Whonnock Weavers and Spinners Guild

As always the exhibit and sales of the Whonnock Weavers and Spinners guild at Whonnock Lake Centre was a great success. Click here to get an impression of this great annual event!

Route C 49 meeting rescheduled

The meeting to voice concerns about the limited services that are currently offered but most importantly save the C49 Ruskin Route has been rescheduled from Tuesday December 4th to Thursday December 6th from 4:30 - 7:00 pm at the ACT. Take the bus to the the meeting if you can! 

Remembrance Day at Whonnock Lake Centre

A dozen of us gathered at Whonnock Lake Centre. We laid a wreath at both the 1914-1918 plaque and the plaque commemorating the Second World War and later conflicts. We observed our moment of silence. We recited In Flanders Fields and sang Oh Canada. Some left their poppies there. We met old friends and made new ones. Click here to read "Whonnockians remember those who served" in Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Times of 15 November.

December 15th!

Santa has agreed to visit the Ruskin Hall  from 9:30 to 10:30 on Saturday, 15 December. This is your chance to meet him in person. The Santas in the shopping malls are just stand-ins. 

Calendar 2013 is ready!

Ask Sue or Teresa at the Whonnock postoffice. Still only $7.00.

Route C49 — Ruskin / Haney Place on the chopping block?

Translink is proposing to cut back services and we need all support we can get to save and improve the current C49 Haney Ruskin routed service from Haney along Dewdney to 280^th east along Lougheed and north on 272^nd back to Dewdney.

There will be a meeting to express concerns about the limited services that are currently offered and we must make sure that the C49 Ruskin Route will not be cancelled. The meeting will be on Tuesday December 4th from 4:30 – 7:00 pm at The Act Theatre with community members, Mayor and Translink Representatives.

Call concerned citizen Deborah Wilkinson 778-995-2308 for more information. 

Emmalene van Meel

"Emmalene van Meel is very grateful to the many people who donated spare change to her at the Haney Farmers Market over the years as she fiddled - it has helped her finally buy a full-sized violin.The Whonnock resident will be part of the lineup this Friday evening at Burnett Fellowship Church where a fundraiser, the Benefit Celtic Concert, is being held to raise money for this year's Santa Claus Parade and Christmas in the Park events on Dec. 1."

Click here to read more of Maria Rantanen's article in The Times of November 1!

Great Thornhill Giant Pumpkin Contest

The Times of November 1st shows five photographs by Emi Uchida of the Great Thornhill Giant Pumpkin contest.

Here are the photos of Dan Dohonge rolling the winning shot down the steep gravel road and Pumpkin Judge Ruth Sigurdson and the winner.

Click here to see the rest of the photos!