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Township soil dumping rules softened

By DAN FERGUSON Aldergrove Star

Changes to a Langley Township bylaw that aims to control soil dumping will make it slightly easier for larger landfills to get the necessary approval from neighbours.

Council has given tentative approval to an overhaul to its “soil deposit and removal” bylaw after a staff report disclosed no one has ever applied for a dumping permit under the two-year-old regulations that require 80 per cent approval from neighbours when more than 600 square metres of fill is proposed.

Under the existing rules, when neighbours are surveyed, any who don’t respond are counted as opposed.

That is a hard hurdle to clear, and the result has been applicants going

Kevin Mitchell raised some objections to proposed revisions to the Township’s landfill regulations at the Monday (Jan 26) meeting. around the requirement by applying directly to the provincial Agricultural Land Commission (ALC), for approval as “farm use.”

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The ALC has noticed an increase in the number of farm use applications from Langley landfills and has “expressed concerns” to the Township, says the report by Roeland Zwaag, the Township director of public works.

Under the proposed changes, “non-responses” from surrounding property owners won’t counted as votes against any more.

The changes would also add a requirement for a public information meeting, at the applicant’s expense, for permit applications to deposit or remove more than 10,000 square metres.

The proposed changes did not find favour with Kevin Mitchell, one

of the residents who worked with the Township on the original bylaw.

Mitchell was not happy with the results of that process, and he seemed no happier with the revisions. “ … there is no assurance that staff will dutifully enforce these provisions,” Mitchell told council at the Monday, Jan. 26 meeting.

He said the Township should take a closer look at the farm use applications to the ALC over the last two years since the new bylaw was approved.

“I suspect the process is not broken, simply its implementation,” Mitchell said.

Councillor Kim Richter said the changes should be delayed to allow council more time to consult the public, but she could not muster a majorSEE: Page 3 ity of votes.

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The man arrested Friday for a string of nine bank robberies across three provinces, including the Jan. 21 hold up at an Aldergrove TD Canada Trust, is from Langley.

Shaun Christopher Cornish, 26, formerly of Langley, has been charged with three robberies committed in Alberta. Charges are pending in the two other provinces.

Cornish was taken into custody at around 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 30, at a motel in Grand Prairie, Alta.

Grande Prairie is located about 130 kilometres from Dawson Creek, B.C. where another bank was Aldergrove bank robbed robbery suspect. on Wednesday, Jan. 28.

He is accused of carrying out nine armed robberies of banks in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan over December and January.

Multiple security camera images from different financial institutions that were robbed show the same suspect wearing a toque, sunglasses and black gloves.

Cornish’s next appearance is Feb. 6, at the Okotoks Provincial Court House.

Cornish doesn’t appear to have much of a criminal past in B.C., other than he was fined $500 for driving with a suspended licence in Mission in February 2008.

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Massive Aldergrove grow op was licensed Growers exceeded allowed number of plants, provincial civil forfeiture lawsuit says

By DAN FERGUSON Aldergrove Star

A massive marijuana growing operation in Langley was licensed to grow medicinal marijuana, but was way over the allowable number of plants.

Three Surrey residents and one Vancouver resident had licences to produce 989 plants at the facility, according to a lawsuit filed by the provincial Ministry of Justice seeking to seize the seven-acre property on 264 Street and Zero Avenue.

The B.C. Supreme Court claim names Truong’s Enterprises Limited (TEL), a company registered in Clearbrook, and company president Quan Truong and company secretary Chirapon Truong.

It was filed shortly after police

raided the former farm on Jan. 27, finding 1,613 plants in a trailer and an undisclosed number of other plants in the barn.

Police arrested 12 people, including two from Langley, one from Surrey, six from Vancouver, two from Victoria, and the company president, whose address was not disclosed.

The statement of claim was made under civil forfeiture regulations that allow authorities to go after property linked to criminal activity.

It says the property has been used as a grow-op “for some or all of the time” since November of 1993.

It describes a “commercialsized” grow operation spread throughout 26 grow rooms in the

farm, with more in a “light brown mobile trailer” on the site.

The farm was purchased by TEL using a mix of borrowed money and cash from “the previous cultivation and trafficking of marijuana” the statement alleges.

The lawsuit specifically accuses the defendants of violating criminal laws against the “production, cultivation, storage, concealment, and/ or trafficking of controlled substances” and “laundering the proceeds of unlawful activity” by using money from the illegal pot growing to pay the mortgage, property taxes and for improvements to the buildings.

It seeks an order turning over the property to the provincial government.

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Police at the scene of a gigantic illegal marijuana grow op in a former mushroom farm at 264 Street and Zero Avenue.

Four-year sentence sought for shooting death Aldergrove Star

An Abbotsford man who shot and killed his estranged wife in 2008 should be sentenced to four years in prison, Crown counsel argued in B.C. Supreme Court Monday.

In December 2013, Robert McMath, 70, was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of Janice McMath, 64.

McMath had been charged with second-degree murder, but Justice Carol Ross had ruled that Crown did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that McMath intentionally shot Janice. Instead, McMath was convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter.

The couple had separated in 2003

after 22 years of marriage interrupted by a separation between 1995 and 1996.

Although Janice had begun divorce proceedings in 2005, McMath and some witnesses at trial testified that the couple remained friendly during their separation.

Court heard at trial that Janice visited the McMath Street farm where Robert and two of their sons lived two or three times a week.

McMath testified that on May 28, 2008, he was concerned that coyotes had been attacking and killing chickens on his property. He loaded three cartridges into a .32 Remington rifle in his home and moved the gun outside near the chicken coop.

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Councillor Bob Long spoke for the majority when he said the Township has limited powers over dumping and digging because it is “a little bit under the claw of the provincial government and the agricultural ministry” which must approve the bylaw before it can take effect.

Councillor Charlie Fox said the tighter regulations become,

the more likely people will be to circumvent them.

“Nobody wants to come here and sit here and listen to people tell them they shouldn’t do a land fill, Fix said.

“Nobody wants to deal with us [the Township].”

The proposed changes were approved with councillors Richter, Petrina Arnason and David Davis opposed.

Janice had come over for a visit, and the two shared a bottle of wine.

