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Madelaine Visser, two, had fun at the Harris Road spray park in Pitt Meadows on Thursday afternoon. Madelaine visited the park with her three-year-old sister Kaitlin Ann and their dad. After a wet start to the weekend, clear skies and warm temperatures have returned to Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, and the rest of southern B.C. so far this week.
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Classes resume at Kanaka Creek Elementary The Labour Relations Board has deemed year-round schooling an essential service. by Maria Rantanen
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Kanaka Creek Elementary will be in session starting Wednesday following a ruling by the Labour Relations Board (LRB). Teachers have been on strike for two weeks, but most schools were winding down the school year when the strike started. Kanaka Creek Elementary, however,
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Garden being planned The City of Pitt Meadows is planning a Centennial Garden for Bonson’s Landing. The garden will be located at the foot of Barnston View Road at the north edge of the Waterfront Commons Park. The survey can be found online – look for the link at www.pittmeadows.bc.ca. • More at www.mrtimes.com
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Investigators tried to figure out how a townhouse fire began in west Maple Ridge.
Fire victim identified The man who perished in a fire on June 19 in west Maple Ridge has been identified by the B.C. Coroners Service as Craig Peter Philip Davey, 37. The fire ripped through an end unit of a townhouse on 207A Avenue around 11 p.m. • More at www.mrtimes.com
Residents surveyed The District of Maple Ridge has posted the first in a series of surveys about the Hammond area plan that is being developed. Questionnaires will be posted between now and September and residents are asked to fill them out. For more information, go to www.mapleridge.ca and search for “Hammond area plan.” • More at www.mrtimes.com
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The search for a woman who went into fast-moving waters in Golden Ears Provincial Park Wednesday has been called off. Ridge Meadows Search & Rescue were called to the park on Wednesday afternoon after a call came through to emergency services that the 23-year-old was seen going into the water in the Upper Falls. Crews searched Wednesday until dusk and Thursday for several hours, said Rick Laing, manager of Ridge Meadows Search & Rescue. North Shore Search & Rescue came with their kayak team to see if they could help but the water was too swift to go in. “We’re going to wait for water levels to change and reassess [before resuming the search],” Laing said. Twenty-five men were out on both days looking for the woman. The RCMP brought in their Air One helicopter on Thursday to help in the search. When a search ends without a conclusion, it’s tough on the volunteer search and rescue crew, Laing said. “We call ourselves search and rescue,” he said. “When we can’t do the rescue, it can be hard on the people.” Mounties say the woman is not from Maple Ridge or Pitt Meadows.
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Fire closes Ruskin General Store and gas station The Maple Ridge fire department used its new tender truck at a fire on Thursday afternoon. by Maria Rantanen mrantanen@mrtimes.com
The Ruskin General Store and gas station are closed following a fire on Thursday afternoon. A call came in just after 5 p.m. that the building at 287th Avenue and Lougheed Highway was on fire, eliciting a response from all three Maple Ridge firehalls. No one was hurt in the blaze – only one employee was on site at the time, explained deputy fire chief Howard Exner. It took Maple Ridge firefighters about 50 minutes to contain the fire. The fire was largely contained
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A fire hit Ruskin General Store in east Maple Ridge on Thursday afternoon. to three offices in the back, how- the fire department’s new tender ever, there was smoke and water truck, which carries 3,600 US damage to the store as well, he gallons of water, was used as added. well as a second truck with a This was the first fire where capacity of 2,200 US gallons.
“The area is a non-hydrated area so we had to use our tender trucks to put [the fire] out,” explained Exner. The new truck “performed really well,” he said, helping to get the fire out more quickly. The fire department acquired the new tender truck after retiring the previous one, whose capacity was 1,000 US gallons. There are a lot of areas in Maple Ridge that don’t have fire hydrants, Exner said, large parts of Thornhill, eastern areas like Ruskin and Whonnock, Iron Mountain, Golden Ears Provincial Park, and the UBC Research Forest, hence, the need for tender trucks. “The tenders are an integral part of the equipment [needed] to do our jobs in those areas,” Exner said. The fire department is investigating what caused the fire. Fifty firefighters responded to the fire in Ruskin.
