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Maple Ridge council is going to take on the issue of pay parking at Ridge Meadows Hospital.

Coun. Corisa Bell brought it up before her council colleagues at Monday morning’s workshop meeting, and unlike the last coun-cil, found they were supportive.

Mayor Nicole Read and Bell will now seek a meeting with Fraser Health officials.

Councillors said they acknowl-edge that Fraser Health needs to collect money for parking at the hospital, but would like to ad-dress residents’ concerns about overzealous parking enforcement. They suggested a pay-when-you-leave system, so patients and visitors don’t have to feel stressed about being ticketed when their time runs out.

Bell said during the last council

term, residents brought the issue to city hall, but it received little support from her fellow politi-cians or former CAO Jim Rule.

With changes at the table, she wanted to try again.

“I didn’t feel like the proper at-tention was put toward the con-versation last term,” said Bell. “Be-cause we have a different council, with a different mentality, and I thought it would be great to see if there was an appetite to have this discussion this term.”

Three Christmas seasons ago,

Russ Curnew and his band, the Rx Rockers, received unwar-ranted $60 parking tickets while performing Christmas carols at Baillie House. They had the tick-ets voided, but since Curnew has been campaigning for free hospi-tal parking.

The issue has been the subject of a documentary by the CBC news program The Fifth Estate, and inspired a song by the Raging Grannies of Maple Ridge, but no changes have been made locally.

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Closing the Maple Ridge Leisure Centre pool for only a year is the best-case scenario regarding renovations, council heard Monday.

Director of parks and facilities David Boag delivered a report to council that recommended awarding a contract for the pool upgrades and renovations for $4.8 million.

All three bidders said they would have to close the pool for about a year.

“Is there any way we could shave some time off of this,” asked Coun. Craig Speirs.

“I believe this is the best-case scenario timeline, not the worst,” Boag said.

Revised hospital parking pitchedMayor and Coun. Bell to meet Fraser Health

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Force AwakensGail Payeur decorates the Christmas tree in her Maple Ridge home with a Star Wars theme, complete with a Millennium Falcon tree topper that plays the movie’s theme song. The tree also has lighted storm troopers and R2D2, Wookies, Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. The new Star Wars movie, the Force Awakens, opens in theatres on Dec. 18.See Pool, 10

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Maple Ridge council missed an opportunity to collect about $16 million from property developers over the past five years – money that could have been put toward amenities such as community cen-tres, parks and fields, according to Mayor Nicole Read.

“I ran the numbers on the amount of money that would have been collected for the city, and I was appalled,” Read told council-lors at Monday’s workshop meet-ing.

She told council it is important the city gets started with its Com-munity Amenity Contribution Program as soon as possible.

Council had debated an amenity fee based on a “lift” formula, which would take a percentage of a devel-oper’s profit.

However, on Monday, more councillors spoke in favour of a flat fee, proposed by staff at $5,100 per unit for townhouses and apart-ments and $7,500 for a single-fam-ily residence.

From 2011 to the present year, development in the city has cre-ated an average of 244 residential lots per year, 134 townhouses and 140 apartments.

Based on those averages and the proposed flat fees, the city would have garnered amenity fees of $3.2 million per year.

Coun. Gordy Robson spoke in favour of flat fees and said council needs to move on the issue to end uncertainty in the development community. The fees, over time, would pay for amenities such as new fields, arenas and a pool, he said.

Robson suggested $5,100 for houses and $3,100 for condos and townhouses.

“I think getting at it is the biggest thing,” he added.

“The ‘Robson Rates’ are reason-able,” Coun. Tyler Shymkiw said.

“We don’t want to end up disin-centivizing development.”

Coun. Craig Speirs rather see flat fee for homes set at $10,000 per lot.

“The development community has gotten away with a lot over the years,” said Speirs. “It’s time to pay up.”

The issue was sent back to the development community for com-ment, and the city will also consult

with the Urban Development In-stitute.

Speirs said he would not value feedback from developers on what the rates should be.

“I don’t want to be a beggar in my own house.”

Other cities have amenity fees, which they collect based on vari-ous systems. Coquitlam charges $3 per square foot.

Read noted that Maple Ridge is unique in the Lower Mainland for

not charging developers amenity fees.

“We are very late to the party,” she said.

“This council has been very eager to see that put in place, so we can start catching up.”

Local realtor Bob Terepocki said one large developer has already walked away from buying an 11-acre parcel in Albion because of the uncertainty created by the po-tential new fees.

“It will scare developers away, if they get too high,” he said outside council chambers on Monday.

“The problem is, as a developer, you buy a piece of property, and all of the sudden you have this great huge amount you have to pay the city, and three years down the road … what happens if the market does die? Is the city going to share in the loss, if there’s a loss?”

However, he was pleased to see council moving away from a rate based on lift, or profit.

“I don’t like the lift, I like the flat rate – a fair flat rate,” said Terep-ocki.

“We need to know sooner than later.”

His daughter and business part-ner Carla McColeman said council is on the right track.

