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This year’s budget discussion in Maple Ridge will include the prospect of approving up to $110 million in borrowing for parks and recreation infrastructure.

Mayor Nicole Read declined to name specific projects, but called the $110 million a “high-level

funding envelope.”In general, she said the commu-

nity has “an at-capacity aquatic centre, not enough ice, and not enough fields.”

At the same time, Maple Ridge is “bursting at the seams in terms of participation in sports.”

She added: “I don’t think we have the amenities in this com-munity to support a city of this size.”

With the federal government offering to help pay for new in-frastructure for cities, councillors

have expressed a desire to have shovel-ready projects, with the munic-ipality’s share of funding in place.

“All we’re hearing is the federal government is ready to spend,” said Read.

Council will engage in what Read said should be should be an “exciting conversation,” but it will not re-sult in an immediate $110 million debt for the city.

“It’s not like we’re going to the bank and get $110 million, and then spend it,” she said.

Read said more in-formation will be made available through a com-munications plan that is being developed.

The borrowing conver-sation comes at a time when Maple Ridge has

told Pitt Meadows it is pulling out of the joint parks and leisure services agreement, but Read said

that is not a factor.Recreation user groups, such as

Ridge Meadows Minor Hockey, should still be able to access fields and ice surfaces in Pitt Meadows, she said.

Maple Ridge residential prop-erty owners are facing a proposed 3.33 per cent tax hike this year, but that does not include the parks and rec funding.

On Thursday, from 6-8 p.m., there will be a budget session in council chambers.

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Education Minister Mike Bernier announced a new school will be built on Burke Mountain in Coquitlam on Monday, then toured the fastest-grow-ing areas of Maple Ridge with Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows MLA Doug Bing.

“It’s always good to have a face-to-face with the new minister,” said Bing.

And while a proposed new school in the Albion area has not been an-nounced, having Bernier see the need first hand is significant in the process, Bing added.

“It’s helpful to get it on the radar screen, and get it in the queue,” he said. “There is definitely a need.”

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ContributedEducation Minister Mike Bernier visited Albion elementary on Monday, as well as Thomas Haney secondary, after announcing funding for a new elementary school in Coquitlam. Bernier then visited with local school board officials to hear about the need for a new elementary school in Albion.See School, 5

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He’s got a ton of questions about the Maple Ridge temporary shelter and few answers, at least so far.

After a lengthy chat with the shel-ter’s operators on Nov. 4, Matt Kelso wanted some specifics, such as how many overdoses have taken place at the shelter on Lougheed Highway since it opened at 22239 Lougheed Highway on Oct. 1. He’d also like to know how many have been moved on to permanent housing, how many have gone into rehab or detox programs and how many are chang-ing their lives by looking for jobs or getting mental health help.

And what really are the rules on drug use inside shelter’s gates?

Kelso submitted dozens of ques-tions and was recently told to pare them down to 20 and that he’ll be getting a reply shortly from Rain City Housing, which operates the shelter.

But right now, he’s questioning the operating method.

The shelter opened for six months in order to give those at the Cliff Av-enue homeless camp a place to live. The camp was dispersed voluntarily shortly after the shelter opened.

Kelso says that, based on what he

hears from his police radio scanner, there have been 100 overdoses at the shelter.

“There have been four overdoses in the last 24 hours, two overdoses within six minutes.”

The exact number of emergency calls to shelter hasn’t been provided yet by either Ridge Meadows RCMP

or B.C. Emergency Health Services, nor could the overdoses be con-firmed.

The shelter follows a harm-reduc-tion model that tries to connect peo-ple to health services, and give them shelter.

“Abstinence is not a requirement for staying at the shelter, but is one

of the many possible, positive out-comes that will occur for folks stay-ing at the shelter,” according to a fact sheet from Rain City, which didn’t respond to requests for comment.

“I don’t see it as harm reduction when you have four overdoses [in 24 hours] and two in six minutes,” Kelso said, adding that people who

overdose at the shelter shouldn’t be allowed to stay there and that people can’t just continue their habits.

“It’s like having an open bar at an Alcohol Anonymous meeting.

“If they’re going to use, they should use it outside the shelter walls. You can’t refuse help the whole time.”

Kelso said every day he drives by the shelter, emergency vehicles are parked outside.

That could mean an ambulance shortage somewhere else.

“I don’t even know how to respond to that,” Mayor Nicole Read said.

“So what does that mean … so somebody in the shelter deserves an ambulance less than somebody else in the community? I don’t think that would be our community’s position.

“We’re responding anyways. If that person was somewhere else in the community and had an overdose, we would be responding. We’re not simply responding because they’re at the shelter.”

Overdoses are happening every-where, not just in the shelter, said Read. There’s a spike in overdoses caused by fentanyl.

“We were seeing it in the camp. They’re using no matter where they are.

“This is something we need to stare down. It’s happening in every com-munity. This significantly addicted, street- entrenched population, it re-quires steady work and encourage-ment.”

The mayor said talks about a per-manent shelter are a priority and the public will be involved at some point.

However, a new, permanent shelter will not be open by the time the tem-porary shelter closes April 1.

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The opening of the Ever-green Line SkyTrain exten-sion to Coquitlam has been delayed again, to early 2017, as have B-Line bus connec-tions to Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge.

The announcement sparked social media comment about poor service levels TransLink offers its customers in the northeast region of the sys-tem, and that was echoed by Maple Ridge Mayor Nicole Read.

“No, we’re not anywhere near being well served,” she

said. “It’s the reason we sent them back a really loud no.”

Maple Ridge led the way in voting down TransLink’s summer mail-in referendum on transit expansion, as 77 per cent of those who voted in Maple Ridge said no to rais-ing the provincial sales tax by half a per cent to pay for bet-ter transportation in Metro Vancouver. Pitt Meadows fol-lowed closely with a 72-per-cent no vote.