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Late last week, TIMES reporter Sylver McLaren lost her battle with cancer. When notified of her passing on Facebook, the community response was immediate. Here are a few notes of condolences you offered. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the McLaren Family at this very sad time. Sylver’s laugh and glorious presence will be missed. Rest in peace you beautiful angel!.” – Deb Walters “Will always remember Sylver’s laugh.”
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The community is mourning the loss of TIMES staff member. by Roxanne Hooper & Maria Rantanen editorial@mrtimes.com
The TIMES Facebook pages were inundated this weekend after the news of reporter Sylver McLaren’s passing was posted. Community members remembered her infectious, booming laugh and her smile and remembered her interviewing them for various stories. A Kwantlen journalism
grad, McLaren started as a reporter with the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows TIMES in June 2011 and worked until her diagnosis of brain cancer in August 2013. Maple Ridge fire chief Dane Spence was impressed from the onset by McLaren, recalling how she worked hard to understand the issues she was reporting on. “She really cared about getting it right,” Spence said. “She was unpretentious as hell. She was genuine. She was who she was, and she had no airs about her. She really cared about what she did, cared about the community, and
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cared about the people she met… she was fun. She was a good person, and she had a very good heart. She was the real deal, and she will be missed.” McLaren was born on
Feb. 28, 1972. She leaves behind her son Chase, 18, her mother and father, two sisters, and extended family.
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Katie cats seek new homes Katie’s Place is where homeless cats from Maple Ridge and beyond go to be adopted, and those who don’t find homes right away are in good hands.
residents, lazing about in variRomanow said. “That’s why we ous perches located in the nine named it Katie’s Place, because 10-x-12-sqare-foot rooms, with we wanted to appease the great additional outdoor patios. god Katie.” Katie’s Place, In 2008, after which recently an ambitious celebrated its fundraising 13th year of finddrive that genering homes for ated “hundreds of cats, started as thousands of dolan annex shelter lars,” Romanow for felines, worksaid, she and by Troy Landreville ing in partnership Hine relocated tlandreville@mrtimes.com with an animal the shelter to its Volunteers at Katie’s Place rescue group in current location. learn very quickly that you don’t east Mission. The “They were Troy Landreville/TIMES get in the middle of a cat fight. shelter was situwonderful to us Bobbin hasn’t lost any spunk, That’s because once engaged, ated in a barn but we really despite missing a front leg as a two peeved off felines swiftly behind the Maple took a toll on result of getting hit by a car. become one, a frenzied, furry Ridge home of a their property,” ball of claws, teeth, and attitude. friend of Katie’s Romanow said, Separating them with your Place co-founder Carol Hine. regarding the owners of the hands can be a painful, someWithin two years, Romanow property where the barn was times bloody endeavour. and Hine acquired charitable located. “They were awesome Founder Magda Romanow status for their shelter, and people. And we outgrew it, too.” shared that feline fisticuffs do became separate from the other While Hine now runs SAINTS happen occasionrescue group. (Senior Animals In Need Society) ally, a by-product “We stayed in in Mission, Romanow remains of 90 cats roomthe same locawith Katie’s Place. This doesn’t ing together 24/7. tion, had the make her a “cat person,” but And when the same name, someone who loves all animals. odd “disagreeand the same Whether their stay at Katie’s ment” does cats and volunPlace is short or extended, the occur, the trick is teers,” Romanow resident felines have an impact to use a spray of explained. “We on Romanow. Troy Landreville/TIMES water to separate just became our “There are cats in here, when Katie’s Place co-founder describes the combatants. own entity.” they go, it’s pretty tough,” she Amelia as a “pretty round tabby on However, a As for the name said. tour through the Katie’s Place, it’s Quite a few came from very the heavy side.” 1,800-square-foot a nod to the oripoor conditions and have thrived cat shelter, located right next ginal occupant of the barn. since arriving at Katie’s Place, to the Maple Ridge SPCA facil“There was a cat living there which is run by more than 100 ity, shows dozens of content named Katie in the barn,” volunteers ranging from their
