to be OK with poverty. Every year I find it unsettling how much publicity the CaddyShack gets for promoting an event where we attempt to fight poverty by putting women on a stage to be objectified. I can see how my position appears short-sighted considering the Strip-a-thon raises more money for the Christmas Hamper Society than any other event in town. The numbers the event draws in both people and donations are impressive. However, these numbers should make us stop and think. What does our community stand for? What kind of state are we in when having women undress for strangers is the best way to raise money for the poor? I believe that promoting this type of behaviour perpetuates the cycle of poverty. Yes, a lot of money is raised for a very important cause. But money doesn’t solve every problem. Building human dignity into our society solves problems. Strip clubs, unfortunately, will continue to do business, but making it into a fundraiser does not redeem an act that marginalizes women. I hope that businesses and individuals will participate in the constructive ways of giving. There are many other ways to give and make a difference in Maple Ridge while promoting dignity and real solutions for poverty. Marilee Hare Maple Ridge @ E-mail letters to editor@mapleridgenews.com.
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‘Ridge should be envy of all’ Editor, The News: Re: $110 million for parks and rec (The News, Dec. 2). Our mayor tells us that we are to be subjected to a 3.33 per cent property tax increase for 2016. She insinuates we are not keeping up with the demand. I ask you, mayor, with the hundreds of condominiums and hundreds of new houses being built each year in Maple Ridge, why isn’t that additional millions of tax dollars enough to keep up? To use your logic, we should be paying property tax increases in perpetuity because Maple Ridge spends more money each year than it takes in.
That being the case, I would say it is long past time we brought in an expert on municipal financing to balance our books and say no to those who come to the well with open hands. Furthermore, I am so tired of hearing where Maple Ridge stands as opposed to other municipalities in Metro Vancouver when it comes to property taxes. We should always be the envy entire Metro Vancouver’s 21 member municipalities, not number four or five. I could go on to point out particulars but the paper won’t print it and city hall won’t understand it. They never listen. Mike Boileau Maple Ridge
No meaning EDITOR, THE NEWS: I attended the meeting at city hall on Friday and made a request to have a simplified revenue/ expense sheet included in the budget that would show in plain language how much cash surplus existed at the end of the year, where our revenues come from, and where they are spent. It was met with total ridicule. It has become very clear that the entire process is solely to satisfy regulatory requirements. This council, like all the ones in the past, doesn’t care to allow the lowly taxpayer to have any meaningful part in the process. GRAHAM MOWATT MAPLE RIDGE
‘Upgrading pool not an alternative’ Editor, The News: Re: Pool could close for a year (The News, Dec. 4). I’m mad at myself for procrastinating for so long and not supporting Gordy Robson back in March when he raised his voice in favour of a new pool. He is absolutely right – the
swimming pool is arguably the best recreational facility around. It’s close to home, affordable, and good for every age and physical condition, including people with disabilities. It’s a base for local swim clubs and school teams. But Maple Ridge is grow-
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The annual Strip-a-thon benefitting the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society set another record this year. This year’s 21st annual Strip-a-thon on Sunday, Dec. 6 at the Caddyshack raised a $26,670 for the hamper society, a record amount, said Haney House general manager Yvan Charette. The previous high was $24,000 in 2009. “It’s like running an eight-hour marathon,” said Charette. “The staff are running around with the silent auctions, 50/50 draws and the live shows are always a draw.” He said this year’s addition of a staff calendar was also a contributing factor to the event’s success, raising more than $2,400. The annual bra auction also helped push up the total, with the top price fetching $1,800 and another selling for $1,300. The event was sold out, said Charette. Staff at the club, along with 15 performers, mostly from the Lower Mainland, donated their wages and tips to the charity. Charette said the success of the Strip-a-thon is the result of the staff ’s tireless work promoting the annual event. “They do a tremendous job for a great cause. I can’t say enough about their hard work.”
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Coun. Gordy Robson noted it is not unusual for projects to take longer than contractors estimate. “I’m wondering if this could slide into a 14- or 16-month closure,” he said. Mayor Nicole Read was concerned about pool personnel. “A closure of this length of time would necessitate the layoff of all of the aquatic staff,” Boag said. “I can’t even go there. I am so angry right now, and it’s not anybody here, “ said Read. Council plans a special meeting, possibly this week, to get some answers to a long list of questions. “This whole thing is a bit of a gut kick,” Shymkiw said after Boag’s report. It includes an alternative to postpone the work until a second pool is built in Maple Ridge. Councillors could consider delaying the repair work at the Leisure Centre until the city can build a new pool.