The plan called for a Sky-Train extension in Vancouver, light rail in Surrey, express bus lines in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, as well as more West Coast Express service.

Read said Maple Ridge resi-dents who commute to work or school around the region should be able to expect bet-

ter service. And, she said, the federal government’s commit-ment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions is hamstrung by a poor transit system.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been in Paris for climate change talks, and getting people out of their ve-hicles and onto buses is one of the best ways to cut back on greenhouse gases, said Read.

“But right now, in our city, that’s not a reality.”

Residents were also critical of TransLink on social media.

“I think it’s time that Maple Ridge take(s) a serious look at severing ties with TransLink. The amount we spend on fuel taxes, property taxes, parking taxes and electrical bill taxes is nowhere justified by our measly few busses,” Matt Ellis

said on the site Maple Ridge Council Watch.

“I for one don’t want to subsidize a system with such huge liabilities of so little use to residents of my city [Patullo Bridge and SkyTrain].”

The latest delay will make the Evergreen line three years overdue from an original tar-get operating date of late 2014, set by then-Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon in 2008.

The $1.4-billion project was the subject of years of negotia-tion between the province and Metro Vancouver mayors, who finally agreed in 2011 to raise the Metro Vancouver gas tax two cents a litre to finance TransLink’s $400-million share of the cost.

The project has since grap-

pled with construction com-plications, including sink-holes that opened up above the underground segment in Port Moody.

Earlier this year the prov-ince pushed back a revised opening date of summer 2016 to the fall of 2016.

And it now says the trans-portation ministry expects to begin train testing next fall “with the line operational in early 2017.”

Construction is being man-aged by the province and TransLink will operate it once complete.

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows MLA Doug Bing said the work was plagued by “un-avoidable problems,” and the sinkholes set things back.

“It is planned for early 2017,

which is not an unreasonable delay,” said Bing. “We just had a billion dollars in bridge im-provements.”

The delay was disclosed Fri-day as the two-kilometre tun-nel was completed and tunnel boring machine ‘Alice’ broke through into daylight.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone said the project is now more than 75 per cent finished.

“Once Evergreen is com-plete, B.C. will have the lon-gest, fully automated rapid transit network in the world,” he said.

The Evergreen Line will run from Lougheed Town Centre in Burnaby to Lafarge Lake in Coquitlam. It will connect to express buses running to Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge.

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Call it a brewed awakening.

A new micro-brew owner in Maple Ridge tried to get a lounge licence, but was blocked by city hall.

When Carlos de Ibar-rola opened Ridge Brewing Company on Dewdney Trunk Road in July, it was the 12th microbrew to open in B.C. this year, and there are now 103 craft brew-eries in the province.

“It has been explod-ing,” de Ibarrola said of the craft beer business. “It’s a beer revolution.”

Many of the craft brews are in Vancou-ver neighbourhoods like Main Street, Com-mercial Drive and Hastings Street.

“East Vancouver is now known as ‘Yeast Vancouver,’” said the Port Moody resident.

He brought some of that brown beer cul-ture to Maple Ridge during the summer, joining nearby Ma-

ple Meadows Brew-ing, which opened in March.

Ridge Brewing is a mid-sized craft beer operation, and he and three employees are capable of produc-ing 6,600 litres, with a batch taking about four weeks. The new brand is already on tap in local pubs and res-taurants, he’s getting kegs to New Westmin-ster and other cities, and his bottles are be-ing shipped to liquor outlets that sell craft beer. This is in addi-tion to the product he sells on site.

The Liquor Control and Licensing Branch already allows him to have a tasting room with his manufac-turer’s licence, which permits him to sell his product on site, but customers can only consume 12 ounces each there.

A lounge licence would allow him to sell more of his own beer, as well as outside products – such as a

glass of wine or a pina coloda.

That’s what he asked council to endorse as he applies to the branch, but city hall is saying no so far.

Coun. Gordy Rob-son said the business should be moved.

“I love the concept, and I think it would be a great addition to our downtown, but not in this building, and in this location, so I can’t support it,” said Rob-son.

But de Ibarrola said the business could not be easily moved – not for less than $100,000 at a minimum, even if he could find a down-town location that could accommodate his high vats and the rest of his operation. He has already invest-ed in piping, electri-cal upgrades, concrete flooring a cold room and more.

Parking was raised as an issue, as de Ibar-rola applied for licens-ing for 50 seats. There are dance and karate studios in the same in-dustrial complex, and at 3 p.m. the parking lot gets packed.

The brewer doesn’t necessarily need that many seats, but says there is more than enough parking avail-able now. In Vancou-ver, businesses func-tion with just on-street parking, he points out, and people sometimes have to park down the street.

He doesn’t see how councillors can com-promise his business to benefit others.

“It’s only fair – if our clients have to find parking, so should theirs.”

Coun. Craig Speirs supported the applica-tion, calling the micro-brew “a very high-end situation.”

He proposed council defer the matter until it had more informa-tion about the process, and whether the ap-plicant would consider reducing the number of parking spaces.

“I don’t want to throw this out,” said Speirs.

But council passed a motion to not endorse the licence application.

De Ibarrola said he will consider chang-ing the proposal and resubmitting it.

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Bing was on hand for the announcement of Smiling Creek Elemen-tary School, which will open on Burke Mountain in 2018. It will be jointly owned by the school district and the city of Coquitlam, with the city owning the play area and operating it as a park when school is not in ses-sion.

Bing and Bernier then toured Albion elementary with School District No. 42 chair Mike Murray and superintendent Sylvia Russell.

The school’s population is 30 per cent above the building’s capacity, and the provincial politicians heard that students who have moved across the street are not able to at-tend.

Murray said the visit gave the new minister an appreciation for the growth in the area, and Bing and Maple Ridge-Mission MLA Marc Dal-ton showed him the fast-developing subdivisions nearby in Albion.

