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City happy, but residents still have questions
Sliding Her day away
Some citizens unhappy with changes to composting and garbage pickup Brenda anderson Times Reporter
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Ally Gallina, 4, took advantage of the beautiful sunny weather on Sunday, spending her afternoon playing at Willoughby Community Park.
Stabbing victim clinging to life Still no suspect in brutal Aldergrove stabbing Monique TaMMinga Times Reporter
A 55-year-old Aldergrove man who was brutally stabbed and found bleeding in the 27000 block of Fraser Highway on Sunday is clinging to life. Langley RCMP are working diligently to identify a suspect or
suspects involved in the attack and are asking the public for help. The victim was known to move about the Aldergrove area on a white mountain bike, said Langley RCMP spokesperson Const. Craig van Herk. If you have seen anyone riding a white bike in the Aldergrove area last weekend or have information about anyone he was seen with or about the crime contact police, said van Herk. “It’s a pretty distinctive bike so we are hoping someone saw him,” said
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van Herk. Langley’s serious crime unit and general duty officers are working hard and walking downtown Aldergrove trying to find suspects. “This is not gang-related. It doesn’t appear to be tied to any sort of gang activity. It’s a fairly complex investigation and it is hard to know at this time what the motive was,” he said. If you have any information call Langley RCMP at 604-532-3200 or if you wish to remain anonymous call Crimstoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
Just over two weeks have passed since the City of Langley made its transition to organic green waste recycling and bi-weekly garbage pickup, and so far, staff are happy with the process. However, the changeover, which began on Jan. 2, has left some residents questioning the municipality’s procedures. Through calls to City Hall and letters to the editor, a few residents have expressed displeasure over the reduction in their trash pick-up schedule from once a week to every second week — calling it a drop in service without an accompanying drop in taxes. They’ve also pointed to the City’s failure to provide extra large garbage containers as some other municipalities — including Surrey — have done to compensate for the reduced pick-up. The City of Surrey has in fact supplied residents with large garbage totes — 300,000 were purchased at a cost of $15 million, City engineer Gary Vlieg told council on Monday, as he addressed the most frequently asked questions staff have handled. The cost of the totes is being passed along to Surrey residents at a rate of $5 per household per year, he added. The difference, Vlieg said, is that Surrey has automated pick-up, whereas in Langley garbage is still hoisted into trucks by hand. “As I understand it, it’s a safety issue,” said Mayor Peter Fassbender, adding that WorkSafe B.C. limits the size of can that a worker is permitted to lift. And full automation is not an option for Langley City in the near future, because the municipality recently signed another two-year contract with its current garbage/recycling collector, Emterra. Councillor Dave Hall asked whether, when the City renegotiates its garbage contract, it would be possible to go to a system where residents can select smaller or larger garbage cans and pay accordingly. “All options will be examined,” said Vlieg. continued, PAGE 6
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