“It’s important there’s clarity, and it’s expedited, and I agree with the comments made in council – there’s a risk of disincentifizing developers coming to our commu-nity,” she said.

Staff will bring a report back to council, with developer and public input, in the third week of January.

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Ridge Meadows RCMP have been knocking on doors and chatting with Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows resi-dents about their restricted and pro-hibited firearms and the registration that’s required for them.

In the last week of November, police visited the homes of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows gun owners whose reg-istrations had expired.

“During the initiative [dubbed Safe City], a total of 83 firearms were turned over to police, with the vast majority of owners requesting the police safeguard their firearms while they complete the documents they require,” Supt. Dave Fleugel said in a release.

“It’s understandable that many peo-ple do not even realize their restricted and prohibited firearms are unregis-tered, particularly if they have inher-ited these firearms.

“We ran this pilot program to help gun owners with registering their pro-hibited and restricted firearms if they wish to keep them, or relinquish un-wanted firearms to the police.”

It’s dangerous to have the guns around because they could be stolen during a burglary then used in a crime.

Police added later that the homes that were visited are the last-known addresses of people who had regis-tered their restricted and prohibited firearms under the Restricted Weap-ons Registration System.

In 1998, the federal government re-

quired all firearms owners that were part of that system, to re-register their firearms under the Canadian Fire-arms Information System.

They also said only a small portion of the firearms were given up while the rest will be returned once there is proper registration.

People who have any unwanted firearms should call their local police non-emergency line to make arrange-ments for pickup, and not bring them into police departments.

In April 2012, the Conservative government brought in legislation ending the Long Gun Registry, which removed the requirement to register non-restricted firearms such as rifles and required the destruction of regis-tration records.

THE NEWS/files Council is considering a flat fee for condos, townhomes and single-family residences.

Ridge Mounties collect 83 rifles and guns

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If you’re a confused kid and you need some help with your mental health, waiting weeks to see someone is too long.

Having a youth clinic that will have a rapid access psy-chiatry program, though, could help, so teens in their moment of crisis get support when they need it and before any wrong turns are made.

Teesha Sharma, a mental health worker, said space has already been donated by a lo-cal doctor for such a clinic, on 223rd Street and Selkirk Avenue, if operating funding is provided.

“We really need it,” Sharma said.

The Child and Youth Men-tal Health and Substance Use Collaborative is leading the effort to open a clinic.

The collaborative, which now has a local action team in Maple Ridge and Pitt Mead-ows, involves youth, parents, family doctors, specialists, three government ministries,

RCMP, school counsellors, and aboriginal groups across B.C.

It is based on a model used worldwide as a method of rapid, continuous improve-ment in health care, and first started in the B.C. Interior in June 2013, says a government website.

“Right now in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, for a youth to see a psychiatrist takes eight months, which is kind of ridiculous,” said Sharma, who’s on the local team.

“All of the big guns are on this.”

Funding is being sought from Fraser Health for the youth clinic.

Meanwhile, another pro-gram, just beginning, will complement the youth clinic, if it opens.

A four-hour youth mentor-ship training program starts this Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the CEED Cen-tre on 223rd Street. It’s jointly offered by the centre and Sharma’s Blue Door Youth Services.

Youth mentorship and the clinic will complement each other with referrals going both ways, Sharma explained.

“With 14 disenfranchised

youth on our street and countless youth struggling with mental health issues, the need for mentors is at an all-time high,” Sharma said in a release.

Beginning with the first ses-sion this Saturday, adults can take a free, four-hour men-torship training session that will give the basics in being able to look out for troubled kids.

The session will teach how to identify mental health is-sues, and help kids with com-munication and community integration. Additional ses-sions could be added later.

Sharma herself was liv-ing on her own at age 16, in an apartment under a youth agreement with the ministry.

“The acquisition of life skills, self-esteem and direc-tion, didn’t come easily, to say the least,” she said.

Sharma formed Blue Door Youth Services a few years ago in an attempt to create a long-term home for kids, after the announcement of the closing of the Iron Horse Youth Safe House.

She added that every teen mental health program in Maple Ridge has a waiting list.

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Agriculture Min-ister Norm Letnick has released the latest update to the B.C. Liberal government’s “strategic growth plan” for farm and food products.

After reporting a record $12.3 billion in total agriculture and agri-food sales in B.C. for 2014, the latest plan sets a new goal of increasing it to $15 billion by 2020.

It’s a mostly a status quo plan, continu-ing current marketing efforts and encour-aging higher-value production of a wider range of products.

The ministry intends to hire its first expert in food and beverage production. It’s a reflection of the fact that fully 70 per cent of that $12.3 billion comes from food and beverage processing. This continues the government’s push to improve eco-nomic viability of farms by allowing more food product manufacturing and sales on Agricultural Land Reserve property.

Letnick says another key strategy is to improve access to irrigation. B.C. has 20,000 farm operations, a number that’s holding steady even as the average age of farmers increases.

