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Snow Queen Erisa Ichikawa played the Snow Queen in the Royal City Youth Ballet Company Society’s production of The Nutcracker Sunday afternoon at The ACT in Maple Ridge. See more images, p27. Colleen Flanagan/THE NEWS
Ryan Gilpin turns himself in to police by M o n i s h a M a r t i n s staff reporter A man suspected of shooting another man during a confrontation linked to the drug trade in Maple Ridge has turned himself in to police. The man surrendered with the help of his lawyer on Sunday, a day after a 29-year-old man was shot at a house on Dewdney Trunk Road. Ryan Gilpin has since been charged with attempted murder with a firearm and has been remanded in custody until his first court appearance on Thursday. The charge of attempted murder has yet to be approved by Crown. Ridge Meadows RCMP received multiple calls about gunshots heard near Dewdney Trunk Rd. and Rosewood Street just before 8 p.m. Saturday. See Shooting, p5
Guards want stiffer penalties Feces throwing, assaults, but inmates face light consequences by M o n i s h a M a r t i n s staff reporter Guards at a Maple Ridge men’s prison want management to take assaults and threats more seriously following two attacks where feces was thrown on staff. The call for stiffer penalties against inmates follows a series of incidents at the Fraser Regional Correctional Centre this year. In July, a guard there was punched in the head. Then on Sept. 25, excrement was
flung at a corrections officer. The union representing prison guards claims there was a second incident involving feces in October, but that was not confirmed by the province. A guard, speaking on condition of anonymity, said both incidents were disgusting and demeaning, and not dealt with properly. “Management isn’t doing anything about it,” he added. The guards’ complaints follow a report released last week by the B.C. Government Employees Union, which hired Simon Fraser University criminologist Neil Boyd to survey conditions in B.C. jails. According to the report, more than 90 per
cent of correctional officers have been exposed to blood and more than 75 per cent to feces, spit and urine in the past year. Of the 200 officers surveyed for the study, two-thirds have also received a credible threat from an inmate in the past year. Dean Purdy, with the BCGEU, said staff at Fraser Regional are not happy with the response from management. He too confirmed there had been at least two incidents involving feces since September. “We would like to see a harsher penalty dealt out through the courts,” said Purdy, who blames overcrowding for escalating tension within provincial jails. See Guards, p10
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Teachers send out report cards despite job action No progress in contract talks with province by R o b e r t M a n g e l s d o r f staff reporter
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Grade 3 teacher Jennifer MacDonald at Yennadon elementary looks over student Lucas Serediuk as her class works on their iPods Tuesday afternoon. The school is one of five in the district taking part in a program that gives Grade 3 and 4 students access to the mobile devices.
SD42 expanding iPod program by R o b e r t M a n g e l s d o r f staff reporter A program that puts an iPod Touch in the hands of Grade 3 and 4 students will be expanding after a trial earlier this year found the electronic devices can help students improve their reading skills. The iPod program was rolled out to students at Albion and Pitt Meadows elementary schools last year. The four-month trial proved so successful, the Maple RidgePitt Meadows School District is expanding it to Yennadon, Alexander Robinson, and Davie Jones elementary schools this week. According to superintendent Jan Unwin, students who took part in the program saw their reading skills improve substantially. While 23 per cent of students were not meeting literacy expectations at the beginning of the program, just four months later that number was down to five per cent. Lisa Jakeway, the district’s elementary helping teacher, is organizing the program, which is unique in the province. Students use the iPods to run a variety of programs, called apps, designed to help them with math, reading, and speaking skills. Stu-
dents can run a digital version of a reading skills book, following along with a pre-recorded voice. Students can then record themselves reading the same passage to compare. “The kids will record themselves reading, and go back a month later, and they can see their own progress,” Jakeway said. If they get hung up on a particular word, tapping the screen will make iPod repeat the word to them. Students can download increasingly challenging content as their skills improve, and can even take reading comprehension quizzes. One program allows the iPod to dictate a student’s speech. “If they are needing to find out how a word is spelt, they can say the word ... and [iPod] will spell it out for them,” said Jakeway. The iPods are also set up with Internet access, allowing students to conduct research online with parental controls in place. The units cost $250 each, which makes them considerably less expensive than a tablet computer or a laptop that could run similar programs. Unlike the district-wide one-to-one laptop program, students are not allowed to take the devices home with them. The classes taking part in the iPod program won’t be using the devices all day, every day, Jakeway notes, with each set of iPods being shared between
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part of their lives,” Jakeway said. “That’s why we want to target Grade 3 and 4 students. It’s important to teach them early on, and for parents to realize, that this technology isn’t just a toy, it’s also educational.” While there are games included on the iPods, such as math bingo, students can only use them if the teachers allow it, as a reward for completing their work. The district surveyed parents and students after the trial program at Albion and Pitt Meadows elementary schools last year and found 90 per cent of students preferred to read on an iPod. Meanwhile, 70 per cent of parents surveyed said their child’s attitude towards school changed for the better as a result of the program. However, Jakeway admits that many parents may be cool to the idea bringing iPods into the classroom. “It’s the fear of the unknown,” she said. “It’s understandable. We’re one of the first districts to be embarking this ... so we’re definitely blazing a trail.” Presently, budget constraints prevent the program from being rolled out district-wide. Making sure all students have access to technology is a priority for the program, Jakeway said. “Many students already have access to this technology, but some don’t,” she said. “We want to make sure everyone has equal access.”
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Victim in a coma, life-threatening injuries Shooting from front Officers found a man, who was airlifted to hospital by the B.C. Ambulance Service. He remains in a coma with life-threatening injuries. “We are in the initial stages of an investigation into this incident,” said Insp. David Fleugel. “What I do know is the victim is well known to the members of our detachment, and he has been linked to the illicit drug trade in our area. This does not appear to be a random act.”
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An officer removes tape from the crime scene. See video @ mapleridgenews.com. Police cordoned off a house where the shooting took place, but con-
firmed the home did not have an illegal marijuana grow operation.
Fleugel added the quick actions of firefighters, nearby residents, police and paramedics helped save the man’s life. “I would also like to thank the Maple Ridge Fire Department for lending us materials that assisted in preserving the scene for evidence that may have disappeared with the inclement weather,” he added. Police have examined multiple crime scenes to gather evidence and continue to investigate the shooting.
‘Building may be old, but warm and cosy’ Evicted from p4 The trio have had to go to a friend’s house while they look for another place. But she’s already down $150 that she had to pay to put her belongings in storage. Hudon said there were some issues with drugs at the building, but that it was in good condition. “It may be old, he said, but “it’s a nice, cosy, warm building.”
Residents in two of the four suites, which rent for $700 a month for a one bedroom suite, were on income assistance. A complicated domestic legal battle also surrounds the building. Hudon is fighting a Residential Tenancy Branch order from June, evicting him from the caretaker suite. A judicial review of that takes place Dec. 16. However, on Oct. 24,
he received a separate order giving him exclusive occupancy of the suite until the whole issue of the building’s ownership has been settled. In January, he was terminated as the caretaker, but his lawyer disputes that and says he was a common law husband of the building’s owner. In September, a court order told him not to interfere with the tenants.
Hudon also made a claim on the ownership of the building. That’s yet to be set for trial. But that’s not the issue, he says. “The issue is these people have no place to go.” “Don’t want to hurt anybody, but we want to let them know everybody has a right to a roof over their head, especially around Christmas and winter.”