“We shared with him the discussions we have had with the municipality about a new school in that area, and the city’s desire

to see that happen,” said Murray.

Mayor Nicole Read said she was not able to join the meeting with the min-ister, but was aware of his pending visit.

“All-in-all, I would say it was a great meeting,” said Murray. “There are com-peting interests for those resources, but we feel we have a pretty good case.”

Bing said the tour of the school should have made an impression.

“If you see it on paper, it doesn’t always resonate.”

The minister was in Ma-ple Ridge for about three hours, as he also toured Thomas Haney second-ary, particularly the trades and technical programs.

Then trustees made an hour-long presentation to the minister, highlight-ing the need for a new el-ementary school in south Albion.

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Premier Christy Clark and Environment

Minister Mary Polak have joined the thou-sands of jet-setters in Paris to once again stage negotiations for a global climate treaty.

The embarrass-ing failures of these United Nations events, such as the one in Lima, Peru last year, have been forgotten. Canadian TV only showed file images of an effigy of Stephen Harper receiving a “fossil of the day” award for his alleged failure to rein in Canada’s two per cent of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions.

Now Justin Trudeau leads our biggest-ever delegation to COP21, as the Paris meeting is called.

Trudeau hasn’t even begun to develop a plan for Canada, asking provinces to come up with their own first, but he’s al-ready hailed as a visionary. This is simi-lar to the Barack Obama, who, newly elected in 2008, modestly predicted that history would record his win as “the mo-ment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.”

Perhaps Obama wasn’t completely full of CO2, since in this century, global temperatures have increased by only about a fourth of what UN climate mod-els predicted. This 20-year slowdown of the long run of post-Ice Age warming, which has dominated most of the last

10,000 years, is referred to as the “pause” or “hiatus.” It is usually explained away with reference to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation or other long-term warming and cooling trends in oceans.

Other countries have put new emis-sion reduction proposals on the table for COP21. Danish environmental econo-mist Bjorn Lomborg did the math, and concluded that if every major emitting country keeps its word this time, the total of all their efforts would reduce global warming by about 0.2 degrees by 2100.

What? A statistically meaningless de-crease after 85 years of energy austerity?

That Lomborg, he’s just a “denier,” try-ing to get more publicity. Oh wait, here’s a study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that finds the same thing – two tenths of a degree by 2100.

Wobbly climate models aren’t the only problem for global warming alarmists. NASA recently confirmed that contrary to UN projections, total ice mass in Antarctica is increasing. This is much more likely to slow sea level rise than an Obama or Trudeau speech.

Arctic ice, meanwhile, is rebounding rapidly after receding in recent years. And while UN climate conferences al-ways cause a spike in sightings of people wearing polar bear suits, here’s another inconvenient truth.

B.C. polar bear researcher Susan Crockford reports that the world bear population is up to 26,500, a 50-year high. That Crockford, she’s just a denier ...

Oh wait, the International Union for Conservation of Nature “Red List” says that’s about right, and the population trend is no longer “decreasing” but is now “unknown.”

None of this is to deny that our climate is warming, or that the Industrial Revolution and carbon fuel use are part of the picture. It’s the religious zeal, misuse of data and attacks on skeptics that are troubling.

B.C. already leads the country with its small but broad-based carbon tax, about which Clark will boast at every oppor-tunity in Paris. We won’t see the B.C. Liberal government’s final “Climate 2.0” plan until next spring, but their advisory committee wants to start jacking up the carbon tax in 2018.

Northern and Interior B.C. folks are assured they will receive bigger rebates to reflect the fact that they pay more carbon tax to drive long distances in the cold.

And B.C.’s aggressive 2020 greenhouse gas target? The government admits we’re not going to make that, because the economy is growing.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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When it comes to helping others, the phrase ‘think globally, act locally’ comes to mind.

As Canada prepares to welcome thousands of Syr-ian refugees in the coming months, there are those willing to do everything in their power to help, and it’s admirable.

At the same time, there are others demanding that we ‘look after our own’ first – and the many who do just that every day are also admirable.

There’s no question the need in our own backyard is great; even some of our closest neighbours are struggling. There are children going hungry, women fleeing violence and seniors who spend all their time alone.

It’s a need that receives less public attention than its international counterpart, although it’s often brought to the forefront a little more this time of year, as Christmas approaches, despite its year-round presence.

As calls to focus on our own continue to permeate the refugee discussion, we suggest it’s a good time for all of us to ask ourselves, what exactly have we done to make things better for others?

Have we donated to the food bank? Have we checked in on that neighbour who hasn’t been seen in a few days? Have we offered to help serve meals at the local soup kitchen? Do we have extra warm-weather clothes that we could donate to help dull the chill for someone who has nowhere but outside to spend the night?

Before we criticize the help that’s being given to our international neighbours based on the belief that ‘charity begins at home’, those questions deserve due consideration.

Some say how we respond to the plight of Syrian refugees is a test of our values and generosity. The same can be said – and we would venture to an even greater degree – about how we look after our own community.

It’s easy to pretend problems, both locally and globally, don’t exist, if we stay inside, turn off our televisions, close our curtains and unplug from the Internet.

But it’s neither right nor fair to point to one group that needs help and say, we can’t help you because we have to help our own.

Especially if we’re not.And really, even if charity does begin at home,

does it have to stop there?– Black Press

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Editor, The News:Re: Residents oppose runway ex-

pansion (The News, Nov. 25).I was a volunteer member of the

Pitt Meadows official community plan, put forward in 1999, after about 18 months of study.

At that time, three of the broad vi-sion statements were:

• values the importance of the air-port for the economic development of the municipality;

• values the importance of eco-nomic development, including the potential of the airport, tourism, in-dustry and commerce;

• carefully manages its residential growth, in balance with job cre-ation, and transportation choice.

Under airport development, a comprehensive plan shall be pre-pared for the airport properties, including options for runway exten-sion.