McMath testified that he told Janice he had some work to do in the barn, and she accompanied him. As they returned to the house, McMath testified that on their way, he picked up the nearby rifle with the intention of unloading it. He said his back was turned to Janice, but she walked in his path as he stumbled, due to his arthritic knee giving out, and the gun went off.

According to police testimony, McMath reported that the gun went off again when he fell, and Janice was shot a second time.

Janice died from her injuries nine days later.

Crown counsel had argued that McMath shot Janice to prevent a possible court ruling that could have forced the sale of his 24-acre farm.

The farm was first purchased by Robert McMath’s grandparents and he had lived on the property since 1969.

McMath wanted to pass the acreage, as well as four other parcels of land, to the couple’s five sons, the court heard at trial.

The couple was unable to reach an agreement on the matter. A trial date was set for June 4, 2008, but on May 28 Janice was shot..

Justice Carol Ross, though, said reasonable doubt existed whether the shooting was intentional and thus

found McMath guilty of manslaughter. Ross said McMath was negligent in the way he stored the gun and had failed to engage the gun’s safety mechanism while there was a cartridge in the chamber. “ … the risk that the rifle might discharge and harm someone was foreseeable,” she said.

A conviction of manslaughter involving a firearm carries with it a four-year mandatory minimum sentence, although McMath’s lawyers are arguing that such a sentence should not apply in the case.

Lawyers for the two parties were back in court Tuesday. A decision isn’t expected to be handed down until March.

‘Badass Barry’ murder trial dates set

By MONIQUE TAMMINGA Aldergrove Star

The trial for Langley’s ‘Bad Ass’ Barry McQuarrie, who is facing a first-degree murder charge, is set for July in Surrey.

The provincial court has set aside at least nine days for the trial.

McQuarrie last appeared in court to set a trial date on Jan. 22.

He is accused in the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend Gregory Quesnelle, 32, originally from southern Ontario.

Quesnelle was found shot in his girlfriend’s Cloverdale townhome in May 2014.

McQuarrie was captured while hiding in a Langley homeowner’s garage after two months of being on the run from police. The homeowner did not know him.

On Monday, May 12, 2014, just before midnight, RCMP responded to a report of a man being shot at a home near 176 Street and 57 Avenue.

Quesnelle was found injured in the

townhome and was taken to hospital, where he died of his wounds.

Shortly after that, police identified McQuarrie as a suspect. Later a man called CTV News claiming to be McQuarrie.

He denied killing Quesnelle, but admitted they were at odds over a woman and he had pepper sprayed his rival in self-defence days before the murder. Police confirmed through surveillance footage that he made the call from a pay phone in Aldergrove.

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Lekeyten ‘Natch’ Gabriel KPU welcomes first Elder in Residence Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) welcomed its first Elder in Residence at a special installation ceremony Jan. 29.

Lekeyten, of the Kwantlen First Nation, has taken this important role.

“In my travels, I have always been respectful of the teachings of people, and I’m always learning,” Lekeyten told the audience of friends, family and KPU faculty and staff. “I’m coming to join every classroom, and I’m going to learn as well.”

One of 20 Kwantlen First Nation Elders, Lekeyten grew up attending day school; similar to residential schools, day schools did not require students to stay overnight and they returned home at the end of every day. But the teachings were the same, said Lekeyten, and he and his classmates were taught to be quiet. As a result, Lekeyten spent more time in nature than in school, and he soon found his voice.

Fast-forward to adulthood, and Lekeyten has been avidly involved for more than 20 years as a guest speaker and presenter at all levels of elementary, secondary and post-secondary education as well as trades and conferences in the Lower Mainland. His talks are about the environment, land and water use, fishing, and issues of conservation and its traditional importance.

His advice at the Elder in Residence installation ceremony: “Never shut up.”

The installation included warm re-

marks from many who have known and worked alongside Lekeyten.

Former KPU anthropology instructor Laura Cooper spoke of her lengthy friendship with Lekeyten. She said he taught her how to be a better instructor and a better human being – the latter lessons he also shared with students.

“I still get emails from students whose lives have been touched and these students are in their 40s.”

Speaking directly to Lekeyten, Cooper expressed her gratitude for teaching us all to be more humble and more compassionate.

KPU President and Vice Chancellor Dr. Alan Davis described how all new students at KPU are greeted at the start of their studies at the university by Lekeyten, who has a history of welcoming every student and bringing with him a blessing. “It’s a moment they never forget, I’m sure.”

Speaking for Lekeyten’s family, many of whom were present at the installation, Kwantlen First Nation Elder Kevin Kelly noted “today is a wonderful day.”

The primary focus of KPU’s Elder in Residence program is to support and encourage Aboriginal students on their educational journey. In his role, Lekeyten will share their knowledge, traditions and teachings with individual students and groups and will work with the university to encourage and promote understanding and respect for Indigenous perspectives, culture and values.

By DAN FERGUSON Aldergrove Star

Supporters of the Langley Animal Protection Society (LAPS) crowded into Langley Township council chambers Monday night ( Jan. 26) to hear the organization pitch a proposal for a new facility to spay and neuter the ever-increasing numbers of wild cats in the community.

LAPS executive director Sean Baker and board members Darrell Dean and Dr. Kathryn Welsman said LAPS, which has provided animal control services in Langley since 2003, can cover 60 per cent of the cost of the new 1200 sq- ft. building if the Township will contribute the other 40 per cent.

That would be about $225,000 for the municipality, LAPS projects.

Welsman said LAPS estimates there are 22,000 “unowned, feral

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LAPS supporters crowded Township council chambers Monday to hear Darrell Dean (L) and Dr. Kathryn Welsman (R) make the case to have a special spay and neuter facility funded to fight the growing problem of feral cats. and abandoned cats” in the Township, and the number is growing.

Those cats are overwhelming the existing facility, which can only accommodate about 30 cats before staff have resort to using spaces for dog assessment, training, grooming, even staff offices, she said.

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shelter wasn’t designed to isolate sick cats from other animals, disease can spread easily, Welsman added.

She described how there was a ringworm outbreak caused by a litter of kittens at the shelter several years ago that spread to other shelter animals, and to some volunteers, who brought

the disease home to their families and pets.

