Q & A with Maple Ridge Mayor Nicole Read

MAPLE RIDGE — The sun beats down on the scattered tents that make up the Anita Place homeless camp.
As the temperature rises, the people living on the wooded lot near downtown go about their morning routines, drifting in and out of camp. A woman cooks pancakes on a portable stove.
Beyond an orange plastic fence, it’s an ordinary Thursday morning in Maple Ridge. Traffic is steady along Lougheed Highway. In a grassy area outside the recreation centre, a children’s camp is about t