Notice of Inaugural Council Meeting Maple Ridge Municipal Council Chambers 11995 Haney Place Monday, December 5, 2011, at 7:00 pm
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Councillor Bob Masse
Councillor Judy Dueck
Councillor Michael Morden
Meeting Agenda Opening Ceremonies Installation of Council Mayor’s Inaugural Address Appointment of Acting Mayor Mayor’s Appointment of Council Representatives and Liaisons to Boards and Committees 2012 Meeting Schedule Signing Authority Resolution Adjournment This is a public invitation to be part of the first meeting of your newly elected Council. www.mapleridge.ca
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AG a good move Premier Christy Clark’s announcement that a municipal auditor-general will be appointed is good for taxpayers, and it could be helpful to municipalities, as well, should they choose to adopt a conciliatory approach. When Clark suggested this new office, many mayors and councillors condemned it, stating that their expenditures were already audited. This is disingenuous. A year-end audit by an accounting firm is far different from specific performance audits of specific programs. Year-end audits pronounce judgment on general financial management, and rarely single out specific programs. On rare occasions, auditors will include a note about a specific program that raises some questions, but it is not part of their job to follow up. A municipal auditor-general should be able to follow up on some of those types of “flagged” issues, as well as issues that are raised by taxpayers. Some of these may revolve around specific programs, particularly ones where accountability is less than transparent. Both provincial and federal auditors-general have performed many such valuable services, and the small amount it costs to run their offices has been more than justified by the savings they have identified. It can be safely said that they are one of the very few branches of government with a mandate to try and save money for taxpayers. If municipalities accept the reports and advice from the new auditor-general, it could go a long way towards improving their financial management. It will also help them to be more accountable to taxpayers. – Black Press Tell us what you think @ www.mapleridgenews.com
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B.C. Court system close to collapse VICTORIA – One of the last exchanges in the B.C. legislature’s fall session was over the state of the court system. Drug dealers are walking free, NDP leader Adrian Dix reminded Public Safety Minister Shirley Bond in the final B.C. Views question period. Tom Fletcher Dix referred to a Prince George case this fall where a convicted cocaine dealer racked up more trafficking charges while he was on trial, and then was released because he couldn’t be tried in a timely fashion. The NDP was picking up on an unusually political speech last week by B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Bauman. Speaking to the annual B.C. judges’ conference in Las Vegas, Bauman warned that funding cuts have the B.C. court system “going over a cliff in slow motion.” The cuts are real. By next year, court service budgets are expected to be down 10 per cent since 2008, and staff down 15 per cent. The provincial court is down 17 judges from 2005. There aren’t enough clerks. And the federal government is about to push through new sentencing guidelines that will add more inmates to B.C.’s overflowing prison system. Bond, the overworked B.C. Liberal minister doing double duty as Attorney General, replied that some of the budget cuts are being reversed. More sheriffs have been trained, and 14 provincial
court judges have been hired in the past two years. (Meanwhile, provincial judges are suing the deficit-laden government, demanding a six-per-cent raise.) Bond also pointed to long-term strategies being implemented to relieve the flood of court cases. It’s this kind of systemic change that has the most potential for long-term reform of our archaic system. Right now there are an estimated 2,000 cases in provincial court that are running long enough to risk being dismissed due to delays. It’s not a crime wave; a quarter of all cases in provincial and B.C. Supreme Court are family disputes over kids and property. The Family Law Act has been in the works for years, and it sailed through the legislature with NDP support. It encourages out-of-court settlements in family breakups, equalizes common-law rules with those for married couples and does away with the terms “custody” and “access” that suggest children are to be fought over as if they are property. Bond also pointed to B.C.’s harsh new administrative penalties for drinking and driving, which have kept most routine impaired cases out of court. Police have the authority to impound vehicles and impose heavy fines on the spot, when drivers fail a roadside breath test or even blow in the “warn” range of 0.05 to 0.08 per cent. Bond points proudly to a 40-per-cent decrease in alcohol-related vehicle deaths in the first year. Of course, this is being challenged as an infringement of the right to go to court and try various drunk-driving defences.
A judge will soon decide if the hazards of impaired driving justify such an infringement. Justice Bauman acknowledges that courts have to clean up procedures, too. Set aside the baseless conspiracy theories around the Dave Basi-Bobby Virk saga, and you have two small-time crooks whose lawyers were allowed to spin the case out for seven years in a tangle of evidence disclosure demands.
As the legislature adjourned, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson joined previous mayors, from Conservative Party member Sam Sullivan to Mike Harcourt, in calling for marijuana to be legalized and regulated. As the legislature adjourned, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson joined previous mayors, from Conservative Party member Sam Sullivan to Mike Harcourt, in calling for marijuana to be legalized and regulated. Not on my watch, replied Prime Minister Stephen Harper. So instead, we’re getting de facto legalization of crack cocaine. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com (tfletcher@blackpress.ca).
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THE NEWS/letters Stand by your comments, be proud EDITOR, THE NEWS:
Re: No more anonymous online comments (Letters, Nov. 23). I would like to thank the people at The News for making the decision to no longer print letters (of any sort) if the writers are not identiďŹ ed with their correct names. It is curious to me why one would want to state an opinion, popular or otherwise, and not let all those readers know who they are. Therefore, whether you are for or against an issue, stand by your comments and be proud of your opinion on the issues. A free society depends on free speech and I would encourage all of you reading this paper to get more involved with the important issues facing us today and speak up. Provide us with fodder for thought and don’t be hiding in the shadows of anonymity. MIKE BOILEAU MAPLE RIDGE
chat@mapleridgenews.com Going anonymous From: Bruce Hobbs, posted on mapleridgenews.com. Re: The 99 per cent will win (Letters, Nov. 23). I am not sure what Facebook changes. If you want to remain anonymous it’s easy to open a Facebook account without giving your real name. In fact this change will force me to now post anonymously as I do not wish to have a real Facebook account.
chat@mapleridgenews.com Sex offender registry is useless From: criminalreform, posted on mapleridgenews.com. Re: Weekend jail for Maple Ridge man caught with child porn (Letters, Nov. 25). What a joke. Another fine example of our judicial system failing the very people it is to protect. No wonder cops are discouraged and fed up when spending countless hours and taxpayers’ money to bring charges forward that result in a ‘sentence’ that sees an obvious threat to the most vulnerable being able to check in on Friday, enjoy free meals, internet, TV, and leave Sunday? Which resort is this?. The sex offender registry is useless without making it public. In Washington State, you are able to look up who is living in your neighbourhood ... It’s time to wake up and be accountable for swinging a gavel in this country
DNA of community From: Claus Andrup, posted on mapleridgenews.com. For meaningful change, how about we ‘occupy’ the polling booths. In this incredible country, Canada, it seems that democracy is underpinned by apathy. Self, in some unexplained manner, has become the DNA of community. The whole, the plural, has been digested by the singular. In a rare moment, democracy reveals itself as a ‘sore winner’.
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Of all the facets and features of the online world, anonymity ďŹ gures large. You can drift from website to website, just one of billions of nameless, faceless users. You can be a watcher, a voyeur, Commentary a pupil, a player. Andrew Holota And in countless chat rooms and forums and comment sites, you can also be a participant – offering opinions and criticisms, rants and raves, all under the cloak of anonymity. It’s the latter that is the focus here. The development of the faceless online persona has been a fascinating, if not somewhat disturbing, journey. As someone who has worked in the print media for more than three decades, I have been a front-row spectator to public discourse – as an editor, a commentator, a mediator and a target. Traditionally, voices have been heard through stories and letters to the editor, in both cases from identiďŹ ed sources. The debate was thus limited to those who had the conviction to stand behind their words, in name and sometimes in image. For most, it tempered the tone of their engagement. Speak offensively and one could face the consequences – in person and in public.
Anonymous online commenting turned that principle on its ear. On the positive side, the opportunity to offer opinion or criticism on a topic has added voices to the conversation. More people are inclined to shoot from the lip if the return ďŹ re isn’t face to face. It can also be said that discussion on social issues became broader and deeper, as taboo or sensitive topics could be safely examined from behind an opaque barrier. But anonymous commenting also brought a downside. It became apparent that sniping from the shadows loosened the bonds of civility – for some, to a disturbing degree. They expanded the right of freedom of speech to mean the right to say whatever they please, wherever they wish. Anonymous online commenting (and email) often contains a measure of venom rarely found in letters from identiďŹ ed writers and even more rarely in person-to-person discourse. It also seems negatives attract negatives, so that some commenting sites become dominated by a like-minded few who remain in the dark. For those reasons, Black Press newspapers are changing from anonymous commenting to posting via Facebook. The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News makes the change on Dec. 1. It’s not perfect, nor infallible. Fake accounts can be created – and Facebook will be ferreting those out, dealing with them as they’re discovered. This isn’t an us-versus-them game,
although there will be some who consider it as such. Hopefully, by putting names and faces on the commenters, the conversation remains active and interesting – and civil. And those who don’t appreciate that kind of environment don’t have to stay in it. There is opposition, of course. Many people do not have a Facebook account, nor do they wish to establish one. While that choice will prevent them commenting with us, they are still welcome to send a letter to the editor, which will be considered for print and online. There are also those who are convinced this move is a media conspiracy to censor comments, particularly if they deal with politics or ethnic issues. It’s not. Your views are welcome, whatever the topic, with the following caveat: There is a code of etiquette. No debate is enhanced by namecalling and derogatory allegations. Derision and disrespect, regardless of whom or what it is aimed at, is a crude way of communicating. It’s not acceptable in person or online. I know we can all do better – and I’ll sign my name to that comment and all those above: Andrew Holota, editor, The Abbotsford News. The Abbotsford News is a Black Press afďŹ liate.