“The solution is very clear,” Welsman said.

LAPS is proposing a separate building that can properly isolate and treat sick cats.

To be named the ISOasis, the building would also increase the cat capacity of the shelter and make it eligible for specific spay and neuter grants from groups like the SPCA. The proposal has been added to a list of potential projects that will be considered by council during the Township budget process, mayor Jack Froese said.

He added the Township has received many messages supporting the LAPS plan from a lot of different places.

“I’ve been getting emails [backing ISOasis] from all over the world,” Froese said.

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Looking for a fun and affordable way to enjoy Family Day? Whether your clan likes to be at the gym or in the pool, the Township of Langley’s Recreation, Culture, and Parks Department has a variety of programs that will keep them active while spending the day together.

On Monday, Feb. 9, celebrate B.C.’s third annual Family Day for free at the Walnut Grove Community Centre (WGC), 8889 Walnut Grove Drive. A Family Open Gym for kids aged six and up will be offered from 1 to 4 p.m. and a Family Swim for all ages will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Regular pool supervision rules apply.

A Family Boot Camp for children aged six and older will be held at WGC from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and little ones aged nine months to five years can have fun in the gymnasium during the Family Day Tot Romp from 9:30 to 11:30

a.m. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

There is no charge for the Family Day activities being offered at the Walnut Grove Community Centre, but registration is required for the Boot Camp. Visit recexpress.ca or call WGC at 604-8820408.

Elsewhere in the Township, families can get fit together at the Willoughby Community Centre (WBY), located in the Langley Events Centre at 7888 – 200 Street.

Families with teens aged 13 and up can get in a free Family Workout in the gym from 4 to 6 p.m., and a Family Weight Room Orientation will be offered from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. The orientation is free with admission but registration is required. Visit recexpress.ca or call WBY at 604-455-8821.

A Family Day Tot Romp for kids aged nine months to five years will also be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at WBY. The cost is $2

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Those looking to make a splash can head to the W.C. Blair Recreation Centre (WCB) at 22200 Fraser Highway for a free Family Swim for all ages, from 1 to 4 p.m. Regular pool supervision rules apply. Fun in the gymnasium will also be offered during the Family Day Tot Romp at WCB, from 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Cost is $2 per child and children must be accompanied by an adult.

Families interested in exploring history, making a craft, and enjoying a treat can take part in the free Family Scavenger Hunt being offer by the Langley Centennial Museum at 9135 King Street in Fort Langley. The event runs from 1 to 4 p.m. and registration is required. Visit museum.tol.ca or recexpress.ca, or call 604-5323536.

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It may be the shortest month of the year, but February will be jampacked with activities offered by the Langley Centennial Museum.

The Museum, located at 9135 King Street in Fort Langley, is presenting a number of special events for all ages that will entertain and educate participants about their community’s history.

Kicking off the activities is a free Family Day Scavenger Hunt which will be held Monday, Feb. 9, from 1 - 4 p.m. Families can work together to complete the hunt by looking through the permanent History Gallery to find clues about Langley’s past, create a colourful banner, and enjoy light refreshments. Those who complete the scavenger hunt will be entered to win draw prizes.

Museum staff will be on hand to explain and help with the craft, but families are encouraged to go at their own pace and enjoy their time together uninterrupted.

“This event will likely be a lot quieter that many other Family Day events out there,” laughed Township of Langley Arts and Culture Recreation Leader Hannah Bennett. “The point of the Museum’s Family Day Scavenger Hunt is to bring family members together through a fun, creative, and enjoyable activity that also engages them with their community.”

To register, call the Museum at 604-532-3536.

Following Family Day, Langley Centennial Museum will celebrate Heritage Week with tours of two of Langley Township’s most historic communities.

An Historic Murrayville Bus Tour and Lunch will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 16, and participants are invited to

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A history of Fort Langley will be offered by artist and teacher Emilie Colbourne during one of the special events being offered by the Langley Centennial Museum to celebrate Family Day and History Week this February. enjoy a full day of local history with Guided Walking Tour of Fort two of the Township’s most knowl- Langley and Tea will then be presented on Saturday, Feb. 21, from edgeable historians.

The day will start at the Museum 10 – 11:30 a.m. Dressed in period with a tour of the Collected costume, local artist and teacher and Curated: Artifacts from the Emilie Colbourne will lead particiPermanent Collection exhibi- pants through the village while distion, with Curator Kobi Christian. cussing local lore and legend and Highlights include embroidered offering information on the area’s Chinese court jackets, First Nations historical buildings, businesses, and woven baskets, and art works by people.

The tour will conclude at the local artists.

Guests will then board a bus new Blacksmith Bakery, locatwith Langley Heritage Society ed on the original site of Reid’s President Fred Pepin and trav- Blacksmith Shop, circa 1910, where el to Murrayville’s Heritage tea or coffee and a small sweet will Conservation Area, where they will be included. The cost of the event is learn about local landmarks and $15 and will be held rain or shine – have lunch at Porter’s Bistro Coffee umbrellas will be provided, if necessary. and Tea House.

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VICTORIA – The B.C. education ministry put on a forum on the future of education last week, bringing together public and private school leaders with experts from around the world.

I watched the proceedings via webcast from the Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver, which gives you a hint about the forces pressing in on our century-old industrial model of schooling.

First up was Andreas Schleicher, on video link from his office in Paris, where he is director of education and skills for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. He began with the international problem of people coming out of university who can’t find jobs, amid a skills shortage.

Schleicher said this is happening today because, “it’s not what you know but what you can do with what you know.”

Some education systems are adapting better than others as the value of merely passing on facts has declined.

He said these days, almost any student can pass any multiple-choice test if they have a smartphone. The question for parents is what to do “if you want your child to be smarter than a smartphone.”

The OECD runs international testing that consistently ranks B.C. and Canada among the best schools in the world, and Schleicher described how that testing has evolved to keep up.

But our progress in the past 10 years has tended to be slower than some Asian countries, despite B.C. being on the “high end of investment” in education. He warned against the trap of the industrial school model, “pouring money in” to “do more of the same.”