An alternate arterial route to Lougheed Highway, with grade separation at the CPR line, shall be a high priority in order to achieve the vision for economic development.

Sixteen years later, some citizens don’t want airport expansion.

They had better change their minds, because in a few short years, the airport is going to be the only viable way to get into or out of Pitt Meadows.

No extra exit to Lougheed Hwy., for commutes north of the Fra-ser River, unless you backtrack to Airport Way, go through some residential size roundabouts (have you watched the 53 footers and the trucks with trailers working their way through those?) and back up to the highway.

There is an increased number, and length of trains (including CN, not just CP) making it very slow and

sometimes hazardous, waiting to get onto Harris Road from Lougheed Hwy. west, east, and north, not to mention increased traffic through the Somerset subdivision.

Still, you have to wait for train traf-fic if heading south of the tracks. The West Coast Express is pretty loaded, as is its parking lots.

Engineers dug the Deas Tunnel under the Fraser River many years ago. Port Coquitlam has had a tun-nel under the tracks for years. The SkyTrain system is digging a tunnel in Coquitlam. Why can’t Pitt Mead-ows acknowledge the need for im-proving commutes for all the people the city is enabling, and enticing to live here?

Where has the vision gone?Vote for the airport expansion. It’s

our only hope.Anne MacDonald

Pitt Meadows

Editor, The News:Re: Renters feeling squeeze for

space (The News, Nov. 27).I sat with the social planning

committee for a year at city hall during the former mayor’s term.

This committee worked very hard at producing, the Action Housing Plan for our city. These are very dedicated individuals who volunteered their time and efforts to produce this plan.

My personal feeling about this concern was that it be truly ac-tion orientated, not just another study gathering dust on some-one’s shelf.

The problem with just relying on market based rental proper-ties is that they’re in it for the money – people wanting to en-rich themselves using the real estate market for profit, and I understand this.

But, I’ll give you one example of a rental property in our city which has changed hands five times by exactly these types of people wanting to make a quick profit on the property. It’s down-town and is really what I consid-er to be low-end rental.

Each time these speculators flipped the property and made

some cash, the rents would go up. And, this is after doing pre-cious little to improve them.

In other words, the same low-end rental unit, which used to rent for $450 a month, now costs $600 or more a month.

Some people are getting rich from this, but the reality is, oth-ers are getting poorer from this.

Can you see what I’m getting at? We need to have some coun-ter balance to this trend, and to do this our governments must help out with some affordable units for those of us who are in the lower income bracket.

This is exactly what the city’s action plan was about. So why aren’t there any new affordable housing units being built in our city?

Because, there isn’t enough in-centive for developers to do this.

And, that is where the city and other levels of government must do their part to provide the in-centives for them to get the ball rolling,

I agree with Coun. Craig Speirs: “We really need to get on it.”

John E. McKenzieMaple Ridge

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Sky not fallingEditor, The News:Re: Three more Pitt staff leaving.The most recent story about senior staff leaving Pitt Meadows seemed, at least to one council person, of the ‘sky is falling’ variety. Rather I would put forward that both Kim Grout and

Kelley Kenny are making key decisions for their own lives and careers which suit them. Ms. Grout is taking a large step up in her career to a position that seems to dovetail very well indeed with her educational and life experience background, and Ms. Kenny is making a ‘runway to retirement’ move that no doubt will benefit her and her family without trading down in job description,

one I know many people make, moving to Vancouver Island in preparation for retirement. I am sure that Mayor John Becker and council will find a CAO that will provide the support, respect, administrative acumen and enthusiasm for working with council and the citizens of Pitt Meadows that we will now require.

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Tuesday, Nov. 24, at about 5 p.m., the Booster Juice restaurant in West-gate Shopping Mall was robbed. Cash and an employee’s cellphone were sto-len.

The next day, at about 3 p.m., the New York Indian Restaurant on Lougheed Highway and 217th Street was robbed. This time, the male sus-pect took the entire cash register.

Police said that in both robberies a firearm was produced and both sus-pects, a man and woman, were cap-tured on surveillance video.

Ridge Meadows RCMP didn’t notify the public of the robberies because events were unfolding quickly.

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They had their unofficial rollout last year when the City of Maple Ridge was celebrating its 140th birthday.

Now, two of 10 poems that were glued on to city sidewalks as part of a Tweetable sidewalk poetry contest that began in 2014 will be permanently stamped into the new sidewalk that’s being built on Selkirk Avenue, between 225th and 226th streets.

Leanne Koehn won the adult category and Emily Tsui won the children’s category in the contest that invited people to write po-ems about the city in Tweet-sized amounts.

“The stamped poems will en-hance the pedestrian-walking ex-perience and, over time, the col-lection of poems can be read like a book on the sidewalks through-out the city,” Maple Ridge Mayor Nicole Read said.

Over the next 10 years, many sidewalks will be repaired or added to make Maple Ridge a safer and more walkable city.

Maple Ridge will be the first city in Canada to permanently embed its literary heritage into

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The Cambridge Arts Council in Massachusetts also helped out with technical advice on creating the stamps.

The verse will be embedded into the concrete this year when the sidewalk is poured.

“Sidewalk poetry not only a way to way to preserve a legacy from the 140th anniversary but also a way to make public spaces more interesting and to celebrate the literary arts,” said Susan Hayes, chair of Maple Ridge’s public art steering committee.

“There is a poet in everyone of us. It was gratifying to see so many submissions from people of all ages last year.”

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You wouldn’t have any used clothes, blankets or toys, still in good shape, would you?

Is it possible to take them down to the Ma-ple Ridge-Pitt Mead-ows Christmas Hamper Society on the Albion fairgrounds near Planet Ice?

The society could re-ally use them as it gets ready for Rudolph’s Recycle Gift Shoppe, which runs on Satur-day, Dec. 5, Dec. 12 and 19.