Opposition MLAs formed their own ag-riculture committee to tour the province over the past year, chaired by NDP agri-culture critic Lana Popham and indepen-dent Delta South MLA Vicki Huntington. Their report speaks to some of the issues

not discussed by the government.One of those is foreign purchase of

farmland, a matter subject to regulation in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba but not B.C.

Properties have also been purchased to grow hay for export to Asia, and Hun-tington says she continues to hear of costly farmland in Delta and Surrey being bought at prices long-established farm families can’t afford.

We’ve seen a British food and drug conglomerate buy up B.C. Interior farms to plant trees for carbon offsets, a project that was wound down after local protests. Popham and Huntington are calling for a systematic inventory of foreign purchases, to determine if regulation is needed here as climate change shifts growing patterns.

Popham argues that with California enduring years of drought, B.C. can’t continue to depend on imports for more than half its food.

“We have countries that are actively seeking food producing land, because their countries are having difficulties producing under drought conditions,” Popham said. “So before we know it, our farmland could be bought up by other countries that are actively and smartly trying to ensure their own food security.”

Neither Letnick nor the opposition MLAs could produce results from the government’s decision to split the Ag-ricultural Land Reserve into two zones, with more latitude for non-farm activities outside the southwest and Okanagan.

But we’re starting to see signs of the new system of regional Agricultural Land

Commission panels working with local governments.

The Langley Times reports that the Township of Langley quietly signed a deal with the ALC in July to allow develop-ment of farmland near the Aldergrove border crossing and Langley airport.

The agreement says there is a need for a “defensible and durable urban/ALR edge.” If you think everyone loves farming, you’ve likely never lived on this “urban/ALR edge.”

The latest example is on Vancouver Island, where urban neighbours are pro-testing an established farmer’s decision to clear a forested property for hay growing.

The farmer has been forced to erect a chain-link fence to keep out trespassers who have decided the property is a park that they can use when they like.

The mayors of Saanich and View Royal seem more concerned with appeasing ur-ban complainers than protecting the right to farm. They are being pressed to buy up idle ALR land to soothe urban voters repelled by logging and farming.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Business not as usual on B.C. land

Up in armsIngrid RiceGuest view

Reports that the U.S. has logged more than 350 mass shootings this year are shocking.

And, according to details shared by those who have tracked the violence, there have been five such incidents on more than a single day.

It’s difficult to fathom one such senseless act, never mind more in one year than there are days.

It’s no surprise that the gun-control debate is heat-ing up south of the border.

Last week’s killing of 14 people at a San Bernardi-no, Calif. social-services agency was reportedly the deadliest in the U.S. since that at Sandy Hook elementary three years ago, when 26 children and adults were gunned down.

Also fresh in our memories is the previous Friday’s killing of three people at a Planned Parenthood clin-ic in Colorado.

When the issue of gun control is raised in Canada, opponents to such regulations rightly argue the laws make no difference to those with a criminal mind and a determination to do lethal damage.

Regardless of the country, province or state, and whether there are laws and how strict or lax they may be, the reality is the problem lies more with the people who possess firearms than the firearms themselves.

It can be argued that there is a necessity for such artillery, that completely removing guns from the equation is not the solution.

Those tasked with ensuring our safety need them. They deal with the worst people in society and must have the ability to use lethal force not only to protect us, but themselves in our service, too.

Fortunately, the reality is the majority of those in law enforcement – in Canada, at least – can go their entire career without ever pulling the trigger, aside from target practice.

Those who hunt for food also argue their right and need to possess arms, although that is often hotly debated itself.

These points are only a few of the numerous sides to the argument. Time and time again, the debate appears to come to an impasse, when weighing whether one’s legal right to possess guns means that they should.

It’s a question that needs serious consideration by lawmakers not only in the U.S., but worldwide, be-fore mass shootings become so commonplace that they no longer make headlines.

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“The farmer has been forced to erect a chain-link fence to keep out trespassers who have decided the property is a park that they can use when they like.”


Editor, The News:Re: $110 million for parks and rec

(The News, Dec. 2).Our mayor tells us that we are to be

subjected to a 3.33 per cent property tax increase for 2016.

She insinuates we are not keeping up with the demand.

I ask you, mayor, with the hundreds of condominiums and hundreds of new houses being built each year in Maple Ridge, why isn’t that additional millions of tax dollars enough to keep up?

To use your logic, we should be pay-ing property tax increases in perpetu-ity because Maple Ridge spends more money each year than it takes in.

That being the case, I would say it is long past time we brought in an expert on municipal financing to balance our books and say no to those who come to the well with open hands.

Furthermore, I am so tired of hearing where Maple Ridge stands as opposed to other municipalities in Metro Van-couver when it comes to property taxes.

We should always be the envy entire Metro Vancouver’s 21 member munici-palities, not number four or five.

I could go on to point out particulars but the paper won’t print it and city hall won’t understand it. They never listen.

Mike BoileauMaple Ridge

Editor, The News:Re: Pool could close for a

year (The News, Dec. 4).I’m mad at myself for pro-

crastinating for so long and not supporting Gordy Rob-son back in March when he raised his voice in favour of a new pool.