Some of the best results emerging from a decade of digitally-driven globalization have been achieved through innovations that were financed through bigger class sizes, Schleicher said.

This was too much for one B.C. Teachers’ Federation representative in the audience, who introduced herself as someone who spent the last transformational decade working for the union, not in a classroom. She disputed the OECD’s financial calculations, lecturing some of the world’s top economists that based on “spending power,” B.C. schools are cash starved.

She followed this with the laundry list of BCTF demands that hasn’t changed in 40 years – smaller classes, more prep time, more money.

The keynote speaker was Yong Zhao, University of Oregon professor of educational measurement, who gave a highly entertaining critique of standardized testing and creativity-crushing drills of the basics. (You can find a video archive at www.bcedplan.ca.)

Yong sparked a lively discussion about the need for

foundation skills, which he and others agreed remain vital to success. The issue seems to be how to instil those basics while avoiding the disengagement of students who see school as irrelevant to their lives.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender announced at the forum that the province is about to unveil new curriculum that moves toward individual learning for all students. And he said there will be a series of experiments conducted at yet-to-be-identified B.C. schools to pioneer new models of learning.

BCTF president Jim Iker sat stoically through the proceedings, where speakers described integrating community groups and businesses directly with schools. That’s underway here, with trades training in particular.

Iker’s record on adaptation is clear from his own career. The only school where he actually taught was in the northwest B.C. village of Topley, and it closed in 2010 due to a long-term decline in rural students.

By 2001 Iker had left the classroom to work for the Burns Lake teacher union local, which the BCTF continues to staff eight years after that school district and others disappeared through amalgamation.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

Editor: Langley Township has been in existence for decades without a tree bylaw, and yet we still have an abundance of trees. There seems to be this imagined threat that, without a tree bylaw, men armed with chainsaws will clear cut the Township just because there is no bylaw to stop them.

On our farm, we have removed at least a few thousand trees over the last 60 years. They have provided firewood for heat in the house. Six alder trees per week are needed in the smoke house at the family butcher shop. In recent years, we have cleared more land and removed trees that started dying due to disease, and also trees that got too big and became a threat to safety. I have also planted lots of trees, but I am careful to plant them where they won’t become a threat to people and buildings.

Trees have a limited life span, and not all trees are worth saving.

Before Christmas, an alder next door came down in the wind, taking down a power line and ripping a transformer from the pole.

The same day a fir crashed across the road, just missing the power line. At my sister-in-law’s place, a massive hemlock came down from across the road, ripping all the wires off the power pole and barely missing the house.

The tree was about three feet in diameter and 125 feet long. It took a week and a half for me to clean it up, having to haul everything away. From the clean-up of these trees, the refuse is in my field waiting for burning season.

My point is that trees require maintenance and I shouldn’t have to ask permission every time I need to take down a tree, either for firewood or safety, and neither should anyone else.

Regarding the Township charging a company for taking down trees on an industrial property in Gloucester, what are they thinking? The land is zoned industrial, but a company can’t cut down trees to build a business? Gloucester was first proposed as an industrial area 45 years ago.

In Aldergrove, if land is left vacant for any length of time, it will become a forest. So the Township is penalizing a company because it didn’t buy and develop the land 10 years ago.

If you want to protect the land from development don’t zone it industrial, zone it as park land. If it was zoned agricultural, you wouldn’t prevent a farmer from clearing the land and planting crops. So why pick on one industry over another?

I am not necessarily pro-development, but I think it is important to realize that if land is zoned for residential development, that should be allowed to take place, hopefully with an overall neighbourhood plan.

The land surrounding Aldergrove, Murrayville, and Fort Langley is zoned agricultural. Unfortunately, densification is necessary because of the limited residential land available in Langley. The more people fight densification, the more pressure is put on the Agricultural Land Commission to remove land from the reserve for development. You can’t have your cake and eat it too.

Mel Fast, Aldergrove

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Editor: At Monday’s Township Council meeting, staff submitted a proposal to Council to make major changes to the soils by-law, which regulates fill projects. The public was notified only the Friday before, in the online council agenda. Resident input was not included in this proposal.

Township resident Kevin Mitchell made a delegation at the beginning of this meeting, pleading with council to look further into these amendments. Councillor Richter made a motion to defer approval to enable more public input. Councillors Richter, Arnason and Davis supported deferral, but the rest of council did not. Froese then asked for approval of the proposed soil bylaw, and it was passed with first, second and third readings at this same meeting.

The very next day Mayor Froese put out a news release on the Township’s website, stating: “It is very important to us as a Council that our residents have a voice, that they feel their input and opinions are heard.”

My question is, why did the Mayor vote against sending the soils by-law amendment back to staff in order to get the very same public input he decrees is so very important in his news release?

Sue Leyland, Langley

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More than 30 per cent of Fraser babies are not fully vaccinated

By JEFF NAGEL Aldergrove Star

More than 30 per cent of infants in the Fraser Health region are not getting vaccinated on schedule and public health officials say that rate of non-compliance is a concern.

Fraser statistics show 69 per cent of two-year-olds are up to date on the standard recommended vaccinations against diseases such as diptheria, measles, polio and Hepatitis B. That’s short of the region’s current target of at least 73 per cent and a goal of more than 80 per cent immunized by 2017. The province has a target of 90 per cent by 2023.

Medical health officer Dr. Michelle Murti doesn’t think the statistics reflect a dangerous level of ideological opposition to vaccinations.

She said 94 per cent of new parents in the region start their kids’ vaccinations at the two-month mark but many then fail to keep them up, perhaps losing track after they return to work.

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“Low rate from parents losing track, not anti-vax ideology.” two year schedule, especially at the 12- and 18-month points,” Murti said.

Nor is the phenomenon new.

Fraser’s immunization rates for two-year-olds have hovered around the same level for the past five years, ranging from a low of 61 per cent in early 2010 to a high of 72 per cent in the spring of 2012.

Murti said she believes the rates are similar for B.C. as a whole and not unique to the Fraser region.

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ity released its statistics this week, she said, in an attempt to “capitalize” on public interest in the measles outbreak linked to Disneyland in the U.S. Fraser got more calls from parents wanting vaccinations in the wake of the Disneyland outbreak than during the local measles outbreak last year that was centred on Chilliwack.