Borrowing $110 million for recreation facilities was a topic raised during the past week’s budget process. “I made that suggestion knowing that if we started tomorrow to do a design/build, realistically you could be five years before you have a new facility,” Boag told council. Also, there are no guarantees that there would not be a closure of the existing pool at some point. Robson asked staff to get a price to “patch” this pool and keep it in business for another three years. “I don’t think anybody has taken five years to build a pool,” he said, adding the city could build a new one in three. The Leisure Centre pool plumbing is a problem, and the main tank is losing 6,800 litres a day, the hot pool another 1,800 litres a day. Staff is also concerned that leaking water could damage the facility. The mechanical systems – pumps, motors and electrical – are
35 years old, and are to be replaced in the renovations. Read wants some accountability for council being surprised by a one-year closure, after having already spent $435,000 on design work with Shape Architecture. “We are absolutely accountable to the public – we’re asking how can we possibly be here? How can we be here, as a city, on the verge of having to shut down for an entire year our only aquatic facility? I think the public is going to want to know the same thing. We have a duty to them to provide some accountability and to learn some lessons so that we can make sure this does not happen again,” she said. “We immediately need to come up with some solutions, because what is being told to us is that we’re going to have to shut down our only swimming pool for an entire year, lay off our staff, and move all our user groups to other cities, and our residents to other cities. That’s unacceptable to me.”
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The City of Maple Ridge has scooped up two awards from the Commercial Real Estate Development Association for being the most improved city and for being the “most business friendly municipality” in the region. Mayor Nicole Read received the awards at the Metro Vancouver chapter’s awards event on Nov. 26, said a city release. The 2015 awards were given out based on each city’s response to a sample industrial development proposal.
Maple Ridge was found to be most improved based on the processing time for applications as well as for its development fees. It received its second award for being “most-business friendly” based on its tax incentives for industrial developments that achieve green building standards. The program offers tax incentives to encourage green development that will reduce long-term operating costs and reduce the carbon footprint. Read told developers that Maple
Ridge has “a magnificent, natural setting combined with a growing population that is eager for retail, commercial and employment development …” She said council and staff wants to work with developers to build complete communities. “We are very proud that the development community recognizes the benefits of Maple Ridge’s employment lands investment incentive that clearly demonstrates a shared vision around sustainable development.”
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“Russ and the hundreds of people who signed a petition are still looking for proper representation from their local city council,� said Bell. She quoted the CBC documentary, which found that 72 per cent of Canadians feel stressed about parking while they are at the hospital. She said the Impark employees who police the local lot are paid on commission. “It shouldn’t be an opportunity to make money on the sick. You don’t want to go to the hospital – you have to go to the hospital,� said Bell. “I don’t like to hear from seniors who
want to go see a loved one in the hospital, but say they can’t afford to.� She noted Delta, Mission and Salmon Arm hospitals all have free parking. Read said council needs to be responsive to the public. “Our residents have called for it, and we have a duty to really give it a good look,� said the mayor. “We know from our legal opinion, which is public, that it’s very difficult to say we’re not charging parking fees at all,� she added. “But there’s a lot of opportunity in there for us to look at some business cases, and how we might be able to adjust things, to address some of our residents’ concerns.�
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Next time, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association might try a different approach to connecting with the larger community in Maple Ridge. Either that or Maple Ridge residents have no questions at all about Islam. A Saturday open house in the Maple Ridge library, titled the Holy Quran Open House to Demystify Islam, drew no one, said Imam Bilal Khokhar. Last year, about 10 people showed up at a similar open house. Most people don’t equate Islam with terrorism, but at some point, people still have misunderstandings, he said. “People don’t understand Muslims. They don’t understand Islam. “By holding these events, we give oppor-
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round Islam, which in turn has given rise to hate crimes against Muslims all over the world, including Canada. This is due to the lack of understanding of the true and peaceful teachings of Islam.â€? The association held an event called Stop the Crisis last year, highlighting the last four letters. He agreed that the situation for Muslims in Canada differs from France where some of the shooters in the Paris attacks were European born. Khokhar said Muslim alienation from mainstream culture here is small. “People have jobs and have no reasons to go and do other things.â€? In France, Muslims live in ghettos and don’t have jobs. “It’s definitely prevalent there. “And they get sucked into the jihadi ideologies from the Middle East ‌ because they pay them.â€? Khokhar, who lives in Delta, is part of the
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama-at which he says is excluded from mainstream Muslim society and are not allowed to call their places of worship, mosques. Its main tenet is “Love for all, Hatred for None,� said Khokhar. When terrorists invoke Islam, “They’re so wrong. They just make it look so bad.� He agreed, anytime there’s a mass shooting in the U.S., Muslims are hoping their religion isn’t involved. “The religion of Islam has been hijacked. Ourselves as Muslims are so frustrated by those other Muslims. They’re so wrong, they’re so wrong. They’re using the religion of Islam and they’re just making it so bad.� He said it’s all about spirituality and the connection with God. “We have to give back to people. “It gets so frustrating that this religion we’re trying to represent, they’re ruining the picture for so many people.�
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The West Coast Express Santa Train made its first of two stops this holiday season on Saturday, collecting 225 toys and $155 in donations in total at the Port Haney, Maple Meadows and Pitt Meadows West Coast Express stations. It will run again next Saturday, Dec. 12. Get on the Santa Train with a new, unwrapped toy donation, worth about the same price as train fare, for a free ride into downtown Vancouver. The Santa Train leaves Mission City station at 10 a.m. and makes all regular stops along the West Coast Express commuter rail route. In late afternoon, the train heads back to Mission, departing Waterfront Station at 4 p.m. Donations will be given to the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society. An added attraction for the trip into Vancouver is the North Pole station that opens at 3 p.m. in the Waterfront station in downtown Vancouver. The station will offer photo ops with Santa and egg nog.