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Owen is a friendly feline looking for a home. early teens (who join their parents there) to longtime helpers Barry and Val Allen, both seniors. “You see them become very happy and outgoing,” Romanow said. “For some of them, you can see this is their home.” Oakley, an orange tabby, is one of those cats. He came to the shelter on Nov. 5, 2012. “This is his place, here,” Romanow said. “He’s happy here. He has the run of the place.” With so many “special issue” cats, Romanow said, prospective new families can’t simply come into the shelter and “take home a cat.” “We really screen our homes,” Romanow said. “I’m not going to say it’s super easy. We really
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Big day for a big dream Today is Canada Day. It’s Canada’s 147th birthday, and it is a day for celebration. This is a day to celebrate everything that is good about this country – and that’s a lot to celebrate, because by anyone’s standards and regardless of the yardstick used, Canada is at or near the very top of any list of the very best countries in the world. Like any birthday, this is also a good day to take positive note of things that we could improve as the clock ticks through our next year. We’re not going to get into a lot of nitpicking here, but we’re going to make one suggestion for one improvement that could make an important difference throughout the world. Really, it’s a follow-up to a suggestion made by Glacier Media reporter and columnist Matthew Claxton recently [Canada could destroy cancer, June 19 Painful Truth, TIMES]. The headline of his column says it all: Canada could destroy cancer. It’s not a far-fetched idea. As Claxton noted, it could be Canada’s equivalent to America’s moonshot of the 1960s. Canada is already a world leader in cancer research and awareness, thanks in no small part to Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope, which was aimed at raising just one dollar per Canadian at the time, but which has snowballed into world-wide Fox Runs that have raised hundreds of millions of dollars. Canada could pick up the ball that cancer took from Terry’s hands in Thunder Bay in 1980, and run it past the finish line in a massive – but doable – effort. Like the moonshot, the benefits and economic side-effects of such a shot aimed at the heart of cancer would far outweigh any cost of the attempt. Canada Day is a great time to celebrate and count our blessings – and overcoming cancer would be a great blessing to add to the list. – B.G.
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Round trip a long, long route Start in Victoria. Stand on the Either route – or any of a masedge of the bluffs in Beacon Hill sive number of routes between Park, overlooking the Pacific the extremes – you’ll be passOcean. You can almost imagine ing through some tremendously seeing all the way to Japan. beautiful country. It seems almost forever as you Geographically, Canada is the look out over the blue waters and second largest country in the off into the horizon. It takes 22 world, second only to Russia, our hours to fly to Australia. neighbour just across the pole. But you can walk farther than But there’s more to Canada that and stay right inside Canada than sheer size. In fact, most all the way. people around the world have by Bob Groeneveld Walk down to the ocean and absolutely no idea just how big dip your toes in the clear, salty this country is. They see it on a water, wander along the seashore to the northmap, but they have no idea. ern tip of Vancouver Island. Take another glance Remember when SARS in Toronto took a huge west from Cape Scott Park before rounding the dent out of B.C.’s tourism market? tip of the Island and following the shoreline to Forest fires in B.C. leave people around the Nanaimo. There, you can catch a ferry from world fearful of trips planned to the Atlantic Departure Bay to Horseshoe Bay… and now the provinces – no idea how big this country is. real journey begins. Even people who have lived here all their lives Head north, still along the shoreline, cut often don’t really comprehend the distances. overland from the southern tip of the Alaska The distances are great enough to accommoPanhandle into the Yukon, mosey on over to date different thoughts, different viewpoints, difInuvik, and continue following that endless, ferent ideas, even different cultures. relentless coastline through the northern territorSometimes, the distances between Canadians ies, tracing out Hudson Bay to Nova Scotia. are great enough that we don’t see what much That’s Canada. the world sees in us. This is a country filled with There are countless Islands along the way – people who struggle – sometimes against each Ellesmere and Baffin are among the bigger ones other, but mostly with each other. – you could circumnavigate along the way. And Anger over the distances between ideologies certainly, you’ll want to outline Newfoundland. may rise to a national level – but pointed refusal But even without them, it would be a hefty to say “please” or “thank you” is about as vioroute from Victoria to Halifax that would take lent as most arguments get. a longterm