Murti said the immunization rates are quite consistent across the Fraser region, with minor exceptions.

“We do know we have

pockets of communities, especially in the Fraser East area, where we have low rates due to personal objection to immunizations,” she said.

Surrey’s Guildford and Cloverdale neighbourhoods, on the other hand, are a bit higher than the regional average.

Murti thinks technology can help parents keep track of their kids’ immunization schedules and boost rates over time.

She said parents can sign up for free text message reminders of when their baby needs to return for boosters or download a free smartphone app to record and follow the vaccination schedule.

There’s also a free child health passport that can be obtained from public health offices or downloaded online.

Links to all three resources, as well as immunization schedules and more information can be found at fraserhealth.ca/immunize.

Murti said it’s also important for newcomers to B.C. to transfer their health records so their immunizations are on file here.

Letter: You are angels Editor: On Friday, Jan. 9, in the afternoon, I fell on the sidewalk at the corner of South Fraser Way and Gladwin Road.

I hit my face on the pavement, breaking my nose and putting a tooth through my upper lip.

So many people came to my aid and I was unable to thank anyone at the time.

I would really like to do that now.

To the two women who came and knelt by me, trying to keep me calm and talking to me while waiting for paramedics – words aren’t enough. You are angels, thank you.

To the woman who came forward with the blanket, I was starting to get cold and you are a blessing.

I’m not sure if you are the same woman who said you saw what happened, but if you are I would like to talk to you if that is possible – I have your blanket.

To the paramedics, firefighters and police who all responded, again words can’t express how grateful I am to all of you.

Finally, the doctors, nurses and staff at Abbotsford Hospital. As always your care was excellent.

In spite of ambulances parked outside three deep when I was brought in, everyone was calm and efficient and took care of me far faster than I thought possible given the number of other patients waiting to been looked after.

Thank you all.

Cecelia Franklin, Aldergrove

Letter: Langley hospital to celebrate 50 years of service Editor: To those of us who were around in 1965 the singular most important event to take place in Langley up until that time seems like it happened only yesterday.

We were still listening to the top hits from the previous year when the Beatles were lamenting their Hard Day’s Night and Louis Armstrong was saying hello to Dolly. And in 1965 Petula Clark topped the music charts with her new hit, Downtown.

Here in Langley the focus was not downtown but uptown. On top of

Hospital Hill, the Langley Memorial Hospital Planning Committee were putting in their own hard days and nights as they finalized the plans for the official opening of a new hospital.

And now, 50 years later, another committee is planning two events to mark the anniversary of

that building now known as the South Tower. On Saturday, Feb. 21, the LMH South Tower Anniversary Committee will host an afternoon tea in the hospital for all staff, past and present. The committee is endeavouring to contact everyone who, at some time, has been em-

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During the afternoon tea, plaques honouring four members of the 1965 planning committee will be re-dedicated to be re-installed in the South Tower. Family members of Dr. C. Key, Miss Marion

Ward, Mr. H. Devine and Mr. S. Chapman are expected to attend.

On June 12 a barbecue will be held on the hospital grounds for the general public. Plans for that event are just getting underway.

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Langley’s International Festival Society’s fifth annual Multicultural Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony held at the Langley Golf and Banquet Centre was a big success both in attendance and nominations.

The society received several nominations for the four categories – Youth, Seniors, Education, and Community Services Diversity awards.

Nasheman Waheed was awarded in the Youth category for her volunteer work with the Settlement and Integration Services at the Langley Community Services Society. She facilitates youth and children’s programs, and represents the organization at cultural fairs.

Geoffrey Metcalfe, a retired school teacher, won the award in the Senior category for being an instrumental in teaching the literacy and language skills to the Karen Seniors Group at the Langley Community Services Society.

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Vancouver and Surrey take charge going into transit tax referendum

By JEFF NAGEL Aldergrove Star

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson unseated North Vancouver District Mayor Richard Walton to take the chair of the TransLink mayors’ council in a vote Friday as regional politicians head into a challenging transit tax referendum campaign.

A second election saw Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner picked over Delta Mayor Lois Jackson for the mayors’ council’s vice-chair position.

Both Robertson and Hepner, as well as Walton, pledged to fight hard for a Yes outcome in the plebiscite to create a 0.5 per cent regional sales tax, dubbed the Congestion Improvement Tax, to fund transit and transportation expansion.

Both mayors will also get seats on the TransLink board of directors dedicated for the mayors council chair and vicechair. Serving on the TransLink board brings more time commitments and roughly $50,000 a year in extra pay.

Robertson said he wanted the top job to ensure Vancouver had representation in TransLink decisions at the board level and to give the Yes campaign a high profile in the region’s biggest city. “I want to make sure we win this referendum,� Robertson said.

Hepner predicted a “very tough campaign� ahead, adding a Yes outcome is crucial to the region’s economy and livability.

She promised to provide South of the Fraser representation and deliver Yes votes from the region.

Hepner last fall campaigned for mayor on a pledge to get a Surrey light rail network built by other means if the referendum failed, and she was pressed by reporters on whether she still takes that position. “I’ll deal with that (promise) if I have to,� Hepner said. “My focus right now is making sure we get a plan A, which is making sure this referendum passes.�

Metro Vancouver board chair Greg Moore, the mayor of Port Coquitlam, was nominated for vice-chair but declined, as did Walton.

Moore – who nominated Hepner Sts. Joachim & Ann Roman Catholic Church

– said victory may ride heavily on the ability of the Surrey and Vancouver mayors, and their powerful election campaign machines, to get Yes votes from the region’s biggest cities. “There are large populations there and we need those mayors to play a predominant role in working at the mayors’ council and with their electorate to win this campaign.�

At Moore’s request, the mayors council made the chair and vice-chair elections a population-weighted vote.

Because Surrey and Vancouver have nearly half Metro’s population, the move meant Hepner’s and Robertson’s wins were guaranteed with Moore’s backing, even if every other mayor opposed them.

Jackson, the only mayor in the region to support the province’s requirement of a referendum on new transit taxes, was nominated by Maple Ridge Mayor Nicole Read, one of only three mayors who oppose the new tax.