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Whonnock, Ruskin, not farming communities ging operations, steam donkeys soon replaced oxen and horses. As stands of easy to access trees were soon depleted, narrow-gauge railway was used to take the giant logs from the hinterland to the water’s edge. Only the introduction of logging trucks after the First World War gave the industry the tool to log trees all over the area. Today there is no first-growth forest left in Whonnock or Ruskin. The rapid increase of consumers in the cities did not turn Whonnock or Ruskin into farming communities. After having logged off their properties, most owners of large acreage did not even bother to remove the stumps. Some settlers grew fruit, mostly apples, for the market. But in general attempts at commercially farming were few and unsuccessful. That changed with the arrival of Japanese settlers. In the 1920s and 1930s, they turned large areas of land covered by bush and stumps into productive farms. It took an unbelievable commitment to clear the land and grow large commercial harvests of soft fruit – mainly strawberries. And so it happened that for a few decades, Whonnock and Ruskin emerged as prime agricultural areas. That ended in 1942 with the internment of B.C.’s Japanese population. We may have now the “claws of the bear” and “strength of Samson” that our ancestors could only dream of – chain saws and other power equipment – but the area has remained mainly residential. Much in evidence are pastures for riding horses or making hay. Like those before us, some residents have a vegetable garden or grow a few fruit trees, keep a few chickens or one or two heads of cattle. But it would be a far stretch to call Whonnock and Ruskin farming communities.
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hat much of the land in Whonnock and Ruskin today is part of the Agricultural Land Reserve may create the impression of a long farming history. Today there is no evidence of any major commercial farming going on here. Was that different in the past? “Farming here is still in its childhood; a number have cleared a few acres; some have done almost nothing,” writes one of the Norwegian settlers from Whonnock in 1897. It took, as the writer suggests, “claws like a bear and the strength of a Samson” to clear even a patch of land large enough “to support a cow and a hen.” As there was not yet a market for produce or fruit, those early settlers did not need much farmland. They grew just enough to feed themselves and their families. They logged their trees to build their homes, barns and boats. They used wood to cook their meals, to heat water for laundry, a bath, or a warm drink and to keep a fire burning during the wet and cold wintry days. Wood was also a product they could sell. Firewood was needed by the paddle wheelers steaming up and down the river and for the locomotives pulling trains through the Fraser Valley and beyond. There was also an endless demand for railway sleepers or ties, supporting the rails on the railway bed. Deforestation started on the slopes nearest to the river, but the demand for building materials rapidly increased as in the 20 years after the railroad started running across Canada, the population of B.C. grew quickly. The appetite for lumber of the new city of Vancouver, founded in 1886, was insatiable. In the beginning, logging was usually a one-man job, aided by a horse or an ox. But in major log-
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made – I wouldn’t say songs – but musical experiences for sure. “Drums really reinvigorate you.” Sichon agrees. “Drumming is like a dance of your hands – especially when you’re playing African drums,” he said. “It makes you happy.” He is a Mission resident who was born in the Ukraine and earned a masters degree in classical music from the Saint Petersburgh state university. He often works with children in a variety of musical programs. Sichon loves the concept of the Art Bar, and said it lends itself well to his style of instruction, and the drum circle he plans. “When you have a drum circle, there’s a huge spirit there – some magic happens.” He will bring African and Middle Eastern instruments, as well as the Irish Celtic bones and spoons. • The drink and drum Art Bar runs on Dec. 10 from 7-9 p.m. Buy online, in-person or by phone. Register for an Art Bar Evening at the ACT ticket centre or by calling 604-476-2787.
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Artists and teams of them are invited to submit their ideas for a public art piece at Hammond Stadium. They are being invited to enter a juried competition for Canadian artists to create new permanent public artwork. The selected piece will celebrate the history of sport and the unique heritage character of the park.
