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Two injured in Walnut Grove shooting LICENSED MARIJUANA GROW OPERATION TARGETED IN SUN DAY AFT ERN OO N INC IDENT MONIQUE TA MMING A A ND DA N F E R G US ON Time s Re po rte rs
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Police secured a house and barn near 216 Street and Telegraph Trail Sunday after two people were shot and injured during what was likely an attempted grow rip at the licensed marijuana grow operation.
The normally quiet Walnut Grove neighbourhood of Forest Hills became a scene out of a crime movie, with K9 units, police armed with high-powered rifles and eventually the arrest of several people, who were chased on foot on Sunday afternoon. Around 3:30 p.m., police swarmed the area, cordoning off several blocks along 216 Street between 88 Avenue and Telegraph Trail. Numerous people out walking were told to stay away. Police were on a foot chase with suspects involved in a shooting and assault that took place just beforehand, at a property in the 8300 block of 216 Street, said Langley RCMP Cpl. Holly Marks. An off-duty officer happened to be in the area when the shooting took place and relayed information to police who were en route, said Marks. On top of that, sever-
al Surrey RCMP officers were already in the area, working on another investigation. The property where the shooting took place was housing a licensed medicinal marijuana grow operation. The grow-op was the likely target for several suspects who came onto the property and shot one man and assaulted another, said Marks. The two victims connected to the grow-op were taken to hospital and both will be OK, she said. An older wooden house sits on the property, with a larger barn-like structure behind it. Several arrests were made in relation to the day’s events – some after a foot chase through Walnut Grove. Fortunately, Police Dog Services and the Emergency Response Team were able to help in apprehending the suspects, said Marks. Continued Page 5
Township wins fight over university district METRO DOES NOT HAVE POWER TO OVERRULE MUNICIPAL DECISIO N, C OU RT DEC IDES D AN FERGU SO N Ti m e s Re po r t e r
The Township of Langley has won a court fight with the Metro Vancouver regional district, over who has final say over development planning. In a written decision issued on Wednesday, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Neena Sharma dismissed a Metro application to
have the court overturn a Township decision approving a “University District” on 376 acres at 7645 and 7679 Glover Rd., and 22423 Labonte Cres. In these three properties, which lie on the west side of Glover Road opposite the university, 23.4 acres was to be used by Trinity to develop a university district, while another 48 acres was to remain pro-
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tected farmland within the Agricultural Land Reserve. Metro argued the municipality must abide by the new regional growth strategy while the Township contended a two-year transition period meant it was operating under the old regional plan — not the new one — and could legally make the landuse change.
“I agree with Langley,” Justice Sharma wrote in her March 12 decision. The Sharma decision said the Metro Vancouver regional growth strategy, which aims to control urban growth, is only “guidelines expressing policy,” not enforceable laws. Continued Page 6
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