RECYCLING REWARDED

Maple Ridge Secondary and Pitt Meadows Elementary were both thirdplace winners in their categories in a province-wide recycling competition.

Maple Ridge Secondary collected 55,745 containers and Pitt Meadows Elementary collected 30,999 containers and received $1,588 in refunds as well as the $500 in prize money.

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RIVERS CELEBRATED

The Alouette River and Kanaka Creek in Maple Ridge will be celebrated this Sunday on Rivers Day. KEEPS, Metro Vancouver Parks, and the Bell-Irving Hatchery have a river celebration from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the regional park's riverfront area, located east of Lougheed Highway and Haney Bypass. ARMS celebrates Rivers Day at the Allco Fish Hatchery at 24959 Alouette Rd.

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MOVIE SEASON LAUNCHED

Cinema Politica Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows is launching its 2012/13 season this Thursday with the film White Water, Black Gold on Thursday Sept. 27 at 7 p.m., council chambers, Maple Ridge Municipal Hall at 11995 Haney Pl.

For more information, go to www. cinemapolitica.org/RidgeMeadows.

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FOR THE RECORD

The article [Census report shows growth, Sept. 20, TIMES] should have read: "The population in Canada grew from 8,896,840 to 9,389,700 families during the same five-year time frame."

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