commitment: about 30 km per day, This is a country that was born of peace each and every day for about 25 years. instead of war, and has a proud reputation for You’d walk far enough that, if you were to promoting and nurturing peace wherever it walk straight up, you’d get further than two might be found, or wherever it might be encourthirds of the way to the moon – not quite far aged to take root. People in other countries look enough to let Luna’s gravity take over and allow to us with hope because of that. They look at you to fall the rest of the way! Canada and know it can be done. Or instead, you could get into your car and The rest of the world doesn’t always undermake a beeline for the Atlantic at Halifax: about stand just how big this country is, but it often 5,000 kilometres down the road. sees us better than we do ourselves. That’s Canada, too. Ah! Canada! Happy Birthday!
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Dear Editor, I am a person with a disability, and I rely heavily on the C43 and C44 to get to work and to and from town. I just learned that the hours of these routes are going to be cut, as well as those of the C47, and will only run once per hour, instead of every half an hour, beginning in September. I have a daughter and it will be very inconvenient for us to have to wait around for that extra time, especially once it gets colder. There are many vulnerable people
who rely on these routes to go to the hospital for appointments, etc. There are other routes in the Lower Mainland being cut, but I heard Maple Ridge is being affected the most. If you don’t drive in Maple Ridge, you are dependent on the buses, and it is only because these routes run every half an hour that I have been able to get to work on time. This just goes against encouraging people to drive less and take public transit instead. Autumn O’Rourke, Maple Ridge
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but missed point, June 24 gested, the smart meter sigLetters, TIMES] upset me. nal travelled as far as three It has taken many years kilometres, it would mean for very educated the power output is people to develop so low that it is not Letters and manufacture even worth talking the devices which about, let alone to have given greater telling stories about the ease in working in sick people getting your home. well after removal Have you wonof a smart meter. dered why the That is the Gabriola employees of the Effect working at company manufacturing its finest. such appliances would In fact, the power output allow them in their homes if almost disappears nine feet they were not safe? from the meter – dropping If, as Mr. McNutt sugto 0.001 per cent of the original signal strength. The first 25 years of Smart meters my working life included designing and manufacturing colour TV, design of the Dear Editor, first desktop computers, and We are still having some concerns regarding smart then with Atomic Energy meters, as voiced by Ron McNutt [Gabriola Effect amusCommission of Canada, ing, but missed point, June 24 Letters, TIMES]. helping to design and While I do have uneasy feelings about the seemingly develop the X-ray machines never-ending growth of wireless contraptions, I do think used today, and finally, the this one is a bit overblown. According to BC Hydro, the development of radiation meters transmit for less than a minute a day. They are supequipment for eradication of posedly less energetic than cellphones, and are transmitting cancerous cells. from outside the home. Mr. McNutt need not They could be lying, of course, but I’m not sure why attempt to prove his theormuch more frequent data tracking is necessary. Yes, I susies to me. I am very well pect there are pressures to do some sort of time-related versed in frequencies and charging, but that could be done with much less detailed power outputs and what data-gathering than Mr. McNutt fears. they can and cannot do. Cellphone hazards have been researched for some time. Ron McNutt and all those The World Health Organization has considered them potenwho doubt their safety have tial hazards, but admits there is little evidence, and warns nothing to worry about. us to be prudent. I think that a reasonable approach. Thanks to Lance Felgnar I suspect that Wi-Fi and cellphones are much more of a for his supporting comments concern than meters. We are inundated by electromagnetic [What benefit gained from radiation, and worrying about one small source seems killing customers?, May 13 counterproductive. Letters, TIMES]. Paul Gregory, Maple Ridge Richard Mead, Maple Ridge
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Founder and leader of the Spirit of the Coast Canoe Journey, Chris Cooper (right), was presented with a woven cedar hat from members of the Kwantlen First Nation. He’s taking along their nation’s son, Brandon Gabriel, on the journey, and members of Gabriel’s family came together for a blessing ceremony before the expedition departed earlier this month.
