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Sweet Stop Brookswood resident Mason Formby, 4, eats a cookie with his mom, acting sergeant Sarah Swallow of the Delta Police department, at the Cedarbrook Bakery on 200 Street. Mason was waiting to greet his mom and the other riders on the 2015 Tour de Valley Team of Cops for Cancer as they rolled through Langley on Tuesday afternoon. The cyclists rode 800 kilometres between Sept. 24 and Oct. 2. See story, page 5. D A N FE R GUS ON Langley Time s
City grapples with discarded needles DOUGLAS PARK AREA RESIDENT FRUSTRATED BY LACK OF ACTION FROM POLICE, COUNCIL MIRAN D A G AT H E R C O L E Ti m e s Re po r t e r
A depository box full of used needles, found discarded beside Douglas Park Elementary School on Sept. 29, has neighbourhood resident John Woodford fed up. “This needs to stop and we the people of this City need to make a moral stand that change needs to happen,” Woodford wrote on his Facebook page, City of Langley BC
Crime Watch 24/7. “The excuse that this is not a criminal act is ridiculous and the Crown, Judges, RCMP and elected officials need to get there [sic] act together.” This was the second bright yellow needle depository box found at the school last month. The first, discovered on Sept. 1, was found on the grass inside the schoolyard, Woodford said.
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The second, which appears to be inside a clear plastic container, was found around 10 a.m. on the sidewalk that runs between the elementary school and the water park. The same morning, RCMP and paramedics were called out to an overdose at Douglas Park. Woodward watched the commotion, and said the man was at the corner of the Douglas Park tennis court, not far from
where the depository box was found. He said he also saw students at Douglas Park Elementary outside during recess, watching the scene. RCMP later confirmed the man survived. After living in Langley City for three years, Woodford said he’s tired of the drug use in his neighbourhood. Continued Page 3
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