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G20 lawyer wants police investigated. p5B.C. View

Rural voters maintain advantage. p6

A preliminary inquiry for a woman charged in connection with the death of a Maple Ridge teen heard from people who were the last to see Shannon Ray-mond alive, Monday in Port Coquitlam Provincial Court.

It was the fi rst time the family of the 16-year-old were in the same room as

Victoria Turley, who faces one count of failure to provide the necessities of life in connection with the death of Shannon – a charge laid under a rarely used sec-tion of the Canadian Criminal Code.

Dressed in purple, Shannon’s favourite colour, her mother Julie and older sister Danielle were fl anked by friends and family, who fi lled three rows of seats in the court room.

“Seeing Victoria [Turley] left me with a host of feelings, from emptiness and wanting to reach across and choke her,” Julie Raymond said following a day of testimony from people who were the last to see her daughter alive.

Shannon, 16, was found dead at 6 a.m. on July 26, 2008 at Turley’s home in Maple Ridge after attending a party on a bus.

Ridge Meadows RCMP will not say how Raymond died, but allege she was in the care of the accused and was in medical distress, which Turley failed to address.

Turley, who no longer lives in Maple Ridge, was arrested and charged in Oc-tober 2009 after an investigation that took more than a year.

Preliminary inquiry begins into death of 16-year-old Ridge girl

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Raymond family, friends face accused

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En pointeTaylor Gill partners with Yoo Sang Hong during a rehearsal for Ballet Jörgen Canada’s production of Coppelia at The ACT on Monday. See more, p8.

Toothless prisoner wants dentures

An man serving time in a Maple Ridge prison is taking the provin-cial government to court to get new dentures.

Reza Eshghabadi, 52, has been unable to eat anything solid for the past 14 months since a dentist at the Fraser Regional Correction-al Centre removed 10 teeth that held his dentures in place.

Now toothless, Eshghabadi has been in prison since November 2009, when he was sentenced for importing opium.

He was convicted along with his wife, Ashraf Nabiloo, and sen-tenced to two years less a day in jail.

Iranian-born Eshghabadi’s first language is Farsi and he has lim-ited understanding of English.

See Prisoner, p12

See Raymond, p5

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Arts&life

Seahorse: a salty love storyp27

Opinion 6

B.C. Views 6

Post secondary 14

Community Calendar 26

Arts&life 27

Sports 31

Classifi eds 35

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Julie and Danielle Raymond at the courthouse on Monday. Colleen Flanagan/THE NEWS

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Maple Ridge council wants shopping in a big way in the Albion fl ats, but it wants to see what you think about its plan fi rst before getting feed-back from the Agricultural Land Commission.

Council settled on Scenario 2 Monday, an option that calls for up 1.8 million sq. feet of commercial/indus-trial space in the fl ats along Lougheed Highway at 105th Avenue. It also agreed to add a few features from the other three scenarios, such as live-stock barns, an agricultural training and research barn and a brew pub.

Those features, borrowed from Scenario 1, would go on the east side of 105th Avenue in the Scenario 2 motion pro-posed by Coun. Cheryl Ash-lie. That would leave most of the west side of 105th Av-enue, where SmartCentres mall company owns several acres, available for commer-cial development.

Ashlie’s proposal, though, opened a familiar division on council. Of the 310 acres that comprise the Albion fl ats, Scenario 2 calls for the pres-ervation of only 1.25 acres of that for agriculture. Cur-rently, about 219 acres are designated for farming.

“The Agricultural Land Commission is going to laugh in your face and they are going to say, ‘What are you thinking?’ “ said Coun. Craig Speirs.

“It’s not respectful to put that kind of scenario for-ward.”

He opposed any kind of de-velopment on the west side of 105th Avenue and said Scenario 2 will bring “death to the downtown.”

Any mixed used should take place near 240th Street, which would be a good place for a brew pub, he added.

Most of the fl ats (89 per cent) is within the Agricul-tural Land Reserve, although soil conditions make farming diffi cult. However, according to the consultant’s report, the commission would be un-likely to approve taking land out of the reserve on the west side of 105th because of the

high quality soil.Land on the east side,

though, is more fragmented and with poorer soils, the re-port notes, so the chances of exclusion are greater.

Ashlie’s proposal also included an expanded rec-reation centre, including a sports fi eld, as outlined in Scenario 4, on the east side of 105th, while Coun. Al Hogarth added that the plan should include alternative agricultural practices, such as rooftop gardens, environ-mental practices and mitiga-tion for loss of agricultural land.

According to one of the background reports, there only will be demand for 303,000 sq. feet of commer-cial space by 2017 – assuming malls planned in Pitt Mead-ows and on Kwantlen First Nations land on Lougheed Highway don’t proceed.

By 2025, there only would be demand for up to 524,000 sq. ft.

Speirs, along with Coun. Linda King, voted against the proposal at every step.

King was concerned about fl ooding impacts on existing recreation buildings on the east side of 105th Avenue, if development takes place on the west side.

“We have a lot of facilities that we’ve already paid for. I just don’t think it’s a good

idea.” Possible congestion at the

intersections of Lougheed Highway at Kanaka Way, 105th Avenue and 240th Street also bothered her.

She wanted all four sce-narios, two that proposed minimal development on the west side of 105th, sent to the ALC for comment, as recom-mended by the consultant.

Council, though, rejected those two last week, consid-ered Scenarios 2 and 4 on Monday, then opted for the former.

Details of Scenario 2 will be rolled out to the public in a few weeks at an information meeting, then will be sent on to the land commission for comments.

After that, the scenario comes back to council for further tuning before a for-mal application for exclusion, which will require a public hearing. Decisions from the ALC will then determine the plan that the district will write for the area.

“We can come with a plan, but at the end of the day, it’s up to whoever owns that property to fulfi ll that plan,” Coun. Judy Dueck said later.

Council has to consider all of the feedback it got on the Albion fl ats, not just that re-ceived during the consulta-tion process last fall, and cre-ate something for the whole

community, she said.Daykin said the scenario is

a 15- to 20-year plan.Will all the stores be built

in a short period of time? he asked. “I question that.”

What is the environmen-tal impact on growing fi eld crops, asked Hogarth.

Ashlie said that what’s pro-posed for the area has to be economically viable. What if a hog or turkey farm opera-tion started on the farmland, she asked.

She favoured Scenario 2 be-cause it involves landowners who can won’t get involved unless it is viable. She didn’t want to send forward plans that wouldn’t work economi-cally.

But a convincing case has to be made to the commis-sion about what the district will require that will help agriculture, in returning for removing land from the agri-cultural reserve, said Coun. Mike Morden.

“I don’t see us having any chance of success based on the fact I don’t see any off-sets here.”

He also wanted more de-tails about the eventual appearance of the develop-ment, will it be an asphalt concept or Whistler village concept?

Space must be allowed for an overpass across Lougheed Highway to give

access to the Fraser River and the possible new West Coast Express station near the site of the former Albion ferry, Morden added.

And perhaps Jackson Farm, the 39-acre piece of farmland on 102nd Avenue the district received last year from developers, also could be part of the mix.

That land, outside the Agri-cultural Land Reserve, could be placed back into the ALR, as an offset for the land be-ing removed from the ALR in Albion fl ats, said Morden.

Staff confi rmed the land could still remain park, with-in the ALR.

That later brought a heated comment from Speirs: “I take great exception that you can throw Jackson Farm around as some kind of offset.”

But Daykin questioned if putting that land back in the reserve would qualify as a net benefi t to agriculture.

Hogarth wanted the plan to spell out how food would be grown in alternative ways, such as on rooftops and sur-rounding properties and for any development to be required to use alternative energy such as solar power and geo thermal.

He said the area should be considered a frequent tran-sit area and consideration for connecting to the south side of Lougheed Highway.

Council tweaks shopping plans

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Council settled on Scenario 2, but borrowed some from the other plans.

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The District of Maple Ridge’s former municipal dump is still years away from being safe enough to build on, despite being closed for more than two decades.

The dump site, located on Cottonwood Drive, between 116th and 114a Avenues, oper-ated from the mid 1960s until its closure in 1989.

At the time, the dump was covered with an earth cap to compress the rotting garbage, allowing the site to settle, ac-cording to Russ Carmichael, Maple Ridge’s director of en-gineering operations.

The site is also equipped with a system that captures and burns off the methane gas formed by the decompos-ing garbage underground.

However, after more than 20 years, the site is still settling, Carmichael said.

“You wouldn’t be able to put a building on it, not for the foreseeable future,” he said. “It will continue to settle for a number of years.”

Some dump sites take as much as 50 years before they can be remediated, he noted.

In the coming months, the district will be installing a se-ries of perimeter testing wells around the site to better mon-itor the quality of ground wa-ter that leaches from it. A col-lection pond at the southeast corner of the site prevents ground water from leaching into nearby Kanaka Creek.

The district also plans to pave around the site, to allow for better pedestrian access in the neighbourhood.

David Boag, the district’s di-rector of parks and facilities, said the site has been included in the Maple Ridge-Pitt Mead-ows parks capital plan for years, and will likely become a park, possibly with playing fi elds, once it is deemed safe to use.

“It’s in the long-term parks plan for 2014, but that’s not to say that’s when it will be done,” he said.

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The lawyer for a Maple Ridge woman injured during a G20 protest in Toronto last year is calling for a criminal investigation of the offi cers he al-leges were involved.

Clayton Ruby says he has video footage showing two offi cers fi ring three rubber bullets at Natalie Gray during a protest on June 27.

On Friday, Ruby de-livered an open letter to Toronto Chief of Police William Blair, demanding an imme-diate and transparent criminal investigation into the actions of his offi cers.

Gray says she was protesting peacefully during the G20 Summit that day, when she was viciously shot twice by Toronto police with what she believes were rubber bullets.

She was injured on her elbow and ster-num.

She was then ar-rested by police and charged with obstruc-tion of a peace offi cer.

Gray, along with hundreds of others, was locked up in a de-tention centre, strip searched and held without access to fam-ily or lawyers for 30 hours.

The criminal charge against Gray was dropped in August.

In September, Gray fi led a lawsuit against the Toronto Police Services Board and unnamed individual police offi cers, seeking more than $1 million in damages.

Gray is suing for: assault and battery; unlawful arrest and detention; malicious prosecution; and vio-lations of a number of her constitutional rights under the Char-ter of Rights and Free-doms.

The allegations have yet to be proven in court.

Gray’s mother, Eliza-beth Rosenau, stresses the lawsuit is not about money.

“We don’t want to be given a bunch of cash and muzzled,” said Rosenau, who is seek-ing a nomination as a federal candidate for the New Democratic Party in Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission.

She was prompted to run after her daugh-ter’s arrest in Toronto.

“We want our story out there so there is an awareness raised in the Canadian main-stream, that all is not well with our democ-racy,” Rosenau added.

She has been lobby-ing Conservative MP Randy Kamp to call for a public inquiry into the G20 security operation, but remains disappointed by his re-sponse.

The Toronto Police Service has also al-ready begun an inde-pendent civilian review into the conduct of its offi cers, including al-legations of unlawful

searches and arrests.“Mr. Kamp has had

many opportunities to intervene,” said Rosenau.

“We need our elected politicians to advocate for their constituents and represent their constituents, and I don’t think that Mr. Kamp has done ei-ther.”

Kamp, though, be-lieves it is too early to call for a public in-quiry.

“There are already a number of investiga-tions underway at vari-ous levels,” he said.

“I think it would be premature to consider whether a federal pub-lic inquiry is necessary until the numerous ongoing court cases, lawsuits, municipal and provincial investi-gations have been al-lowed to run their re-spective courses. I look forward to those being completed.”

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and others are also calling for a public in-quiry into the mass ar-rests and police tactics at the G20 summit.

Lawyer for G20 protestorwants police investigated

Although a trial for Turley was set to be-gin in provincial court on Valentine’s Day, she fi lled a re-election application in Janu-ary, asking to be tried in front of a Supreme Court justice instead.

The trial dates are now being used for a preliminary inquiry,

which allows the de-fense to explore the case and hear the evidence Crown has against Turley.

Evidence presented at the preliminary in-quiry is protected by a publication ban.

For Shannon’s family, hearing testimony from friends and acquain-tances who were with

her on the party bus was diffi cult.

Her mother said Shannon’s death is a re-minder to teenagers to err on the side of cau-tion when partying.

“All they had to do is make one phone call and Shannon might still be here,” she added.

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VICTORIA – There aren’t too many benefi ts to living in B.C.’s vast hinter-lands compared to the southwest, where three quarters of B.C. residents reside.

A few advantages of rural life spring to mind: it’s quieter, traffi c jams are fewer and shorter, and real estate prices are more reasonable.

Another advantage is little noticed, but signifi cant just the same. Rural voters have more clout than their urban counterparts.

There can be as many as three times the number of voters in a Metro Vancou-ver constituency as in one of the remote northern seats, but each gets one MLA.

That advantage was reinforced during the 2008 electoral boundary redistribu-tion, when the B.C. Liberal government decided not to eliminate rural seats – a move recommended by an independent commission to equalize representation in the B.C. legislature.

Instead, both the B.C. Liberals and the NDP supported adding six extra seats, in the Fraser Valley, Lower Mainland, Okanagan and Southern Vancouver Island. That narrowed the gap, but the other regions remain over-represented in Victoria.

The B.C. Liberal Party has now moved to match this rural clout in its own leadership vote, set for Feb. 26. At a weekend convention, party delegates voted almost unanimously to get rid of

the one member-one-vote system that put Vancouverite Gordon Campbell into the leadership 17 years ago.

The new weighted voting system ensures that constituencies with small memberships have the same infl uence in the leadership contest as those who have signed up thousands of new members in urban areas. A rural member’s vote might be up to 10 times as powerful as one in Surrey, where many new mem-bers have been signed up.

As one delegate pointed out, this isn’t strictly a rural-urban thing. In NDP strongholds such as East Vancouver or Nanaimo, there are large popula-tions, but only a hardy little band of B.C. Liberal stalwarts maintaining member-ship in a constituency the party has little chance of winning.

There wasn’t much grumbling about this decision. Most B.C. Liberals agreed with the candidates that sticking with a one member-one-vote system would mean only urban candidates have a chance of leading the party.

Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett was one of those advocating the change to weighted voting, before his noisy expul-sion from the B.C. Liberal cabinet and caucus last fall. Still a faithful party member, Bennett urged delegates to adopt the new system, partly because it gives the party “a huge advantage” over the NDP.

The NDP is selecting its next leader in April, using the one member-one-vote system for the fi rst time. NDP leadership candidates have also signed up thou-sands of new members, most of them from urban constituencies.

The NDP now risks becoming the party

of the urban poor, and that’s not a recipe for success.

Some rural voters will remember that Glen Clark made his fi rst visit to Prince George only after he became premier. He spoke about how pleased he was to fi -nally visit the north, apparently unaware that he had only reached the middle of the province, with the north still to come.