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The stadium was built in 1951 and refurbished in 2014. It includes a community centre, basketball court, tennis court, soccer field and outdoor pool. The deadline for submissions is Feb. 1, 2016 at 2 p.m. Artists are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the park by attending a non-mandatory site tour led by city staff on Jan. 16, at 1 p.m. Artists will have an opportunity to learn more and ask questions.
The stadium is located at 20601 Westfield Ave., and interested parties will meet at the main entrance of Hammond Community Centre. See details in full on the B.C. Bid website. The proposed work will utilize the existing parameters of the site, accommodate baseball needs and allow for community engagement as part of the proposal. The artwork will need to be fabricated and
installed by Dec. 30, 2016. Submissions are to be sent electronically to submissions@mapleridge.ca or by mail to the attention of Arts and Community Connections Manager, 11995 Haney Pl., Maple Ridge, BC, V2X 6A9. Full details, including submission guidelines, are available by downloading the complete request for expression of interest document from B.C. Bid at www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca.
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The Ridge Meadow Blue Knights pee wee boys fell just short in their quest for provincial glory. The Blue Knights dropped a 20-0 decision to the Coquitlam Wildcats at the BCCFA provincial championships at MacLeod Athletic Park in Langley, B.C. on Sunday, Dec. 6. Blue Knights’ head coach Joe Kalinich said the final score wasn’t not indicative of the game. The Blue Knights trailed 2-0 at half time in the tightly contested game. However, two third quarter touchdowns and another in the fourth sealed the win for Coquitlam. The Blue Knights advanced to the finals after they throttled Chilliwack Red 39-6 in the Fraser Valley championships Nov. 21. The win was redemption for the Blue Knights, who lost 8-0 to Chilliwack on Sept. 19, the team’s only setback this year. “This year’s team had the best defence in the league,” said Kalinich “We only gave up two touchdowns in 10 regular-season games. I was very proud to be their coach.” Blue Knights Gavin Whittingham was named team MVP on the offensive side of the ball.
The Ridge Meadow Flames’ climb up the standings stalled on the weekend after losses to the Delta Ice Hawks and North Vancouver Wolf Pack. The Flames opened the weekend on Friday, Dec. 4 with a 4-1 home-ice loss to the Hawks. The Flames opened the scoring when six-foot fiveinch 235 pound forward Bradley Crompton converted a feed from Nolan Ferguson five minutes and 56 seconds into the opening frame. It was Crompton’s ninth marker of the heart to go along with his 14 assists. Both teams played a wide open first, peppering 17 shots a piece on goal. The Ice Hawks’ Sam Kozlowski evened the game on the power play 6:28 seconds into the second while Flames’ defenceman was serving a cross checking penalty. The Ice Hawks took the lead for good with just under five and a half minutes left in the middle stanza on rookie call-up Isaac Embree’s first ever goal in the Pacific Junior Hockey League. The Flames only fired seven shots on goal in the second. Kozlowski put the Hawks ahead 3-1 5:29 into the third and rounded out the scoring with an empty netter with 39 seconds left in the game. The Flames went The Flames lost their third straight on Saturday, Dec. 5 in North Vancouver as the Wolf Pack used a four goal second period en route to a 7-3 drubbing. The Flames jumped out to the lead in North Vancouver on Boston Colley’s 10th goal of year.
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The Ridge Meadow Blue Knights’ defence lines up against the Coquitlam Wildcats at MacLeod Athletic Park on Dec. 6. Kalinich said quarterback Isaiah Cavalli also had a strong season, leading the team’s offence. On the defensive side of the ball, Aden Sanderson was named the team’s defensive MVP. The coach said the linebacker had a great season, making a number of
great tackles to lead the team. Gabe Fitzpatrick and Toby Knight also drew high praise form the coach as the two were standouts on the defensive and offensive lines. Kalinich, in his second year as head coach, said the team’s run to
the finals was also sparked by the standout play of first year players Jacob Brass, Ayden Barret and Calib Grunninger. “Even in close games, we seemed to find a way to win. The kids would never give up,” said Kalinich.
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Seattle Mariners’ prospect and Maple Ridge standout Tyler O’Neill was named the Canadian Baseball Network’s offensive player of the year for 2015, winning the Randy Echlin memorial award. The award was named after the the Honourable Mr. Justice Randall Echlin, former head of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame selection committee and a life-long fan of the game. O’Neill was named the top Canadian offensive minor leaguer this season after hitting 32 home runs in 449 plate appearances with the class-A Bakersfield Blaze in the
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Mathias turned aside 27 shots to improve to 7-11. Mathias has a goals against average of 1.12 and a .960 save percentage in her 447 minutes of play this year. • The Moose face the South Fraser TNT on
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