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Man dead in hit and run MONIQUE TAMMINGA Times Reporter
A pedestrian was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash in the 19500 block of Langley Bypass early Wednesday morning. The victim of the fatal hit and run was a 37-yearold man, said Surrey RCMP Sgt. Drew Grainger. Police haven’t identified where he is from yet and still have to contact next of kin, he said. It was around 3 a.m., when a semi truck without a trailer travelling in the eastbound curb lane struck and killed the man in the 19500 block, near the Hampton Inn. The driver of the semi carried on. Grainger said it is too early in the investigation to know if the driver is aware he or she hit and killed someone. On Wednesday afternoon, police had located the semi truck. Witnesses report that the semi is an older model blue cab with silver on the back. Police said that part of the Bypass is a busy, commercial hub so it isn’t that uncommon for pedestrians, even at that time of the morning, to be there. “We are canvassing witnesses and will be reviewing the surveillance videos from neighbouring businesses,” said Grainger. The Langley Bypass was closed until around 8:15 a.m. while police investigated. B.C. Coroner Services is also investigating.
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Members of the Fort Langley Canoe Club re-enact the arrival of the fur trade on Monday as past of the Brigade Days festivities in Fort Langley.
Court fight over Coulter Berry building Newly formed society seeks court order to prevent construction of Fort Langley building DAN FERGUSON Times Reporter
A court fight over construction of the Coulter Berry building in Fort Langley has pitted a newly-formed society against the Township of Langley. The Society of Fort Langley Residents for Sustainable Development is asking the B.C. Supreme Court to prevent construction of the three-storey mix of residential, office and retail
at the intersection of Glover Road and Mavis Avenue. The Township has responded by asking the court to throw the society lawsuit out and has applied to have its application to dismiss the matter heard by a judge in Chilliwack on Sept. 9. In court documents filed with the Chilliwack B.C. Supreme Court registry on July 8, the lawyer for the society maintains the Coulter Berry building violates the Township heritage
protection regulations because it is too big. If construction is allowed to proceed, the society petition says the Coulter Berry building would “unalterably and irreparably undermine the heritage policies for land located in the Heritage Conservation Area, to the detriment of the cultural and historical heritage of Fort Langley, contrary to law.” In a written response, filed Aug. 2, the Township lawyer says the Langley Township council has a “broad discretion” to approve variances from heritage guidelines. The Township petition goes
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on to argue the society lawsuit should be dismissed because the society “does not have a direct, personal interest” in the issue as defined by law and it waited too long, seven-and-a-half months after the project was approved, to apply for an injunction. The project was approved by Township council in November of last year after two evenings of sometimes-heated debate. It was a 7-1 vote with only Councillor David Davis opposed. Because the Coulter Berry property is located within the
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