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Kwantlen First Nations artist Brandon Gabriel, one of the core team of paddlers with the Spirit of the Coast Canoe Journey, got a warm send-off from friend and fellow canoeist Reg Mess, a Maple Ridge photographer.
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I know I journeyed here from somewhere else but I want my poems born in Canada I want to write out of our forests, hills and valleys that guide wide winding rivers to the sea I want words cut from the heart of giant cedars eagle words to search among the mountains and follow great grey whales along the shore
Former TIMES columnist Alan Woodland is helping us to celebrate Canada Day with his poem, Landed in Canada, perfectly scribed for the occasion from someone who chose to make this country his home, and has joined his artistic soul to this land.
I want to wrap my poems around the enormous gift of this country and find cords of words strong enough to bind it close I know I journeyed here from somewhere else but I belong here now and I want my poems to be native
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from across the region. Leanne Koehn from Ridge Meadows Recycling, communications manager for the District of Maple Ridge Fred Armstrong, and Jordan Garn of the Fraser Valley Regional Library by Maria Rantanen system were part of a mrantanen@mrtimes.com panel discussion. Sixty people in Maple Steve Dotto, known Ridge learned about conas “Canada’s favourite necting through social geek,” who is a former media last week. comedian, was the The second annual keynote presenter. Social Media Day, run McLeod said she by the Social Chicks, hopes next year there which includes TIMES will be more presenters columnist Vicki McLeod, and a longer session. took place Thursday “People came away morning in council from it... feeling chambers. inspired and [sayMcLeod said the paring] they have lots of ticipation in the fourideas,” McLeod elaborPhones have become an integral part of hour event was “excelated. social media – here Social Chick Wendy lent” and the feedback Other comments she McLelland checked hers during Thursday’s she received is that parreceived were that ticipants want it to grow Social Media Day in Maple Ridge. Social Media Day gave and become an even ideas on ways to conbigger event next year. nect within the community. “We hope sponsors and presenters will Participants included several local busiget on board next year,” she said. nesses, representatives of non-profit agenThe presenters were both local and cies in town, and municipal staff.