The shop has been operating for 14 years and offers hamper so-ciety recipients a free shopping spree on those dates.

“The gift shoppe is now ready to accept your donations. Our energetic and eager volunteers are chomp-ing at the bit and all we need is the residents of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows to downsize their cupboards and closets and to come on

down and help to make a great Christmas for financially disadvan-taged families in your hometown,” said Lor-raine Bates, of the ham-per society.

Last year, 546 regis-tered families appreci-ated the chance to pick up the basics for them-selves and their chil-dren.

“Some families were waiting in line for three hours before the doors were opened to them,” Bates said.

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Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows schools along with the West Coast Express Santa Trains also contribute toys.

Cash is donated by the Haney Hotel Strip-a-thon, the school dis-trict’s Coins for Kids program, the Empty Stocking Fund and from local businesses, service clubs and indi-viduals.

In 2014, 574 families in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows received Christmas hampers.

“With the troubled economy, we are ex-pecting the same or more this year,” said Bates.

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portant – we need to hear from people what they think of the bud-get,” said Read.

C o m m u n i c a t i o n s manager Fred Arm-strong said a common question is why city costs rise faster than inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index.

He explained the CPI is based on a basket of goods and services typically purchased by consumers, but the city is not purchasing the same basket.

“In the basket of goods the city buys, the single biggest thing is policing,” said Armstrong.

Those are the kinds of answers to be had on Thursday night, he said, and people can ask via Twitter, the city’s Facebook page,

or live at the council chambers, as the meet-ing is live streamed.

The proposed 3.33 per cent tax hike is slightly lower than in recent years.

Taxes rose 3.49 per cent in 2015, 3.46 per cent in 2014 and 3.91 per cent in 2013.

Looking at the five-year budget, Read said Maple Ridge has done a good job of residen-tial development, and growing the city, but there are not enough amenities for resi-dents, nor is there a good commercial or industrial tax base.

“I feel like we’ve not struck a proper bal-ance between our de-velopment community

and our residents,” said Read.

“We’re tight, and this community is over-reliant on residential property taxes.”

For an average Maple Ridge home, based on a house, apartment or townhouse with a $400,000 assessed value, the tax in crease would mean a total bill of $2,768 for general services and utilities (sewer, water and re-cycling).

Compared with 16 Lower Mainland com-munities, Maple Ridge had the fourth lowest taxes on an average single family dwell-ing in 2015, at $3,055 based on the average $474,000 single family

residence. The highest was West

Vancouver at $5,487, and the lowest Pitt Meadows at $2,853 in 2015.

The city is budgeting for $4 million in new revenues next year, primarily from growth in the property tax base and property tax increases.

Of that, approxi-mately $2.4 million will cover labour in-creases.

The city’s major ar-eas of increased ex-penditure are policing contracts, at $835,000, fire department, at $505,000, and em-ployee wage and ben-efit increases, at $1.06 million.

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MLAs Selina Robinson, Judy Darcy, David Eby and George Heyman will be at the Pitt Meadows Seniors Activity Centre on Friday from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The four politicians are responsible for se-niors, health, housing and transportation, respectively, and will be going to the first of what the NDP wants to be an around-the-province consultation process.

“We want to make sure we’re hearing from seniors around the province,” said Robinson.

“The four of us want to hear from seniors in the Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge area and their issues. We think it’s important that we hear from them and we don’t operate in silos.

“This is the first one we’re going to do as a group.”

Robinson said Pitt Meadows was the first location because the four MLAs are all near-by.

She’s expecting to hear seniors talk about health care, the ease of finding a family doctor, home support, transportation and TransLink. Some seniors are in the situation of being house rich and cash poor and can’t afford monthly property taxes or mainte-nance costs.

Robinson organized the meeting because she’s a spokesperson for seniors.

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“We want to make sure we get a broad range of issues as we start this tour.”

MLAs need to push the federal govern-ment not to back out of coop housing assis-tance, she added.

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Liberal MLA Doug Bing said the province is working on the issue.

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A crackling fireplace can be a nice touch at this time of year. But too many smoking chim-neys burning can be hazardous to your health.

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The play is coming up on Dec. 17-19 at the ACT, and it is the 15th straight year the theatre group has done a Christmas

pantomime.“It’s a great script, and very, very family

oriented,” said Jackie Stanley, who is co-directing her third play with Ed Marshall. “There’s lots of audience participation.”

A pantomime is a musical comedy, gener-ally intended as family entertainment, and often with audience members singing or getting in on the action.

Marshall, who is undertaking about his 25th pantomime, noted the tradition of the pantomime dame will be observed through a couple of characters.

“It goes back to the 1800s, when women were not allowed to do theatre work,” said

Marshall. “Now it’s more for comedy.”Both the witch and a traveling gypsy

Esmerelda will be dames, played by Patrick Larsen and Dean Anderson, respectively.

There will be two black light numbers, which the directors say have impressive ef-fects, with ethereal music, birds singing and flying, thunderclouds and the witch appear-ing in a puff of smoke and brimstone.

Stanley said the cast of 25 has been work-ing hard getting the production ready, and is notable for their level of experience and dedication.

“This is the most professional amateur theatre you’ll get in this area,” she said. “At

our last show, people are always asking what we’re going to do next year.”

There will also be a gingerbread house competition for all kids aged 5-12. For de-tails and an entry form, contact the newly opened Hansel and Gretel Bakery at 604-463-0034. The audience members will vote for their favourite house, and prizes will be given out at the 2:30 p.m. show on Dec. 19.

Showtimes will be 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, Dec. 17 and 18, and the sched-ule for Saturday, Dec. 19 will be 11 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

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Neil Corbett/THE NEWS‘Gretel,’ Lydia Querengesser, and ‘Hansel,’ Samuel Watkins, meet ‘Witchcraft,’ Patrick Larsen, during the Specc-tacular Productions presentation of their annual Christmas pantomime Hansel and Gretel, coming to the stage Dec. 17-19 at the ACT.

