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Heavy rainfall washes out Township road LIMITED DAMAGE CAUSED BY WEEKEND STORMS M ON I QU E TA MMING A • Time s Re po rte r
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Jack Shields, 6, was among nine young pediatric oncology patients at Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH) who got a chance to drive miniature electric Ferraris in front of the new Critical Care Tower on Sept. 22. The racetrack was provided by Friends of Ferrari, a charity that has also donated $5,000 to the Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation. Shields, who lives in Langley, was diagnosed with a form of leukemia on March 11, and is receiving treatment at SMH and the BC Children’s Hospital.
The monsoon rains that drenched Langley on the weekend didn’t cause too many problems in Langley Township, but it did cause a washout in the 3100 block of 232 Street, said Township assistant fire chief Bruce Ferguson. “An existing storm pipe washed out in the storm,” said Township water resources engineer Meghan Lee. She said the storm pipe wasn’t part of the new infrastructure in the area, but is tied into the project. The road there was closed for much of the summer. It was again closed for part of the weekend, after the washout occurred. With the washout, more than three metres of asphalt crumbled away. The storm pipe was off on the shoulder, so that shoulder is in bad shape, she said.
The Township has been working on replacing a main culvert in the area as well as a slope stability and drainage project which is still underway. Township road works and engineering were busy Monday working on the road. The road is down to single-lane, alternating traffic. The hope is to have it reopened both ways by later this week. Lee said no vehicles were caught up in the flooding. At least one vehicle ended up in the ditch after hitting pooling water just off the 232 Street exit on Sunday night. But Langley did manage to avoid the power outages that hit the rest of Metro Vancouver. This was the second rainiest September since 2004, reports Environment Canada.
Brent Parent appeals 12-year driving ban LAWYER ARGUES PENALTY WILL MAKE IT TOUGH FOR LAN GLEY MAN TO F IND WO RK MO NIQ UE TA M M I N G A • T i m e s R e p o r te r
Brent Parent was in the B.C. Court of Appeal in Vancouver on Monday hoping to reduce his driving ban. Parent, 43, is appealing his 12-year driving ban which begins after he is released
from jail. His lawyer will argue that the ban is too long and will make it difficult for Parent to find work. In May 2012, a B.C. Supreme Court judge sentenced the Langley man to five and a half years behind bars and a 12-year driv-
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ing ban for the 2008 hit and run death of 21-year-old Silas O’Brien. In front of a full courtroom in New Westminster, Judge Terence Schultes said he wanted to strike a balance between the Crown’s request to see Parent go away for eight years and the defense’s suggestion
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