Carole James worked hard for seven years as leader to make the NDP reach out beyond its traditional power base. She was rewarded in 2005 with seats regained in the North Coast, Kootenays and Cariboo, as well as traditional areas of strength.

It won’t be easy for an urban-dominat-ed NDP to retain these far-fl ung constit-uencies, much less add to their current seats and form a majority government.

The B.C. Liberals have gone a long way to holding their rural-urban coalition together.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press

and BCLocalnews.com(tfl [email protected]).

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Tolls in the equation

It won’t be easy for an urban-dominated NDP to retain these far-flung constituencies, much less add to their current seats and form a majority government.

The Pattullo Bridge may not be replaced after all.The ministry of transportation, which handed

over responsibility for the bridge to TransLink more than a decade ago, is taking a second look at TransLink’s plans to replace the 74-year-old bridge. TransLink has already said that any replacement bridge would have to be fi nanced by tolls.

While the expertise of the ministry, which has many top-notch people on staff, is welcome, there is a decidedly political tint to this move. It is no secret that many South Fraser residents, particularly in Surrey and Langley, are very unhappy about the prospect of paying tolls on the new Port Mann Bridge when it opens in about two years. The sub-ject comes up frequently.

The Golden Ears Bridge is tolled, and no one is overly concerned about that. It provides a new level of service that was previously unavailable, and the added convenience is well worth the relatively modest toll charge.

However, once the Port Mann Bridge is tolled, it will be very diffi cult to travel to the north side of the river from Langley without paying a toll. Meanwhile, there are no tolls planned on any other bridges or tunnels in the Lower Mainland. Thus people who live in Surrey or Langley, who have the dubious distinction of having the worst transit service in the Lower Mainland, will pay extra to use their cars every time they cross a bridge.

The Pattullo had been suggested as a “free” alter-native, but TransLink can’t replace it for free. Thus the ministry’s decision to study the alternatives seems to be tied directly to the widespread unhap-piness about the pending Port Mann tolls.

Both the Liberal and NDP leadership candi-dates need to make their positions on tolls for the new Port Mann Bridge clear. If tolls are a neces-sity, then they need to be applied to more Lower Mainland river crosings. This money should go to TransLink to fund increased transit service south of the Fraser, so that people who live here have more transit options available to them.

Ideally, the tolls on the Port Mann will be either reduced dramatically from the proposed rates — which are higher than the Golden Ears — or eliminated from the equation altogether. Langley and Surrey residents must not be treated as cash cows, while other Lower Mainland residents are left to cross bridges for free.

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EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: Shopping scenarios to ALC

(The News, Feb. 11).Regarding Phil Melnychuk’s lat-

est article, to say that council has “rejected” the consultant’s advice is misleading, and it is to take the deci-sion, as it was thoughtfully and care-fully articulated last Tuesday eve-ning, out of context.

These meetings are open to the public, so I attended both the Mon-day and Tuesday meeting last week. I also witnessed the deliberations first-hand.

Council is not being, nor has not been, reckless with respect to the recommendations given them, as the tone of this article would lead one to believe. But rather, members have looked at the broader body of evidence, including years and years of letters and emails submitted to the mayor, letters to the paper, not to mention the tidal wave of sup-port for shopping evident at the sup-plementary meeting to the original charette.

Much of this evidence never made it to the HB Lanarc report, which one councillor specifically requested be amended during last Monday’s meeting. So, in fact, council is act-ing precisely how it should, as judi-cious stewards of the community’s interests, weighting and weighing as it must, making changes where they are necessary.

Council should be applauded for es-tablishing a broader context, not to mention for being willing to assert the needs of a growing community where, too often, rhetoric frustrates and obfuscates the will and wishes of the silent majority.

JAMES RUTHVEN

MAPLE RIDGE

An aff rontEDITOR, THE NEWS:

Re: Shopping scenarios to ALC (The News, Feb. 11).

After attending Tuesday’s council meeting, I have to say that I am very disappointed in the fact that it did not agree to send forth all the sce-

narios or options which the charette primer listed to the Agricultural Land Commission.

By doing this, council is discard-ing the many citizens’ opinions who took their time to participate and voice their concerns on how the area should be developed.

This quite frankly, to me, is an af-front to democracy, when you pro-ceed like this and ignore what so many citizens wanted for this area.

I am shocked that council would cherry pick and only send a narrow perspective of what the citizens de-manded at those community public forums.

For one, what happened to Scenar-io C, The Balance? This to me is the most sound way to proceed with this divisive land issue.

And, yet, council just arbitrarily decided that it isn’t worth sending to the Agricultural Land Commission.

What is the real agenda here?I cannot except this blatant posi-

tion, which in my mind is trying to drive through the developers’ agen-da, while ignoring the many citizens who had a very different vision for this area.

JOHN MCKENZIE

MAPLE RIDGE

Editor’s note: John McKenzie has de-clared himself a candidate for Maple

Ridge council in this year’s upcoming municipal elections.

Well doneEDITOR, THE NEWS:


Finally. Congratulations to the coun-cil members who voted to concentrate on the two options that will hopefully see shopping brought to the Albion fl ats.

It has been a long process that still has a long way to go, but at least we now have some movement.

It is imperative that council forwards a detailed and concise plan to the Ag-ricultural Land Commission that will, unlike the Pelton proposal, indicate municipal support for, and the need

for a positive response. Maple Ridge desperately requires

this development, and with this deci-sion, hopefully, a plan can be devel-oped that will satisfy the vast majority of residents and the ALC.

Well done.GRAHAM MOWATT

MAPLE RIDGE

Right decisionEDITOR, THE NEWS:


I wanted to take this opportunity, on behalf of Residents for Smart Shopping, to thank those members of council who voted in favor of moving forward with a comprehensive devel-opment plan for the Albion fl ats.

By doing so, Mayor Ernie Daykin and Couns. Cheryl Ashlie, Judy Dueck, Al Hogarth and Mike Morden have dem-onstrated that they not only listened to the needs of Maple Ridge residents, but that they are also committed to bringing much-needed shopping op-tions to our community.

As my fellow members and I have advocated throughout this ongoing planning process, it would not be in the best interest of our community to consider development only southeast of 105th Avenue. We need to diversify our tax base; we need to revitalize under utilized land; and, most impor-tantly, we need to stop driving out-side of this community to do our daily shopping.

Thank-you again for your ongoing commitment and dedication in creat-ing a well-developed, comprehensive land use plan for the Albion fl ats. You have the support of your community in helping to shape the future of Ma-ple Ridge.

We, as Maple Ridge residents, will continue to do our part to stay en-gaged in the process and show our commitment to the Albion fl ats. We look forward to the months ahead and the refi nement of a concept plan to bring forward to the Agricultural Land Commission.

LESLIE SOFARELLI

MAPLE RIDGE

EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: Abandoned puppy dies (The News, Feb. 9).As sad as it was to read about Peanut, the day-old

puppy who was abandoned and died, it was wonderful to hear again about Dr. Adrian Walton.

He cares so much for all the animals that come under his care. I have no doubt he did all he could to save the life of this pup.

Our family went through something similar two and a half years ago when our newly purchased Chihuahua puppy got extremely ill with coccidia at just 12 weeks old.

Dr. Walton and his staff treated her at the clinic and when things looked bad he even decided to take “Lily” home to keep a close eye on her condition and to cud-dle her and keep her warm all night.

He even took the time to call us at 11:30 at night to let us know how she was doing. Things did not look good and we expected the worst.

When the call came in the morning, we got fantastic news. Dr. Walton, and his wife, had stayed up all night with Lily, and with his constant care and love, he was able to pull her though one of the worst cases of coc-cidia he had seen.

We are so grateful to all of his staff as well because the care continued at the clinic the next day as they all took turns carrying our Lily like a baby kangaroo in a pouch.

We were fortunate because today Lily is happy and healthy thanks to Dr. Walton and his staff.

Thank you so much for caring and for your commit-ment to healing for all our little friends.

As sad as it is that Peanut did not make it, we know there will be others that will thanks to Dr. Walton and his wonderful staff.

HOLLY RICHARDSON

MAPLE RIDGE

A sad story, but vet inspires hope

Council not reckless on Albion

‘We will eventually be culled by the earth’

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Only one optionFrom: Mica2, posted on www.mapleridgenews.com.Re: Shopping scenarios to ALC (The News, Feb. 9). The ALC has one mandate: protect agricultural land. The district needs to only forward the options that are realistic to meet the needs of the community and a concept that is actually economically achievable. Two of the four options are not realistic unless Maple Ridge taxpayers want to be on the hook for eventually purchasing hundreds of acres of land and then spend tens of millions of dollars building parks and improving drain-age for the entire area so that a portion of it could potentially be farmed someday. How does that make any sense? I am pretty sure the majority of MR residents do not have much interest in those scenarios.If you send all options, even those that are not realistic, the ALC will look at them and say: “Thanks, now which one of these protects agriculture or where is your argument for why these lands should be removed from the ALR? If this is not here, then the only comment we have is, ‘we like the one that protects agriculture.’ “ The ALC does not care how many more ball fields or shopping centres or jobs Maple Ridge needs.Council did the right thing by choosing to develop one or two scenarios that are realistically achievable and hopefully begin to develop the arguments and background why these lands should be excluded. Forwarding all options to the ALC was never proposed as part of the process moving forward.

EDITOR, THE NEWS:Re: The world will shake

us off like fleas (Letters, Feb. 9).

I read this letter by Jeff Chenatte and the contrast-ing one before it by Dan Banov (The world really is a better place, Feb. 4)

Both writers see the world through their own eye-of-the-beholder opinions. I seem to think that the world is fi ne, but our world has never been worse off.

There is one pressing is-sue that will doom us hu-mans. It is not global warm-ing. It isn’t poverty, human rights, or lack of food ei-ther. These are not prob-lems on their own. They are symptoms of the main problem: overpopulation.

Governments strive year after year for growth in GDP, population, tax in-come etc.

Corporations do the same.

The world economy relies on this growth and the only way this growth occurs is by population increase.

Population increase puts pressures on natural re-sources, which one day could run out.

Wars are fought over these resources.

The one thing we, as hu-mans, cannot seem to grasp is that there is no such thing as sustainable growth. Not anymore.

We have hit the tipping point. If we could keep the world population to cer-

tain, sustainable numbers, there would be enough for everyone. We could all live above the poverty line, with enough food and clean wa-ter to keep us alive.

Human rights, resources, and lives would not need to be squandered in the interest of more growth, and therefore more people.

We have been bred to be-lieve that growth is good, and the only solution.

But if a cancerous tumor grows unchecked, that’s not such a good thing.

I am not naive enough to believe that we will realize this and begin to curb our own growth, or even allow for decline as is needed.

We will eventually be culled by the earth. We will

be shaken like fl eas. We will one day, through every fault of our own, be decimated to sustainable populations.

Then, we will try to con-tinue the cycle again.

The best explanation I can offer is taken from Juras-sic Park, the movie. One of the scientists states that humans are not, in fact, kill-ing the earth. The earth will stand for billions of years. We are simply killing our-selves.

Something will one day replace us as we have re-placed so many species before and thrive in the conditions that we humans created and, ultimately, could not survive in.

DARREN VAN LEEUWEN

MAPLE RIDGE


Life sizePreston McBain, originally from Sudbury, Ont. and who joined Ballet Jörgen Canada in 2003, lifts Cristina Graziano, who began her dancing career at the age of three, during a rehearsal for the production of Coppelia, choreographed by Bengt Jörgen at The ACT on Monday. Coppelia is about a lonely toy maker named Dr. Coppelius, who brings a life-sized doll to life to become his perfect wife. When a local villager named Nathanael falls in love with her, Nathanael’s slighted sweetheart dresses up as the doll and pretends to come to life in order to get revenge.

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Those developments and decisions take time, says Darrell Denton, business retention of-fi cer in the district’s economic development department.

“It’s a long sales cycle,” and it takes companies a long time to decide on budgets and make deci-sions about locating or investing in a new area, he explained Friday.

Two foreign compa-nies actually visited Maple Ridge during the Games, said Sandy Blue, manager of the district’s economic development department. One is still considering locating in the Lower Mainland, though no decisions have been made.

“We’re just setting the stage, the same way we’re preparing for more growth, more business, over the next number of years,” Blue said.

Maple Ridge was part of Metro Vancouver Commerce, a collection of Lower Mainland eco-dev departments, fund-ed by Western Economic Diversifi cation Canada and put together to max-imize on the Games exposure and hopefully bring in foreign invest-ment.

During the Games, corporate invitees were given seminars and re-ceptions about operat-ing in B.C. in the hopes

of capitalizing on the Olympic exposure.

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Pricewaterhouse con-cludes in a report last week that $168 million of direct investment result-ed from Metro Vancou-ver Commerce’s efforts.

Metro Vancouver Commerce cites a deal between Modern Green Development, a Chinese company and UBC, to work on a green build-ing research project on the campus as one con-fi rmed spinoff from the Games.

Digital Domain, a U.S. studio that has expanded in the Lower Mainland in the past year, is another it mentions.

Supposedly, Para-mount Pictures is fi lm-ing Mission: Impos-sible – Ghost Protocol in Maple Ridge, Vancouver and Richmond. That’s a $60-million project, Maple Ridge Mayor Er-nie Daykin says in Metro Vancouver Commerce’s news release.

“It is highly unlikely this project would be fi lming in Metro Van-couver and Maple Ridge without the opportunity we had to expose deci-

sion-making executives to the benefi ts of doing business here,” Daykin said.

But Paramount has yet to apply for a fi lm permit from Maple Ridge, said Denton.

The company quietly may be scouting out lo-cations, “but we haven’t seen or heard anything yet. We haven’t been ap-proached.”

The same goes for the latest Twilight movie.

But a TV movie about Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling’s life just fi n-ished shooting in Maple Ridge. Crews used Allco Park and the old build-ing on Dewdney Trunk Road and 224th Street for scenes in Strange Magic.

Victoria and Edin-burgh, Scotland will also provide locations.

The TV series The Haunting Hour also just fi nished in the old E-One Moli Energy building in Maple Meadows Busi-ness Park.

And the feature fi lm Foreverland, about a man with cystic fi brosis, also just fi nished shoot-ing in locations that included Maple Ridge Cemetery, Ridge Mead-ows Hospital and the Billy Miner Pub.

Other big shows, how-ever, have appeared in Maple Ridge.

Marg Johnson, fi lm liaison in the economic development depart-ment, says six shows and movies have been fi lmed here so far this year, compared to four for the fi rst two months of last year.

The HST is one attrac-tion for fi lm companies which are able to claim back all of the HST paid.

She said for major pro-ductions, permits are usually acquired two or three weeks before shooting starts.

Daykin said the Metro Vancouver Commerce Olympics program was worthwhile just because it allowed people to make connections.

“It was face-to-face connections that you don’t get unless you do a program like that.”