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The prestigious Royal City Youth Ballet is presenting its 27th season of the Nutcracker at the ACT on Sunday, Dec. 6, and a local talent will be on the stage.

Frances Healy is a Grade 7 student at Meadowridge and the 12-year-old and has been dancing since she was four.

She currently dances five days a week training in ballet, jazz, tap, lyri-cal and musical theatre, and has be-come a student teacher.

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Frances enjoys the camaraderie of her fellow dancers during the long hours of rehearsal in the months lead-ing up to the shows.

The Nutcracker is a family affair for the Healys, with Frances’ mom and dad both working backstage.

In between dancing Frances also enjoys being a Pathfinder with Girl Guides of Canada and is currently working towards her Canada Cord.

Frances said she hopes local audi-ences will enjoy this year’s Nutcrack-er. A tradition for many families, the show is for all ages, known for its beautiful sets and extravagant cos-tumes that illuminate the magic of the toy soldiers, Sugar Plum Fairy and a growing Christmas Tree.

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“The biggest thing for me was head coach Ann Pearson and the assistant coaches Christi Muss-er and Kelsey Rodriguez,” said Kemper, on her choice of GCU over the other offers.

“They have a very structured system when it comes to how they run their team and, after talk-ing with all three, I felt like I already knew what was expected of me without question. They are all very enthusiastic about the game and I feel like my years at GCU are going to be some of my best.”

It’s an achievement that has made Kemper and her family proud.

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It was a case of Jekyll and Hyde for the Ridge Meadow Flames on the weekend.

After walloping the Langley Knights 11-2 on home ice Friday, Nov. 28, they took a 7-1 beating on the road at the hands of the Mission City Outlaws the follow-ing night.

The Flames dominated the Knights Friday on the back of a seven point performance, includ-ing five goals, by Flames forward Dale Howell.

The Flames built a 4-1 lead after the first period, which included three goals in the span of one minute and 12 seconds just past the midway mark of the frame. In total, the Flames fired 28 shots on net in the opening period while giving up 10.

The second period wasn’t much kinder to the Knights, as the Flames continued their high pressure approach, firing 24 shots and recording three more goals to build a 7-1 lead.

The Flames had 15 shots and four goals in the third, pushing the team total to 67, a team high for the season.

A big part of the offensive out-burst was also a result of the

Knights steady stream to the pen-alty box. The Flames went 3-11 on the powerplay.

Howell’s line mate, Jake Holland, picked up five assists on the night, moving him into tops in team scoring with 15 goals and 11 assists for 26 points on the season. It also vaulted him to 10th in league scoring. Howell was named the game’s first star.

Flames rookie Tristan Tressel was named the game’s second star, recording a goal and two as-sists.

Goalie Liam Murphy made it

a clean sweep, taking home the third star honours recording 28 saves on the night.

The high from Friday’s game was short lived as

the Outlaws had re-venge on their minds following a 3-2 loss to the Flames in their last meeting Nov. 20

in Maple Ridge.The Outlaws jumped

out to a 3-0 first-peri-od lead, scoring on just 10

shots.Mission built a 5-0 lead just

past the halfway point of the second period before Howell notched the Flames only goal of the game at the 14:13 mark of the

middle frame.Special teams, which has been

part of the Flames recent surge in the standings, did them in on Saturday. The Flames went 0-4 on the power play and gave up two goals on six tries for the Outlaws.

Despite the loss to Mission, the Flames now sit third in the Harold Brittain division with 24 points on the strength of 10 wins, nine losses, one tie and three overtime losses. Mission leads the division and the league with 39 points, while the Abbotsford Pilots are second in the division with 31. Aldergrove is two points back of the Flames with 22, while Langley sits in the basement with 10.

ContributedRidge Meadows Pride pitcher Sydni Kemper had three NCAA offers before accepting Grand Canyon University.

Flames hammer Knights, lose big to OutlawsRidge Meadows climbs in division standings

Sydni Kemper accepts scholarship to Grand Canyon University

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Madelyn Huston of Golden Ears Athletics cracked the top 20 at the Canadian National Cross Country Championships in Kingston, Ont. on Sat-urday, Nov. 28.

Hutson placed 19th overall out of 188 runners in the youth girls’ four-kilometre race in a time of 14:52

Brogan MacDougall of Kingston won the race in a time of 13:53.8.

Hutson’s teammate, Ja-mie Hennessey, also had a strong showing, finishing 39th overall in a time of 15:16.3.

In the men’s masters di-vision 8-km event, Nor-man Tinkman of GEA also cracked the top 20, finishing 15th overall with a time of 28:59.

There were 166 runners in the men’s event.

Christina Johnstone of GEA was the fourth mem-ber of the team to qualify for the event. However, Johnstone had to with-draw due to an illness.

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“My dad, from the very first time I picked up a ball, told me I was going to go far one day with this sport,” she recalled. “Everyone thought my parents were crazy for how hard they have pushed me. If there were two things I’ve learned it’s that presence is ev-erything and that my parents aren’t always wrong. I have loved it from the first time I picked up the ball.”

At age 15, Kemper throws a 62-mile-an-hour fast-ball and is a power hitter with a .426 batting aver-age.

Kim Brooks, the director of player and coach de-velopment for the Ridge Meadows Minor Softball Association and Kemper’s pitching coach, said she’s excited to see Kemper evolve into such an amazing pitcher.

“Sydni was always the first player to the park,” said Brooks. “She worked hard, and even when she’s struggled, that work ethic has helped her grow into the pitcher she is today.”

As an honour roll student, Kemper said the uni-

versity’s reputation for both excellence in athletics as well as academics played a big roll in her choice. In 2014-15, GCU women’s softball placed second in the Western Athletic Conference while also earning the second-highest team grade-point average among any Division 1 program during the academic year.