He is absolutely right – the

swimming pool is arguably the best recreational facility around. It’s close to home, affordable, and good for ev-ery age and physical condi-tion, including people with disabilities. It’s a base for local swim clubs and school teams.

But Maple Ridge is grow-

ing fast and the existing pool is already at capacity.

Limiting ourselves to re-pairing the old pool as the only option means planning for immediate access short-age.

We need a new pool, with more and longer lanes to match future growth.

Upgrading the old pool should not be an alternative, but an additional option.

The latest news about clos-ing the existing pool for lengthy repairs is ridiculous.

Leaving people without a pool for a year is a bad idea.

Pavel TkatchoukMaple Ridge

Editor, The News:Re: Strip-a-thon ready for another year (The News, Dec. 4).If we’re OK with women undressing for strangers, we

have to be OK with poverty. Every year I find it unsettling how much publicity the

CaddyShack gets for promoting an event where we at-tempt to fight poverty by putting women on a stage to be objectified.

I can see how my position appears short-sighted con-sidering the Strip-a-thon raises more money for the Christmas Hamper Society than any other event in town. The numbers the event draws in both people and donations are impressive.

However, these numbers should make us stop and think.

What does our community stand for? What kind of state are we in when having women un-

dress for strangers is the best way to raise money for the poor? I believe that promoting this type of behav-iour perpetuates the cycle of poverty.

Yes, a lot of money is raised for a very important cause. But money doesn’t solve every problem. Build-ing human dignity into our society solves problems.

Strip clubs, unfortunately, will continue to do busi-ness, but making it into a fundraiser does not redeem an act that marginalizes women. I hope that business-es and individuals will participate in the constructive ways of giving.

There are many other ways to give and make a differ-ence in Maple Ridge while promoting dignity and real solutions for poverty.

Marilee HareMaple Ridge

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No meaningEDITOR, THE NEWS:I attended the meeting at city hall on Friday and made a request to have a simplified revenue/expense sheet included in the budget that would show in plain language how much cash surplus existed at the end of the year, where our revenues come from, and where they are spent. It was met with total ridicule. It has become very clear that the entire process is solely to satisfy regulatory requirements. This council, like all the ones in the past, doesn’t care to allow the lowly taxpayer to have any meaningful part in the process.

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The previous high was $24,000 in 2009.“It’s like running an eight-hour marathon,” said

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He said this year’s addition of a staff calendar was also a contributing factor to the event’s success, raising more than $2,400.

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“I’m wondering if this could slide into a 14- or 16-month clo-sure,” he said.

Mayor Nicole Read was con-cerned about pool personnel.

“A closure of this length of time would necessitate the layoff of all of the aquatic staff,” Boag said.

“I can’t even go there. I am so an-gry right now, and it’s not anybody here, “ said Read.

Council plans a special meeting, possibly this week, to get some an-swers to a long list of questions.

“This whole thing is a bit of a gut kick,” Shymkiw said after Boag’s report.

It includes an alternative to post-pone the work until a second pool is built in Maple Ridge.

Councillors could consider de-laying the repair work at the Lei-sure Centre until the city can build a new pool.

Borrowing $110 million for rec-reation facilities was a topic raised during the past week’s budget pro-cess.

“I made that suggestion know-ing that if we started tomorrow to do a design/build, realistically you could be five years before you have a new facility,” Boag told council.

Also, there are no guarantees that there would not be a closure of the existing pool at some point.

Robson asked staff to get a price to “patch” this pool and keep it in business for another three years.

“I don’t think anybody has taken five years to build a pool,” he said, adding the city could build a new one in three.

The Leisure Centre pool plumb-ing is a problem, and the main tank is losing 6,800 litres a day, the hot pool another 1,800 litres a day.

Staff is also concerned that leak-ing water could damage the facil-ity.

The mechanical systems – pumps, motors and electrical – are

35 years old, and are to be replaced in the renovations.

Read wants some accountabil-ity for council being surprised by a one-year closure, after having already spent $435,000 on design work with Shape Architecture.

“We are absolutely accountable to the public – we’re asking how can we possibly be here? How can we be here, as a city, on the verge of having to shut down for an en-tire year our only aquatic facility? I think the public is going to want to know the same thing. We have a duty to them to provide some ac-countability and to learn some les-sons so that we can make sure this does not happen again,” she said.

“We immediately need to come up with some solutions, because what is being told to us is that we’re going to have to shut down our only swimming pool for an entire year, lay off our staff, and move all our user groups to other cities, and our residents to other cities. That’s unacceptable to me.”

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The City of Maple Ridge has scooped up two awards from the Commercial Real Estate Devel-opment Association for being the most improved city and for being the “most business friendly municipality” in the region.

Mayor Nicole Read received the awards at the Metro Vancouver chapter’s awards event on Nov. 26, said a city release.

The 2015 awards were given out based on each city’s response to a sample industrial development proposal.

Maple Ridge was found to be most improved based on the pro-cessing time for applications as well as for its development fees.

