Alouette Men's Shed

The last time that the RCMP Musical Ride visited our community was 9 years ago in celebration of Canada's 150th Birthday - though this was still not its first appearance in Maple Ridge.

This long-standing Canadian tradition has been across the country many times. It began in 1887 as a uniquely Western attraction, while slowly spreading across the country over the coming decades, performing some years and not in others. The Musical Ride gained presence worldwide by performing not only across Canada, but the world, visiting places like Ireland, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

The first time that the ride was performed in Maple Ridge was in 1992, where our long-time volunteer Tom Cameron began his work with the association as an announcer. Later performances occured in 2013, when proceeds from the event went to Maple Ridge Therapeutic Riding, and 2017, when they went towards Cops for Cancer.

This year's RCMP Musical Ride is unique in that there will be no ticket costs - the event is completely free for the public to come see. We'll be accepting donations for parking, which will support the Alouette Men's Shed. They'll be performing for two days next week, we hope you all can make it!

Maple Ridge RCMP City of Pitt Meadows City of Maple Ridge

Today was a very rewarding day for the guys at our Men’s Shed
Our Parks and Recreation program called “Parent and Child” finished up with two of our little sponge’s completing their wall planter project
They got to take their project home with Dad (or Grampa) along with a special compact drill
The Guys had fun working with the kids teaching them some of tricks of the trade and little did we know about how difficult teaching is
What was also interesting was the number of people who were walking in the park and stopped by to find out just what Men’s Sheds were all about
A very special project that we hope we have the chance to do again

Yesterday we started working on a new project that has been the works for awhile
In conjunction with Maple Ridge Parks and Rec. We started a teaching program where a group of 3 young boys and one girl along with their parent came to learn about carpenter tools. Next week we will show them how to cut out the material for a wall mounted wall planter
We love how the little sponges absorb all of the information and continue to say give me more !
More to come next week

First day back to the Haney Farmers Market for 2026
What a spectacular day to be out and about in our community
Our Rooster planter was a hit
Many thanks to Jim and Wayne for all the hard work in bringing our exhibits to life