“Many university sport programs limit access to academic programs because of the conflict with travel and training schedules,” said her mother, Su-san, a former elite athlete and Olympic level syn-chronized swimming coach. “At GCU, they ensure that academics take first place, providing the tutor-ing and support to enable students to do both.”

Sydni said her goal is to pursue both a bachelor of science in athletic training and a bachelor of busi-ness in sports management.

She said it’s an opportunity to be an elite athlete while pursing the education of elite athletics.

“My dream has been to play for a Division 1 school ever since the differences in the levels of uni-versities was explained to me,” she said.

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The last team to score on the Meadow Ridge Moose also happened to be the first team to beat them this year in South Coast Female Hockey League action.

The Moose fell to the Island Surge 5-2 on Sunday in Langley, end-ing their 12-game un-defeated streak and saw them finally give up a goal after more than 225 minutes of shutout play.

Surge forward Ashley Choy broke the goose egg when she opened the scoring 9:21 into the first period. The Moose last gave up a goal with 10 seconds left in the second period of a 4-1 win against the Island Surge on Oct. 25.

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Jason Alland David MarchandApril 6, 1971 - November 19, 2005

10 years have gone by, so many things I wish you could have been here to see. I know we can’t have you back, it gives us comfort to know you are with us in spirit.We have all grown so much, I am certain you would be proud.Our girls are becomingthoughtful, kind, beautiful,young women.Thank you for that, the greatest gift to see you live on in them. Thank you for all the silly things that you taught me that used to drive me nuts, I am grateful for them now as they have helped me grow into who I am today….Your memory lives on, your friends and family never forget, your larger than life personality is something that we can alllook back on and smile!!! Your laughter no longer present, but something we remember so well…

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Love Your girls, Angela, Alia & Brooklyn

O’CONNORSean Michael

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After a brain aneurysm in August and several months in the hospital, Sean heard Jesus’ call and went home to be with his Lord.Survived by his son, Andrew and half sisters, Kim, Kelly, and Karen.Sean grew up in Calgary, but for the past 7 years has lived in Maple Ridge where he has been a bright beacon of God’s love.

Sean lived a life of service volunteering thousands of hours at the Caring Place and bringing cheer and blessing everywhere he went.

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Anita leaves behind the followingfamily members, who mourn her passing; Father, Anthony (Doreen)Pinsonneault; Sisters, Eve (Carl) Desbrisay, Susan (Lloyd) Jensen,Brothers; Ron and Rob Hoskins, and Alex (Jenny) Pinsonneault;numerous nieces and nephews.

Anita is predeceased by her much-loved mother, Alix Pinsonneault. Anita is reunited in Heaven with her soul mate and beloved husband,Elton Hartman.

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320 MOVING & STORAGE

ABE MOVING & Delivery& Rubbish Removal$30/hr. per Person • 24/7

604-999-6020

AFFORDABLE MOVINGwww.affordablemoversbc.com

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

Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 MenFree Estimate/Senior DiscountResidential~Commercial~PianosLOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

604-537-4140ABBA MOVERS & DEL Res/comm 1-5 ton truck, 2men fr $45. SENIOR DISCOUNT. Honest, bsmt clean up 25yrs Exp. 24hrs/7days 604-506-7576


TONY’’S PAINTING

Pay-Less Pro PaintingEXT/INT FALL SPECIAL

LOOK for our YARD SIGNS D Free Estimates D Insured

Licensed D ReferencesResidential D Pressure Washing

Serving Tri City 35 Yrs. Call 24 Hrs/7 Days

Scott 604-891-9967 paylesspropainting.com

NORTH STARS PAINTINGwww.northstars-painting.com

AMAZING WORK,AMAZING VALUE!

778.245.9069

www.paintspecial.com 778-322-2378 Lower Mainland

604-996-8128 Fraser ValleyRunning this ad for over 12yrs

PAINT SPECIAL3 rooms for $299

2 coats any colour(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price inclsCloverdale High Performance paint.NO PAYMENT until Job is

completed. Ask us about ourLaminate Flooring.

338 PLUMBING10% OFF WITH mention of this ad - H/W Tanks, Reno’s, Boilers, Furn’s. Drain Cleaning. Ins. 604-380-2932

A Gas Fitter ✭ PlumberFurnaces, Boilers, Hot Water

Heating, Hotwater Tanks, Drain/Duct Cleaning & Plumbing Jobs.

✭ 604-312-7674 ✭✭ 604-507-4606 ✭

Full Service Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area.1-800-573-2928

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

mikes hauling 604-516-9237


356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

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

PETS

477 PETS

BOXER PUPS fl ashy fawn males. Vet ✓ CKC reg’d. Beautiful pedigree. 604-794-3786 afternoons/eves

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

GERMAN Shepherd pups. Working line. Blk & blk/tan. 8 wks old, 4 left. $750. 604-820-4230, 604-302-7602

Golden Doodle puppies, born Oct. 23, Dad is (50lbs.) Standard Poodle (cert hips, elbows), Mom is (68lbs.) Golden Retriever. Ready Dec. 18. Ideal family companions / service dogs (intelligent, gentle, eager to please, good with children/animals, low or no shed). Experienced (30 years), knowledgable, kennellessbreeders. First shots / deworming. $1,200, Mission 604-820-4827

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

509 AUCTIONS

WWW.KWIKAUCTIONS.COM - Weekly Restaurant Equipment Auc-tions. Coming up December 5 & 6 - 1000 Lots 2015 Brand New Equip-ment Liquidation, Refrigeration, Cooking Equipment, Plates, Glass-ware, Smallwares, Used Equip-ment, Contents of Buffet Hall, Large Hotel Restaurant, Cold Stone Creamery, Coffee Shop - www.Kwi-kAuctions.com, Burnaby

551 GARAGE SALES

MOVING SALE - Sunday Decem-ber 6 from 10AM to 4PM 23695 Tamarack Lane, Maple Ridge Fur-niture, Tools, misc household goods, electronics, you name it all priced to sell !!

