Anita Place

• Maple Ridge homeless camp site to become public park, moving remaining campers out

  Advocates for the former Anita Place tent city that took up the site for years say the move is displacing the few remaining campers.

  Sep 13, 2019
  
• Maple Ridge mayor urged to apologize for saying addicts are ‘raping and pillaging’ community

  Mayor Mike Morden posted a 34-minute interview last week claiming 80 per cent of the city's homeless are addicted to drugs.

  Apr 11, 2019
  
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• ‘Not accurate’: Housing minister fires back at Liberal leader over homeless supports in Maple Ridge

  Housing Minister Selina Robinson has written a letter to B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson to correct '"inaccurate statements" he has made about planned modular housing units in Maple Ridge. 

  Politics

  Apr 10, 2019
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• Residents frustrated with growing homeless camp in Richmond call on city to act

  The residents protesting the camp in East Richmond say they're meeting with Mayor Malcolm Brodie on Monday.

  Apr 6, 2019
• ‘Our city, our choice’: Residents rally against province’s Maple Ridge housing plan

  The province is building supportive housing for homeless campers, but the city and residents are angry they weren't consulted.

  Mar 30, 2019
• Maple Ridge mayor says province is ‘taking voice away’ from local voters

  The provincial government, however, says the province is stepping in to ensure those that need help getting housed get help.

  Politics

  Mar 29, 2019
• Anti-poverty activists arrested at Maple Ridge homeless camp

  Activist group Alliance Against Displacement called Ivan Drury's arrest "politically motivated."

  Crime

  Mar 21, 2019
• Province to move ahead with Maple Ridge supportive housing without city’s support

  Earlier this month the housing minister slammed Maple Ridge's own proposed housing plan as "unworkable."

  Mar 20, 2019
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• Judge rejects appeal of injunction against Maple Ridge homeless camp as housing concerns deepen

  Lawyers representing the campers at Anita Place say the city hasn't done enough to address the housing crisis.

  Mar 15, 2019
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• Evacuation order lifted for Maple Ridge homeless camp

  The Anita Place homeless camp was evacuated on March 2 in the wake of three fires in less than three days.

  Canada

  Mar 11, 2019