Blue was in Victoria on Friday attending the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Sustain-able Communities Con-ference.

She was asked to brief-ly explain the districts’ new business-incentive programs for developers in the downtown.

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The $9.2-million, 46-unit apart-ment complex planned for Brown Avenue and 222nd Street that will help people with drug or mental health issues get back on their feet is about to get un-derway.

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The tattered and torn plan for growth in the Lower Mainland took another beating at Ma-

ple Ridge council Mon-day, just when it was supposed to be getting the fi nal OK from the lo-cal council.

But if local politicians have serious problems with the plan, the dis-

trict is going to pay for the privilege of disagree-ing. Any costs that result from the district trying to settle its grievances will be borne by the dis-trict, says a staff report.

All 21 municipalities

that belong Metro Van-couver have to agree to the Regional Growth Strategy.

Once all agree, the plan goes for third and fi nal reading by the Metro Vancouver board

in March, after which it’s supposed to guide growth for the next 25 years. The document, subtitled Metro Vancou-ver 2040: Shaping our Future, calls for a com-pact urban area, a sus-

tainable economy, envi-ronmental protection, complete communities and sustainable trans-portation.

Maple Ridge council has discussed the plan over the last two years, at 19 previous meetings. With all issues previous-ly addressed, it would be appropriate to accept the plan, the planning department says.

Coun. Al Hogarth, though, remained con-cerned about provision of sewer and water utili-ties to Thornhill, once the district hit it the 100,000 population trig-ger point that would al-low suburbanization of the area. Metro Vancou-ver chief administrator Johnny Carline last year sent a letter to the dis-trict affi rming that the regional government would extend water and sewer services once the district’s trigger points kicked in and it was time to expand to Thornhill.

But Hogarth pointed out that a commitment to do the same for Langley is specifi cally mentioned in the growth strategy. However, council heard

that circumstance is dif-ferent because the Lan-gley area is rural while Thornhill now lies with-in the urban boundary.

Mayor Ernie Daykin sought the same assur-ance that Metro Vancou-ver can’t hinder Maple Ridge’s expansion to the area. “Absolutely not,” replied Pickering.

The Metro Vancouver plan, however, has been weakened from its pre-decessor, the Livable Region Strategic Plan in protecting against urban sprawl, said Coun. Craig Speirs.

Eighty per cent of the public feedback said they wanted more con-trol over urban sprawl.

He said later he’ll have to think carefully about whether to support it. Other councillors who oppose it for contrary reasons could vote and defeat the plan.

The district has been considering the new plan for a long time, pointed out Coun. Linda King. But the main is-sue shouldn’t be about individual opinions, but achieving a common vi-sion for the region.

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He claims that during two dentist appointments in the prison, no translator was present and that his teeth were extracted without his consent while he was under an anaesthetic. As a result of the proce-dure, he can no longer wear his dentures.

Forced to sustain himself on a diet of soup and mashed potatoes, he has lost more than 8.5 kg.

Eshghabadi claims he now suffers from chronic stomach pain and digestive problems as result of his poor diet, and has also been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. B.C. Corrections insists it has no obligation to provide Eshghababi with dentures because they are not medically necessary.

“We don’t see how you can leave somebody with no teeth in a jail,” said Kirsty Sim, Esghabadi’s lawyer. “The system has got to deal with him a little better than this.”

Medical records fi led in court show Eshghabadi’s dentist recommended he be fi tted for new dentures, which cost around $1,000, but requests for funding over the past year have been denied. Lawyers for Esghabadi fi led a judicial review application last November after the internal grievance process was exhausted.

The B.C. Attorney General’s Ministry succeeded in having a January hearing adjourned to March 1. In a response to Eshghabadi’s petition in court, the prov-ince argues he understood that his teeth were going to be removed, and the removal was deemed medi-cally necessary by Fraser Regional’s health-care staff. It claims his health problems were not caused by the dental extraction.

The B.C. Civil Liberties Association publicly re-leased court documents related to Esghabadi’s case on Sunday, hoping to coax the province to pay for new teeth.

“It calls us to question what exactly is the standard of medical care prisoners are receiving in our jails,” said spokesperson David Eby.

“This guy has been so patient, trying to resolve it internally. He’s in a situation where he has no teeth and there is literally nothing he can do about it. This is ridiculous. I don’t know why they don’t think that these dentures are not medically necessary given his health conditions.”

B.C. Corrections would not comment on the case while it is before the courts, but said inmates in its prison are treated by qualifi ed health-care profession-als and translators are provided when necessary.

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A handgun or imitation fi re-arm was used in a robbery on Saturday in Pitt Meadows.

A man walking in the 12000-block of Harris Road was approached by two young men around 8:40 p.m.

Cpl. Alanna Dunlop said one of the teens pointed what appeared to be a handgun at the victim.

The pair stole his wallet and cellular phone.

The men then walked into a nearby housing complex and es-caped.

“The victim was not injured in the robbery, but was very shak-en up by the incident,” added Dunlop.

The fi rst man is described as being between 15 to 20 years old. He was brown-skinned, 5-7 with a medium build and short black or dark brown hair. He was wearing a black jacket, blue jeans with a silver belt.

The second man, who bran-dished the weapon, was around the same age. He is described as a white man, 5-6 with a thin build, pale complexion, shaved head and orange freckles on his face.

Growop burnsA fire that destroyed a trailer

early Sunday in Maple Ridge led Mounties to a marijuana grow operation.

The Maple Ridge fire depart-ment was called to extinguish the blaze at a property on 96th

Avenue, near 264th Street, around 5 a.m.

The trailer held electrical equipment that was being used to power the grow operation.

Police seized more than 400 marijuana plants and arrested a 67-year-old man at the prop-erty.

Earlier this month, a 20-foot-long trailer on a property on 110th Avenue that housed a growop was also destroyed in a similar fire.

Growop arrestA 53-year-old man is facing

charges of cultivating a con-trolled substance after Ridge Meadows RCMP seized 700 marijuana plants from his home on Friday.

Police obtained a search warrant for the house in the 21800-block of Lougheed High-way and arrested him at the scene.

The man was released from police custody on a promise to appear in court at a later date.

Pepper-sprayedRidge Meadows RCMP are

looking for two men who pep-per-sprayed and punched an-other man Saturday night in Maple Ridge.

Cpl. Alanna Dunlop said the victim was walking south in the 11300-block of 240th Street when he was approached by

two young men, between 17 and 19 years old.

One of the men pepper sprayed the victim, which caused him to fall to the ground.

Dunlop added the victim was then punched several times by the men, who stole food he had just purchased before running off.

Police said the man’s teeth were damaged in the attack and his face was noticeably swollen.

One of the suspects was wear-ing a red jacket and the other had a white coat.

Store robbedCash was stolen during a rob-

bery Saturday evening in down-town Maple Ridge.

A man walked into Country Milk convenience store on Dewdney Trunk Road near 222nd Street around 6:15 p.m. and claimed to have a weapon.

The man stole an undisclosed amount of money from the cash register.

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It is also simpler in that you don’t need to worry about utility and phone bills or building main-tenance issues.

Residence can also ease the transition into adulthood and moving out on one’s own into the ‘real world.’

There are various types of residences to be found. There are typical, dorm-style residences in which students have a bedroom, which may be shared, and all facilities, such as bathrooms, lounges and showers are shared. These residences don’t usually have cooking facilities except for maybe a microwave.

There are apartment-style resi-dences like the building to which I was assigned. In my building, there are four suites to a fl oor. Within each suite are single and double bedrooms, a shared kitchen, a shared lounge and shared bathroom and shower facilities.

When it comes to roommates, students may be assigned to a single, a double or a triple room. If a student knows somebody going to the same university as them that they would like to share a room with, this can be indicated on both students’ ap-plications to residence.

Most buildings are co-ed, though gender specifi c buildings may be available.

Students living in residence are provided with basic furniture, a bed, mattress, desk, lamp and somewhere to store clothing. Anything else must be brought from home, including linens and toiletries such as shampoo.

Students must also supply their own soap for dishes and hand-washing, as well as paper towels; don’t worry, toilet paper is supplied.

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There is a residence as-sistant (RA) assigned to each area in residence, in my case this means each fl oor, to act as an advisor for students who need help with any sort of issue. There is always an RA available to answer questions or to deal with issues such as noise complaints.

Living in residence can be fun, but also challenging. You are almost always around people and there are often fun events sched-uled and events that students or-ganize themselves. For example, in my building during exam period there was a kickboxing lesson offered in the downstairs foyer. Also during exams, my suite organized a potluck dinner for our residence fl oor.

Living with other people all the time has downsides, too, as per-sonalities will inevitably clash. Usually confl icts are minor and short-lived. But if a real issue does arise, an RA can help medi-ate the confl ict.

Residence walls can be thin, so noise can be disruptive, particu-larly when trying to sleep. This is resolved by enforced quiet hours – between 11 p.m. and 8 am. .on nights before classes and between 1 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

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Some degree of homesickness is inevitable while living away from home If, like me, you are unable to go home on weekends it can be helpful to get involved in university activities or in the community to keep yourself busy so that you don’t miss home as much. Students may want to join a club or an extracurricular class, such as dance or a sports class, or volunteer somewhere. I started writing for the University newspaper and joined a kickbox-ing and Zumba class.

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When students fi rst arrive at university they go through Orientation Week, which takes on many names such as ‘Frosh Week’ and ‘O-Week’; its begin-ning is marked by move-in day.

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A federal plan to sharply reduce the number of family re-unifi cation visas issued this year threatens to keep immigrants from being joined by aging parents and grandpar-ents who may die over-seas before they can come to Canada.

Immigration lawyer Richard Kurland said Immigration Canada targets he has obtained under Access to Infor-mation show Ottawa intends to grant just 11,200 visas for parents and grandparents to join family in Canada in 2011 – a 40 per cent drop from 16,200 issued last year.

With more than 140,000 applicants seek-ing such family reunifi -cation visas, Kurland said it implies wait times will more than double to 13 years, lon-ger than many of the overseas elders may live.

Charan Gill, execu-tive director of the Progressive Intercul-tural Community Ser-vices Society (PICS), said many immigrant families across the Lower Mainland will be upset by the change.

“There’s no point in processing many of these applications any more,” he said. “People will die before they come to this land.”

Gill called it a serious reversal of Canada’s traditionally humani-tarian policy of accom-modating the reunifi -cation of families here.

“This policy is really anti-immigrant,” he said. “They’re segre-gating the families.”

Chinese applicants should not have as much diffi culty – the targets show the num-ber of elder visas ear-marked for Beijing will more than double from 1,000 to 2,650 this year.

But for Indo-Canadi-ans seeking to bring parents and grandpar-ents home, it’s a differ-ent story.

New Delhi, the hub for all applications from India, gets 2,500 visas this year, down 45 per cent from 4,500 in 2010.

And the number of German visas is slashed from 80 to fi ve, with similar steep re-ductions for Turkey and Romania.

Gill said the new direction doesn’t rec-ognize the fact elders brought here to live with family often help with child care, saving expenses and enabling one spouse of a fam-ily to go back into the

workforce.Families will be hurt

economically and cul-turally, he said, noting grandparents are key to helping instill heri-tage and cultural val-ues in children.

Kurland believes the decision to clamp down on reunifi cation visas is about money, spe-cifi cally the potential cost to Canada of aging relatives who arrive here and soon become a fi nancial burden on the medical system.

He proposes Ottawa consider a new option to address that prob-lem.

Elder applicants could be assessed overseas and actuar-ies could estimate the amount of medical premiums required to cover 15 years worth of their anticipated medi-cal costs in Canada.

Families could then choose to pay that as a lump sum – eliminat-ing the health care cost to Canada from the equation – in order to have the parents come

here without a wait, Kurland suggested.

In many cases, he said, members of the extended family from around the world could pool their fi nances to support the move.

While Gill fears the reduced allocation of elder visas is perma-nent, Kurland said it may be just a one-year reduction to enable government politicians to trumpet a subse-quent “increase” back to normal levels in a possible 2012 election year.

Immigration Canada spokesperson Melanie Carkner denied higher health care costs are the reason for the low-er 2011 visa targets.

“We’ve opted to put children and spouses fi rst,” Carkner said, adding they, along with refugees, will have ac-cess to more visas this year.

She downplayed the importance of the tar-gets, saying they can be adjusted throughout the year as necessary.

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Charan Gill fears people will die before being reunited with family in Canada.

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“We’re not cutting back service, but we’re moving it around from where it’s not doing much good to where it will do more good,” spokesman Ken Hardie said.

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It estimates an extra $10 to $15 million per year could be generat-ed through the planned reshuffl ing of about 4.5 per cent of total ser-vice hours.

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TransLink acknowl-edges its service south of the river has not yet caught up to what’s re-quired by the rapidly growing population, he said.

He downplayed the impact on routes where service will be trimmed and passen-gers will wait longer for a bus.

Hardie said a few of the changes actually started to happen in December with little fanfare.

Changes that start in April will still be mod-est, Hardie said, with more reallocation of service to come in Sep-tember and December.

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Influenza season typ-ically spans November to April and the peak can happen any time

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Flu shots are still available through pub-lic health units, doc-tors’ offices and phar-macists.

“We are carefully watching other parts of the country,” added Fraser Health spokes-person Joan Marshall.

This year’s vaccine does cover the H3N2 strain spreading in eastern Canada.

The flu vaccine is recommended and free for the elderly, very young children, and people of all ages with chronic medical conditions as they are at highest risk of hos-pitalization and death due to complications from influenza.

The province ex-panded Pharmacare coverage in December to include two brands of antiviral drugs,

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Most young healthy people recover from the flu without diffi-culty, but those at high risk may be helped with antivirals, which work best if taken at the first sign of symp-toms appearing.

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Frequent hand-washing and covering coughs and sneezes is advised to keep the vi-rus from spreading.

There’s been little sign in B.C. this winter of the H1N1 flu virus that triggered a mass immunization cam-paign a year ago.

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The B.C. SPCA is urg-ing pet guardians and all animal lovers to do

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The non-profi t animal wel-fare society is highlighting the benefi ts of spaying and neu-tering for pets during Spay/Neuter Awareness Month in February.

“The terrible reality is that there are still many more animals born in our province every year than there are homes for,” says Lorie Chor-tyk, general manager of com-munity relations for the B.C. SPCA.

“The SPCA and other rescue groups fi nd homes for thou-sands of these abandoned or surrendered animals every year, but we know that there are so many more who suf-fer and die after being aban-doned by their guardians. It is heartbreaking because this is a completely preventable problem.”

She notes that in 2010 the B.C. SPCA’s 37 branches took in nearly 34,000 abandoned, neglected, injured and abused animals.

“We fi nd that with many pet guardians it is attitude, rather than cost, that prevents them from having their animals sterilized,” says Chortyk.

“They love their pets, but they don’t realize that by not having them spayed or neu-tered they may be impacting their pet’s quality of life and the bond they could be shar-ing.”

