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$17.7 million upgrade to Aldergrove border crossing By KURT LANGMANN Aldergrove Star
The federal government will invest $17.7 million in a complete overhaul of the buildings and road access to the Aldergrove port of entry. The announcement was made Monday, April 14 at the Aldergrove-Lynden border by Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Steven Blaney and Langley MP Mark Warawa. Warawa said the decision was the result of “seven to eight years of work to make the Aldergrove crossing, a strategic location, work to its full potential.” Warawa credited the support of partners such as local governments and chambers of commerce on both sides of the border, as well as the B.C. Trucking Association, in making this project a federal priority. Blaney said the existing and aging Canadian Border Services Agency infrastructure at Aldergrove “would be gone in 18 months,” replaced by new structures that would serve “two new commercial lanes and five travel lanes, with the potential for up to eight in the future.” The project also includes a Nexus lane and a new commercial examination warehouse, all scheduled to open by 2016. SEE: Page 3
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Abby with mini horse Fable participated in the “Bold and Brilliant” program taught by Carla Webb of Empowered By Horses farm in West Abbotsford. Abby is now graduating from the “Heart Centered Leadership Academy” program and her project is helping out a family whose house burned down last year. Story, page 9.
Big lotto prizes unclaimed Aldergrove Star
A $50 million lottery ticket sold in Langley was still unclaimed as of Monday, April 14, exactly one month after it was drawn. The lottery corporation marked the date by issuing a public appeal for players to check their tickets. Winners have one year from the draw date pinted on the ticket to claim their prize but “with each passing day the winner has been losing potential [bank] interest” on their winnings, the written statement said.
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“Our conservative estimate shows the winner could be accruing $2,500 per day [in interest] had they already come forward to claim their prize, said Kevin Gass, vice-president of lottery gaming at the B.C. Lottery Corporation. The winning ticket holder for the March 14 draw has not contacted BCLC nor validated the ticket at a lottery retailer, Gass said. The March 14, 2014 LOTTO MAX jackpot win ties the largest prize ever won in B.C. There are a couple of other major priz-
es that remain unclaimed in B.C. A winning ticket for $333,333.40 sold in Port Alberni on the same March 14 draw and a $1 million prize on a ticket sold in Aldergrove on the Dec. 13 LOTTO MAX draw also remain unclaimed. No top lottery prize won in B.C. has ever gone unclaimed, the corporation said. The largest single prize ever won in Canada was a $54 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot in Alberta in October 2005. Winning numbers can be found online at bclc.com.
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Aldergrove farmer Lance Conway points out concerns about the proposed re-design of Hwy. 13 (264 Street) that would cut off access to south Aldergrove farms.
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