Jackson voted in favour of the tax at the last mayors’ council meeting in December but in her pre-vote speech she stressed her ability to be a strong voice and highlighted concerns about goods movement in the region.

She had been at odds with several other mayors over her support for the replacement of the Massey Tunnel with a new bridge.

Afterwards, Jackson said she knew she had no chance of winning the position once it became clear Surrey and Vancouver were working together.

Jackson said she will definitely vote and campaign for Yes in the referendum, but said her council hasn’t yet taken a position.

Delta may also send out educational material to its voters, she said, but added that may go out along with tax notices, reducing costs to just photocopying. “If it comes down to (No campaigner Jordan) Bateman having a problem with that I’ll pay for it myself,� she said.

The mayors’ council intends to send out an information householder on their transportation plan before the ballots go out in mid-March.

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Kodiaks shoot down rival Pilots 2-1

By KURT LANGMANN Aldergrove Star

The Aldergrove Kodiaks outplayed their arch-rivals, the Abbotsford Pilots, and were rewarded with a 2-1 victory Friday night at MSA Arena.

The win leaves the Kodiaks firmly in first place in the Harold Brittain conference with 49 points after 40 games, five points ahead of second place Langley Knights, and seven ahead of the Pilots. Mission Outlaws follow with 41 points, and the Ridge Meadows Flames are out of contention for the playoffs with 30 points. Playoffs begin in less than two weeks.

The Kodiaks led the scoring in the first period, Jan. 30, when Cameron Davitt fired a rebound past Pilots’ netminder Alexander Kong at 1:27. Assists came from Elvis Jansons and Eric Wieking.

Kodiak Eric Callegari put the team up 2-0 at 12:34 of the second period on a power play, assisted by Davitt and Wieking.

The Pilots finally started turning the game in the third period, with

Colton Cowden scoring at 10:39, but it was too little, too late.

Kodiaks keeper Ben Giesbrecht was third star for turning aside 26 of the Pilots’ 27 shots. Callegari and Wieking were first and second stars, respectively.

The Kodiaks outshot the Pilots 28-27 overall, and scored on one of four power plays while the Pilots failed to score on their two power plays.

KODIAKS PULL AHEAD WITH 4-3 OT WIN The Aldergrove Kodiaks pulled out a double-overtime 4-3 win against the visiting Grandview Steelers on Wednesday, Jan. 28.

It was a productive night for promising Kodiaks affiliate Davin Padgham, who notched three assists, including helping the overtime goal by Elvis Jansons.

Kodiak Hayden Golsteyn opened the scoring at 6:52 on a power play in the first period, assisted by Aaron Markin and Cameron Davitt. The Steelers evened it up before the period ended, with scoring by Peter Matthews, unassisted.

The Steelers briefly took the lead early in the second period with a power play goal by Adam Rota.

Kodiak Markin scored three minutes later on a power play, assisted

by Golsteyn and Padgham, and the Kodiaks pulled ahead 3-2 late in the period with Jansons scoring, assisted by Padgham and Eric Callegari.

Steelers Timothy Chow evened up the score early in the third and despite some intense pressure from both sides, the period ended with a tie, setting up the overtime play.

Kodiak Jansons scored the game winner at 3:31 in the second overtime, assisted by Padgham and Davitt.

Golsteyn, Markin and Chow were the game’s stars, and the Kodiaks outshot the Steelers 45-44.

KODIAKS READY FOR PLAYOFFS AS SEASON ENDS The Kodiaks only have four regular season games remaining: Kodiaks host Abbotsford Pilots, Feb. 4; travel to Langley Knights, Feb. 5; host Delta Ice Hawks, Feb. 11; and travel to Mission Outlaws, Feb. 14.

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Grandview Steelers goalie Nicholas Anderson stops a shot on goal by Aldergrove Kodiaks Eric Callegari Jan. 28 at Aldergrove Arena. The Kodiaks won 4-3 in the second overtime.

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Photo at left: Betty Gilbert Middle School’s #10 Ryan Shakirae (in white) in action for the grade 8 boys basketball team versus the visiting Langley Yorkson Creek “A” team, Wednesday, Jan. 28 at Aldergrove. Centre photo: Aldergrove Secondary Totems’ #4 Brady Seymour in action for the junior boys basketball team versus the visiting Langley Fundamental Titans, Tuesday, Jan. 27 at ACSS. Photo at right top: Aldergrove Secondary Totems’ #2 Thomas Sansburg (in white) in action for the senior boys basketball team versus the visiting Langley Fundamental Titans, Tuesday, Jan. 27 at ACSS; and below right: Aldergrove Secondary Totems’ #3 Stanley Nguyen (in white) in action in same game.

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Aldergrove’s adult 3 team won the gold medals. lied they came away with the bronze medal. These young girls have worked hard to learn all about synchronized skating and have improved so much over this season, including having a silver medal from the BC/YK Championships.

They also will be attending the West Coast Challenge on Feb. 21. The Aldergrove Skating Club is very proud of all the teams and wish them all luck at their future competitions.

The teams will also be preparing for the club’s annual Pop Concert on March 6.

Aldergrove Powerhouse Fitness owner Dannyz Say (left) with Powerhouse founder Will Dabish and hall of fame body builder Shawn Ray at the grand opening of the facility in Aldergrove Village Mall on Jan. 24. Say, 29, says the 8,000 square foot facility is a fitness club offering strength and conditioning, cardio equipment, a pro shop and juice bar, as well as trainers.

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The Adult 3 team skated their routine to One Republic’s Counting Stars, improving their score on the second skate to finish with the gold medal. This team will be travelling to Calgary in April to compete against teams from all over Canada at the nationals.

The Pre-Novice Black Ice team had two solid skates to a melody of songs by Pink, improving their second mark significantly to finish with a silver medal to add to the silver medal that they acquired at the BC/YK Synchronized Skating Championships in South Surrey on Jan. 3. Next competition is West Coast Challenge in Coquitlam on Feb. 21.

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The week leading up to Clash @ The Cascades 34, the first amateur boxing show in B.C. in 2015, was not looking too good.