Some of the benefi ts of spay-ing and neutering:

• Decreased aggression – Neutering generally reduces aggressive behaviours in pets. Neutered dogs are calmer and less likely to bite, attack or get into altercations at the dog park. Neutered cats don’t have the drive to mark and protect their territory and are less likely to spray or get into cat fi ghts.

• Calmer, happier pets – Fe-male cats go in and out of heat every three weeks between January and November. In addition to preventing un-wanted litters, spaying your cat will reduce her desire to escape to fi nd a mate, spray-ing or inappropriate elimina-tion, howling and attracting unwanted male cats onto your

property.• Increased health – Spay-

ing or neutering your pet re-duces the likelihood of them developing uterine, ovarian and testicular cancers.

• Good overall pet care – Having your pet sterilized also provides an opportu-nity to have other important health procedures performed, as necessary, such as an iden-tifi cation tattoo or microchip or teeth cleaning. Spaying and neutering is done under a general anesthetic, so your pet won’t be in pain.

If cost is a concern, check with your local SPCA. The SPCA provides assistance to low-income pet guardians where possible and many communities have low-cost spay/neuter funds adminis-tered through the local gov-ernment.

Last year the BC SPCA spent more than $2 million on spay/neuter programs in communities across B.C.

As part of its commitment to ending pet overpopulation the SPCA sterilizes every dog, cat and rabbit prior to adop-tion.

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The B.C. SPCA is of-fering a free clinic on Sunday, Feb. 20 to

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Twenty Greater Vancouver veterinarians and animal health technicians are gener-ously donating their services to spay and neuter an antici-pated 70 to 100 cats.

Groups working with feral cats and any member of the public feeding an ownerless, free-roaming cat are invited to participate.

Invitations are also being sent to First Nations commu-nities from Lytton to Greater Vancouver.

The free services being offered include medical ex-aminations, spay/neuter op-erations, vaccinations, identi-fi cation tattoos and treatment to address any medical issues the animals may have.

This is the B.C. SPCA’s fi fth annual Feral Cat Trap – Neuter – Release Clinic, all of which have been very suc-cessful.

Each year, thousands of cats are abandoned by their owners. Many of these ani-mals live short, brutal lives

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Those who survive repro-duce rapidly, adding to the population of abandoned ani-mals.

During the clinic, kittens and tamer adult cats with the potential to be re-homed will be identifi ed for adoption and the others will be returned to the custody of their caregiv-ers to managed feral colo-nies.

Dr. Jamie Lawson, chief animal health offi cer for the B.C. SPCA, says that while

the primary goal of the free clinic is to reduce pet over-population and provide care for abandoned cats, he hopes the event will raise aware-ness about the issue of pet abandonment and the need for all pet owners to spay and neuter their pets.

The Biscuit Fund for Medi-cal Care supports treatment and services, including emer-gency care, spay/neuter, vac-cinations and other treat-ments needed by homeless and wild animals in our care.

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Community Calendar

Community Calendar lists events in Maple Ridge and Pitt Mead-ows. Notices are free to local

non-profi t groups courtesy of The News. Drop off details to 22328 119 Ave., fax to 604-463-4741 or e-mail [email protected] at least a week before the event. Include a contact name and number. (No submissions by phone.) Listings appear as space permits. For guaranteed publication, ask our classifi ed department at 604-467-1122 about non-profi t rates.

Wednesday, Feb. 16• The Pitt Meadows Book Club is

hosting a discussion of Miriam Toews’ book A Complicated Kindness at 7 p.m. Drop by the Pitt Meadows library to pick up a Book Club copy of this title. 12047 Harris Road.

• Maple Ridge Garden Club meets at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) at Fraserview Community Centre. Speaker is Mike Lascelle from Amsterdam Garden Centre. Guest fee is $2. For more information, call 604-467-2366, or email http://mapleridgegardenclub.50webs.com

• Kanaka Creek Coff ee presents open mic/stage night with local band Echo Park from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. No. 101 24155 102nd Avenue, Maple Ridge. Call 604-463-6727 for more information.

Thursday, Feb. 17• The 2011 Maple Ridge Heri-

tage Awards are being presented at 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Heritage Church Hall, 22279 116th Avenue.

For more information, call Lisa Zosiak 604-467-7383

Saturday, Feb. 19• The Maple Ridge Lapidary

Club’s annual Rock and Gem Show takes place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church, 22165 Dewdney Trunk Road. Door prizes, kid’s craft corner, lapidary supplies, live auction, and demonstrations all day. Refreshments available. Admis-sion by donation. Call Ken Rimmer at 604-463-9593 for more information.

• Ridge Meadows South Asian Cultural Society fourth annual gala fundraiser takes place at the ECRA Centre in Maple Ridge, 12148 224th Street at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $95, including entertainment and dinner.

• The Stave Falls Scottish Danc-ers are having their 35th annual Scottish Night fundraiser from 6 p.m. until midnight. Tickets and info call 604-462-9935 or 604-467-7932

• The Penderecki String Quartet is featured in the next Candlelight Concert of the Maple Ridge Music Society, 8 p.m. For more info call 604-467-3162.

Sunday, Feb. 20• The Maple Ridge Lapidary

Club’s annual Rock and Gem Show takes place from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church, 22165 Dewdney Trunk Road. Door prizes, kid’s craft corner, lapidary supplies, live auction, and demonstrations all day. Refreshments available. Admis-sion by donation. Call Ken Rimmer at

604-463-9593 for more information.• Dr. Nima Rahmany, local chiro-

practor and speaker, presents “Emo-tional Eating and Food Addictions” at Goodlife Fitness in Pitt Meadows, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Register at front desk. No. 201, 19800 Lougheed Highway. Cost is $5 donation to Family Education and Support Centre.

• The Alouette Field Natural-ists travel to Derby Reach for winter birding. Meet at 9:30 a.m. at Tim Horton’s at 20201 Lougheed Highway to carpool. Phone Duanne at 604-463-8743.

Monday, Feb. 21

• Valley Women’s Network Ridge Meadows Chapter meeting at Maple Ridge Library (Fraser Room). Speaker: Sue Hunt, topic is “Women and Security.” Build your business connections and network, with fully catered dinner. 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. For more information, or to reserve, contact [email protected] or 604-467-3563. Rates for Members $25, Non-members $28, Reservations required, deadline noon, Feb 17.

• Pitt Meadows Garden Club is inviting members and anyone inter-ested to its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the Pitt Meadows Community Hall adjacent to Community Church (corner Harris and Ford Road). Guest speaker is Othmar Kagi of the Fraser Valley Mushroom Club. Everyone welcome.

Tuesday, Feb. 22• Eric Langton Elementary

School PAC and Hung Sing Koon

Martial Arts at the HIVE Neighbour-hood Centre celebrates Chinese New Year from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Check out the interactive Great Wall, try your hand at Chinese calligraphy, watch martial art demonstrations, listen to the Chinese Singing Choir and music, and enjoy an ethnic snack. Everyone welcome. For more information contact Grace at 604-479-2004.

• Downtown Maple Ridge Busi-ness Improvement Association is presenting its free monthly business-to-business event, hosted by Sopranos Pizza at 22358 Lougheed Highway from 5:30 to 7 p.m. All BIA members and interested guests are welcome to this informal meet and greet. Refreshments are provided. Please call 604-467-2420 or [email protected] and RSVP today.

Wednesday, Feb. 23• The Maple Ridge Public Library

will be off ering a lantern making workshop at 3:30 p.m. This workshop will show you how to make several diff erent kinds of lanterns to light up the dark winter skies. For Grades 5 and up. For more information, please call the second fl oor information desk at 604-467-7417.

Ongoing• Grace Community Church in

Pitt Meadows presents “Coff ee, Tea, ‘n Much More” every Thursday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. This event is for ladies to come together, share, build friendships, enjoy crafts, beauty, baking tips, and keeping fi t. Event

is free and no registration required. For more information, call Lois at 604-941-3543.

• Overeaters Anonymous meets every Tuesday at the Maple Ridge Library, Alouette Room at 1:15 p.m. Drop in or call 604-878-4575 for more information. No dues or fees. Newcomers welcome.

• The Stride to Thrive walking group meets at Jerry Sulina Park for a one hour walk on the dike every Saturday morning at 10 a.m. Meet in the parking lot by the large notice board, rain or shine. This group is for women of all ages whose lives or the lives of family and friends have been aff ected by cancer. For more information, email [email protected].

• The Hominum Fraser Valley Chapter is a support and discussion group to help gay, bi-sexual and questioning men with the chal-lenges of being married, separated or single. The group meets on the last Friday of the month. For information and meeting location call Art at 604-462-9813 or Don at 604-329-9760

• Eastern District Cricket Club are looking for new members, male and female, for the 2011 season (April to September). Any skill level welcomed, equipment provided and coaching available. Contact Scott at 778-988-3260 for more information.

• Blue Heron Toastmasters meets at Pitt Meadows City Hall on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. To visit the club and see the contest, please visit [email protected]

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HooplaChloe Wilkins, 2, plays with a hula hoop during a parent and tot rhythmic gymnastics class at The ACT Thursday morning. For more winter activities, visit www.theactma-pleridge.org.

Light up the night

The Lantern Festi-val will light up Maple Ridge next week.

To get ready for the parade, the Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Asso-ciation has partnered with The ACT and local businesses to host sev-eral workshops.

The workshops will show how to make dif-ferent kinds of lanterns to light up the dark winters skies.

Workshops: • Saturday, Feb. 19

from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the ACT.

• Kid’s workshop Wednesday, Feb. 23 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Maple Ridge library.

Fire spinning, jug-gling, twirling, ac-robatic dance and contemporary dance, synchronized to music and drums, will feature at the festival this year.

The festival takes place 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Haney Place Mall.

The lantern parade begins at 7 p.m., start-ing in the mall and proceeding outside through Memorial Peace Park.

Call for entries

Artist and artisans of all kinds are invited to participate in this year’s art studio tour, April 16 -17.

In its 13th year, the tour allows the public into places where art happens.

It includes paintings in all media, pottery, sculpture, ceramics, ceramic sculptures, jewelry, paper arts, functional art, assem-blage art, and more.

Deadline for submis-sions is March 1.

• To join the art stu-dio tour, call Suzette Fram at 604-466-5477 or e-mail [email protected].

The tour is part of BC’s Arts and Culture Week and Celebration of the Arts week.

Seahorse: a salty love story

On the coast of northern Brit-ish Columbia, hard-bitten Gertie (Kerry Davidson)

owns The Seahorse, a run-down wa-terfront bar.

Gertie has seen it all, liked none of it, and is bound and determined that no one will change her mind.

Enter Harry (Daryl King), a sea-man of limited means but unlimited dreams.

Two forces of nature that attract and repel each other in equal mea-sure drive this stormy romance fi lled with humour and drama.

“This beautiful and moving tale is my favourite kind of love story – set in a waterfront bar,” says director Sarah Rodgers.

“I am so excited to work with this pair of actors: the fi ery and funny Kerry Davidson who possesses that rare combination of great depth and great comedy, and Daryl King, a hot, upcoming actor whose raw and ex-citing work with Main Street The-atre has garnered him several Jes-sie nominations and many fans.”

The Seahorse was fi rst presented at the Arts Club in 1975, at the Sey-

mour Street location. “It has long been one of my favou-

rite plays,” says Bill Millerd, Arts Club’s artistic managing director.

“I know this production will be a fabulous evening of theatre with these two superb performers appear-ing in such a touching love story.”

• The Seahorse plays the ACT on Saturday, Feb. 19 at 8 p.m.

It is part of the Arts Club on Tour series.

Arts Club on Tour production at the ACT this week

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Daryl King and Kerry Davidson in the Arts Club On Tour production of The Seahorse.


The Maple Ridge Music Society hosts the Penderecki String Quartet on Saturday.

Featuring Jeremy

Bell on violin, Jacob Braun on cello, Jerzy Kaplanek on violin and Christine Vlajk on viola, the quartet is

approaching the third decade of an extraor-dinary career that has been them become one of the most celebrated chamber ensembles of their generation.

These four musi-cians from Poland,

Canada, and the USA bring their varied yet collective experience to create performanc-es that demonstrate their “remarkable range of technical ex-cellence and emotion-al sweep”.

To this day, the quar-tet is a devoted cham-pion of the music of our time, and has per-formed a wide range of repertoire from Bach to Brahms, Bartók to Ligeti, Frank Zappa to John Oswald, as well as premiering over 100 new works from numerous composers.

• The Penderecki String Quartet plays Westacres on Satur-day, Feb. 19 at 8 p.m. For tickets, call 604-467-3162. Westacres is a 20-acre farm at the end of 124th Avenue in Maple Ridge.

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String quartet at Westacres farmAnother Candlelight Concert by the Maple Ridge Music Society

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Penderecki String Quartet features Jeremy Bell on violin, Jacob Braun on cello, Jerzy Kaplanek on violin and Chris-tine Vlajk on viola,

Quiet in the Landon Gallery 7 stage

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Gallery 7 theatre will stage Anne Chislett’s Quiet in the Land next moth.

A prodigal son story set in a Canadian Amish community during First World War, this play explores the complexities of tradition and faith in an ever changing world.

Yock Bauman can’t comprehend how his strict father can stand idly by while war rages on in Europe.

Shunning the pacifi st beliefs of his commu-nity, Yock enlists in the military where he soon becomes a hero to the nation, but an outcast to his own.

Having been powerfully affected by the hor-rors of battle, Yock returns to his father but soon fi nds he has lost more than he could have imagined.

• Quiet in the Land plays MEI Theatre, 4081 Clearbrook Road in Abbotsford March 4, 5, March 10 – 12, March 17 - 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Book signingMaple Ridge author Ani-

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Set in the suburbs of Met-ro Vancouver, Feeders is a story about coven of benev-olent and placid vampires.

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Rothe – master horticulturist, fi shery expert, and teacher – had become a master carver.

What started as a diversion from illness six years ago has grown to a passion and a level of excellence that surprised his friends, even him-self.

“I never knew I could do this,” says the Maple Ridge resident.

When you visit, he has rooms full of fi sh – of all species, in different settings, alone or in groups, hiding, darting, or leaping.

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The Ridge Meadows Flames dropped two straight last week-end after clinching a playoff berth with their overtime win over the Aldergrove Kodiaks last Wednes-day.

The local junior B hockey club fell 4-2 to the Mission Icebreakers at home Friday night before fall-ing 9-6 to the Port Moody Black Panthers after eliminating the Kodiaks last week.

“Most of the guys knew we had clinched a spot, so the effort wasn’t there,” said head coach Tavis Eaton. “We have the talent there, when they want to use it.”

Just where in the playoff picture the Flames will slot in remains to be determined, however.

With just a single game left in the regular season, the Flames sit in third place in the Pacifi c Inter-national Junior Hockey League’s Harold Brittain Conference with 42 points (20-23-2). If the Flames can manage to hold on to the third seed, they will face second-place Port Moody in the fi rst round.