Democracy Fair could have been meaningful EDITOR, THE NEWS:
Since I became a Canadian citizen more than 50 years ago, I have voted in every election, be it federal, provincial or civic, possibly missing a couple on account of being out of town. But other than some minor annoyances and a share of disappointments, I have never been frustrated until now. It was bad enough to have 28 candidates to sort through, most of them unknown, but because of that, contrary to what Christian Cowley said in his letter to the editor, it took far more than 10 hours to get a bit of an inkling who all these people were. I spent at least double that much time, scanning the newspaper ads and the web sites of all the candidates and half of
my afternoon at the Democracy Fair at the ACT, at which only 11 of the of the 28 council and three of the school board hopefuls bothered to show up. I disagree also with Mr. Cowley regarding all-candidates’ forums. I have attended a number of them, but once you have more than 10 candidates, it becomes meaningless, with pre-arranged questions, most of them motherhood issues resulting in the same answers from almost all the candidates, the possible exceptions being some local neighbourhood concerns. In that same vein, while I applaud the Herculean effort of both local newspapers to publish relevant information on the candidates, they also had to confine themselves to stock questions, most only of mild interest to the voters
and with the same stock answers as the all-candidate forums. That, to me, is also one of the contributing factors for the abysmal voter turnout and, as I suggested in a previous letter to the editor, with very few new faces on council. To my mind, the Democracy Fair could have been the most meaningful of all campaign strategies if only the candidates would have been there. It would have created more interest because only in such a setting do the voters have the opportunity to speak to the candidates face to face and ask important questions, such as: do you have a plan on how to speed up the decision-making process, do you know how contracts are awarded, and do you agree that any contract
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Is there someone you want to send a holiday greeting to? As Kristan Fehr and Dave Rodway, volunteers with the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society, arrange toys in the Toy Room for families in need this year, staff and entertainers at the Caddyshack are preparing to add to that pile to make even more Christmas wishes come true. The 17th annual Caddyshack Strip-a-thon takes place this Sunday, noon to 8 p.m., and promises to be a fun-filled afternoon. “We’ve actually fine-tuned it,” says Haney Hotel general manager Yvan Charette. “We’ve turned it into a really large money-making event.” All proceeds from this event are donated to the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society. More than 40 staff and entertainers at the exotic dancer club will be donating their wages and tips from the day to the Christmas Hamper Society. “It’s a one day event that I am proud to be hosting,” Charette added. This year will again feature live and silent auctions. The top item up for auction: a West Coast Ca-
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North Lougheed Connector covenants ‘useless’ City asks ALC to review conditions for proposed road by M o n i s h a M a r t i n s staff reporter The City of Pitt Meadows wants the Agricultural Land Commission to review restrictions placed on a road through farmland that was approved last year. In particular, the city wants clarification on a decision that requires it to get covenants assigned to the land titles for each of the properties adjacent to the proposed road. Those covenants would require each property to remain farmland. The road would sever six parcels of land, four of which are actively farmed and occupy 7.4 hectares (18.2 acres). The city is currently figuring out what development it wants to see on the commercial strip along Lougheed Highway, between Harris Road and Meadows Gardens Way. The three options for development are currently awaiting comment from the Agricultural Land Commission, an independent Crown agency that protects farmland. “As part of our request for the ALC’s review of those plans, we asked that they reconsideration the conditions placed on the connector without being specific,” said Grout. “We do believe ... that the covenants are redundant and likely unenforceable, but again have asked the ALC to review and re-consider.” MLA Michael Sather (Pitt MeadowsMaple Ridge), a vocal critic of the city’s plans to build a road through farmland, shares the city’s opinion. He believes the covenants attached to the road approval are essentially useless. On Thursday, he raised the question about covenants in the legislature as the government introduced an amendment to strengthen the Agri-
cultural Land Commission. “I think they are bluffing,” said Sather. “I was under the impression that the covenants had some power.” The proposed 3.6-kilometre North Lougheed Connector would stretch from Harris Rd. to Golden Ears Way. The city maintains the connector is being proposed as a way to take traffic off Old Dewdney Trunk Road. But the road is essential for developing the commercial strip planned for the north side of Lougheed Hwy. Sather questioned the validity of covenants requested by the ALC and was told by minister Steve Thomson “from a legal perspective, the land commission could request a covenant, but the landowner is under no obligation to do that unless he agrees.” “The covenant has no teeth in it,” Sather added. The ALC, however, disagrees and maintains the covenants, which add another layer of protection to farmland, can be enforced. “The covenants, once in place, are enforceable,” said ALC executive director Brian Underhill. “They would be with the commission and owner of the land. It reinforces that the lands adjoining the proposed road are in the [Agricultural Land Reserve].” Underhill explained the covenants were an opportunity for the commission to send a message when it approved the road alignment that the adjacent farmland was not being contemplated for other uses. Land owners wanting to develop would have to request removal from the ALR. But Underhill also agreed that the covenants may be redundant. “That may be something we could perhaps look at in the future,” he said. “There may or may not be an argument to keep the covenants once the road is in place. There is lots of future discussion that may happen on that.”
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Albion light Crossing busy 240th Street will become easier for Albion elementary students next year, after the installation of a pedestrian controlled light at Hill Avenue. Parent advisory council chair Rachel Thompson and Albion principal Ron Lanzarotta asked Maple Ridge council to speed up the process for the light, even though it’s already been approved in the 2012 business plan. The school wants to see the light installed in the first quarter of next year. “They didn’t make any commitments, but they seemed supportive,” Thompson said of council. Traffic volumes continue to climb on 240th Street and just reached the point where a pedestrian-controlled light was justified. “I think the solution’s good,” she said. “It not only makes it better for pedestrians, but also probably makes it better for traffic control.” The two showed council images of vehicles ignoring the busy crosswalk, which is just north
of Lougheed Highway. “Traffic isn’t getting any better.”
Transition housing Troubled youth looking for a place to live will have another option if a proposal by the Alouette Home Start Society becomes reality. The society wants to apply to the Vancouver Foundation for a $245,000 grant over three years so it can provide transitional housing for youth between the ages of 17 and 24. The project is called Route 29: The Road Home and will operate on a total budget over three years of $490,000. Contributions from other agencies and free use of a district-owned rental property for three years will be part of the project. The intent will be to integrate youth back into society so they eventually can live independently. The Home Start society also will operate Alouette Heights, the new 46-unit supportive housing building on Brown Avenue that opens this spring. If successful, the transition house will be integrated into future applications for funding requests from the Iron Horse Youth Safe House, also operated by the Alouette Home Start Society. Council supported the project in principle and will be forwarding it for public notice before finally approving it.
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(From left) Helen Gambling, John Johnson, Jewel Yourchek and Tyra Sauriol are hoping to fill more than 200 bags full of blankets and clothing during this year’s Realtors Care Blanket Drive. blankets, sleeping bags, coats, jeans, pants, sweaters, scarves, gloves, mitts and hats, new socks and underwear. Donations will be going to The Caring Place, a Salvation Army ministry at the corner of the Haney Bypass and Lougheed Hwy.. All new items will be used to fill up Christmas hampers; gently used items will be distributed on an individual basis. The Caring Place has the ability and the connections to distribute do-
nations to people in the community, Yourchek said. Donations stay in the community and are given away free.
In Maple Ridge, donations can be dropped off at: Coldwell Banker Tri-Tel Realty, 22519 Dewdney Trunk Rd.; Homelife Trendsetter Realty, 200 - 22728 Dewdney Trunk Rd.; Keller Williams Elite Realty, 550 - 20395 Lougheed Hwy.; Macdonald Realty Ltd., 22718 Lougheed
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PUBLIC NOTICE Take notice that a public information meeting will be held regarding Rezoning application No. RZ-120-10 for the properties located at 23882, 23894, 23908 Dewdney Trunk Rd., in Maple Ridge, BC. The purpose of the application is to rezone the properties from RSI to R1 and R3. This meeting will be held at Blue Mountain Elementary School, 12153 248th. DEWDNEY TRUNK RD.
Date: Dec. 6, 2011 Time: 7:00pm 9:00pm For more information contact: Randy Cooke at 604-467-9300
Ridge ex-service women worked for us all Looking Back by Sandra Borger
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Margaret Mattson served in the CWAC as a driver. ences. More than 45,000 Canadian women were organized into army and air force auxiliaries in 1941, with the naval auxiliary established the following year. In the United Kingdom, where many local ex-service women immigrated from, women participated in the war effort right from the onset of war. Women in both Canada and the U.K.
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one of the reunions as, “Glorious and beautiful. Oh what a joy to see all those happy, familiar faces again.” With so many attending reunions, it was decided that a club would be established to provide interaction, comfort and support amongst members. On Aug. 17, 1988, 14 women formed the Ridge Meadows Ex-Service Women’s club. Membership was “Open to any female who served in any of Her Majesty’s Forces or any of Her Majesty’s Allies or co-operated in underground forces in wartime with any of her Majesty’s Allies and would encompass the area from Pitt Meadows to Ruskin.” In time, the catchment area expanded to women from Mission to Port Coquitlam. Once a month, members gather at the Maple Ridge legion for lunch followed by a meeting. The women chat about the lives of current members and the activities they are
involved in – many volunteer with the legion, the senior’s centre and various other organizations. “Those meetings ... I would just not miss them,” explains one member. “I love the comradeship and keeping in touch.” The club runs a monthly raffle draw and a “bring and buy” table. Along with the yearly membership fee, these funds are used to help both members and the broader community. The club donated a fund to the Ridge Meadows Hospice Society for the purchase of a fireplace and a washer-dryer, and is also an annual supporter of the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society. To help the women stay close, the club has a designated “Sunshine Lady,” who sends greeting cards to members confined to long-term care facilities, or who have found themselves in the hospital. See Look, p23
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Send us your holiday family photos If you have a family photo celebrating the holiday season, share it with The News. The photo can be recent or from years gone by. Email it to editor@mapleridgenews.com and we’ll do our best to include it in an upcoming Christmas feature. Remember to include your family name with the photo. Send as soon as possible, as space is limited. Deadline: Dec. 7. Send a Letter to Santa: Have your letter to Santa published in a special holiday section of The News. Email: editor@mapleridgenews.com Or mail to : Santa’s Mailbox, c/o Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News 22328 – 119th Avenue, Maple Ridge, B.C., V2X 2Z3. Deadline: Dec. 14. We will endeavour to print as many letters as space allows from all legible letters received. Letters are non-returnable and become property of this paper. Additionally, we reserve the right to edit letters as space allows. Holiday greetings: Is there someone you want to send a holiday greeting to? Friends, relatives, co-workers and those near and far, wish a happy holiday to them in The News. Email holidaygreetings@mapleridgenews.com and watch for our special greetings feature published in The News on Dec. 21. Deadline: Dec. 14.
