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Two arrested after brutal attack
Township pay raise will be phased in Dan Ferguson Times Reporter
A pay hike for Langley Township’s mayor and council will be phased in over the next four years, but a new travel allowance that will boost their overall compensation by almost 10 per cent will take effect right away. The altered proposal was approved Monday afternoon after the council remuneration task force said phasing in the salary increases would avoid a pay hike next year and address the “perception issue” about another salary increase 12 months after the mayor’s annual salary went up by 12.6 per cent and councillor pay rates rose by 19 percent. Those raises took effect when the new council took office in December, 2011. That was a “catch-up” after several years of no salary increases, task force chair Barbara Sharp, a former North Vancouver City mayor, said in a written memo to council. “It is our view that any public sensitivities to increases in 2013 would be more a matter of perception than reality,” Sharp wrote. While the phasing in means no increase in the mayor or councillor salaries next year, they will get a new $340 a month travel allowance on top of their salary of $42,936, which adds $4,080 to their overall compensation, an increase of 9.5 per cent. Mayor Jack Froese will get a travel allowance of $850 a month, which amounts to another $10,200 on top of his salary of $105,456, an increase of 9.7 per cent. At the Monday afternoon Township council meeting that approved the proposal, remuneration task force spokesman Darcy Rezac defended the proposed new travel allowance.
Unprovoked beating left victim bleeding in street Monique TaMMinga Times Reporter
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Lee’s Market owner Robert Lee is busy putting the finishing touches on his Fort Langley store before its grand opening this Sunday. A fire destroyed the former IGA store in January 2011. The market welcomes back a lot of the same employees, but will concentrate on serving local food. For the full story, see page 20.
Two Langley men in their 20s have been arrested and charged after a vicious, unprovoked attack at the Langley City 7-Eleven on the night of Monday, Nov. 26. The attack was so brutal it left the victim lying in the middle of the road bleeding and unconscious. Around 11:20 p.m., Langley RCMP were called by a passing motorist who saw two men beating on another just outside the 56 Avenue convenience store. The first officer to arrive found the unconscious victim lying in the middle of the road with his friend watching over him, said police. “The victim was bleeding from the back of his head and from a cut above his eye. It took several minutes for him to regain consciousness,” said Langley RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Holly Marks. The victim was immediately taken to hospital. His friend told police they had exited the 7-Eleven and walked past two men who appeared drunk. It’s alleged that one of the suspects punched the victim, who tried to walk away but was unable to as both the men knocked him to the ground and punched him repeatedly.
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