mong the most prolific and much overlooked plants in and around this area are the magnificent ferns. Here you will find them along the rivers and streams, in boggy fields and forests, waving their fan-like fronds with the wind and adding to the beauty of the landscape, clustered in any boggy Liz Hancock/Special to The TIMES or shady place they can There are a variety of different types of fern growing in the Lower find. Mainland. Ferns are found worldwide, ranging through and bracken are called fiddleheads, and wetlands to desert, and are one of the can be eaten, lightly steamed. oldest plant species there is, with the The rhizome (rootstock) of bracken first fossils appearing in the carbon can also be roasted and eaten, which is deposits around 360 million years ago. reported to be nutritious. Since then, some newer families of There is a fern here in the Pacific ferns have appeared, showing up in fosNorthwest called the licorice fern, which sils around 145 million years ago in the in the early days was Cretaceous period. popular with the First One of the most fascinNations people for its flaating is the funny-looking vour – and I think I have horsetail fern. It is the found one in my garden. only living example of the Here in our area of the equisetum family, which Lower Mainland, we have is more than 100 million several groups of ferns: years old. the sward fern with its This fern could grow to smooth dark green sharp30 feet high, not someedged fronds; the ostrich thing you would see now. fern with the smaller, by Liz Hancock The horsetail has a long segregated, more delicate history of medical use, Discover the joys of flora and fauna in our leaves on one long stem, none of it substantiated, rural areas. Liz welcomes questions at standing upright just like g.hancock@uniserve.com so I do not recommend ostrich tail feathers; brackyou try it, but it is a diuren, which grows in short branches off a etic and has been used as such around central stem; and the lady fern. the world. There is also the small maidenhair It contains thiamin, which slows fern, which grows in rock faces and the heart rate and can cause lack of around waterfalls. coordination. So next time you are walking along Ferns are considered vascular plants, the river paths or up by the Alouette which means they do not have flowers Lake, take a look along the edges of or seeds but reproduce by spreading the trails. In some places the ferns are spores in the air. considered a weed, but here in the rain Some of the fronds are sterile, while forests of British Columbia they help to others carry small cases on the backs make the land what it is. of their leaves which contain the spore – Liz Hancock is a member of the Alouette River powder. These fronds are slightly narManagement Society. The Maple Ridge woman is also rower than the sterile ones. an artist, writer, environmentalist and teacher of selfThe new shoots of the ostrich fern
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Game postponed The Caring Place in Maple Ridge has postponed their Hockey For Good day-long ball hockey tournament until September 27. All players ages 8 and up are encouraged to register. The cost is $160 per team. Funds raised will help send kids to camp. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
Club hosts today The Maple Ridge Lawn Bowling Club invites all its members to 11445 232nd St., for a Canada Day celebration at 10 a.m today, followed by a potluck supper and barbecue. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
Ridge man rides B.C.
An annual made-in B.C. ride for cancer took place recently.
with the event last year,” he said. “He kind of talked me into doing it.” The event was started and is still organized annually by Kerry and by Eric Zimmer Vicky Kunzli. ezimmer@mrtimes.com “What started out At 3:30 a.m., on as a way for me and Saturday, June 21, Maple my friends to raise Ridge resident Dave Rose some dollars for cancer hopped on his bike in research, has turned Kelowna and began what into an incredibly inspirwould be a 19-and-a-halfational event raising hour ride to Delta. millions,” Kerry said. 140 riders took part in the ride. Rose was one of 140 Rose said that, due people who took part in the tenth to the nature of the route, including the annual Ride2Survive – an independent, trek up and over the Coquihalla, the volunteer-run, cycling fundraiser for the ride is harder than the Ride to Conquer Canadian Cancer Society. Cancer, but “the group of people you’re “I like the idea of raising money for riding with is fantastic.” cancer research,” Rose explained, who Rose explained he was “one of the added that, although he has taken part very few lucky ones,” and though just in the much bigger Ride to Conquer about everybody else on the ride was Cancer twice, this was his first time with close with a cancer fighter or battling Ride2Survive. themselves, neither he, nor any member “A friend of mine found out about of his family was. More at www.mrtimes.com , search “ Kunzli” this a couple years ago, and volunteered
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Ellen Hayhoe of the Haney Neptunes was the picture of concentration as she swam the breaststroke portion of a Div. 5 girls relay race Saturday afternoon at Al Anderson Memorial Pool in Langley. The Neptunes were among the clubs that took part in the Langley Flippers Invitational Meet.
Lacrosse
One tie, one win for Burrards on weekend Camels’ team members celebrated their win.