‘Fewer and fewer women each year’ Look from p18 In 1990, membership stood at 55 members. However, “There are fewer and fewer veteran women each year,” one member noticed. “We take cameras with us to our events, and I’ve noticed that through the years there are fewer of us in
the photographs.” There is hope in the club that younger women, such as those who served in Afghanistan or Iraq, will join the group in the future. Sandra Borger is a researcher with the Maple Ridge Museum.
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(Above) Charlotte Lane, 13, puts the finishing touches on her costume as Star, while Elizabeth Ryznar, 14, looks on before Sunday’s performance.
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Nutcracker suite Madison Stocker as Clara and Pedro Vinicius as Prince in the Royal City Youth Ballet Company Society’s production of The Nutcracker Sunday afternoon at the ACT. See slideshow @ mapleridgenews.com.
(Left) Tiffany Roan as Snow Queen and Davi Rodrigues as Snow King in the Royal City Youth Ballet Company Society’s production of The Nutcracker, which plays in Surrey on Dec. 9, 10 and 11, in New Westminster on Dec. 18 and North Vancouver on Dec. 19. For more dates, visit royalcityyouthballet.org.
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f you don’t yet know of Canadian classical jazz singer Jill Barber, you will. Actually, you must. Some north Fraser Valley music enthusiasts already got a sweet taste of her exquisite, sultry vocal stylings when she steamed up the room while teaming with her singer-songwriter brother, Matthew, for the marquee performance at the recent Port Moody Festival of the Arts. More will get the chance when she and her five-piece band takes the stage Dec. 4 (7:30 p.m.) at The ACT in Maple Ridge for Jill Barber: An Intimate Holiday Special. The stop will be Barber’s 36th of 38 dates on her cross-Canada tour –– the largest yet for the transplanted Torontonian and, later, Nova Scotian who now calls Vancouver home.
And while playing with her Ontariobased brother in PoMo was a special and now-rare event as their hectic work calendars seldom jive being thousands of miles apart, Barber said performing her own songs with her talented, tight-knit band is also a phenomenal experience in which they revel in engaging the audience to the point they make the viewers feel they’re truly an integral part of the show. “We have a lot of time to tweak it and make it the best it can possibly be,” Barber said Friday on the phone from her most recent tour stop, Prince Rupert. “It’s amazing to be up their on stage... making it a very special, magical and memorable experience. It’s all about intimacy.” Just 31 years old, Barber is an already well-decorated, accomplished artist, having been nominated for a Juno Award in 2008 as New Artist of the Year for her album Chances –– the fifth she’s produced. Her latest release Mischievous Moon is more intimate, its writing process enriched by an artist residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts in the Canadian Rockies. From her humble beginnings as a shy acoustic folk singer on home-town coffee-house stages, Barber has risen to far
greater heights while influenced heavily by great ladies of song like Ella Fitzgerald and Edith Piaf. “Everybody always remarked to me that my voice sounds like it’s from another era and I always felt a nostalgia for music,” said Barber, whose smoky-voiced blasts to the past include ‘Oh My My,’ in which she aches over utter heartbreak and captivates her internet audience with a video set in 1950s decor. Barber has also begun to cross language barriers, inspired by her growing Frenchspeaking fan base and a recent monthlong visit to the south of France, where she enrolled in French immersion school. In fact, the first single on Mischievous Moon – ‘Dis-Moi/Tell Me’ – is released in both languages. “I love the French language and French culture,” said Barber, who doesn’t rule out the possibility of one day producing a disc entirely in French. “It’s the language of love.”
• Jill Barber plays the ACT in Maple Ridge on Sunday, Dec. 4. For tickets, visit theactmapleridge.org or call 604-476-2787.
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Gallery 7 Theatre and Performing Arts will hold open auditions for its third production of the theatre season – the classic social satire The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde. A hilarious and biting satire of Victorian morals and manners, Wilde’s most famous comedy is a masterfully written romp featuring an absurd case of mistaken identity, and explores matters of love, marriage and social status. Middle-class socialites Algernon and Jack are bored with their existence and seek adventure by assuming alternate
identities. Their charades can only go so far, however, and things really come to a head when they each decide to settle down and get married. “Producing Wilde’s comedy is almost like a rite of passage for any theatre,” says Gallery 7 Theatre’s artistic director Ken Hildebrandt. “At some point in a theatre’s history, you’ll produce The Importance of Being Earnest. Since we’re exploring community this season, and because the play satirizes a multitude of Victorian social norms, I felt it would be an interesting fit for us. The show will be a lot of fun for audience and cast alike. The characters, the sarcasm and the biting wit are highly entertaining.” The show will run in March. “There are outstanding roles
for both men and women,” said Hildebrandt. “This play poses some fun challenges, especially in terms of language and character.” • The audition will take place Thursday, Dec. 1 at 6:30 p.m. at the MEI Theatre, 4081 Clearbrook Road in Abbotsford. It is open to male and female performers ages 17 to 65. To book an audition, call 1-604-504-5940 or email info@gallery7theatre. com.
Backstage Volunteers who wish to work behind the scenes as assistant stage managers, sound or lighting operation, running crew and others are also invited to attend the audition. For more information, call 1-604-504-5940 or email info@gallery7theatre.com.
Music Memories at Ridge seniors’ centre End-of-year concert in Maple Ridge A second edition of Music Memories is back by popular demand. The entertaining variety show, staged by local seniors, will feature music by Rob Orbison, Tammy Wynette and of course - Elvis. Singers Bill Angus, Karen Cholette and Wayne Legreely will keep audiences laughing with impersonations that have
won acclaim at the legion’s karaoke night. Katy Cyr will be playing western classics on her guitar and thrill you with some skilful “yodelling”. Doug Robinson, who won the senior idol contest last year, will also be featured. “After last spring’s successful performance, we have again put together a group of experienced singers, along with the Hawaiian Dancers and the jazz and tap group from the seniors’ centre, to bring an afternoon of song and
dance for all to enjoy,” said concert organizer Phyllis Rathbone.
Concert Music Memories plays at the Ridge Meadows Seniors’ Activity Centre, 12150 - 224 Street in Maple Ridge on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance or $9 at the door. All proceeds go towards activities sponsored by the Ridge Meadows Seniors’ Society. For tickets, call 604-467-4993.
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The award-winning Coastal Sound Youth Choir will sing you into a Christmas mood with a concert next week. Choir director Carrie Tennant says the two-hour long performance will feature a range of music including traditional and new Christmas favourites. The choir, with more than 30 singers from Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, will also perform to music by Mendelssohn, Jussi Chydenius (of Rajaton) and Vancouver composers Stephen Smith, Larry Nickel and Diane Loomer. The Coastal Sound Youth Choir is part of the Coastal Sound Music Academy, a non-profit society based in Coquitlam. The academy, which began 22 years
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by G ar y Ahu ja staff reporter The biggest curling competition in the Lower Mainland — save for the 2010 Olympic Games — is just six weeks away and will be contested at the Langley Events Centre. “Prior to the Olympics, the last big event like this was 1997,” explained Neil Houston, the event manager for the 2012 Continental Cup. He was referring to the 1997 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women’s national championships, which was played in Vancouver. The Continental Cup will take place Jan. 12 to 15 at the LEC. It features the world’s top curlers in a Ryder Cup-style format. Six teams from North America — four Canadian and two American — will play against six from the rest of the world. The two sides play a variety of disciplines — regular team matches, mixed doubles, singles, mixed skins and skins games — for points with the first side to reach 200 points declared the winner. The Langley competition will be the eighth in the Continental Cup’s history, with North America holding a 4-3 advantage. Houston worked for VANOC for the 2010 Games and then returned to his previous job with the Canadian Curling Association. See Curling, p35
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Lions’ pride Students at Yennadon secondary hold a pep rally for the B.C. Lions on Friday afternoon to cheer on the Canadian Football League team in its quest for the Grey Cup last weekend. The students’ efforts proved successful, as the Lions defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 34-23 on Sunday in front of their hometown fans at B.C. Place stadium in Vancouver.