It received its second award for being “most-business friendly” based on its tax incentives for in-dustrial developments that achieve green building standards.

The program offers tax incen-tives to encourage green develop-ment that will reduce long-term operating costs and reduce the carbon footprint.

Read told developers that Maple

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She said council and staff wants to work with developers to build complete communities.

“We are very proud that the de-velopment community recognizes the benefits of Maple Ridge’s em-ployment lands investment incen-tive that clearly demonstrates a shared vision around sustainable development.”

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“Russ and the hundreds of people who signed a petition are still looking for proper representation from their local city council,” said Bell.

She quoted the CBC docu-mentary, which found that 72 per cent of Canadians feel stressed about parking while they are at the hospital. She said the Impark employees who police the local lot are paid on commission.

“It shouldn’t be an oppor-tunity to make money on the sick. You don’t want to go to the hospital – you have to go to the hospital,” said Bell. “I don’t like to hear from seniors who

want to go see a loved one in the hospital, but say they can’t afford to.”

She noted Delta, Mission and Salmon Arm hospitals all have free parking.

Read said council needs to be responsive to the public.

“Our residents have called for it, and we have a duty to really give it a good look,” said the mayor.

“We know from our legal opinion, which is public, that it’s very difficult to say we’re not charging parking fees at all,” she added. “But there’s a lot of opportunity in there for us to look at some business cases, and how we might be able to adjust things, to address some of our residents’ concerns.”

Curnew said council’s com-mitment to get involved is a positive step, and there is lots of room for compromise.

“Anything is better than what we’ve got,” said Curnew. “Right now it’s highway robbery.”

Parking rates at Ridge Mead-ows Hospital are $3.50 for the first hour, $3 for each addition-al hour, a day rate of $8.25, and evening/weekend rate of $5.25 and a one-month temporary permit of $35.25.

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Next time, the Ah-madiyya Muslim Youth Association might try a different approach to connecting with the larg-er community in Maple Ridge.

Either that or Maple Ridge residents have no questions at all about Is-lam.

A Saturday open house in the Maple Ridge li-brary, titled the Holy Quran Open House to Demystify Islam, drew no one, said Imam Bilal Khokhar.

Last year, about 10 people showed up at a similar open house.

Most people don’t equate Islam with terror-ism, but at some point, people still have misun-derstandings, he said.

“People don’t under-stand Muslims. They don’t understand Islam.

“By holding these events, we give oppor-

tunity to people of the town, they can come and ask any question. We’re open to discussion to ex-plain who we are, why do we do what we do. Why are we Muslims.”

The open house was part of a nationwide campaign by Ahmadi-yya Muslim Jama`at in-volving more than 135 open houses and more than 270 visits to towns, “to spread peace, demys-tify Islam and create reli-gious harmony.”

In any religion, in the past, people used certain texts to justify their own gains, he pointed out.

“It’s a battle, It’s going to take time to get over that.”

The news release an-nouncing the open house denounced the November attack in Paris which killed 130 people.

“Terrorism has never been and never will be, the teachings of Islam,” said the release from the related youth associa-tion.

“The actions of ISIS and other terrorist groups, has created myths sur-

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The association held an event called Stop the Cri-sis last year, highlighting the last four letters.

He agreed that the situation for Muslims in Canada differs from France where some of the shooters in the Paris attacks were European born.

Khokhar said Muslim alienation from main-stream culture here is small.

“People have jobs and have no reasons to go and do other things.”

In France, Muslims live in ghettos and don’t have jobs.

“It’s definitely prevalent there.

“And they get sucked into the jihadi ideologies from the Middle East … because they pay them.”

Khokhar, who lives in Delta, is part of the

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Its main tenet is “Love for all, Hatred for None,” said Khokhar.

When terrorists in-voke Islam, “They’re so wrong. They just make it look so bad.”

He agreed, anytime there’s a mass shooting in the U.S., Muslims are hoping their religion isn’t involved.

“The religion of Islam has been hijacked. Our-selves as Muslims are so frustrated by those other Muslims. They’re so wrong, they’re so wrong. They’re using the reli-gion of Islam and they’re just making it so bad.”

He said it’s all about spirituality and the con-nection with God.

“We have to give back to people.

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That much of the land in Whon-nock and Ruskin today is part of the Agricultural Land Reserve

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Today there is no evidence of any ma-jor commercial farming going on here.

Was that different in the past?“Farming here is still in its childhood;

a number have cleared a few acres; some have done almost nothing,” writes one of the Norwegian settlers from Whonnock in 1897.

It took, as the writer suggests, “claws like a bear and the strength of a Sam-son” to clear even a patch of land large enough “to support a cow and a hen.”

As there was not yet a market for produce or fruit, those early settlers did not need much farmland. They grew just enough to feed themselves and their families. They logged their trees to build their homes, barns and boats. They used wood to cook their meals, to heat water for laundry, a bath, or a warm drink and to keep a fire burning during the wet and cold wintry days.

Wood was also a product they could sell. Firewood was needed by the paddle wheelers steaming up and down the river and for the locomotives pull-ing trains through the Fraser Valley and beyond.