The past weekend provided Ball hockey finals a mixed bag of results for Maple Ridge’s lacrosse squad. The Maple Ridge Ball Hockey
finals were decided in dramatic fashion last Sunday. The Maple Ridge Camels defeated the Maple Ridge Ball Danglers in a finale that came down to a shootout. The Camels advanced to the provincials this past weekend at Cam Neely arena, but their journey would end there as they were knocked out of a playoff spot. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
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Less than a week after facing off against Victoria at Planet Ice, the Maple Ridge Burrards went head-to head again with the squad in the provincial capital on Friday night. The back-and-forth game was highlighted by Burrards’ player Curtis Dickson, who scored a total of five goals, including one in the 10-minute overtime. The game would end in an overtime tie, with both teams finding each other’s net nine times.
In addition to Dickson’s efforts, Riley Loewen grabbed a pair of goals, Mike Mallory managed to put one in the net, and Jarrett Davis helped round out the effort with another. The Shamrocks outshot the Burrards 45-47 in the game. On Sunday night, Carson Michaud stopped 28 out of 32 shots to help give the Maple Ridge Burrards an 8-4 victory over the Nanaimo Timbermen at Planet ice in Albion. Though the first period was scoreless from both ends, the Burrards goalie was kept busy, as he blocked 11 attempts by Nanaimo to put the ball in the net. It wasn’t until the second period, when Loewen put one behind Timbermen goalie Zach Boychuk
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to get the Burrards on the scoreboard first. That was quickly followed by a pair of goals from the Timbermen. Maple Ridge answered back with three unanswered goals, courtesy of Zack Porter, Andrew Murphy, and Mitch Banister. Nanaimo would put another two goals in the back of the Burrards net, but Maple Ridge wasn’t done yet. A pair of goals from Loewen, as well as two separate goals from Spencer Evans and Garrett McIntosh brought the Burrards to an 8-4 win over the Timbermen. The Burrards get a bit of a break now, as they prepare for their next game on July 8 against Coquitlam at Planet Ice. Game time is 7:45 p.m. The weekend results leave the
Burrards with a 4-2-0 record at home, and a 2-3-1 record on the road.
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Gardens
Tour raises cash for kids Eight gardens were part of the fifth Country Garden Tour. mrantanen@mrtimes.com
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July 5: Fundraiser
July 1: Canada Day
• Pitt Meadows celebrates Canada Day from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Spirit Square. Live music will run from noon to 3 p.m.
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July 1: Lawn Bowling
• Maple Ridge Lawn Bowling Club, 11445 232nd St., Maple Ridge, invites all members to its Canada Day Celebration starting at 10 a.m. A potluck supper/barbecue will take place after the events.
July 1: Haney House
• Haney House Museum, 11612 224th St., Maple Ridge, hosts its annual Canada Day celebration and this year there will be a picnic in the park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Info: 604-463-5311 or mrmeventplanner@gmail. com.
July 2: Puppets
Eight gardens were open to the public for the Maple Ridge Garden Tour on June 22.
• The Lost and Found Puppet Co. presents Just Enough - A Puppet and Clown Show from 6:45 to 7:15 p.m. at the Memorial Peace Park bandstand. Just Enough is based on the Yiddish folktale Something From Nothing by Phoebe Gilman. In this adaptation, a grandmother makes her granddaughter a quilt weaving a story with each piece of fabric used. For more information, call the Maple Ridge Library at 604-467-7417.
the jazz band could have played all afternoon.” “The event had class written all over it from the selection of the showcase gardens, to the qual-
• Friday Night Dance with Robyn Picard takes place at The ACT, 11944 Haney Pl., Maple Ridge, from 7 to 10 p.m. with a beginner lesson from 7 to 8 p.m. and practice dance from 8 to 10 p.m. For more infor-
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Six thousand dollars will go toward Sunshine Foundation’s Dreams for Kids thanks to a garden tour in Maple Ridge. The Maple Ridge Garden Club hosted its sixth garden tour recently, selling tickets for $20 which allowed participants to wander through eight local gardens and enjoy the music of the Golden Ears Jazz Band. Proceeds were earmarked for the Sunshine Foundation, an organization that lets sick children fulfill a dream – the five previous tours raised $49,000. “The weather was perfect and all the comments I received were very positive,” said Gayle Lyons, one of the organizers. Daryl Stone, a Maple Ridge resident and president of the Sunshine Foundation, said he heard comments about the June 22 tour, praising it as the “best yet” and with comments like “I sure wish
mation, go to www. ilovetodance.ca or www.theactmapleridge. org.