Josh Wright the B.C. Champion at 154 lbs. fell at work and fractured his foot. Wright was part of the main event, Friday, Jan. 30. Another injury and the flu cost the card some fights, however, the card was deep enough and the 400-plus fans seemed to approve. The 10-fight card provided the crowd with excitement as well as an opportunity for 20 amateur boxers to compete.

The main event was a super lightweight rematch between City Champion Tyler Nicholson and Scott Woodward of City Boxing. Woodward boxed well and won the first round, however,

Nicholson picked it up and made the second close. The third produced fireworks from both fighters, and in a heated exchange Woodward went down. He beat the count, however, his corner stopped the fight and Nicholson of Titan remains undefeated and remains City Champ.

The other four-rounder on the card saw another rematch between City Boxing’s Mat Andreatta and Ocean City’s Lucas Collett in a super lightweight fight. They last fought in October. It was a back and forth affair early in the fight and then saw Andreatta take over in the last round. This fight was a different fight, Collett decided to box more and reserve his energy for the later rounds. The problem for Collett was Andreatta boxes very well. Rounds

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School Closure Review Meeting Langley Secondary School February 10, 2015, 7:00pm As a part of the Long Term Facilities Plan, the Langley School District served a notice of motion to consider the possible closure of Langley Secondary School.

Trustees will attend a public meeting at the school on Tuesday, February 10, 2015, 7:00 pm, and the matter will be considered at a Special Meeting of the Board of Education on Tuesday, February 17, 2015. The purpose of the February 10th meeting is to gather information from the community about the impacts of the possible closure. Oral and written presentations will be received. Speakers will be provided a five-minute time limit. Child-minding services will be provided.

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Special Olympics Langley Warriors hosted the first annual January Jam basketball tournament at Walnut Grove Secondary School on the weekend of January 17-18. In the photo from left to right are Karl Beugh and Chris Beugh of Team A, along with Jaykob Low, Nikki Anderson and Andrea Zonneveld of Team B. Communities that took part were Langley, Coquitlam, Surrey, Abbotsford, Burnaby, Vancouver and North Shore. Results: Division A, Gold Langley, Silver - North Shore, Bronze - Vancover; Division B, Gold - Coquitlam, Silver - Burnaby, Bronze - Surrey; Division C, Gold - Vancouver, Silver - North Shore, Bronze - Burnaby.

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public notice Heritage Building Incentive Program The Heritage Building Incentive Program is designed to assist with the costs of restoring, repairing, and maintaining eligible heritage buildings within the Township of Langley. Grants are available to property owners of heritage buildings included in the Township of Langley’s Inventory of Heritage Resources.

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Monday, February 16 | 7 - 11pm Regular Council Meeting Civic Facility Fraser River Presentation Theatre

To register as a Speaker or make a written submission, please contact David Green, Secretary-Treasurer via email at dgreen@sd35.bc.ca or by phone at 604-532-1477. Written submissions may also be mailed or dropped off at the School Board Office, 4875 222 Street, Langley, V3A 3Z7.

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public notices Nominees Sought for Swensson, Flowerdew, and Arnason Awards Do you know an individual, youth, or a couple who improves life for others and makes a difference in the community? If so, the Township of Langley would like to know about them.

Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2015 Pete Swensson Outstanding Community Youth Award, 2014 Eric Flowerdew Volunteer Award, and the 2014 John and Muriel Arnason Award.

The Pete Swensson Award is given to a Langley student in grade 11 or 12 who is nominated by his or her school and maintains a high scholastic effort, participates in school activities, and makes a contribution to the community through volunteer work. If you know an outstanding youth who should be considered for nomination, contact the school’s principal.

The Eric Flowerdew Volunteer Award recognizes a volunteer who promotes an active living lifestyle that enhances residents’ quality of life through creative, cultural, physical, or social pursuits, promotes traditional and non-traditional recreation activities, and enhances Langley’s community spirit.

The John and Muriel Arnason Award is presented to a volunteer couple who advocate culture, learning, and literacy, foster partnerships and cooperative efforts, and create the potential for long-term benefits to the Langley community.

A $750 monetary award will be presented to a recognized charity or society chosen by the winners of the Eric Flowerdew Volunteer Award and the John and Muriel Arnason Award.

Deadline for nominations is Friday, February 6.

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Water Main Flushing As part of our maintenance program, the municipal Water Department will be flushing water mains within the dates shown below. Water main flushing is weather dependent and we are unable to provide a specific date for when it will occur in your area.

As a result of this flushing, you may notice changes in water pressure and there may be some discolouration or sediment in the water.

This is a temporary condition and is not a health hazard. To avoid inconvenience, please check the water before doing laundry. You may wish to keep water in the refrigerator for drinking and cooking.

Brookswood, Fernridge, and High Point: Monday, February 16 – Friday, March 27 North Willoughby (Yorkson) and Northwest Langley: Monday, February 16 – Friday, April 3 Aldergrove, Gloucester, Salmon River Uplands: Monday, February 16 – Friday, April 10 Willoughby: Monday, March 9 – Friday, April 17 Engineering Division 604.532.7300 opsinfo@tol.ca

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108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 114

CLASS 1 DRIVER REQUIRED Crane experience an asset but not necessary- will train.

Job requires out of town work in the railway business.

Fax resume and drivers abstract to: 604-850-3554 or email:

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EDUCATION

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HELP WANTED

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VACATION SPOTS

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Call: 1-800-926-5593

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CAREER SERVICES/ JOB SEARCH

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Serious Applicants Only To unload 5 - 50 lb. pieces of product off trucks to re-palletize onto skids for receiving in warehouses. Hand-bombing - no machinery used. Nightshift and weekend work. Mandatory - Must have reliable transportation to & from work, steel toed footwear.

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Vernon Service Company requires F/T Journeyman Plumber/Gasfitter. $36/hr. Call 250-549-4444 or email: pres@aslanservices.ca

YARD LABOURER Required for railroad business in Abbotsford, to put together orders. Must be physically fit, willing to work outdoors and have a valid driver’s license.