There was also an endless demand for railway sleepers or ties, supporting the rails on the railway bed.

Deforestation started on the slopes nearest to the river, but the demand for building materials rapidly increased as in the 20 years after the railroad started running across Canada, the population of B.C. grew quickly.

The appetite for lumber of the new city of Vancouver, founded in 1886, was insatiable. In the beginning, logging was usually a one-man job, aided by a horse or an ox. But in major log-

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The rapid increase of consumers in the cities did not turn Whonnock or Ruskin into farming communities. After having logged off their proper-ties, most owners of large acreage did not even bother to remove the stumps. Some settlers grew fruit, mostly apples, for the market. But in general attempts at commercially farming were few and unsuccessful.

That changed with the arrival of Japa-nese settlers. In the 1920s and 1930s, they turned large areas of land covered by bush and stumps into productive farms. It took an unbelievable com-mitment to clear the land and grow large commercial harvests of soft fruit – mainly strawberries. And so it hap-pened that for a few decades, Whon-nock and Ruskin emerged as prime agricultural areas. That ended in 1942 with the internment of B.C.’s Japanese population.

We may have now the “claws of the bear” and “strength of Samson” that our ancestors could only dream of – chain saws and other power equipment – but the area has remained mainly residen-tial. Much in evidence are pastures for riding horses or making hay.

Like those before us, some residents have a vegetable garden or grow a few fruit trees, keep a few chickens or one or two heads of cattle. But it would be a far stretch to call Whonnock and Ruskin farming communities.

Fred Braches is a local historian who lives in Whonnock.

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The Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Asso-ciation Coats for Kids program in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows collected enough coats to fill two SUVs.

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Celebrating 20 years strong, the ‘20 Days of Giving’ Coats for Kids campaign started Friday, Nov. 13 and ran until Dec. 2.

At Maple Ridge secondary, student council members and volunteers helped out with the an-nual Drive-Thru Food Drive on Thursday.

They then headed out in the rain again on Satur-day, going door-to-door collecting more donations.

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“Sip and sample the arts,” is how the ACT invites participants to take part

in its new Art Bar programs.The ACT offers summer pro-

grams that expose kids to new activities, and arts programs manager Carol Cheremkora consistently heard the same “that looks like fun” message from moms and dads.

The ACT should offer arts sample programs for adults, too, the parents often said, and now this year it does.

The concept of Art Bar is “an evening of art and wine,” and the $35 entry fee includes a participant’s first drink, and a professional artist guiding them through an art experience. It is open only to those of age – 19-plus, and no art experience is necessary.

October brought a painting Art Bar, November sketching, and

now December brings this year’s last Art Bar in drumming with Boris Sichon.

Communications manager Karen Pighin got the chance to take part in a beginner drumming

session with Sichon during a staff participation event.

“It was blast,” she said. “We

made – I wouldn’t say songs – but musical experiences for sure.

“Drums really reinvigorate you.”Sichon agrees.“Drumming is like a dance of

your hands – especially when you’re playing African drums,” he said. “It makes you happy.”

He is a Mission resident who was born in the Ukraine and earned a masters degree in classi-cal music from the Saint Peters-burgh state university. He often works with children in a variety of musical programs.

Sichon loves the concept of the Art Bar, and said it lends itself well to his style of instruction, and the drum circle he plans.

“When you have a drum circle, there’s a huge spirit there – some magic happens.”

He will bring African and Middle Eastern instruments, as well as the Irish Celtic bones and spoons.

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ContibutedBoris Sichon often presents drumming programs to children, but is working with adults during Art Bar at the ACT.

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Artists and teams of them are invited to submit their ideas for a public art piece at Hammond Stadium.

They are being invited to enter a juried competition for Canadian artists to create new permanent public artwork. The selected piece will celebrate the history of sport and the unique heritage character of the park.

The stadium was built in 1951 and refur-bished in 2014. It includes a community centre, basketball court, tennis court, soccer field and outdoor pool.

The deadline for submissions is Feb. 1, 2016 at 2 p.m. Artists are encouraged to familiar-ize themselves with the park by attending a non-mandatory site tour led by city staff on Jan. 16, at 1 p.m. Artists will have an oppor-tunity to learn more and ask questions.

The stadium is located at 20601 Westfield Ave., and interested parties will meet at the main entrance of Hammond Community Centre.

See details in full on the B.C. Bid website. The proposed work will utilize the existing parameters of the site, accommodate base-ball needs and allow for community engage-ment as part of the proposal.

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Winter Harp has become a seasonal tradition in Maple Ridge.

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“They haven’t missed a year, and they’re about to sell out two concerts,” said Karen Pighin, communications manager at the ACT.

“It’s a nice local family tradition.”Winter Harp is part of the ACT Pres-

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The Ridge Meadow Blue Knights pee wee boys fell just short in their quest for provincial glory.

The Blue Knights dropped a 20-0 decision to the Coquitlam Wildcats at the BCCFA provincial champi-onships at MacLeod Athletic Park in Langley, B.C. on Sunday, Dec. 6.

