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Thieves steal from seniors’ fundraiser porter of this fundraiser. On top of finding a treasure trove of unique and hard to find items, crafts and Heartless thieves broke into a more, the centre sells food all day, storage bin at the Langley Seniors including hot dogs, hamburgers, Resource Centre on Wednesday pizza and popcorn. morning, stealing items for their The thieves broke the lock off upcoming garage sale. and made off with up to 30 boxes. “This is the only fundraiser we “We found do all year and one box in the it’s rotten they floodplain and would do this,” it was full of said Barb Stack, crafts,” said the centre’s exStack. ecutive direcStack had to tor. break the news Last year, the to sisters June garage sale Merrifield and raised more Irene Fontaine, than $14,000 who have been for the centre. BARB STACK the backbone of The money collecting and went to prosorting garage grams like outreach services and sale items. the adult day program. “They were upset,” she said. “What they took has no value Stack said she will be getting a for them but plenty of value to bigger lock, but there isn’t much our seniors who have donated more they can do. the goods,” Stack said. “It’s also The seniors’ centre is accepting terrible for all our volunteers who donations for the garage sale unsorted all the donated items and til Oct. 30. put them in the boxes.” Call ahead to find out which The garage sale takes place on items can’t be accepted for donaNov. 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. tion at 604-530-3020. The community is a huge sup-
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What they took has no value for them but plenty of value to our seniors.
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Sisters June Merrifield and Irene Fontaine stand in the empty space where donations were stolen from the Langley Seniors Resource Centre. In the three years the Langley residents have been volunteering for the centre’s annual fund-raising garage sale, they say it is the first theft.
Fog a factor in fatal crash Heavy fog was a contributing factor in a fatal crash on Highway 1 in Langley that killed a young man early Tuesday morning. The eastbound lanes of the highway remained closed between 232 and 264 Streets for hours while RCMP investigated. The RCMP Port Mann Freeway Patrol report that the crash took place about 3:50 a.m. The initial investigation indicates the driver of the Toyota RAV4 was trav-
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elling eastbound along Highway 1 when it slammed into the rear of a construction vehicle which was parked in the fast lane of the highway. The SUV burst into flames and the driver, who was the lone occupant, sustained fatal injuries. The identity of the driver, who is from the Lower Mainland, has not been released. His next of kin have been notified, said Port Mann Freeway Patrol. The construction vehicle was parked on the highway with all emergency equipment in opera-
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tion, said RCMP Sgt. Peter Thiessen. The two-man crew had just exited their truck and didn’t sustain any physical injuries. Roadwork along that portion of Highway 1 has been underway for months, as the freeway is being widened from two to three eastbound lanes. Contributing factors to the crash appear to be speed relative to road and weather conditions, as there was dense, heavy fog in the area of the collision. “It is 100 km/hr in that portion
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A fatal crash killed one person early Tuesday morning on Highway 1. of the freeway, but the fog was dense and drivers should always adapt their speed relative to the conditions,” said Freeway RCMP
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