Knights in B.C. Finals Meadow Ridge junior bantam team knocks off Victoria to advance staff reporter The Meadow Ridge Knights junior bantam football team is off to the provincial finals this weekend after defeating the Victoria Renegades 30-10 on Saturday at home. The Knights took an early 6-0 lead at home at
Samuel Robertson Technical Secondary School, but Victoria came back with a 50-yard running play of its own to take a two-point lead. A safety by Victoria put the Renegades up 10-6 before the Knights rallied with 24 unanswered points. Thomas Janke, Adam Chislett, Will Chartrand, Jake Laberge and Jason Donaglen were key contributors on defence. Jeremy Kankalongo and
Mackenzie Baust led the offence. With the win, the junior bantam Knights advance to the provincial championships where they will face the Kelowna Lions this Sunday, Dec. 4, at McLeod Park in Langley at 11:30 a.m. The Lions are undefeated this season, going 8-0 in league play, and winning two straight play-off games. The Knights, meanwhile, went 9-1 in the reg-
ular season, with their only blemish being a onepoint loss to the Chilliwack Blue Giants. The atom Gold Knights ended their season with a 38-0 loss to Mission in the Valley Community Football League championship game. The atom Gold Knights had a 9-1 record in the regular season, their only loss a forfeit early in the season due a lack of players. sports@mapleridgenews.com
The Ridge Meadows Flames couldn’t overcome an early four-goal deficit as they lost their second game in a row to the North Vancouver Wolf Pack Friday night at home, by a score of 7-5. The local junior B hockey club fell behind 3-0 in the first period, resulting in starting goaltender Wesley McLeod getting the hook after facing 13 shots. The Wolf Pack scored less than two minutes later on Jordan Eggert. With North Vancouver up by four, the Flames got to work chipping away at the lead. Danny Brandys got the Flames on the board late in the first, while Shane Harle and Sean Pesut each had goals in the second period. Paul Piluso scored a power play goal early in the third period to bring the Flames to within one, with the score 5-4. After trading power play goals, the Flames pulled their goalie for the extra attacker in an attempt to even up the score. However, the Wolf Pack scored an empty-net goal with 16 seconds left to play to hand the Flames their 15th loss of the season. Harle got second star honours for his three-point performance with two goals and an assist, while Keegan Hunter was named the game’s third star with a trio os assists. Piluso finished with a goal and an assist, as did Brandys and Pesut. Eggert, Reece Rivard, and Alexander Smith each picked up assists. • The Flames face the conference-leading Aldergrove Kodiaks tonight (Wednesday) on the road before returning home on Friday to host the Mission Icebreakers. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
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and participated with the B.C. provincial team, the West Coast Wolverines, in the U-15 national division and finished fourth overall in their pool. Slavin has played in six western Canadian championships, with three gold medals and a bronze, and has twice appeared in the U-15 national championships. Slavin posted a .941 save percentage and a 2.00 goals against average this year at nationals. Forward Weloy had one goal and three assists at the recent 2011 Junior Nationals. In five
Three members of the Ridge Meadows Minor Ball Hockey Association are headed to the Czech Republic after being named to the U-16 Canadian national team. Goaltender Tristan Slavin, forward Jonathin Weloy and defenseman Lucas Campbell will be competing for Team Canada at the third annual Junior World Ball Hockey Championships next June, as Team Canada attempts to win its third straight gold at the tournament. All three players just came off a gold medal at the Western Canada championships with the Ridge Meadow Renegades
western Canadian championship tournaments, Weloy has led his team in scoring on numerous occasions and was one of the top scorers in his division. Campbell was tied for fourth in overall scoring at the U-15 junior nationals, despite playing on the blue line. Campbell has eight years of ball hockey experience and was one of the top two defenseman for the West Coast Wolverines at the nationals this past summer. sports@mapleridgenews.com
Friday, December 9th, 7:30 pm vs. Port Moody Panthers All fans are encouraged to bring a teddy bear, or new packaged toy, to be thrown onto the ice when the Ridge Meadows Flames score their first goal of the game!
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Curling tourney biggest in Lower Mainland Curling from p33 He has been working on the competition since November 2010, when Langley was announced as the host. “Right now it is just getting down to the details, making sure everything is in place,” Houston said. Houston recently secured the bands who will play at the Patch, which is housed adjacent to the
arena in the Langley Events Centre. The Patch has capacity of 1,100 and promises to feature the most colourful and passionate curling fans. March Hare will play Jan. 11, the Time Benders take the stage on Jan. 12 and The Chevelles will rock the Patch on Jan. 13 and 14. “They are all great dance bands; people always enjoy them,” said Houston, noting he
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Died peacefully Thursday November 24th 2011 at 9:30 am. Born in 1936 in South China, Roy came to Canada in the mid 50’s to seek a better life.
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He married, and had two children, all while being a heavy duty diesel mechanic with Simpower for over 35 years. Roy was a constant volunteer, beginning in the 70’s with the boy scouts.
IN MEMORIAM
He will always be remembered for his contribution to the lives of the young men being a man who could cook, or catch a fish, he had lots to teach and instill in them.
In Loving Memory of
Grant F. Mead
July 15, 1934 ~ Nov 30, 2010
I thought of you with love today, It’s been a year since you went away. Although we smile and make no fuss, No one misses you more than us. Your memory is my keepsake, with which I’ll never part, God has you in his keeping, I have you in my Heart.
Love Joan, Travis & Family
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Passed away peacefully on November 25th, 2011 at the age of 99 years. Predeceased by his son Michael and 2 granddaughters, both named Jennifer. Sadly missed by his wife of 74 years, Ida, children Tommy, Sally, Danny (Cheryl), Kelly (Heather) and Kathleen (Barry), many grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Private Family Service will be held at a later date. Condolences may be sent to www.mapleridgefuneral.ca
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When he retired early, he still found time to volunteer, this time with a local seniors center, as well as the Maple Ridge Salvation Army Church, receiving numerous awards for his dedication and also volunteered each year with the Salvation Army Kettles. Roy was also a member of the Royal Canadian Legion (Maple Ridge branch). Roy was also a long time IEEE Member. Roy is survived by his 2 children, Bradley and Leanna (Colin), and his first Granddaughter Nicola. Memorial Service to be held on Thursday, December 1st at 11:00 am at Garden Hill Funeral Chapel - 11765 224th Street, Maple Ridge. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Salvation Army or to the Ridge Meadows Hospice Society, PO Box #11, Maple Ridge, B.C. V2X 7E9
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
In Loving Memory Of
Vickie Lynne McGilvray (Stangland)
STEVENSON Helena “Isabella”
June 29, 1961 ~ Nov 29, 2007
Oct 24, 1925 ~ Nov 21, 2011
As We Loved You, So We Miss You In Our Memory You Are Near, Loved, Remembered, Longed For Always Bringing Many A Silent Tear
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Isabella. She is reunited with our father who she was married to for 56 years. She will be sadly missed by all who knew her, especially her family; Craig and all of his family at RM Association For Community Living, Tracy (Jim) Woods, stepsons J. Paul and Mark, grandchildren Wayne, Kelly and Naomi, numerous nieces and nephews. Service to be held at St. John the Divine Dec 1, 2011 at 2 p.m., 21299 River Road, Maple Ridge. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Ridge Meadows Association For Community Living 11641 224 St., Maple Ridge, B.C. V2X 6A1.
So Loved and Missed by Mom and Dad, Family and Friends. John Nixon Burgess
Remembering John, Arie and Kevin
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Holiday Craft Fair Sunday, December 4 10am - 4pm @ Eric Langton Elementary School 12138 Edge Street • craft vendors • live music • cake walk • • Àsh pond • kid’s crafts • photos with santa • • yummy food & beverages • admission by donation
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Well Established Church based Daycare requires a fun loving, kid friendly individual for Temporary, Full Time position in Group Daycare. Job requires Early Childhood Education and flexibility in hours. Position may turn into permanent position in the future. Hourly wage of 15.00/hr. Email resume to: harmonydaycare@ mapleridgecrc.com or mail to: Harmony Daycare 20245 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Maple Ridge, BC, V2X 3C9
Adult with reliable vehicle needed to deliver newspapers door to door in various areas in Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows. You would be responsible for anywhere from rural to high traffic areas.
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SKILLED WORKERS Always in Demand. Pre-employment Welder, Millwright/Machinist program. 16 weeks and write first year apprenticeship exam. Be ready for high paying, in demand trades jobs. Starts Jan. 3, 2012. GPRC Grande Prairie Campus. 1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview. WELDERS WANTED. Journeyman 2nd and 3rd year apprentices with tank manufacturing experience. Automated Tank Manufacturing Inc. Located in Kitscoty, Alberta. 20km West of Lloydminster is looking for 15 individuals that want long term employment and a secure paycheque. Journeyman wages $33. $37.50/hour. Wages for apprentices based on hours and qualifications. Benefits, training programs, full insurance package 100% paid by company, savings plan for retirement, profit sharing bonus. Join a winning team. Call for appointment or send resume to: Joe Bowser 780-846-2231 office, joe@autotanks.ca or Jamie Flicek 780-846-2241 fax; cindy@autotanks.ca
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CARRIERS NEEDED The following routes are now available to deliver the NEWS in Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows 40109 - Lougheed Hwy, Harrison St, Olund Cres, Gillis Pl, 113 Ave 40214 - 125 Ave, Morse Cres, 127 Ave, 224 St 40262 - Spring Ave, Exeter Ave, 126 Ave, Thornton Ave, 216 St. 40327 - Patterson Ave, 118 Ave, 203 St 40334 - Lorne Ave, Wanstead St, Ospring St, Princess St 40335 - Dale Dr, Walnut Cres, 204 St, Pinda Pl 40350 - 123 Ave, 124 Ave, Cherry Pl, Laity St, Carlton St, 214 St 40351 - 122 Ave, Stonehouse Ave, 123 Ave, Creston St, 216 St 40369 - 122 Ave, 121B Ave, Dewdney Trunk Rd, 203 St 40378 - 124 Ave, Powell Ave, Brooks Ave, 205 St 40384 - 125 Ave, Meadow Pl, 124 Ave, Blanshard St, 40429 - Dewdney Trunk Rd, 120B Ave, 121 Ave, 238B St, 239B St 40432 - Docksteader Circ, Docksteader Loop, Foreman Dr, 229 St, 229B St, 230 St, 139A Ave
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CHAMBERMAID WANTED @ Haney Motor Hotel, 22222 Lougheed Hwy, Maple Ridge Mon to Fri 4 hours per day. Apply in person at the front desk Thurs & Fri between the hours of 10am to 12pm No phone calls please. LANDSCAPER LABOURERS with experience. Starts @ $16./hr Fax 604-462-7853
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Intermediate Legal Assistant/Paralegal Required for plaintiff personal injury (motor vehicle cases). Candidate must have understanding of all litigation procedures. Must have the ability to work without supervision and deal with clients. Experience is essential. Email or Fax resume with references to: hr@bronsonjoneslaw.ca or 604 850-2164
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P/T CASHIER REQUIRED Lotto & computer skills an asset, must have good customer skills. Please drop off resume in person to Lougheed Mini Mart, #1 - 20718 Lougheed Hwy, Maple Ridge or Fax: 604-465-3999
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WE NEED YOU TO JOIN OUR TEAM!
