Looking Back – The Origins of the Haney Nokai in a Clash of Cultures
In 2006, William Hashizume translated a manuscript from the Haney Nokai covering the period from 1919 to the late 1930’s. Written by Yasutaro Yamaga, it … Read More
Looking Back: Class of ’54
In June of 1953, the Grade 11 class at Maple Ridge Junior-Senior High School decorated the hall for the Grade 12 graduation ceremonies. The morning … Read More
Port Hammond’s Presbyterian Women
The first Presbyterian Church in Port Hammond was built in 1910. The congregation had been meeting for some time in a local hall and it … Read More
Looking Back: The Mysterious Death of Daniel Haney
Daniel Thomas Haney was the third child and second son of Thomas Haney and his wife Anne. Unlike his older brother Frank, Daniel chose to … Read More
Looking Back: Maple Ridge Hospital Auxillary at 50
Five years before the Maple Ridge Hospital opened its doors in 1958, a dedicated group of women was eagerly at work raising money to make … Read More
Western Canada Power Company Railway
In 1910 the Western Canada Power Company was authorized to build a railway line from its works on the Stave River, to a point on … Read More
Looking Back: Rockin’ Night at the Community Hall
Today, we can find and hear music in every aspect of our lives. We have it on our morning commutes, in movies, in stores, at … Read More
Mary Florence Haney Death Portrait
Mary Florence was the eldest child of Thomas and Anne Haney and the only one to have been born in Paris, Ontario. At the age … Read More
James Hawley Family
James Hawley was born in 1877 in Ingonish, Nova Scotia, and came to Haney in 1910. Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Mary Hawley (nee Haney) was born on … Read More