Blue Knights’ head coach Joe Ka-linich said the final score wasn’t not indicative of the game.

The Blue Knights trailed 2-0 at half time in the tightly contested game. However, two third quar-ter touchdowns and another in the fourth sealed the win for Co-quitlam.

The Blue Knights advanced to the finals after they throttled Chilli-wack Red 39-6 in the Fraser Valley championships Nov. 21.

The win was redemption for the Blue Knights, who lost 8-0 to Chilliwack on Sept. 19, the team’s only setback this year.

“This year’s team had the best de-fence in the league,” said Kalinich “We only gave up two touchdowns in 10 regular-season games. I was very proud to be their coach.”

Blue Knights Gavin Whitting-ham was named team MVP on the offensive side of the ball.

Kalinich said quarterback Isaiah Cavalli also had a strong season, leading the team’s offence.

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Kalinich, in his second year as head coach, said the team’s run to

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“Even in close games, we seemed to find a way to win. The kids would never give up,” said Kalin-ich.

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Seattle Mariners’ prospect and Maple Ridge standout Tyler O’Neill was named the Canadian Baseball Network’s offensive player of the year for 2015, winning the Randy Echlin memorial award.

The award was named after the the Hon-ourable Mr. Justice Randall Echlin, former head of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame selection committee and a life-long fan of the game.

O’Neill was named the top Canadian of-fensive minor leaguer this season after hit-ting 32 home runs in 449 plate appearances with the class-A Bakersfield Blaze in the

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in the third round draft by the Mariners in 2013 after a successful stint with the Lang-ley Blaze.

The right-handed slugger hit .260 in Ba-kersfield, driving in 87 runs over 106 games.

O’Neill joins other notables on the list of winners as former Blue Jay now Oakland Athletic third baseman Brett Lawrie, who won in 2010, and 2014 winner and current Blue Jay Dalton Pompey.

O’Neill also won a gold medal with Can-ada’s national team at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto in July.

The 22-year-old former Garabaldi sec-ondary student played in the Arizona Fall League with the Peoria Javelinas. In eight games, he had three home runs in 30 plate appearances and is hit .333.

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The Ridge Meadow Flames’ climb up the standings stalled on the weekend after losses to the Delta Ice Hawks and North Vancouver Wolf Pack.

The Flames opened the weekend on Friday, Dec. 4 with a 4-1 home-ice loss to the Hawks.

The Flames opened the scoring when six-foot five-inch 235 pound forward Bradley Crompton con-verted a feed from Nolan Ferguson five minutes and 56 seconds into the open-ing frame. It was Cromp-ton’s ninth marker of the heart to go along with his 14 assists.

Both teams played a wide open first, peppering 17 shots a piece on goal.

The Ice Hawks’ Sam Ko-zlowski evened the game on the power play 6:28 sec-onds into the second while Flames’ defenceman was serving a cross checking penalty.

The Ice Hawks took the lead for good with just un-der five and a half minutes left in the middle stanza on rookie call-up Isaac Embree’s first ever goal in the Pacific Junior Hockey League.

The Flames only fired seven shots on goal in the second.

Kozlowski put the Hawks ahead 3-1 5:29 into the third and rounded out the scoring with an empty net-ter with 39 seconds left in the game. The Flames went

The Flames lost their third straight on Saturday, Dec. 5 in North Vancou-ver as the Wolf Pack used a four goal second period en route to a 7-3 drubbing.

The Flames jumped out to the lead in North Van-couver on Boston Colley’s 10th goal of year.

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Ed Desjardins’ rink gave itself a little breath-ing room atop the play-off standings with a big win Monday.

Desjardins’ rink of David Christensen, Ed Belsey and Dick Lyster dumped Eric Holler 7-3 in A division play to widen their lead to four points over Roger Fast in Haney Master’s curl-ing playoffs at the Gold-en Ears Curling Club.

The fight for top spot in the B division is much closer.

Jack Stadel and Eric King remain dead-locked for first place fol-lowing close victories.

Stadel had to wait to the final rock thrown by skip Terry Lajeunesse before securing an 8-5 win over Lajeunesse’s rink of Hilly Boonstra, Reg Nelligan and Al Herd.

King kept pace with a 7-4 win over Bill Hanu-la’s rink of Dave Brad-ley, Paul Derbyshire and Bob Goos.

The Andy Ferguson rink gained an easy win over Bill Gardner’s rink

of Peter England, Wil-liam Ritchie and Kerry Westfield to widen their

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The Meadow Ridge Moose bounced back after its first loss of the South Coast Fe-male Amateur Hockey League season with a 6-1 win over the Trin-ity Western University Titans Saturday, Dec. 5 in Pitt Meadows.

The Flames lost 5-2 to the Island Surge on

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The first-place Moose found itself in a tightly

contested game through two periods on Sat-urday, leading 2-1 on goals by Kirsten Langs-ton and Madison Sands.

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Mathias turned aside 27 shots to improve to 7-1-1. Mathias has a goals against average of 1.12 and a .960 save percent-age in her 447 minutes of play this year.