Westcoast Moulding & Millwork, a building product supplier in Surrey has F/Time opportunities for experienced Sales Reps. Any previous sales experience is okay - we’ll teach you the ropes!! If you’re positive and energetic & looking for a long-term career in a progressive & dynamic company we want you! (Punjabi and / or Hindi also considered asset.) Excellent Remuneration Package Commensurate w/ Experience, Full Benefits & THE BEST WORK ENVIRO.
Great Dollar’s Offered for Qualified Candidates. If you have what it takes? Please e-mail resume to: jobs@westcoastmoulding.com or fax: 604-513-1194
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Experienced or Apprentice required for custom millwork shop in Poco. Call 604-941-1588 or Fax. 604-941-1538 JOURNEYMAN/LEAD hand plumber needed for North Van Townhouse & Warehouse site. Also require 3rd and 4th year apprentices. Wages Negotiable depending on experience. ICBA Benefit package included. Apprentices must include copy of ITA Transcripts. email to marian@russellmechanical.ca
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LEO: Mobile #657-2375, 462-8620
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45 Years in the drywall trade. All size jobs boarding, taping, spraying. Big or small. Wayne 778-242-2060 CASCADE DRYWALL. Res / Comm Drywall, taping, text. ceilings, t-bar. steel stud. Call Rob 604-218-2396 frame2finish general contractor now accepting fall & spring contracts. Contact Al Davis 604-818-6657. HUGH’S DRYWALL The clean professional way. Small renovations. 604-463-5413
ELECTRICAL
CLEAN CLEANING Will also clean show homes. Experienced. Green products available. References. For more info call Heidi 604-462-1679 604-916-3540 CLEANING SPECIAL $25/hour minimum 2hrs. Price includes cleaning supplies. Also laminate flooring and paint specials. Free estimates. A-TECH Services at 604-230-3539 HOME Maid Cleaning Services Oxygen based, broad spectrum, non toxic disinfectants included 12 yrs of service, $25.00/hr. References available You’ll be glad you called!! Connie 778-881-4889 homemaid@live.ca .
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Meadows Landscape Supply Ltd. ✶ Bark Mulch ✶ Lawn & Garden Soil ✶ Drain Grave Lava Rock ✶ River Rock ✶Pea Gravel
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1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable. Rates. Different From the Rest. 604-721-4555.
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A.C. TREE SERVICE 30 years experience
Bob Fitz-James 604-467-0333
5” Gutter, Down Pipe, Soffit
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DC ELECTRIC (#37544). Bonded. 24 hr service. We specialize in jobs too small for the big guys! 30 yrs exp. Free est. 604-460-8867. RIDGE MEADOWS ELECTRIC Licensed & Bonded. Call Don 604462-0480 or 604-861-7418 YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899
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LARRY THE HANDY GUY. For all your Household needs. Reno’s, Hauling & Power Washing Elec/ Plumb/ Tiling (778)994-4736
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Ceramic Tiles, Hardwood Laminate Guaranteed work, Free Estimate. Cell 604-618-6401 Marcel.
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Small Jobs OK A-1 PAINTING CO. 604.723.8434 Top Quality Painting. Floors & Finishing. Insured, WCB, Written Guarantee. Free Est. 20 Years Exp.
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A-TECH Services 604-230-3539
3 rooms for $269, 2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint. NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services. www.paintspecial.com
Home Renovations and New Construction SCOTT FAMILY RENOS Roofs, windows, doors, painting, drywalling, flooring, bsmnt. finishing. (604)836-9274
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
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Seniors Discount 30%
Dean 604-834-3076
300
HOME REPAIRS
LANDSCAPING
Interior $695 (upto 1000 sq.ft.) English Craftsman Bonded & Insured. Since 1978 Spraypainting Call (604) 462-8528, 218-9618
338
PLUMBING
✔ ALL YOUR PLUMBING NEEDS Call Niko Plumbing Ltd. 24/7. Res/Com, plugged drains. h/w tanks. ★15 yrs exp. 604-837-6640
50% Off Labour Winter Special
All aspects of Landscaping and Maintenance,Strata, Commercial, Residential, Pavers, Patios & Retaining walls Snow Removal
Winter clean ups Fully INSURED
Call (604)763-8795
Lic., Insured. Experienced/friendly service. Clogged drains, garburators, leaks & more. Sm jobs OK. Call Anytime 604-805-2488
353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS
ABACUS ROOFING Asphalt roofs, Re & Re, Shake conversions *28yrs Exp. - Also Snow plow & Junk Removal
DUTCH TOUCH Green Services Ltd
Landscape Construction Renovations W Maintenance
604-463-3644 604-861-1490
Call Chris 604-462-9009 356
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MATTRESSES staring at $99 • Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331
551
GARAGE SALES
Garage / Moving Sale 11722 - 272nd St Maple Ridge
THE HAY HUT Alfalfa, Timothy, local hay & straw 604-916-5737
477
PETS
BOXER PUPPIES ready now. Tails docked, vet checked & dewormed. $850. 604-845-0355 (Chilliwack) CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are Spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977 CHUG beaut pups (chihuahua/pug), 8 wks, 1 F, 3 M, vet chk, deworm, 1st shot, $575, (778)231-2023. CKC REG BLOOD HOUND pups, 1 male, 8 fem. Liver & tan, ready to go end of Nov. (604)574-5788 COCKAPOO Puppies ~ 9 wks old, looking for loving/caring home, all shots, $500 neg (604)476-2420 Maple Ridge 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 PUG & BOSTON Terrier cross, 14 weeks. Brindle. Vet ✓ & first shots. $650. Call 604-302-7454. PUREBRED ENGLISH STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER PUPS. The ORIGINAL NANNY DOG. Vet checked, microchipped, 1st shots & CKC reg. Please phone 604 839 7604, pls lve msg if no answer. Shepherd/Lab X, 5 black, 2 yellow, 5 males, 2 females, $200/each. (604)316-2757 SHIHTZU- Bichon Puppies 7 wks, vet checked, dewormed. Ready to go. $500/each. (604)581-8354
RUBBISH REMOVAL
• Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses
One big need. JAGUAR LANDSCAPING Lawn & Garden Service. Design, Pruning, Lawns, Cleanups, Comm/Res. (604)462-1369
SAWDUST Hemlock, Fir & Cedar Available for Delivery Call for pricing 604-465-5193 or 604-465-5197 www.augustinesoilandmulch.com
On Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!
604.587.5865
www.recycleitcanada.ca FREE! Scrap Metal Removal...FREE!!! * Fridges * Freezers * Stoves * Microwaves * Small appliances * Scrap Metal * Old pipe * BBQs * * Exercise equip. * Cars/trucks * All metal recyclables FREE
778-233-4949 T & K Haulaway
Tools, Furniture, Household, etc.
560
TOY FOX TERRIER PUPPIES Avail. Dec.12/11. Aver. adult 5-10 lbs. Happy. lively, inquisitive, friendly, attach to family, easily trained, litter box train. Enjoy agility, Exc. for children 5+ yrs.,elderly & apt. Family raised w/children. CKC reg., vet ✓, 1st shots, dewormed, tattoo, 6 wks health ins. & puppy kit. INQUIRE KAREN: 250-656-9696. Restoretobalance@telus.net WHEATEN TERRIER pups, perfect family dog. $1400. Meet your pet! Call (604)825-3966
MISC. FOR SALE
CAN’T GET UP your stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help! No obligation consultation. Comprehensive warranty. Can be installed in less than 1 hour. Call now 1-866-981-6591. Can’t Get Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1866-981-5991
REAL ESTATE 615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
BIG BUILDING SALE... “CLEARANCE SALE YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!” 20X26 $4995. 25X34 $6460. 30X44 $9640. 40X70 $17,945. 47X90 $22,600. One end included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-6685422. www.pioneersteel.ca.
