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Shelter takes action after more kittens abandoned By MONIQUE TAMMINGA Aldergrove Star
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The screaming engines of highly modified riding lawnmowers propelled the machines around the muddy bike track at the Aldergrove Fair both Saturday and Sunday, July 19-20. Story, more photos, page 13.
After yet another litter of kittens was abandoned in the hot sun, the Langley Animal Protection Society has decided it has to do something to help stop it from happening. On Saturday, July 26, LAPS is hosting a “Kitten Roundup,” encouraging anyone with unwanted kittens or pregnant cats to drop them off at the shelter, no questions asked. On July 3, two litters of kittens were placed in a box which was taped up and left in the hot sun, beside a Langley City dumpster. Another batch of kittens was dumped at Aldergrove Park on Monday ( July 14). That day was one of the hottest of the year, and the kittens were left in a Rubbermaid bin. “This time, they were left in a shaded area with a dish of water inside so it seems they were meant to be found quickly,” said Langley animal shelter manager Sean
Baker. Six kittens were found by a member of the public who did the right thing and brought them to the Patti Dale Animal Shelter in Aldergrove. “They are around six weeks old and are in good condition,” said Baker. A foster family has already taken them in until they are ready for adoption. In the case of the two litters of kittens left in the box, one died and the others arrived to the shelter very hungry and sick. “They are now doing well, wily and busy. They received a fair amount of TLC when they arrived,” Baker said. But it is the sad reality that people are choosing to dump kittens instead of drop them off at the various shelters, which has prompted the Langley Animal Protection Society (LAPS) to host its first ever “Kitten Roundup” to encourage Langley residents to turn in unwanted kittens and receive free spay/ neuter vouchers.
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Zero Avenue to close near Aldergrove crossing Aldergrove Star
The section of Zero Avenue that runs west of highway 13 to the Aldergrove border crossing will close down on July 28 for 18 months. Traffic heading south to the border on highway 13 will be redirected to a new crossing. The date was confirmed in a Monday ( July 14) memo from the Township of Langley engineering division to mayor and council.
The shutdown will accommodate the $17.7 million reconstruction of the Aldergrove port of entry that was announced in April. The Canadian Border Service Agency held a public information session on Wednesday, July 23 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Aldergrove Alliance church at 26291 - 28 Ave. The memo said representatives from the provincial ministry of transportation “will be in attendance to
present an improvement concept for the intersection of Highway 13 at 264 Street.” The $17.7 million overhaul of the buildings and road access to the Aldergrove port of entry was announced April 14 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
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to make the Aldergrove crossing, a strategic location, work to its full potential.” Blaney said the aging Canadian Border Services Agency building 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
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