However, nipping at their heels are the Mission Icebreakers with 39 points and a game in hand. The Icebreakers have won two straight and could bump the Flames out of the third spot, setting up a fi rst round series with the Abbotsford Pilots.

The Flames are 3-4 against the Pilots this season, and 2-3 against the Black Panthers.

Either way, the Flames’ fate will be in their own hands this Friday when they face the Black Pan-thers at home in their fi nal game of the regular season.

Eaton said he wants his team to set the tone for a possible fi rst-round match-up with Port Moody.

“They have lots of speed, guys who can score, good goaltending, and so do we,” he said. “I think we have very similar teams.”

After an abysmal start that saw them go 5-8-4 in the fi rst two months of the season, Port Moody has since found their game, going 16-9-2 since.

The Flames had a similarly rocky start to the 2010/11 season, going 8-16-0 before a December turn-around that has seen the team go 12-7-2 in the past three months.

However, a stronger effort will be needed then that on display Sat-urday night against Port Moody, as the Flames gave up four goals in fi ve minutes with the game tied in the third period.

Flames lose pair, clinch playoff spot


Third and fourth conference seed still up for grabs

See Flames, p32

Although league play began little more than a month ago for the Pitt Meadows Marauders Air Force, the senior boys’ basketball team is already in the thick of the playoffs as the AAA Fraser Valley North league seeding tournament starts this week.

The Marauders finished up the regular season last weekend with three games in three days, com-ing away with a 2-1 record in that span.

That means Pitt finishes up with an 8-2 record in league play this year, good for fourth place in the 11-team AAA Fraser Valley North division.

“We’ve had a good season and we’re healthy, so that makes a huge difference,” said head coach Rich Goulet. “You have to win a lot of games in a short period of time to make it [to provincials], so it’s survival of the fittest.

After knocking off the first-place Heritage Woods Kodiaks of Port Moody 69-51 at home Thursday night, the Marauders faced the

second-place Terry Fox Ravens Friday in front of a packed house at Pitt Meadows secondary.

“It was the first time we’ve had a league rival in here on a Friday night like that [this season],” said Goulet. “It was packed. I guess they heard it was going to be a good game. They weren’t disap-pointed.”

Pitt Meadows opened with a 10-1 run to take an early lead, but the Ravens immediately responded to close within three points. The see-saw battle con-tinued as the Ma-rauders took an eight-point lead after the first quarter. The Ravens outscored the Marauders 17-10 in the second quarter with Pitt’s leading scorer Malcolm Williams on the bench with a sore knee.

With the score 27-26 at the half, Pitt again came on strong in the early stages of the third quarter with Williams back in the lineup, going on an 11-2 run to take a ten-point lead, their biggest of the game.

However, any momentum the Marauders had fizzled when play was stopped after a Terry Fox player injured himself, and had to be helped off the court.

The Ravens rallied with a 9-0 run after play resumed to draw with-in one point. Both teams traded chances throughout the final quar-ter, and with time winding down, the Marauders found themselves up 47-45.

However, a handful of costly turnovers would prove to be fatal for Pitt, as the Ravens went on to score five unanswered points to take the game 50-47.

Despite the loss, Gou-let said he was

pleased with his team’s effort.

“Both teams played extreme-ly hard,” he said.

“ I think there were maybe two fast breaks all game, for both teams, be-cause they were doing such a good job of getting

back and preventing them.”However, reducing turnovers

will be paramount for team as they progress down the road to

provincials.“Their zone defense really killed

us at the end,” said Goulet. “We had no problems with it last year, but then we don’t have six-foot-five centre.”

Williams and point guard Mistu Iwai tied for the team lead in scor-ing with 13 points each, while Matt Blackaby had 11 points.


Pitt gears up for postseasonMaple Ridge Ramblers still alive as AAA basketball league playoff s begin this week

See Pitt, p34


Gray chipJerry Gray chips the ball over the bunker during a game at the Maple Ridge Golf Course Sunday afternoon.

Ridge skaters lead the pack

Novice skater Adam Abbott fl ew to four fi rst place fi nishes and a per-sonal best in his fi rst big meet of the year on home ice at the Ridge Meadows Racers’ inter-club tournament Feb. 6.

Abbott led Division 8 skaters, while novice teammate Jack Lindsay also notched a fi rst-place fi nish and two second-places. Jacob Dymose added a couple of fi rsts and a second, along with a personal best time, while Regan Custance fought hard to be consis-tently in the top three in her races.

In Division 7 action, Tim Song fl ew to a per-sonal best and fi rst place fi nish both his races, while teammate An-nabelle Green grabbed two second-place fi n-ishes and a third. Talhon Flamma gets took fi rst, second and third on the day , while Jessica Le-Clair skated to a fi rst in her 200-metre, and Ga-briel Langmead posted several personal bests and grabbed three sec-ond spot fi nishes. Ridge Meadows’ younger skat-ers also showed strong in Division 7 action, with Grace Hamilton grabbing a second-place fi nish, while Catalina Shupe fought hard for a fast-paced second in her 100- and 300-metre rac-es. Sammy Green fl ew to a fi rst and Savannah Orobko took a couple of thirds. In Division 6 action, Janie Green skated to a fi rst and two seconds, while Tes-sai Soudarack fought hard with the tops skat-ers and grabbed three third-place fi nishes. Tristan Kelsey contin-ues to post personal bests to take second in the 100-metre. Marshall Shupe was back on the ice and showed his de-termination to take fi rst in the 300-metre. Shivani Bahadur notched a per-sonal best and grabbed a couple of seconds.

Laura Byers, Jennifer Byers, Meagan Dendys, Cassandra Suchodol-ski, Payton Dendys, Mi-cheal Warkentin, Robert McLennan, Liam Foster, Brianna Utas, and Talia Tvergyak all had strong performances as well.


Despite allowing nine goals, Eaton said not all the blame can be laid at the feet of goaltender Mackenzie Skapski.

“When we score six goals, we should win, but it’s not all Macken-zie,” Eaton said. “We fell apart, and we didn’t

get very good defence.”Skapski faced 21 shots

in the fi nal frame alone, with 56 shots getting fi red his way all night. The Flames, mean-while, managed 37.

“You can only hold on for so long,” said Eaton.

Danny Brandys had

a fi ve-point effort that included a hat trick, enough to keep him in the PIJHL’s scoring race with 68 points – three less than league-leader Liam Harding of the Abbotsford Pilots. Linemates CJ Legassic and Dustin Cervo also racked up some points,

with Legassic notching a pair of goals and as-sists, while Cervo reg-istered a trio of help-ers.

Both Ryan Stewart and Shane Harle were out of the lineup last weekend due to suspen-sion and a knee injury, respectively. Both play-ers will be ready to go for Friday’s game.

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Breaker, breakerMelanie Manson of the Pitt Meadows Breakers (left) battles for pos-session of the ball with a member of the Sunshine Coast Stingrays during a U-18 Gold Division 1 game Sunday afternoon at Pitt Meadows second-ary. The Breakers won the game 2-0 thanks to a pair of goals by Lindsay MacDermid, whike Amanda Ward got the shut-out in net.

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Derek Hughes of the Vancouver North East Chiefs stretches to play the puck against the Okanagan Rockets Sunday morning at Planet Ice.

NE Chiefs split series with OK Rockets

Maple Ridge’s Matthew Bissett scored six points last weekend as the Vancouver North East Chiefs strengthened their hold on the sixth and fi nal B.C. Hockey Ma-jor Midget League playoff berth, despite splitting their two-game series with the visiting Okangan Rockets.

Both Bissett and Jamie Wad-dington registered a pair of goals and a pair of assists Saturday afternoon as the Maple Ridge-based Chiefs downed the Rockets 5-4 at home at Planet Ice.

The Rockets took a 2-0 lead in the fi rst period before Joey Santucci got the Chiefs on the board with seven minutes to go in the open-ing frame. The Rockets regained their two-goal lead early in the second period, only to see it wiped out by Bissett’s pair of goals, and another from Waddington. The

teams went into the third period tied 4-4, but Waddington’s second of the night, score three minutes into the fi nal frame, would prove to be the winner.

Daniel Del Bianco had a trio of assists, while Santucci also picked up a helper.

The Rockets again got out in front of the Chiefs on Sunday, however this time they were able to hold on and deny the Chiefs the series sweep. Okanagan opened the scoring four minutes in and held the one-goal lead un-til the dying seconds of the peri-od, when Waddington scored his third goal of the weekend with 17 seconds left to tie the game at one apiece.

The Rockets kept coming in the second, however, and took a two-goal lead into the third period after a pair of goals early in the second.

Dominic Centis got the Chiefs within one with nine minutes left to play, however the Rockets

regained their two-goal cushion fi ve minutes later, and sealed their 5-2 victory with another goal with 20 seconds left to play.

Bissett chipped in a pair of as-sists, while Taylor Green added a helper as well.

The Rockets started the week-end three points back of the Chiefs for the sixth and fi nal playoff spot in the BCMML Play-offs. With the split, the Chiefs remain three points ahead of the Rockets with four games to play. The last playoff spot will come down to the Chiefs, Rock-ets, or North Island Silvertips, who also sit three points back of the Chiefs.

The Chiefs travel to Chase this weekend to take on the last-place Thompson Blazers (1-34-1) for a two-game series before fac-ing the third-place Cariboo Cou-gars (25-10-1) for a pair of games in Langley and Abbotsford in the BCMML’s fi nal weekend of the regular season, Feb 26 and 27.


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The Marauders didn’t waste any time bouncing back as they knocked off the Pinetree Timberwolves of Coquitlam by a score of 97-54 on Saturday to close out league play.

The Marauders were set

to face Dr. Charles Best secondary Tuesday night at Heritage Woods in their fi rst game of the Fraser Val-ley North seeding tourna-ment. While the Marauders have already qualifi ed for the Fraser Valley Champi-onships, a strong showing

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However, the Ramblers playoffs hopes are still alive

as they take on the 4-5 Rick Hansen Hurricanes in the opening round of the Ab-botsford seeding tourna-ment tonight in Abbotsford. A win tonight will mean the Ramblers will advance to the Fraser Valley Champion-ships, which begin Feb. 25.

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7 OBITUARIES

BATCH, Annette Marie (Minor)

Sept.1,1928 ~ Feb. 2, 2011

Will be missed by her son Ron and her daughters, Marie, Marlene, Patrice and Elaine, eleven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. A special thanks to Holyrood Manor, for their awesome care. A celebration of life will be held at Maple Ridge Legion Saturday February 19, 2011 at 1:00-4:00.

DUNCANJames Playford

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of James Playford Duncan, born Nov.10th, 1919 in Adelaide, South Australia; died peacefully on February 7th, 2011 in Maple Ridge, BC in his 92nd year. Survived by his wife Jean (nee Booth) of nearly 69 years (married March 7th, 1942), his children, James (Elopie), Adrian (Lorna), Caroline, Francis (Xue), six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. James worked for 45 years, mostly in the academic world, including 13 years as Head of Mechanical Engineering at U.B.C. He is loved and deeply missed.

A memorial will be held at the Garden Hill Funeral Home, 11765- 224th Street, Maple Ridge at 2 pm on Monday February 28th, 2011. Reception to follow at the same location.

Expressions of sympathy can be made at www.gardenhill.ca


7 OBITUARIES

FENNELLDesmond Bartlett

It’s with great sadness to announce that “Des” lost his valiant battle to kidney disease February 7th, 2011 at Ridge Meadows Hospital, with his family by his side. He’s survived by his wife Helen, daughter Anne (Bruce), sons Scott and Dru (Heidi), daughter-in-law Donna, his four grandchildren Mackenzie, Luke, Shane and Heath and his great grandchildren Brock & Leighton. Des worked for 35 years at the CNR in Saskatoon, Sask. He was a W.W.ll veteran, and was an active member of the Maple Ridge Legion and of the Vancouver Navy “Discovery.” He was loved by his family and will be sadly missed by his friends. A memorial will be held at the M.R. Legion on March 5th, 2011 at 2 p.m. Rev. R. Bott will be offi ciating. In lieu of fl owers, we’d ap-preciate, in Des’s name, do-nations to the kidney foun-dation. We’d like to specially thank Sharon Dodds, Joan Lear, Neil McLean & Larry Harrison for being there and all their help in our time of need.

Condolences may be sent towww.mapleridgefuneral.ca

In Loving Memory of :

SMITHArthur Edward Charles

Born on Feb. 21, 1941 in Pt. Saint Charles, Quebec was tragically taken away on July 26, 2010 in Chilliwack BC. He was predeceased by his son Glen, and survived by his 5 remaining children, Marc, Luke (Roxanna), Teddy, Andrea, and Greg (Teresa) as well as 5 grandchildren; Brittany, Kahli, Dylan, Glen and Aiden. A Celebration of Life to be held on Monday Feb. 21st at 11:00 am in the Maple Ridge Funeral Chapel (Osborn’s) 11969 – 216th St. Maple Ridge with interment to follow at 1:30 pm. In lieu of fl owers donations may be made to the SPCA 1245 East 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC. V5T 1R1.

Condolences may be sent to www.mapleridgefuneral.ca


7 OBITUARIES

LJUNGGRENNeil Leslie

June 7, 1928 ~ Feb 2, 2011

Born in Saskatchewan but lived most of his life in North Vancouver and the last 22 years in Maple Ridge. Survived by devoted wife of 59 years, Patricia, daughter Rebecca (Larry), granddaughters Danielle (Phil), Sarah, Chelsea and grand-sons, Jeremy, Nor and Julian. Predeceased by sons Guy and Rory. A machinist and engine-fi tter by trade, Neil worked many years at Vancouver Shipyards. In recent years Neil volunteered at the BC Farm Machinery & Agricultural Museum Assoc. in Fort Langley. No service by request. Memorial Tea February 27th, 2 to 4p.m. at Baillie House, 11762 Laity St., Maple Ridge.

SKUCEDaniel Stewart

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Dan Skuce, son, brother and uncle after a long and brave battle with kidney disease. He is survived by his mother Elfi Redpath, sisters Leslie, Mercedes, Lisa and step father Bill. He also leaves behind step sisters Michelle, Tarryl, Carey and Nicole, niece Denise and nephews Patrick and Keiran. Dan was predeceased by his father Les.Dan was born in Maple Ridge and lived in Vancouver and North Vancouver, graduating from Windsor Secondary school. The family is grateful for the support given by friends and neighbors and the care given by the staff at St. Paul’s Hospital, Royal Columbian Hospital, the Port Moody Dialysis Clinic and the Kidney Foundation of British Columbia. Donations may be made to the Kidney Foundation of B.C. in the name of Dan Skuce.