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HOMES WANTED
WE BUY HOMES Damaged House! Older House! Difficulty Selling! Behind on Payments! Need to Sell Now? NO FEES! NO RISK! QUICK CASH! Call us First! 604.657.9422
633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS New SRI Manufactured Homes. Single Double Modulars on display. Repossessions 1974-2004. Chuck 604-830-1960. New SRI Single and double wides in Ruskin park with river view from $89,900. Chuck 604-830-1960
636
JUNK REMOVAL Recycled Earth Friendly
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Sat. Dec. 3rd, 10am - 4pm
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463-4449 or 209-6583
Running this ad for 7yrs
PAINT SPECIAL
Repairs, Maintenance, Renovation Guaranteed work, Free Estimate. Cell: 604-618-6401. Marcel. RETIRED carpenter wants to keep busy. Looking for small carpentry jobs. Will repair or build new. Will also do small plumbing jobs. Call Ken 604-460-7803.
1.888.663.3033
Single items to entire households
Call 7 days/week
778-245-9069
Decks - Bathrooms - Kitchens
Help us build a new BC Children’s Hospital. Please Give.
FURNITURE
#1 Cash Buyer
BELRON RENOVATIONS INC.
Kitchens, Bathrooms, Flooring, Drywall, Garages, Decks & more * 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE* INSURED ~ WCB
FUEL
“Since 1987”
“Where Quality matters more than Quantity” Reasonable Rates. Free Estimates. Call Marv:
(604)462-0408
BUILDING SUPPLIES
DO-IT-YOURSELF STEEL BUILDINGS Priced to Clear - Make an Offer! Ask About Free Delivery, most areas! Call for Quick Quote and Free Brochure - 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170.
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Call Tim 604-612-5388
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AUCTIONS
Antique & Collectible Auction Monday Dec 5th, 7:00pm
778-245-9069
Cleaning & Repairing
PETS
BEST FIREWOOD 32nd Season & 37,000 Cust Deliv. Fully Seas. Maple, Birch, Alder 604-582-7095
2 HUNGRY PAINTERS & Power Washing. Low prices. Int/Ext. Man & wife 75 years combined exp. 604.467.2532 twohungrypainters.ca
Professional Installation
477
SNOW CLEARING
329 PAINTING & DECORATING
M.T. GUTTERS
PETS
Yorkshire Terrier pups, CKC, 2M, tails dock, dew claws, micro. Ready to go. $1000. (604)858-9758
✶Dump Site Now Open✶
• Free Estimates • Free Kitchen designs • A+ Rating
meadowslandscapesupply.com
MISC SERVICES
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
28 YRS EXP. *FULLY INSURED
“AN EXTRA HAND” Exp. Hardworking, reliable cleaning lady. Reasonable rates Louise 604.467.3665
Terri 604.837.1709
Seven Days a Week
778-231-9675, 778-231-9147 FREE ESTIMATES
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Weekly W Bi-Weekly W Monthly Insured & Bonded, Exc. ref’s. www.briskcleaners.com
GARDENING Prompt Delivery Available
NO JOB TOO SMALL Serving Lower Mainland 23 Years! *Prepare *Form *Place *Finish *Granite & Interlocking Block Walls *Stairs *Driveways *Exposed Aggregate *Stamped Concrete. *Interlocking Bricks *Sod Placement -Excellent Ref’s -WCB Insured
CLEANING SERVICES
Brisk Home Cleaners
281
HERFORT CONCRETE
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 236
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
MORTGAGES
Mortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refinances, immediate debt consolidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations. Call 1-888-685-6181 www.mountaincitymortgage.ca
640
RECREATIONAL
FOR SALE CABIN FROM THE FOUNDATION UP ONLY: Cabin must be moved from its current location at Brooklyn, BC. Please call after 5:00 250-365-6371 or email jbalfour@shaw.ca for details. Open to offers
660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS
www.dannyevans.ca
Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley
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RENTALS 706
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1 & 2 Bdrs from $750/
GREAT LOCATION
Professional Property Management Services for LANDLORDS (Tri City)
* Renovated Suites *
MAPLE COURT I
Clean, very quiet, large, INCLUDES: HEAT, HOT WATER & HYDRO Near Shopping & Amenities.
P.Meadows Brand New - Solaris Towers. 2 & 3 bdrms, 5 appli’s, nr WCE, shops,parks,schls. Now. NS/NP,refs. Rents Start@ $1250
12186-224 St, Maple Ridge Certified Crime Free Buildings MAPLE RIDGE
Coquitlam Schoolhouse / Austin 2bdrm bsmt, avail now, small pet NS/Ref’s. $950/mo +shared utils.
1 BEDROOM SUITES
Coquitlam WW Plateau 2 bdrm bsmt suite,avail now, pet ok with deposit, ns/refs. $850 +1/3 utils.
✶ Move In Allowance
3 BDRM. & 2 BDRMS. Great location for seniors!
Clean, quiet & affordable! Incl. heat, h/w, cable.
1 & 2 BDRM SUITES Heat, hot water & parking. Close to stores & schools.
604-463-7450 604-463-2236
(604) 463-9522 Central Maple Ridge Available Now
AVAILABLE NOW
Queen Anne Apts.
BBY nr Lough. Mall, full house., 6bdrm, + den, dbl garage Now. ns/np/refs, $2400 mo.
GARIBALDI Court
APARTMENT/CONDO
McIntosh Plaza Suit Mature Adults Highrise 1/2 Block to Town F/F fridge & easy clean stoves Avail Aug 1. NO PETS
22330 McIntosh Avenue
(604)463-6841
22437 121st Ave 604-467-0715
For more info. google us.
MAPLE INN 11695 -224th St Maple Ridge 1 bdrm $500-$550 includes hot water Certified Crime Free Building Mature adult oriented. Close to uptown 604-463-4131 for appointment (9am-5pm)
HIGH VOLTAGE! bcclassified.com 604-575-5555 MAPLE RIDGE 2/bdrm condo in Golden Tower. 5/appli, u/g pkng. $1050/mo. Avail Dec 1. 604-467-4450, 604-833-4450. MAPLE RIDGE Central. Lrg 1 bdrm nr amens, insuite w/d, d/w, patio, vaulted ceilings, sec u/g prk. Immed Ns/Np. $890 +utils. 604-307-2241.
Maple Ridge 22450-121st Street 2 Bedroom Apt $830/mo Attractive modern unit, in a safe, all ages community in beautiful Maple Ridge. Amenities include community gardens, playground, amenity rooms, on site laundry facilities & secure parking in a certified Crime Free Multi Housing complex. Pet friendly (some exceptions apply). The tenant and other occupants must demonstrate they meet eligibility criteria related to income, number of occupants, and other similar criteria. Please note that fully subsidized, or Rent Geared to Income (RGI) units are filled via a waiting list called The BC Housing Central Registry (www.bchousing.org/applicants). No RGI subsidy available at this time.
Call 604-451-6075 to view. Metro Vancouver Housing Corp.
APARTMENT/CONDO PORT COQUITLAM
2 Bdrm corner suite $925 S Incl heat/hot wtr, wndw cvrngs S Close to bus stop S Walk to shpng/medical/WCE S Across from park w/Mtn views S Gated parking and Elevator S Adult oriented building S References required CALL FOR APPOINTMENT
604-464-3550
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MAPLE COURT II 22423 121st Ave 604-467-4894
Maple Ridge Central
Certified Crime Free Clean, Quiet Building for Mature Adults Only 1 Bedroom with gas fireplace No Pets, Non Smoker
$500. & up + util’s
(604)467-5271 Maple Ridge
Glenwood Manor Apartments 1 & 2 Bdrms from $685 & $850 & renovated suite with dishwasher $45. extra. Clean, Spacious Includes cable, heat, hot water & parking Seniors discount 21387 Dewdney Trunk Rd
709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL PORT COQUITLAM, 2043 sq ft. Ground floor, dance/fitness area. Facing onto city park. 1 blk from Lougheed/Shaughnessy intersection. 604-464-3550.
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HOMES FOR RENT
MAPLE RIDGE Central 4 Bdrm 2 Bath, newly painted, Xtra Lrg yard, F/P, N/S, N/P Avail Now $1550.mo (604)773-3912 MR 4bdrm rancher new reno’d on Acres near Gldn Ears Brdg N/S N/P avail Dec 1. $1850 778 889 5215 PITT MEADOWS, 203/Lougheed area. LEASE TO OWN or rent. 4 bdrm incl 1 bdrm nanny suite, lrg. priv.yrd, easy access to shops/transit. Dec.1st. $1795. (604) 837-4811.
741
Call: Rick Medhurst, Royal LePage
PITT MEADOWS
The Meadows Gated underground parking, heated outdoor pool. Heat, hot water & 3 appliances included. 2 min. walk to Westcoast Express.
