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Shots fired in Aldergrove MONIQUE TAMMINGA Times Reporter
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Danielle King and Krissy Jorgenson, of the Shallow Divers team, perform CPR during the 13th annual Langley Lifeguard Competition held at Walnut Grove Community Centre on Saturday. The competition presents mock scenarios — in this instance they are responding to a near-drowning at a birthday party — as the teams must determine the best way to attend the situation and provide medical attention. Fifteen teams of four took part with Coquitlam’s Shock Advised — made up of Jen Beach, Chris Cordova, Dan Minster and Gord MacDonnell — winning the competition. Next up for the team is the provincial championships on Aug. 24 and 25 on Vancouver Island.
‘N’ driver breaks the rules
MONIQUE TAMMINGA Times Reporter
An 18-year-old Langley ‘N’ driver may lose her licence after police pulled her over with four people sleeping in the bed of her truck and five crammed into the cab on
Sunday, Aug. 12. Not only was there nine people in the pickup, the new driver blew a ‘warn’ into a breathalyzer, said Langley RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Holly Marks. Around midnight, police were called about an erratic
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A neighbourhood dispute is the reason a 20-year-old man shot at his neighbour and caused a police standoff in south Aldergrove on Monday night, says the stepfather of the victim. Langley RCMP confirm that dozens of police and the Emergency Response Team were called to the 1900 block of 269A Street late Monday night after shots were fired. The man wasn’t injured but the shooter barricaded himself inside a home around midnight and refused to come out. ERT was able to get the man out and arrest him without incident around 6 a.m. on Tuesday, confirmed Langley RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Holly Marks. “There are some mental health issues involved,” she said. Langley RCMP said the victim approached his neighbour shortly after midnight to discuss some property damage that had occurred. After a short discussion, the victim of the property damage returned to his own home. Shortly after that, a number of shots were fired. No one was hit by the discharged bullets, said police. The shooting was a neighbourhood dispute which has been escalating, pitting a family of chicken farmers against area residents, said the victim’s stepfather. “The young man who fired rounds at my stepson’s truck is among the neighbours who are taking issue with us expanding our chicken barns,” said Cory Spitters. “It was an act of vigilantism in an effort to shut us down.” “My stepson is a young father of three kids. He doesn’t need to be shot
driver of a GMC pickup in the Brookswood area. A licence plate was given and officers were able to quickly locate the truck. The teen’s pickup was pulled over in the 24400 block of Fraser Highway. As the officer approached the
at,” said Spitters. The victim runs a neighbouring poultry farm in the family business. Chicken farms do deal with manure and smells and use large fans for air in the barns. Spitters has a large poultry operation along with his stepson on two neighbouring properties. This has caused some anger among some neighbours. But a recent expansion, adding three new large barns onto another property on 20 Avenue, has raised the neighbours’ ire even more, he said. There have been arguments, he said. According to Langley RCMP, the serious crime section is investigating this incident and may recommend a number of charges against the 20-year-old. In the meantime, Langley RCMP’s Victim Services is offering support to the family members involved in this. “These people have to understand they are living in a farming community — get used to it. If you come in here and build a fancy home and then expect us to not farm, you are very mistaken. “We are big poultry farms. We are building a family legacy with our business and we don’t intend to stop,” he said. Spitters claims RCMP and bylaw officers, along with Department of Fisheries and Environment have been called out to their business by the neighbours on numerous occasions. “We are fully legitimate. We are abiding by all the legislation.We just want to live in peace and have the right to farm. I’ll sit down with them and we will try to work on what we can do. But if these neighbours choose to intimidate us, we will push back.” He said he is interested in buying properties around him to expand the business.
pickup, he saw four people sleeping in the bed of the truck. The driver told the officer they had just come from a party. The officer suspected there had been drinking and the driver used a breathalyzer that registered
a ‘warn.’ She was issued a threeday Immediate Roadside Prohibition and the vehicle was impounded, said Marks. ‘N’ drivers are not permitted to have any alcohol in their continued, PAGE 5
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