7 OBITUARIES

McLAUGHLIN Lloyd Harvey

Passed away February 13th, 2011. He attended Catholic Elementary and Renfrew Collegiate schools in Ontario. Lloyd was an Armourer in the Air Force from 1943 -1946 and worked for 36 years at BCFP Hammond until his retirement in 1987. He is predeceased by his brother Harold and sister Marjorie. He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years Margaret, daughter Linda of Victoria, and son Michael of Auckland, New Zealand, granddaughters Kristen, Meagan, and Jaime. Lloyd is a longstanding member of the Knights of Columbus, chapter 5566 and a keen bridge player. Prayers will be said at 6pm on Wednesday February 16th, 2011 at St. Luke’s Catholic Church, 20285 Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge with the Funeral Mass also at the Church on Thursday February 17th at 11 am. Interment at Maple Ridge Cemetery. In lieu of fl owers please make donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, 1212 West Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 3V2.

Expressions of Sympathy can be made at www.gardenhill.ca


7 OBITUARIES

TRYON Albert Stanley

(Stan)

March 15, 1920 ~ Feb. 8, 2011

It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved Father, Brother, Grandfather and Great Grand-father. Born in Port Moody, B.C., Stan lived most of his life in Vancouver, before moving to Maple Ridge in 1993. He was a veteran of WW2 and served in the South Pacifi c. After the war years Stan was a manager with a wholesale company dealing with bone china. From there his career took him to the fl ooring business which he enjoyed until his retirement. He is predeceased by his wife Eleanor, brothers, Jim, Don, twin brother George, sister, Margaret. He is survived by his only daughter Sharon Mintha (Alf), sister Patricia Drew (Jim), sister-in-law Gladys Tryon. Grandson; Jim Mintha (Sandra), Grand-daughter; Leah Mintha, Great Granddaughters; Maya Brun and Aimee Mintha. He also leaves to mourn his many nieces and nephews. Stan touched many lives. His sense of humour and million dollar smile will be dearly missed. Words cannot express our gratitude to the staff at George Derby Centre for their care, compassion and laughter they shared with Dad for the past four and half years. A celebration of Stan’s life will be held Saturday, February 19th, 2011 at 1:00pm at Garden Hill Funeral Chapel, 11765 - 224th St, Maple Ridge. In lieu of fl owers a donation to the Alzheimer’s Society would be appreciated.

Expressions of sympathy can be made at www.gardenhill.ca


7 OBITUARIES

WATSON Margaret

March 2, 1924 ~ Feb. 9, 2011

Our beloved Nana passed away peacefully on February 9, 2011, surrounded by her loving family. She will be greatly missed by her daughters Linda (Orest) Hnatiuk and Debbie McLean. Grandchildren Angie (Dave) Guy; John (Selina) Gauthier; Adrian (Tyra) Duncan and Amanda (Jeff) Boudreau. Great Grandchildren Meghan, Graham and Christopher Bolton; Brent and Brooke Gauthier; Ava Boudreau, Taylor Duncan and her nephew Gordon (Joyce) Walton.


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to pass. But knowing it, and living it,has come

and gone so fast.Goodbyes are often hard to say, they hurt so very much. Though you’re not

gone. You still remain,in the minds, hearts,

and lives you’ve touched.

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DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES/LABOUR RELATIONS

Located in Mission B.C., the Mission Association for Com-munity Living (MACL) provides a wide range of services to individuals with a developmental disability and children who require extra support. With a staff of over 140, MACL seeks a permanent full-time HR/LR Director to plan, orga-nize, direct and control human resources. You will devel-op and implement human resources policies, programs and procedures regarding recruitment, training and de-velopment, wage and benefi t administration, collective bargaining, discipline and/or labour relations issues.

You possess a diploma in Human Resources or 10 years senior HR experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience; sound knowledge of relevant occupational legislation. Community Living experience is an asset, as is the CHRP designation. You possess excellent communication skills, both verbal and written in English, as well as excellent interpersonal, organizational, time management and planning skills. Advanced MS Offi ce skills, profi cient in Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.

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040 INTRODUCTIONSDATING SERVICE. Long-Term/Short-Term Relationships, FREE CALLS. 1-877-297-9883. Ex-change voice messages, voice mailboxes. 1-888-534-6984. Live adult casual conversations-1on1, 1-866-311-9640, Meet on chat-lines. Local Single Ladies.1-877-804-5381. (18+).

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83 CHILDCARE AVAILABLEKIDS COUNTRY Licensed daycare Close to Alexander Robson. P/T F/T spaces avail. Warm, caring en-vironment, lots of toys, crafts & fun. Call Tammy 604-463-9764

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83 CHILDCARE AVAILABLESTAY AT HOME MOM looking for 2 F/T kids, 1 year & up, starting immed. First-Aid. Learning, crafts, storytime, walks. Will supply lunch-es & snacks. (232nd area) 6am-6pm. Call Kerri 604-476-1572

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The Preschool Around the CornerOpen House & Registration

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5:00 - 7:00pm

M/W/F am Class $120/monthT/Th am Class $95/month

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604-467-6911 ext 240(The preschool is located “just around the corner” of Eric Langton School!)

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Registration Fee is due at time of registering.

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H & R Transport Ltd. Class 1 Cana-da/USA Drivers required. FAST Card Preferred. Interviews will be held Feb. 15-17th. Contact George Rae for Interview. 877-439-4084. www.hrtransportcareers.com

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114 DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

CLASS 1 DRIVER req’d by L.A. Transport Ltd, with super B end dump exp. Wheel loader exp would be of value. Competitive benefi t pkg. Fax resume to: 604-854-6176CLASS 1 Driver wanted for drywall delivery in lower mainland. Hiab ticket & exp an asset. Labour inten-sive job, based out of Coquitlam. Email or fax resume & abstract to [email protected] / 604-521-1810 Pay depends on exp & certifi cation.CLASS 1 OR 3 DRIVERS Terrifi c career opportunity with outstanding growth potential to learn how to locate rail defects using non-de-structive testing. No Exp. Needed!! Plus Extensive paid travel, meal allowance, 4 weeks vacation and benefi ts pkg. Skills Needed - Ability to travel 3 mos. at a time, Valid D.L. & High School Diploma or GED.

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DRIVER - Fraser Valley based heavy haul trucking company has opening for one qualifi ed class 1 driver. Must have min 2yrs exp., be bondable and able to cross the border. Fax resume & abstract to 604-852-4112 . No phone calls PLSDRIVERS/OWNER Operators Wanted. Truck contractors need drivers with log haul experience and clean driver’s abstract. Owner operators needed with 6, 7, 8 axle log trailers. Visit: www.alpac.ca or call 1-800-661-5210 (ext. 8173).

Long Haul Truck Drivers Wanted for Reliance Logistics Inc requires Long Haul Truck Drivers with min. 2 yrs exp - Class 1 W / Air. US / Canada. Maintain Driver logbook, Inspection report etc. $24/hr + Benefi ts, 50 hrs/week.

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124 FARM WORKERS

FARM WORKERSNeeded for Seasonal work from April to November in Pitt Meadows Duties: Weed control, pruning, harvesting berries & all general farm labour. Must be reliable & able to work in all weather condi-tions with minimum supervision. Wage $9.28/hr, 40-60 hrs/wk. Fax resume: Attn: Sue to 604-465-0300

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Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home

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130 HELP WANTED

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ARMS seeks an Education Coordinator to run school/ community programs and tours. Great for active resident wanting to give back to the community. Flexible hrs. 25-30 hrs/wk. Call 604-467-6401 for full job description and to apply.

CLEANING STAFF needed for Mon. Wed. & Thurs. early morn-ings. Also every 2nd Sunday. We P/U & drop off. Must be mature. Call 604-463-5054 before 7am.

CRANE OPERATOR Full time po-sition available for a friction crane operator. Must be licenced to oper-ate 80-90 ton friction machines in B.C. Apply: [email protected] or fax resume to (250) 974-5216

115 EDUCATION


130 HELP WANTED

FLAGGERS NEEDEDIf not certifi ed, training available for

a fee. Call 604-575-3944

MEDICAL OFFICE Trainees Need-ed! Hospitals & Dr’s Need MedicalOffi ce & Medical Admin staff! NoExperience? Need Training? LocalCareer Training & Job Placementalso Available! 1-888-778-0459

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DRIVERS- Powersweeping & Water Truck. Class 5 w/air or Class 3.

Good driving record required. Must be hard working w/good at-titude. Experience benefi cial. Fax or Email resume w/drivers abstract to: [email protected] 604-294-5988

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WANTED: Experienced Civil, Pav-ing and Quality Control Personnelto fi ll various positions at Large, BCRoad Construction Company. Sendresume to P.O. Box 843, KamloopsBC, V2C 5M8 or to:

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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

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CARRIERS NEEDEDThe following routes are now available to deliver the NEWS

in Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows

40108 - 116 Ave, Telosky Ave, Fisher St. Burnett St40109 - Lougheed Hwy, Harrison St, Olund Cres, Gillis Pl, 113 Ave40113 - Lougheed Hwy, River Rd, Carshill St, 221 St, Cliff Ave40114 - Dewdney Trunk, Dover St, Laurie Ave, Lougheed Hwy, 218 St, Wicklow Way40116 - Dewdney Trunk, 119 Ave, Donovan Ave, Howison Ave, 216 St, Hall St, Wicklow Way40127 - Dewdney Trunk, Acadia St, Wicklow Way, 218 St, Dover Rd, 220 St40212 - 128 Ave, 227 St, 228 St, Barnsdale, 229 St, 230 St40213 - 125A Ave, Abernathy Way, 124 Ave, Reid Ave, 123 Ave, 227 St, 228 St40215 - Abernathy Way, 227 St, Kendrick Loop40223 - Eagle Ave, 122 Ave, 121A Ave, Peach Tree Crt, 231 St, Blossom St40226 - 125A Ave, 124B Ave, Abernathy Way, 230 St40254 - 124 Ave, 123 Ave, Hillside St, 224 St40262 - 128 Ave, Thornton, 126 Ave, Exeter, Spring, 124 Ave, 216 St40325 - Lorne Ave, Hampton St, Ditton St, Chigwell St, Kent St, Wharf, Princess St, Beckley, Bromley St40330 - Princess St, Beckley St, Bromley St, Kingston St, Hazelwood St, Wharf St40333 - Melville, Eltham St, Charlton St, Princess St, Kent St, Chigwell St, Ditton St, Hampton St, Lorne Ave40334 - Ospring St, Wandstead St, Lorne Ave, Princess 40339 - 116B Ave, Hammond Rd 203 St, 202B St, 202A St40352 - 123 Ave, Campbell, Laity St, 214 St, Creston St40401 - 121A Ave, Dewdney Trunk, 232B St, 240 St40418 - Dewdney Trunk, 234 St40426 - Abernathy Way, 122 Ave, 238A St, 240 St41005 - 119B Ave, 119 Ave, 118B Ave, 193 St, Blakely Rd41017 - Wildwood South, Joyner Pl, Wildwood North, Bonson Rd41031 - Dorado Cres, Meadow Gardens Way41034 - Hoffman Way, Barnston View Rd, Shingleton Cres, Fraser Way41058 - Ford Rd, 119B Ave, 188A St, 189A St, 189 B St, 190 St

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Wanted exp. Janitors $14.85/hr & Cleaning Supervisor. $16.92/hr Resume to [email protected]

134 HOTEL, RESTAURANT,FOOD SERVICES

GM EAST INDIAN Restaurant is now hiring: Dishwasher, Kitchen helper & Servers full time & part time. Drop in with resume to 20726 Lougheed Hwy, between 2 & 5pm. No phone calls please.

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151 PROFESSIONALS/MANAGEMENT

DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES/LABOUR

RELATIONS

Located in Mission B.C., the Mission Association for

Community Living (MACL) provides a wide range of services to individuals with a developmen-tal disability and children who require extra support. With a staff of over 140, MACL seeks a permanent full time HR/LR Director to plan, organize, direct and control human resources. You will develop and implement human resources policies, pro-grams and procedures regarding recruitment, training and develop-ment, wage and benefi t adminis-tration, collective bargaining, dis-cipline and/or labour relations issues.You possess a diploma in Human Resources or 10 years senior HR experience or an equivalent com-bination of education and experi-ence; sound knowledge of rele-vant occupational legislation. Community Living experience is an asset, as is the CHRP desig-nation. You possess excellent communication skills, both verbal and written in English, as well as excellent interpersonal, organiza-tional, time management and planning skills. Advanced MS Of-fi ce skills, profi cient in Word, Ex-cel, Outlook and PowerPoint.

Individuals meeting the criteria above are encouraged to submit their resume, with

cover letter, by March 1 to Robert Keys, Executive Director:

[email protected]. While we thank all candidates for their interest, only select individu-als will be contacted for follow-up.

160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

BANNISTER GM in Edson, Alberta requires Journeyman Automotive and Collision/Painter Technicians. We offer Veteran Managers and Supervisors in a family owned op-eration. Signing bonuses, moving allowances, and top pay come with the right applicant. Apply in confi -dence to:

[email protected]

ENSIGN ENERGY SERVICE INC. is looking for experienced Drilling Rig, & Coring personnel for all po-sition levels. Drillers, Coring Drillers $35. - $40.20.; Derrickhands $34., Motorhands $28.50; Floorhands, Core Hands, Helpers $24. - $26.40. Plus incentives for winter coring! Telephone 1-888-ENSIGN-0 (1-888-367-4460). Fax 780-955-6160.

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WANTED

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& Labourer.

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Want to advance your career?

Drillers Assistants (labour) Entry level positionsJob entails:

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No phone calls.

PERSONAL SERVICES

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171 ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

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173A COUNSELLING

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173E HEALTH PRODUCTS

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176 COMMUNICATIONSERVICES

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180 EDUCATION/TUTORING

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182 FINANCIAL SERVICES

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182 FINANCIAL SERVICES

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188 LEGAL SERVICES

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

236 CLEANING SERVICES

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Weekly W Bi-Weekly W MonthlyProfessional staff

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242 CONCRETE & PLACING

HERFORT CONCRETENO JOB TOO SMALL

Serving Lower Mainland 23 Years! *Prepare *Form *Place *Finish

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257 DRYWALL

45 Years in the drywall trade. Allsize jobs boarding, taping, spraying. Big or small. Wayne 778-242-2060

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HOME PROJECT DRYWALL SER-VICES. Quality work at a reas rate. J’man with refs. Don 604-463-9412or 778-888-9412.

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PRO QUALITY DRYWALLFor all your drywall needs. 30 Years exp. We aim to exceed your expectations. Call (778)809-2875

Taping & Finishing, small boardingjobs, textured ceilings, respray. 30 years exp. Call Del 604-505-3826

260 ELECTRICAL

DC ELECTRIC (#37544). Bonded.24 hr service. We specialize in jobstoo small for the big guys! 30 yrs exp. Free est. 460-8867.

REISINGER Electrical (#102055) Bonded, Specializing in Renos,New Const, (Comm./Res.)Free Est25 Yrs Exp. 778.885.7074 Trent

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 ServiceCall Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE

HYTRAC EXCAVATING LTD.