Large 1, 2 & 3 Bdrm Suites Available
Call: 778-882-8894 604-465-0008 or 604-465-5818
838
SUITES, LOWER
WW.PLATEAU 2 bdrm + den 2 bath very bright grd flr ste, nice bckyd, incl 5 appls, nr schl & bus. $1250 incl utils. Avail now. 778-840-9476
752
TRANSPORTATION
RECREATIONAL/SALE
845
TOWNHOUSES
PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1030/mo - $1134/mo. Shares req’d. No subsidy available. Orientation 2nd & 4th Sun. 2 pm & 3rd Tues. 7 pm each mo. 19225 119th Ave., Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 2B2. Leave msg 604-465-1938 PITT MEADOWS, Ford & Harris, 3 bdrm T/H. Quiet family complex, rent geared to income. N/P. Call: 604-465-4851
Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal FREE TOWING 7 days/wk. We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022
Dual pane windows, ext. shower, fantastic fan, microwave, elec. power awning, DSI water heater. $32,483 (stk.30380) www.fraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL #30644
SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pickup anywhere in BC, Min. 10. Toll Free Call:1.877.334.2288
TRAVEL with bcclassified.com
604 575 5555
TRANSPORTATION 806
604-463-3000
743 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Call Maria at ridgemeadows property management Mon Fri 9-6 604-466-2838 or visit www.ridgemeadowsproperty management.com
746
ROOMS FOR RENT
The Scrapper
2011 AUTUMN RIDGE 264RKS
ANTIQUES/CLASSICS
1989 MERCEDES 420 SEL, Air Cared, 117,000km. Black w/gray lthr. int., pw., ps., a/c, $3900 obo (604)997-4045
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AUTO FINANCING
Need A Vehicle! Guaranteed Auto Loan. Apply Now, 1.877.680.1231
DSI water heater, A/C, microwave, awning, 3 burner range, outside shower. $19,483 (Stk.30630) www.fraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL #30644
www.UapplyUdrive.ca
847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES
1999 CHEVY BLAZER, black, 2” lift, 4x4, Air Cared, standard, new clutch. $5995 obo (604)826-0519 2008 JEEP PATRIOT - North Edition 5 spd, 40,000 kms. Warranty. $16,000/obo. (604)525-3508
2011 LAREDO 266RL
848
1-800-910-6402
www.PreApproval.cc FREE CASH BACK WITH $0 DOWN at Auto Credit Fast. Need a vehicle? Good or Bad credit call Stephanie 1-877-792-0599 www.autocreditfast.ca. DLN 30309. Free Delivery. INSTANT AUTO CREDIT We can finance your auto loan in minutes, you Drive Home Now, or we can deliver to you. www.DriveHomeNow.com 877-758-7311 or 250-751-5205.
Haney Motor Hotel
WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CREDIT? Christmas in November, $500 cash back. We fund your future not your past. All credit situations accepted. www.creditdrivers.ca 1-888593-6095.
22222 Lougheed Hwy., Maple Ridge Inquire in person between 9am - 3pm or
Call 604-467-3944 Maple Ridge Bright, furn rm in quiet shared house,board possible. $420 incl parking, laundry, cable & internet. Must be financially viable Call for info 604-816-9142 MAPLE RIDGE Private rooms (WiFi & cble) shrd kit. bath, lndry. $500/mo. 778-893-2750.
748 SHARED ACCOMMODATION MAPLE RIDGE West, lovely Townhouse fully furnished, incls all util’s $500mo avail immed 604-467-9921 ROOMMATE to share 3 bdrm house, 1 bdrm - cbl, int, hydro. inc. $500/mo. Call 778-242-8903
SUITES, LOWER
851
AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673
TRUCKS & VANS
2005 CHEVY UPLANDER, grey, 7 pass., V6 auto, fully loaded, 93 km, $6,500 obo. Phone (604)241-2530.
#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200
1956 Restored Pontiac - 4 door Hardtop, GMC welding Rig. (604)464-7554 2000 FORD FOCUS, standard trans., blue, 4 dr. sedan, CD, Air Cared. $2995 obo (604)826-0519 2005 CHRYSLER 300, grey, V6, auto, loaded, leather, 108 km, $9,500 obo. Phone (604)241-2530.
Proposed Blue Mountain Quarry
2005 CHRYSLER SEBRING convertible, silver, 84 k’s. auto. Mags. $7895/obo. (604)826-0519
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1992 VOLVO 940 4 dr. sedan, auto, low mi., leather int., gray, Air Cared. Good cond. $3700. (604)351-7704
2002 DODGE NEON R/T standard trans., white, sunroof, used eng., new timing belt & clutch. CD stacker $3995 obo. (604)826-0519 2003 VOLVO V40, S/W, Blue, loaded 155,000 kms. auto. new tires. $6000 firm. Phone 604-538-9257. 2004 MERCEDES C230 SEDAN auto, sunroof, 47k, Gold Mist Mica over blk. leather, exc. cond. local, no accid. $14,230 (604)328-1883
2007 Honda Civic DXG 5 speed standard, 2 dr., grey, 130K, p/w, p/l, a/c, am/fm/cd, no acc. $9,500 604-793-3819 2009 SUZUKI SWIFT PLUS - 5 dr, 39,000k. Good shape. Like new. $8888: Call Don (604)581-3613
828 COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
2011 5th Wheel 32’ Gooseneck Cargo Trailer, triple axle, 4000lb ramp, electric brakes, roof vents, 36” side door, like new, $12,500. Call 604-842-8009.
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800SQ.FT. 1bd, 230th & Dewdney, carp/lam., shrd. lndy, sep. ent, no pets/smokers, suits individual/couple. $775/mo. all incl. &intrnt/wi-fi 604-466-9579 (bfr 8pm) or 604-307-0787 anytime. INFLOOR ht/wi-fi/dig.cable/huge kit/full bath/own patio/pets neg./FP/like new! 604-889-8224 MAPLE RIDGE, 232nd area. 1 bdrm suite. Avail. Dec. 1. N/S. N/P. Suit quiet mature person. $690/mo. all inclusive. 604-476-1176. MAPLE RIDGE, 2 Bdrm, 1 bath, $770/mo incl utils. Dec 1st. Quiet N/S, N/P. Gilbert 604-466-6388 MAPLE Ridge. 2 bdrm grd.flr. Sep entry. New paint. 900sq,ft,Quiet hse.Off st Prkg. 5 appls. N/S. cat ok. $950/mo+$50/mo utils. 604936-5728 or 604-466-9458 ask for Beth MAPLE RIDGE 2 bdrm grnd lvl ste, priv entry & lndry, full bath, close to bus, schools & shops. N/S, N/P. Refs req’d. $1,000 incl utils/net Immed. 604-459-9166 lve msg. MAPLE RIDGE: 3/Bdrms, W/D, $1150/mo inclds all utils / cable / int. Immed. 778-242-8903. Maple Ridge. Bright spac 2 bdrm in newer home. Fncd yrd, priv ent, shr lndry. Hw flr, new paint. ns/np. $900 incl utils. Avail now. 604-318-4631 MAPLE RIDGE East. Brand new 2 bdrm, over 1,000sf, sep entry, $875/mo incl utils/cable. Avail Nov. 1. NP/NS. (604)723-5476 MAPLE RIDGE, LARGE 1 bdrm suite, nr schls, WCE, & shop centre. $795 incl util. Own W/D. Brand new carpet/lam. NP. Avail. now. Phone (778)242-1313. MAPLE RIDGE. Newer 2 bdrm bsmt. Incl lndry, gas/elec. $850/mo. Avail now. NP/NS. 604-466-2914. MAPLE RIDGE W. Newer 2 bdrm grnd level, $900 incl cbl/utils/net. Nr amens. Jan 1. Call 604-351-0005.
CARS - DOMESTIC
604-318-8300
SCRAP CAR REMOVAL
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TOWING
BENJAMIN TOWING Flat rate $49
Elec. awning, elec. stab jacks,LCD TV, 2 slides, microwave and much more! $32,483 (Stk.30916) www.fraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL #30644
DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals
$75 OFF 1ST MONTH
Rooms from $435/mo. Fully Furn, weekly maid service, cable TV, private bath, on bus route, 5/min walk to commuter rail.
SCRAP CAR REMOVAL
2011 WILDCAT 282RK
OFFICE & RETAIL SPACE
Maple Ridge Swan Court Apartments
604.477.9189
750
TRANSPORTATION
MAPLE RIDGE
Various downtown locations. Avail. Now! Updated and well maintained. Various sizes 320sf. - 2000sf. Starting at $495/month.
Large 1 & 2 Bedrooms. Hardwood floors, adult oriented, heat, h/w & cable incl’d, f/p, n/pets. Criminal Record check may be reqd Resident Manager Onsite Now with SENIORS DISCOUNT
RENTALS
OFFICE/RETAIL
(604)466-5799
Senior Move-In Allowance.
Refs & Credit check req. Sorry No Pets
706
MAPLE RIDGE
MAPLE RIDGE
604-464-7548 #1 IN RENTALS (Since 1990)
706
RENTALS
256 th Street
RENTALS
Dewdney Trunk Road Whonnock Lake
LAND ACT: NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A DISPOSITION OF CROWN LAND Take notice that Katzie First Nation and Canadian Aggregates Inc., of British Columbia, intends to make application to the Province of British Columbia, for a Crown Lease for Quarrying purposes covering that part Section 36, Township 12 north of Maple Ridge situated on Provincial Crown land located at Blue Mountain. The Land File Number is 2410653. Comments on this application may be submitted in two ways: 1) Online via the Applications and Reasons for Decision Database website at: www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/ index.jsp where details of this application, including maps can also be found. 2) By mail to the Senior Land Officer at 100-10428 153rd Street, Surrey, BC V3R 1E1. Comments will be received by the Ministry of Natural Resources Operations until December 31, 2011. Comments received after this date may not be considered. Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be provided to the public upon request. For information, contact the FOI Advisor at the Ministry of Natural Resource Operations regional office.
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