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Saturday, Dec. 12 at 8:30 p.m. at Pitt Meadows Arena and then drop the puck a little over 13 hours later, playing host the Richmond Devils on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 10:15 a.m. at the Lang-ley Sportsplex.

However, a pair of goals in just more than a minute put the Wolf Pack on top for good with 12:53 seconds left in the opening frame.

Any Christmas cheer these two teams may have been feeling flew out the window at the end of the first when referee Tyler Goudal handed out 50 minutes in penalties, including 32 minutes to the Wolf Pack’s Nyshan Basra and 14 minutes to the Flames’ Dale Howell.

North Vancouver broke the game open with three goals in un-der three minutes early in the second, and led 6-2 after 40.

The teams traded tal-lies in the third, with Flames’ defenceman Cam Alder notching his third of the season. Flames goalie Jason Sandhu got the hook af-ter a little more than 26 minutes of work, giving up five goals on 21 shots and taking the loss.

The Flames are tied with the Aldergrove Kodiaks with 24 points. However, the Flames sit in fourth in the Harold Brittain division with one less win. Their re-cord sits at 10-11-1-3 record. The Flames will look to get back to .500 take on the their last place division rivals the Langley Knights on Thursday, Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the George Preston Rec Centre.

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The family of Beatrice Anita Painchaud are saddened to announce that their beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother passed away peacefully at Maple Ridge Seniors Village on Saturday, November 28, 2015.Beatrice was born in Big River Saskatchewan on March 17, 1914. She married her husband George in 1933 and nine years later the couple moved to

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Serving Lower Mainland 25 Years! *Prepare *Form *Place *Finish

*Granite & Interlocking Block Walls *Stairs *Driveways *Exposed

Aggregate *Stamped Concrete.*Interlocking Bricks *Sod Placement

EXCELLENT REF’S -WCB InsuredLeo: 604-657-2375 / 604-462-8620

257 DRYWALL

CASCADE DRYWALL. Res / Comm Drywall, taping, text. ceilings, t-bar. steel stud. Call Rob 604-218-2396.

260 ELECTRICAL

LOW RATES 604-617-1774Licensed, Bonded, Expert trouble shooter. 24/7. 100% guaranteed.

263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE

DRAIN Tiles, Sewer, Water Video Inspection, Jack Hammering, Hand Excavating Call Tobias 604.782.4322

130 HELP WANTED


281 GARDENING

Prompt Delivery Available7 Days / Week

Meadows LandscapeSupply Ltd.

✶ Bark Mulch✶ Lawn & Garden Soil

✶ Drain Gravel ✶ Lava Rock✶ River Rock ✶Pea Gravel

(604)465-1311meadowslandscapesupply.com

.Jim’s Mowing. 310-JIMS (5467).

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

GUTTER & ROOF Cleaning/Power Washing since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Simon, 604-230-0627

.Window & Roof Cleaning Gutters Cleaned & repaired. 604-961-1280

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

A-1 CONTRACTING. Renos. Bsmt, kitchens, baths, custom cabinets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks, fencing,

reroofi ng. Dhillon 604-782-1936.

300 LANDSCAPING

JAGUAR LANDSCAPINGLawn & Garden Service.

Design, Pruning, Lawns, Cleanups, Comm/ Res. (604)466-1369

130 HELP WANTED


317 MISC SERVICES

✶Dump Site Now Open✶SBroken Concrete RocksS

$25.00 Per Metric TonSMud - Dirt - Sod - ClayS

$25.00 Per Metric TonGrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds

$59.00 Per TonMeadows Landscape Supply

604-465-1311

320 MOVING & STORAGE

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

604-537-4140ABE MOVING & Delivery

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

604-999-6020

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

TONY’’S PAINTING

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.

NORTH STARS PAINTINGwww.northstars-painting.com

AMAZING WORK,AMAZING VALUE!

778.245.9069

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

A-1 Painting Company - Interior / Exterior 20 years exp. Summer Special 10% off (604)723-8434

338 PLUMBING

10% 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.

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338 PLUMBING

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

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

mikes hauling 604-516-9237

PETS

477 PETS

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

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

560 MISC. FOR SALE

ROMANCE Your ChristmasLocal BC Adult Retailer

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

SAWMILLS from only $4,397 - MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD:www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

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

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.

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

MAPLE RIDGE

1 & 2 Bdrms available $880/mo & $980/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

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

741 OFFICE/RETAIL

RENTALS

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.

746 ROOMS FOR RENT

$75 OFF 1ST MONTHRooms from $470/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

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

604.465.7713

RENTALS

750 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 REMOVAL

#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 604.551.9022The Scrapper

847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

1999 CHEV BLAZER LSFully loaded 4x4. Exc cond! V6, chrome mag wheels, I’m only the 2nd owner since new. Never driven off road. Serious enquiries only. Maple Ridge. Asking $3800 - Drives it away! Call anytime 604-346-7558.


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maple ridge news, december 09, 2015

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