Mini Excavating W Bobcat, Residential / Commercial

Snow removal W LandscapeReno’s & Trenching

Call 604-312-5050

269 FENCING

FENCE-IT-RIGHT Installations --604.639.6626 Cedar, Chain Link,Ornamental iron, Vinyl (Insured, Experienced, Competitive Pricing)

275 FLOOR REFINISHING/INSTALLATIONS

Ceramic Tiles, Hardwood LaminateGuaranteed work, Free Estimate.

Cell 604-618-6401 Marcel.



278 FURNITURE REFINISHING

LARIC FURNITUREREFINISHING

Specialists in: - ANTIQUES, HOME & OFFICE FURNITURE

- RESTORATION & REPAIRS

Free Estimates, Pick-up & Delivery

Ph: 604-469-2331

281 GARDENING

Jim’s Mowing604-310-Jims (5467)

Prompt Delivery AvailableSeven Days a Week

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283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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M.T. GUTTERSProfessional Installation5” Gutter, Down Pipe, Soffi t28 YRS EXP. *FULLY INSURED

Cleaning & Repairing

Call Tim 604-612-5388

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

HIGH CALIBER CONSTRUCTION CUSTOM HOMES • Basement,

Kitchen & Bath Remodels • Room Additions • Drywall • Paint • Texture

• Finishing • Floors & MoreSince 1972 Dan 778-837-0771

A-1 CONTRACTING. Renos. Bsmt, kitchens, baths, custom cabinets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks, reroofi ng. Dhillon 604-782-1936.

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TOTAL CAREHOME REMODELLING

The Basement Finishing Specialists* Bathroom Renovations * Drywall* Electrical * Carpentry * Ceremic

Tiles * Plumbing * Sundecks * Laminate Flooring * Refs Avail.


287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Home Renovations and New Construction

Kitchens, Bathrooms, Flooring, Drywall, Garages, Decks & more

* 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE*INSURED ~ WCB

Dean 604-834-3076

288 HOME REPAIRS

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 painting & plumbing jobs. Call Ken 604-460-7803.

296 KITCHEN CABINETSCOMPLETE CABINETS for kitchen, bathroom & laundry room. Cabinet

Re-facing, Custom Cabinets, Competitive Pricing, Design

Support, Quality Workmanship. Call Hans at 604-465-2094

300 LANDSCAPING

All aspects of Landscaping and Landscaping MaintenanceStrata, Commercial, ResidentialPavers, Patios & Retaining walls

Winter clean upsSNOW CLEARING

Fully INSUREDCall (604)763-8795

AUGUSTINEBark Mulch Products

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Topsoil

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Lawn & Garden Service. Design, Pruning, Lawns, Cleanups, Comm/Res. (604)462-1369


300 LANDSCAPING

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Topsoil

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D Garden Blend SoilD Lawn Blend SoilD Custom Blends avail.D Composted Mushroom Manure NO Wood byproducts used

When QUALITY MattersAll soils are tested for

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SOIL ANALYSIS UPON REQUEST

WHOLESALE PRICES

17607 FORD ROAD, Pitt Meadows, B.C.

PICK-UP or DELIVERY

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DUTCH TOUCHGreen Services Ltd

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✶ Commercial & ✶ Residential

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landscaping needs. 778-847-0441

317 MISC SERVICES

✶Dump Site Now Open✶ D Broken Concrete RocksD

$21.00 Per Metric TonD Mud Dirt Sod ClayD

$21.00 Per Metric TonGrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds

$56.00 Per TonMeadows Landscape Supply

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320 MOVING & STORAGE

SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured

Competitive rates. Wknd Specials. Call Frank: (604) 435-8240


320 MOVING & STORAGE

AFFORDABLE MOVINGLocal & Long Distance

From $45/Hr1, 3, 5, 7,10 Ton Trucks

Insured ~ Licenced ~ 1 to 3 MenFree estimate/Seniors discount

Residential~Commercial~Pianos

604-537-4140

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

2 HUNGRY PAINTERS & Power Washing. Low prices. Int/Ext. Man & wife 75 years combined exp. 604.467.2532 twohungrypainters.ca

A-TECH Services 604-230-3539Running this ad for 7yrs

PAINT SPECIAL3 rooms for $269, 2 coats(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls

Cloverdale Premium quality paint.NO PAYMENT until Job is

completed. Ask us about ourLaminate Flooring &

Maid Services. www.paintspecial.com

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MILANO PAINTING. Int./Ext. Prof. Painters. Free Est. Written Guar. Bonded & Insured. 604-551-6510

RELIANCE PAINTING Premium Quality Material

& Workmanship. All types of painting / repairs

Reliable ~ Local ~ HonestOver 30 years Experience

Free Est. 778-230-2736

SEASIDE PAINTING& Decking 604-462-8528, 218-9618

332 PAVING/SEAL COATING

ALLAN Const. & Asphalt. Brick, conc, drainage, found. & membrane repair. 604-618-2304; 820-2187.

338 PLUMBING

10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fi tter. Aman: 778-895-2005

$38/HR!Clogged drains,drips,garbs sinks, Reno’s toilets. No job too small! Lic’d/insured. 778-888-9184

✔ ALL YOUR PLUMBING NEEDSCall Niko Plumbing Ltd. 24/7. Res/Com, clogged drains. h/w tanks. ★15 yrs exp. 604-837-6640

PLUMBING, heating, gas, reno’s, repairs. 20 yrs experience, reliable and courteous. Licenced, bonded. Call Jack 778-835-4416,

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

#1 ROYAL CASTLE Roofi ng - New & Re-roofi ng, Best Quality Work 12% Senior. Disc. 604-725-9963

ABACUS ROOFING *25yrs Exp.Call Chris 604-462-9009. - Also Snow Removal -

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

RECYCLE-IT!#1 EARTH FRIENDLY

JUNK REMOVAL

604.587.5865www.recycle-it-now.com

RUBBISH REMOVAL Bobcat/dump trailer. hoot&[email protected] Gary 604-339-5430.

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

TOPSOIL• SCREENED TOPSOIL• MUSHROOM MANURE• BARK MULCH

604-467-3003

374 TREE SERVICES

A1-TRI-CRAFT Tree Serv. Dangerous tree removal, spiral pruning hedge trimming, stump grinding, topping. Insured, WCB Free Est

Arborist ReportsAndrew 604-618-8585

$ Best Rates $


374 TREE SERVICES

A.C. TREE SERVICE

30 years experience

Bob Fitz-James 604-467-0333

Bucket Truck.

TRI-CITY TREE SERVICE

All Tree Services -- Fully Insured -- 24 Hrs

604-462-0865

Your LOCAL Tree Service,

For Honest Prices & Quality Work

Call Scott at604-618-0333

Certifi ed Arborist

Free Estimates *Fully Insured

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Call Scott at604-618-0333

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PETS

453 BOARDINGFULL BOARD. Lighted ring, 10’ X 10’ stall with mats. Near trails. Lots of TLC! No mud. $300/mo. Call 604-466-1634.

456 FEED & HAYLOCAL HAY FOR SALE. Good Quality! 60lb bale average. $4/bale. Pitt Meadows. Call 604-505-4087.

477 PETSAMERICAN PITT BULL X Presa Carnario puppies. 3 males. Born Dec. 16. $400. 604-729-8549Australian Shepherd (Aussie’s) pups, Lt teddy bears looking for for-ever homes, $500. (604)625-7509BEAGLE PUPS, tri colored, good looking, healthy, $500. (604)796-3026. No Sunday callsBERNESE Mtn Dog Puppy. Fe-male. Vet checked & ready for good homes. $800. Lngly. 778-241-5504BLACK LAB PUPS. 3 males, exc lines, 1st shots, dewormed, ready now, $350. 778-867-6758BUDGIES to good home. $10 ea. Good colours. 3-8 mos old. (604)858-4488CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 856-4866

CHINESE SHAR PEI pups. House raised. Well socialized. Vet chek’d., shots. Av. now 604-814-0038. [email protected]

DALMATIAN male 7.5 MO. CKC registered, all shots, $500. 604-793-5130DOBERMAN PUPS, tails & dew claws done, dewormed, view both parents. $500. Call 604-798-7579.

German Shepherd Puppieshttp://[email protected]

250-442-8070GREAT DANE X Mastiff. 5yrs old. Free to good home. Can be aggre-sive to strangers & other animals, not good around children. Needs somebody who has time to spend with him. Sleeps inside. Good watch dog. Serious inquiries only-Call Peter leave msg604-465-1826NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604-856-3647 or www.856-dogs.comYORKSHIRE TERRIER CKC reg. black & tan, fi rst shot, dewormed, Fem. $750, M $650. 604-581-4459.

PETS

477 PETS

NORWEGIAN ELKHOUND pups. Reg’d., micro chipped, 1st shots. Ready mid March. 604-823-2259 [email protected]

ROTTWEILER PUPPY, CKC reg. female, Champion German lines,

pet stock, to approved home. Call: 604 - 287 - 7688

WHITE ARCTIC WOLF X puppies for sale $1000. Call Carol 604-853-9444

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

523 UNDER $100

JENNAIR 21.5 cu.ft. french door fridge, black, prefect work cond, no damage, $250 obo. (604)463-4484

548 FURNITURE

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“Since 1987”$$CASH$$ for your furniture,tools, electronics, antiques,

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559 MEDICAL SUPPLIES

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560 MISC. FOR SALE

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581 SOUND/DVD/TV

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REAL ESTATE

603 ACREAGE

Own 20 AcresOnly $129/mo. $13,900 Near Growing El Paso, Texas (safest city in America!) Lowdown, no credit checks, owner fi -nancing. Free Map/Pictures. 866-254-7755 www.sunsetranches.com

615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY

STEEL BUILDINGS PRICED TOCLEAR - Holding 2010 steel priceson many models/sizes. Ask aboutFREE DELIVERY! CALL FORQUICK SALE QUOTE and FREEBROCHURE - 1-800-668-5111 ext.170.

STEEL BUILDING WINTERSALE... $3.49 to $11/sq.ft. Immedi-ate orders only - FREE shipping,some exclusions. Up to 90 days to pay. Deposit required. PioneerManufacturers since 1980. 1-800-668-5422. See current specials - www.pioneersteel.ca.

625 FOR SALE BY OWNER

VERY DESIRABLE energy ef-fi cient upgraded 4 bedroom home in Lavington. Upgradesinclude: Windows, doors, fl oor-ing, and exterior paint. Fullylandscaped, private fencedyard, paved driveway, separ-ate garage and carport. 6866Learmouth Rd. 778-475-2212.

627 HOMES WANTED

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630 LOTS

ARIZONA BUILDING LOTS. FULL ACRES AND MORE!Guaranteed Owner Financing. NoCredit check. $0 down - 0 interest.Starting @ just $99/mo. Close toTucson’s Intl. Airport. Hear free re-cording at 800-631-8164 Code 4001 or visit www.sunsiteslandrush.com.Offer Ends 3/31/11

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

2011 CANADIAN Dream Home 3bed/2 bath, 1512 sqft, CSA-Z240$109,950 includes delivery and setup in lower BC, 877-976-3737 or509-481-9830 http://www.hbmodular.com/images/email_jan2.jpg

636 MORTGAGES

BANK ON US! Mortgages for purchases, renos, debt con-solidation, foreclosure. Bank rates. Many alternative lendingprograms.Let Dave Fitzpatrick,your Mortgage Warrior, simpli-fy the process!1-888-711-8818

[email protected]

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE

HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYSwww.dannyevans.ca

Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

CENTRAL MAPLE RIDGE 11735-225 St. 2 bdrm $900 incls heat & htwater. No dogs 604-467-9420

GARIBALDI Court(604) 463-9522

Central Maple RidgeAvailable March

2 BEDROOMGreat location for seniors! Clean, quiet & affordable!

Incl. heat, h/w, cable. Senior Move-In Allowance.Rrefs & Credit check req.

Sorry No PetsFor more info. google us.

MAPLE INN 11695 -224th St Maple Ridge 1 bdrm - $500/mo -

$550/mo. includes hot water Certifi ed Crime Free Building

Mature adult oriented. Close to uptown

604-463-4131 for appointment (9am-5pm)

MAPLE RIDGE

1 & 2 Bdrs from $740/mo

GREAT LOCATIONQueen Anne Apts.

* Renovated Suites *

Clean, very quiet, large,INCLUDES: HEAT,

HOT WATER & HYDRO

Near Shopping & Amenities.

604-463-7450 604-463-2236

12186-224 St, Maple RidgeCertifi ed Crime Free Buildings


RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

MAPLE RIDGE

1 BEDROOM SUITES

✶ Move InAllowance

McIntosh PlazaSuit Mature AdultsHighrise 1/2 Block to Town

F/F fridge & easy clean stovesNO PETS

22330 McIntosh Avenue(604)463-6841

Maple Ridge22450-121st Street

2 Bedroom Apartment $820Attractive 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 certifi ed Crime Free Multi Hous-ing 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 fi lled 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.

MAPLE RIDGE

AVAILABLE NOW1 & 2 BDRM SUITES Heat, hot water & parking. Close to stores & schools.

MAPLE COURT I 22437 121st Ave

604-467-0715&

MAPLE COURT II22423 121st Ave

604-467-4894

MAPLE RIDGE

AVAILABLE NOW1 Bedroom

Heat, hot water & parking.Close to stores & schools.

SUNRISE APARTMENT22292 - 122nd Ave

604-319-9341MAPLE RIDGE Central 2 Bdrm, apt. Avail immed, No pets, $720/mo (604)467-8240MAPLE RIDGE CENTRAL 2 bdrm condo in Golden Tower, 4th fl oor, 5 appli, u/grnd prkg, $1000/mo. Call 604-467-4450 or 604-833-4450.

Maple Ridge CentralCertifi ed Crime Free Clean, Quiet Building for Mature Adults Only

1 Bdrm, First fl oor, Newer Appli’s, N/P, Non Smoker

$525/mo. + util’sNow with Seniors discount

(604)467-5271

Maple RidgeCentral

Certifi ed Crime Free Multiple Housing

New renovated 1 Bdrm suites. $590/mo. incl hot water, cable.

Ref’s req’d. N/P. Adult only building

Mon to Fri 9am ~ 6pmBy appointment only

604-418-1932

MAPLE RIDGE City Ctr cute 1 Bdrm 22235-119th Ave. btwn $650 &$750. n/p. Immed (604)999-9882MAPLE RIDGE Ctrl adult building. Large 1 Bdrm $750/mo incls heat/ hot water, ref’s, N/P (604)467-2606

Maple Ridge

Glenwood ManorApartments

1& 2 Bdrms from $670 & $835Clean, Spacious

Includes cable, heat, hot water & parking

Seniors discount21387 Dewdney Trunk Rd

(604)466-5799MAPLE RIDGE Large 1 bdrm apts, quiet adult bldg, incl heat, h/w, cov-ered pkng. N/S,N/P. $680-$700/mo. Avail immed. 604-465-8274.