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

CLIMBER/BUCKET operator needed immediately for tree service company in the Fraser Valley. $35.00/hr based on experience. 604-819-9447 the.treeguy@hotmail.com

PLUMBERS

Journeyman & Apprentices (1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th) Respected Mechanical Contractor req. Journeyman and Apprentice Plumbers for all aspects of Commercial Institutional Mechanical work (New Construction). Previous experience is an asset.

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Long Term Opportunities Avail.

Competitive Wages, & Excellent Benefits.

Fax: 604.576.4739 or E-mail: mike@dualmechanical.com

PERSONAL SERVICES

Fax resume to: 604-850-3554

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ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

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HELP WANTED

Community Health Nurse sought in Port Hardy, BC. Request job description or apply to marie.hunt@kwakiutl.bc.ca

by Feb 22. Competitive salary offered. Tel. 250-949-6625 CONSTRUCTION SITE In your NEIGHBOURHOOD

Req: Carpenters, Helpers Labourers, CSO’s/OFA’s TCP’s, Cleaners $11-28/hr Work Today, Daily or Weekly Pay Apply 9AM to 2PM at: 118 – 713 Columbia Street

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HOME CARE/SUPPORT LIVE-IN CAREGIVER

Full-time, temporary required for the 264 St. & 56 Ave area of Aldergove, BC, V4W 2R4.

Requires: experience in providing support to elderly individuals with health issues including dementia, minimum 1 yr of post secondary education and fluent in English.

Duties: meal planning & prep, medication supervision, support hygiene practices, escort to appointments, grocery shopping & laundry duties. $10.50/hour; 40 hours per week.

Please apply with resume and references to: manjbrar@me.com

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LABOURERS NEEDED

TIMESHARE

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PERSONAL SERVICES

GREENHOUSE LABOURER SunSelect Produce Limited Partnership operation is looking for steady, hardworking, energetic individuals that are able to do plant care, harvesting, sorting grading & packaging and general cleanup and workday preparations. The positions advertised are full time permanent positions for all seasons. Job Location: 349 - 264th St Aldergrove BC V4W 2K1 Wage $10.49/hr plus AD&D benefits. Positions available immediately. English language not required.

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 281

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MOVING & STORAGE

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 356

RUBBISH REMOVAL

PETS 477

PETS

RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO

RENTALS 757

TRANSPORTATION

WANTED TO RENT

845

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

851

TRUCKS & VANS

The Scrapper

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329 PAINTING & DECORATING JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT! 604.587.5865 www.recycleitcanada.ca

Gutter & Roof Cleaning/Power Washing since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Simon, 604-230-0627

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HANDYPERSONS

COMPLETE Handyman Services: new decks, house repairs, additions, power washing. Great rates, references. Call Mike 604.319.0273

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NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring.

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PLUMBING

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353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

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283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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.Jim’s Mowing. 310-JIMS (5467).

MATURE MALE ON disability. Dog sitter/trainer, med. license, seeks appropriate rental. 604-831-5100

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

NORTHSTARS PAINTING www.northstars-painting.com Master Painters at Students Rates.

We will BEAT any Qualified Quotes.

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Ask about our Move-In BONUS.

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PETS

560

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REAL ESTATE

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes!

All cats are spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed.

Visit us at:

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We have bred this litter special to create ideal family companions (intelligent, gentle, easy to train, people pleasers, happy indoors/outdoors, good with kids/animals, low/no shed Our dogs are part of our home and life and we wish the same for our puppies. Please consider the time & commitment needed to raise a dog and you will have our support & guidance for life. 1st shots/deworm, $1200, 604-820-4827 Mission NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com POMERANIAN PUPS P/B. 3 Females. First shots & vet checked.

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MISC. FOR SALE

612 BUSINESSES FOR SALE DVD RENTAL business. Selling due to illness. Fully stocked $5500.00 OBO. www.tigressevideorentals.com 250-542-0473

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FOR SALE BY OWNER

HOMES FOR RENT

845

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

1.24 ACE. 4 Bedrooms 3600sft., dble Gar., Back onto Coq River, 5 mins to Coq. Malls. $2800/mo. 604649-8987 ALDERGROVE 2721 LeFevre Rd. Lrg 4 bdrm rancher 3 bath, double garage. $1500/mo. Now. N/P. Call: 604-710-8914 or 604-728-8110.

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Amenities room incls. full gym, outdoor hot tub & pool. Walk to Morgan Heights shopping.

NO Smoking inside & NO Pets! $2250/mo. Avail. April 1 or 15

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SOLD

All in one location and below replacement cost seller wants sold today so here is your opportunity. 2000 sq on the main floor 2 bedroom suite upstairs and secure paved parking in the rear of building. You’ve driven past it now it’s time to own it. Right across the road from Aldergrove Credit Union. Quick possession possible need an investment or????

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$660,000

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Check this one out! Over 1800 sq ft on a 1/4 acre lot large rooms with 9' Ceilings large master bedroom with a very nice ensuite. All the things you would want in your retirement home are here including a trellised patio with vines covering it for those summer days overlooking private back yard. Vaulted ceilings in living room with gas fireplace have a look here.

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$650,000

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2010 FORD F-150 XLT

MSRP $25,080 E0345

Power sunroof & polished aluminum wheels.

2014 SONIC

SUPERCREW, 4X4. UTA42592

2014 CRUZE 2LT

E0412

2014 IMPALA 2LT MSRP $40,695

Navigation, 6spd auto, Premium audio/wheels. E0251

E0562

5 door, climate control, automatic

UT401823

$15,499

$35,999

2014 TERRAIN SLT AWD

2014 SIERRA 4X4

SPORT UTILITY MSRP $38,820

2008 LAND ROVE LR2

2008 RANGE ROVER HSE

2008 FORD ESCAPE 4X4

$23,460

$39,860

$12,951

LIKE NEW! LOW KMS! UT869728

Remote start, heated leather, rear vision camera.

E0512

Lift kit, navigation, leather.

$33,999

$49,999

All prices do not include taxes, license or admin fee of $499. er for details. $10,000 Total Value applies to 2015 GMC Double Cab True North Edition. See dealer

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UTX74870

See store for detail. All prices plus taxes and fees.

Ends January 17th, 2015 at 6:00 pm.

DL #31215

LOCAL, VERY CLEAN. UT800682

MSRP $60,840

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