MOVING Sale: kitchen and house-hold items,BBQ, gardening tools, some furniture. Contact 604-340-9782 or email [email protected] for information

MOVING Sale: kitchen and house-hold items,BBQ, gardening tools, some furniture. Contact 604-340-9782 or email [email protected] for information

560 MISC. FOR SALE

MOVING SALEIkea offi ce furniture, teak coffee & end tables, sofa set, electric F/P, fridge, BBQ, outdoor furniture,bookshelves, maple cabinet,

and many other pieces.

Call: (604)476-1248

ROMANCE Your ChristmasLocal BC Adult Retailer

Shop Online Now & Receive 25% OFF! www.shagg.ca

STEEL BUILDING SALE...“REALLY BIG SALE-YEAR END CLEAR OUT!” 21X22 $5,190 25X24 $5,988 27X28 $7,498 30X32 $8,646 35X34 $11,844 42X54 $16,386. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

REAL ESTATE

626 HOUSES FOR SALE

Richmond Hill Town Home $329,900.

Three level town home offering 3 bdrms, 4 bathrooms & an extra

large Rec room. Many recent upgrades to the complex incl.

new roofs. Central location near West Coast Express station.

Call Steve or Gloria HamiltonRE/MAX LifeStyles Realty

604-467-8881

627 HOMES WANTED

Yes, We PayCASH!

Damaged or Older Houses! Condos & Pretty Homes too!

Check us out!www.webuyhomesbc.com

604-626-9647

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

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

New SRI Manufactured homesSingles $74,900. Doubles $94,900.

PARK SPACES AVAILABLEREPOSSESSIONS 1974-2010

www.glenbrookhomes.netChuck 604-830-1960

Trades. Financing. Permits.

639 REAL ESTATE SERVICESWE PAY CASH FOR HOUSES!! ANY CONDITION, ANY LOCATION 604-789-3922 www. MapleRidgeP-ropertyBuyers.com

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

MAPLE RIDGE

1 & 2 Bdrms available $865/mo & $965/mo

Great LocationQueen Anne Apts.* Renovated Suites *

*Large *Clean *Very QuietIncludes: Heat, Hot Water

and HydroNear Shopping & Amenities.

SENIOR’S DISCOUNT

604-463-2236 604-463-7450

12186-224 St, Maple RidgeCertifi ed Crime Free Buildings

MAPLE RIDGE CENTRAL

1 Bdrm Apt $750/mo. Includes heat, h/w.

No petsAvailable now.

604-476-6683

741 OFFICE/RETAIL

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

PORT COQUITLAM 1 bdrm suite - $775

2 bdrm corner suite - $925

S Includes heat/hot waterS 1.5 blocks to various bus stops S 2 blocks to Safeway/medical S City park across streetS Gated parking and Elevator S Adult oriented building S References required

* SORRY NO DOGS * CALL FOR APPOINTMENT

604-464-3550

ROYAL CRESCENTESTATES

22588 Royal Crescent Avenue,Maple Ridge

Large Units. Close ToGolden Ears Bridge,Shopping & More.

GREAT RIVER VIEW!

Offi ce: 604-463-0857Cell: 604-375-1768

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

PORT COQUITLAM 775-3000sqft. Ground fl oor commercial space. Offi ce / retail / service type busi-ness. Facing onto city park. 2 blks from Lougheed/ Shaughnessy inter-section. Call 604-464-3550.

749 STORAGE

Pitt Meadows Marina14179 Reichenback Rd

Moorage RentalYear or Semi-annual

Outdoor Storage Available Starting

At $30/month for Boats, RV’s, Cars, Trucks &

Trailers Launch Ramp with 3 lines and

ample parking for tracks and trailers Onsite Manager

604.465.7713750 SUITES, LOWER

MAPLE RIDGE - Thornhill area. lrg. 3 bdrm. 2 Full bath, on acreage. Lots of storage. Full tile throughout. Pri. entry & prkg. $1550/mo. incls. WIFI, laundry & hydro N/S. Sm. pet okay. Avail. Dec. 1 / 604.816.0849

TRANSPORTATION

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVALThe Scrapper

#1 FREE Scrap Vehicle REMOVAL~~ ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT ~~

$$$ PAID FOR SOME. 604.683.2200

• Autos • Trucks• Equipment Removal

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

Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

741 OFFICE/RETAIL 741 OFFICE/RETAIL

Local Shops Support

Local Events & Teams

Monday - Saturday 9 am - 9 pm • Sunday 10 am - 6 pm

20758 Lougheed Hwy., Maple Ridge 604-463-7277

SHOP AND SAVE!

MARK’S MAPLE RIDGE ONLY

ClothesThat Work

ClothesThat Work

Door Crasher prices as marked.

MEN’SHOODIE SAVE

40%Our Reg. $ 59.99SALE $35.99

§ Applies to our regular priced items only ending in .99¢.

WOMEN’SHIKERS SAVE

40%Our Reg. $99.99 - $119.99SALE $59.99–$71.99

DOOR CRASHER DEALS

MEN’SSPORTBOOTS SAVE

50%Our Reg. $149.99–$159.99SALE $74.99–$79.99

WATERPROOF

ALLLOUNGEWEAR

& SLIPPERS

SAVE25%

Give them what they WANT!Give them what they NEED!

§

MEN’S 1/4-ZIPFLAT BACK RIBKNIT SHIRTS SAVE

50%Our Reg. $39.99SALE $19.99

WOMEN’SSWEATER-KNITHOODIES SAVE

50%Our Reg. $59.99SALE $29.99

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OOF

159.9979.99

WATERPRO

r regular priced items only ending in 99¢

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- $119.999999999999999999–$71.99


maple ridge news, december 02, 2015

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