July 1: Canada Day
• Canada Day celebrations run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Memorial Peace Park. The official ceremony is at 12:30 p.m. The RCMP will hold its annual book sale, this time to benefit Special Olympics.
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ity of the draw prizes, the performance of the Golden Ears Jazz Band and the refreshment stand set up by the Sunshine Volunteers,” said Stone.
July 4: Dancing
This month at The ACT Maple Ridge Art Gallery:
Avenue Q
Now – July 26
Princeton arrives in New York City looking for love, a job, and his purpose in life. The only neighbourhood he can afford is the multicultural Avenue Q, where Sesame Street-esque puppets rub shoulders with humans. Ages 18+
Falling From Grace – The Tapestries of Barbara Heller Works signifying key moments in Heller’s career that are often linked to war, political aggression and the impact of humankind on the environment.
Film Screening: TANA BANA: Wisdom of the Loom Friday, July 4 – 5:00 p.m.
Spend an evening focused on works of great beauty and skill found in rural locations in Africa, Laos, Indonesia, India, and Pakistan, while immersing yourself in the world of looms and weaves.
Weaving Demonstration at the Maple Ridge Art Gallery
Saturday, July 12 – 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Barbara Heller will demonstrate the techniques used to create her tapestries.
Arts Club ON TOUR
Season subscriptions on sale now! Get the best seats for the best price and enjoy three fantastic comedies you won’t want to miss:
Saturday, November 8 – 8:00 p.m. Sunday, November 9 – 2:00 p.m.
The Odd Couple
Saturday, January 10 – 8:00 p.m.
The classic comedy of mismatched roomies. Will these two friends learn to meet in the middle or will their differences split them apart?
The Foreigner
Saturday, March 14 – 8:00 p.m.
Charlie realizes that people will say the most extraordinary things when they think that no one can understand them.
Summer Arts Camps
Register today for summer fun at The ACT and South Bonson Community Centre! Half and full-day camps in animation, fashion design, drama, dance and more! Check out our website for the Friday Night Dance Schedule with Robyn Picard, everything from Ballroom to Swing!
Visit www.theactmapleridge.org for schedules. | Register at recreg4u.ca or 604-465-2470.
• Noble Hearts, a fundraiser for the Caring Place, takes place at Blenz Coffee, #12222441 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Maple Ridge. There will be singers, bands, poets, rappers, Arabic dancer, comedy, and bagpipes. The event takes place from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Donations will be accepted at the door.
July 5: Farmers market
• Haney Farmers Market’s annual Art Extravaganza is on with Artists Extraordinaire. It’s the final day of the selfie contest, your last chance to win $500 in farmers’ market coupons. Children will be making ladybugs and storytime is at 11 a.m. Gourmet Grannies are talking about white carrots. Tom Hammel entertains. All in Memorial Peace Park in downtown Maple Ridge from 9 to 2 p.m. Info: www.haneyfarmersmarket.org.
July 6: Choir
• A mixed choir of 44 members from Ural University of Russia will be singing at St. Luke’s church in Maple Ridge at 3 p.m. Tickets are $20 for a family, $8 for students and seniors, and adults are $10. For tickets, contact at Sammy 604-467-4806 or Nita at 604-467-1011.
July 7: Magician
• Magician Andrew Dalziel will be at the Pitt Meadows Library from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. with his assistant Rocky the Raccoon. Their special brand of fun, energetic magic is sure to bring laughter to your summer. N.B. Tickets for this event have all been distributed but if the weather is good, the event will take place in Spirit Square and everyone will be welcome.
• Full list: www.mrtimes.com
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