Maple RidgeSwan Court Apartments

Large 1 & 2 Bedrooms. Hardwood fl oors, adult oriented,

heat, h/w & cable incl’d, f/p, n/pets.Criminal Record check may be reqd

Resident Manager OnsiteNow with

SENIORS DISCOUNT604.477.9189

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

Maple RidgeWILLOW PLACE22256 ~ 119th Ave

Partially reno’d,quiet,spacious & bright suites 1 Bdrm Apt. Avail ImmediatelyInc. heat, h/w, prkg & storage

W No Pets W (604) 369-1096 or 317-3130

Mission

Large 3 Bdrm2 Level Townhomes

Starting at $1175/mo.

1.5 baths, f/place, dishwasher,w/dryer, secured garage and

storage with a backyard. *Family Oriented*

Call 1-604-820-1205www.aptrentals.net

NEW WESTMINSTER 2 bdrm 2 bath 1yr old 6 appls waterview, strg $1400 Mar.1.NS/NP. 778-928-5557

PITT MEADOWS

CHELSEA PARK APTS

1 & 2 Bdrms Apts, Also 3 Bdrm T/Homes Avail

Conveniently located. Nice, bright & large suites.

Call 604-830-7846Visit our website:

www.aptrentals.net

PITT MEADOWS

The MeadowsGated 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: 604-460-7539 604-465-0008 or 604-465-5818

PORT COQUITLAM 1 Bdrm + den in newer building. Granite counter-tops, high end appl’s, insuite W/D, fi replace, covered patio, 1 u/g park-ing space, gym & amenities room. Avail immed. $1100/mo. For more info call (604)790-5508

PORT COQUITLAM 1 Bdrm Top fl r apt. $775 2 Bdrm Corner apt. $895

S Incl heat/hot wtr, wndw cvrngsS Close to bus stop S Walk to shpng/medical/WCE S Across from park w/Mtn viewsS Gated parking and Elevator S Adult oriented building S References required

CALL FOR APPOINTMENT604-464-3550

W.W. PLATEAU. Montreux Bldng. 2 Bdrm, 2ba, 2prk, near all schools, ns/np. Mar. 1. $1195. 604-941-3259

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

St Johns & Moray St, Port MoodyStore Front & Offi ce. 700-1500sf, A/C, Concrete Bldg, prkg Affordable 604-525-8839, 604-649-9273

713 COTTAGES

MAPLE RIDGE 264th St. 2 Bdrm cottage, March 1st. $925 incl utils.Call 604-462-0369, 604-767-5641.

715 DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

MAPLE RIDGE. 2 bdrm, carpeted. 2 appls. Nr shops. Carport. N/P. Avail Feb. 1. 604-465-4339

MAPLE RIDGE 2 Bdrm duplex. Newly reno’d, new appli’s. N/S, N/P. Avail Mar1. $1150. 604-465-8274.

Maple Ridge Central1 Bedroom DuplexAdult Only Complex

$550/mo + util’scredit check, ref’s & damagedeposit required. Avail immed

(604)466-6348Leave a message

736 HOMES FOR RENT

MAPLE RIDGE, 4 bdrm., f/s, w/d, d/w, on acre. 21617 128 Ave. April 1. $1500 + utils., 604-722-5609

MAPLE RIDGE/MISSION BORDER - Stave Falls - Bright 1 bdrm. Two-level cabin on shared acreage. Suitable for quiet N/S single person. One cat ok. $750 mo. includes hydro and heat. Avail. March 1. 604-462-8837

MAPLE RIDGE W 2 bdrm rancher 2 bath, 4 appls lge yd, lots of prkg Avail now. $1100. 604-803-0919

741 OFFICE/RETAIL

MAPLE RIDGE Central Offi ce/ Retail space approx 800 sqft. $920/mo + hst (604)467-2606

SHOP from HOME!Check out bcclassified.com

RENTALS

741 OFFICE/RETAIL

MAPLE RIDGE

OFFICE& RETAIL SPACE

Various downtown locations. Avail. Now! Updated and well maintained. Various sizes 320sf. - 2000sf. Starting at $495/month.

Call: Rick Medhurst, Royal LePage

6 0 4 - 4 6 3 - 3 0 0 0

743 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

MAPLE RIDGE

2 Bdrm apartments All inclusive $840/mo

2 Bdrm bsmt suites $700 ~ $850/mo

4 Bdrm 2 level bsmt suite, 1 acre river view

(Silverdale) $1350/mo

Call Maria @ Ridge Meadows

Property Management (604)466-2838

Mon ~ Fri 9am ~ 5pmwww.ridgemeadows

propertymanagement.com

744 RECREATIONShared ownership late model 40’ - 60’ cruising yachts moored on Van-couver Island & Lower Mainland. Sail & Power. Professionally main-tained. 604-669-2248. www.one4yacht.com

746 ROOMS FOR RENT

$75 OFF 1ST MONTHRooms from $435/mo. Fully Furn,

weekly maid service, cable TV, private bath, on bus route, 5/min

walk to commuter rail.

Haney Motor Hotel22222 Lougheed Hwy.,

Maple RidgeInquire in person between

9am - 3pm or

Call 604-467-3944

747B SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING

POCO DOWNTOWNAll-Inclusive

Seniors Residence1 Bdrm. Apartment

Rent incls. freshly prepared meals, cable, housekeeping,

emergency response & activities.www.rjkent.com

2675 Shaughnessy St.Call: 778-285-5554

750 SUITES, LOWERALBION AREA, 1 bdrm, priv ent, 5 appl’s, N/S, small pet ok. Avail. Mar. 1st. $750 incl cable and utilities. 604-476-1812 or [email protected]

COQUITLAM. 1400 sf 2 bd & den, w/hot tub, 7 appls, g/l, $1475 + utils. N/S, N/P. Avail now. (604)945-9594

COQUITLAM 2 Bdrm bsmnt on 2 acres, avail now. Newly reno’d,bright and cozy, laminate fl oor-ing, new kitchen and bath. No pets.Close to Coquitlam cen-ter, Douglas college, all amenities.W/D in suite. $925 plus sh util-it & damage deposit, ref req’d! Leave msg at 1-604-414-6077

COQUITLAM. Lougheed area. 2 bdrm grnd lvl. Priv entry. Ensuite. Laundry. $985/mo. incl. utils. NP/NS. Avail now. 604-931-3677.

COQUITLAM, W.W. Plateau. New, lrg 3 bdrm, sep entry, bright/spac kit & fam/rm. 1500 sq.ft. All appls. Nr amenits. NS/NP. $1375/mo incl utils. Avail March 1. 604-941-8109.

MAPLE RIDGE, 232rd area. 1 bdrm bsmt suite. Sep ent. Avail Feb 15. N/S N/P. $700/mo. incl utils. 604-467-2518 lve. msg

MAPLE RIDGE, 2/bdrm bsmt suite. 1089 sf. Clean, own entry, own W/D, S & F. $850/mo + 1/3 util. NS/NP. April 1. (604)476-9529

MAPLE RIDGE 2 bdrm lge g/l patio, cls to ament ns/np $800m Mar 1. 604-476-0909, 626-9027

MAPLE RIDGE (Albion) New Large 1 BR bsmt suite. Large kitchen w/ island. Utilities inc. NP, NS, no laundry. Avail. $800. 778-833-4005 or [email protected]

MAPLE RIDGE, Central, 1 lrg g/l bdrm ste, NS/NP Incl utils/cbleW/D. $700mo 604-467-5482.

MAPLE RIDGE Ctrl bright 2 Bdrm 5 appl’s March 1 $1100 incl util n/s, n/p (604)463-1035 / 778-241-7512

MAPLE RIDGE CTRL Lrg bright 1 bdrm in new hse. Above ground, sep entry, off st prkg, 6 appl, $750 incl util/alarm. Avail Mar 1. Suit sgl. NP/NS, ref’s req. 604-908-0860

MAPLE RIDGE East. Lg 1 Bdrm plus den bsmt suite, sep entry & laundry, sep kitch/din, l/rm, close tobus. N/S. N/P. Ref’s req. $800 incl util. Avail Mar 1. Call Kim 604-329-4219.

MAPLE RIDGE newly reno’d 2 bdrm, bright large (1400sqft) grd/level, priv entry, W/D, country setting. $900/mo. (604)467-1990

MAPLE RIDGE W. 1 bdm lower ste. Parking. Near bus. Own W/D. N/S. N/P. $650 + 1/3 utils. 604-477-1000

RENTALS

750 SUITES, LOWER

MAPLE RIDGE W. 1 bdrm. Mar 1. Near WCE & amen. $775 incl. util., ldry & own entry. N/p 604-459-3338

MAPLE RIDGE. West. Bachelor suite, priv. entr. NS/NP, $550 incl all utils. Mar. 1st. 604-477-3764.

Pitt Meadows 1 bdrm g/l ste light cable w/i net NS/NP no ldry Mar 1. Clse to WCE $750. 604-465-7620

PITT MEADOWS - $700/mo 1 bdrm avail immed. Clean, large, pri entry, close to school, WCE. Incl hydro & cable. N/S, N/P. 604-657-1145

PORT COQUITLAM 2 bdrm, newer house, w/d, d/w, cbl. N/P, $900 incl all utils. March 1st. (604) 722-5470.

751 SUITES, UPPER

MAPLE RIDGE, E Central: 3 bdrm, 2 bath, upper fl oor, balcony w/ mtn view, gas F/P, 5 appls, shrd W/D, sat. TV, fen’d yard w/fl ower beds, approx 1100 sf, $1150 + 2/3 utils. Refs. NS/NP. immed 778-998-7857

MAPLE RIDGE West 3 bdrm upper, own laundry, $1300/mo + 60%utils pets neg, March 1 (604)467-7062

PORT COQ new lrg 3 bdrm main fl r fam/rm, liv/rm, 5 appls. Good loca-tion. near all amens. $1100/mo Feb 15. 604-590-2827 or 778-386-0024

752 TOWNHOUSES

COQUITLAM CENTRE, 1 yr old 2 bdrm, 2.5 baths, 1 prk, strg, 6 appls, $1700 + 50% uitls. Avail now. 778-928-5557

Maple Ridge, 22977-116 Ave. Brand new units at the Duet. Right across from Thomas Haney Center, walk to shops. 3 & 4 bdrms. Prices from $1950 to $2300. N/P. N/S.

Call Sheri M604-535-8080

Croft Agencies Ltd.view pictures at:

www.croftagencies.com

MAPLE RIDGE. 2 bdrm T/H 1.5 baths. 5 appls Avail now. N/S, cat ok. $995/mo. Call 604-306-9488.

Maple Ridge Central3 Bedroom 21/2 bath

Avail immed. $1200/moDamage deposit ~ Ref’sCredit check ~ No Pets

Call 604-466-6348Leave message

MAPLE RIDGE twnhse 2bdrm with cheater ensuite, ns/np, $1100 Imm. Derek 604-839-6024. After 4pm

PITT MEADOWS: 2-3 bdrm co-op T/H $1005/mo - $1089/mo. Shares req’d. No subsidy available. Orien-tation 2nd Sun. 2 pm & 3rd Tues. 7 pm ea mo. 19225 119th Ave., Pitt Meadows V3Y 2B2. Send SASE or leave msg 604-465-1938

TRANSPORTATION

810 AUTO FINANCING

$0 DOWN & we make your 1st pay-ment at auto credit fast. Need a ve-hicle? Good or Bad credit call Stephanie 1-877-792-0599. www.autocreditfast.ca. DLN 30309.

WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CRED-IT? Last week 18 out of 23 applica-tions approved! We fund your future not your past. Any Credit. Receive a $500 Gift Card. www.coastlineau-tocredit.com or 1-888-252-8235.

TRANSPORTATION

818 CARS - DOMESTIC

1998 CHEVY CAVALIER, only 91K, 1 owner, recently serviced, 4 new tires/batt/alt, purple, $2200. Ph btwn 10am-10pm, (604)943-2954

2001 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE 4 dr, fully loaded, Aircared, 146K, really nice car. $2100 obo 604-504-0932

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

2001 Honda Civic. 4 dr, auto,139k, loaded, local, 1 owner, warr/fi n. avail. $5,350 obo. 604-836-5931.

2006 HONDA CIVIC 2 door, 5 spd manual, 80K, red, $6850 fi rm. Call: 604-538-9257.

2011 TOYOTA Camry LE, 7000 kms. auto, factory warranty. No ac-cidents. $21,900. 604-836-5931

827 VEHICLES WANTED

836 OFF-ROAD VEHICLES

2003 YAMAHA TTR 225, $2,400 OBO. Like new cond. Motorcycle access: shirts, pants, size XL boots (size12/13) gloves 604-466-7887.

838 RECREATIONAL/SALE

1999 SLUMBER Queen MH 24 ft. 119,000 kms. 2 air, awnings, TV ant, no leaks, exc. shape. $16,500. obo 604-870-3556

2006 MAX SPORT 24RB

Great Value!Awning, A/C, Super Clean.

$12,995 (stk.21646A)www.fraserwayrv.com

1-800-806-1976 DL #30644

TRANSPORTATION

838 RECREATIONAL/SALE

2011 EVERLITE 31RLS

Rear livingroom, dbl. entry doors, power tongue jack, enclosed/htd. underbelly, sofa/kitchen slideout.

$30,995 (stk.28865)www.fraserwayrv.com

1-800-806-1976 DL #30644

2011 LUX LITE 21FB

Front bedroom, a/c, awning, mag wheels, LCD TV, microwave etc.

$22,995 (stk.30673)www.fraserwayrv.com

1-800-806-1976 DL #30644

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL

ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME

604.683.2200

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVALMinimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

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TRANSPORTATION

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

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FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.We pay Up To $500 CA$H

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847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES2001 BMW 320I, fully loaded, leath-er, auto, AirCared, 142K, $7999. Call: (778)552-1462.

2006 LAND ROVER LR3 SE,dark blue, 40K MLS/64K KMS, no accid, lady driven, new tires, batt &

brakes, immaculate @ $27,900 604-943-0210.

851 TRUCKS & VANS1995 FORD F150 XLT, good cond. Air Cared until 2012. Canopy, goodtires, $3900 obo 604-462-15422004 TUNDRA TRD 4X4 acc cab,orig owner $15,800. Exceptionallywell maintained. 604-793-8158

2006 CHEVY SILVERADO, 4X4,6L, V8, ext. cab, shortbox,89,000km. $13,500. 604-858-0041

Includes one week in theMaple Ridge News, the Tri-City News,and the Golden Ears Daily.

Includes:TRUCKS, CARS, BOATS,TRAILERS, RV’S, VANS3 lines in all listed publicationsfor one week only $10 + tax.

Includes a listing on bcclassifi ed.com(private party ads only)

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