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Storm brings down 100-year-old tree Near miss for Langley City home as wind uproots large Douglas fir M O N I Q U E TA M M I N G A Tim e s Re po r t e r
A huge Douglas fir, described as a heritage tree, managed to miss two houses and two cars when it came crashing down during Sunday night’s windstorm. “It sounded like a bomb went off,” said Ron Trainor of the tree that fell between his home and his neighbour’s at 208 Street and 48 Avenue. “My wife and I had just gone to bed,” he said. “We then heard this big bang.” The only damage is to his neighbour’s fence. The tree is more than 100 years old, said Trainor. “We are very lucky. That tree would have taken out half our house if it fell towards us,” he said. A five-foot hole is all that remains where the tree’s root system once was. Trainor credits BC Hydro crews for arriving quickly to clear the road that was completely blocked by the tree. “BC Hydro were incredibly quick on the job and the tree was so heavy they had to buck it into a half a dozen pieces to get it off the road,” he said. Trainor has lived in the neighbourhood for 14 years but hasn’t seen any major trees fall until now. He points out that last summer’s drought led to dry root systems not being able to hold trees down in the wind. Continued Page 3
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Ron Trainor’s evening was interrupted by the collapse of a huge heritage tree in his front yard on 48 Avenue near 208 Street in Langley. The big tree managed to miss his house and cars on the street, but it did damage a neighbour’s fence and took out utility wires.
Pair arrested in parkade following armed robberies M O N I Q U E TA M M I N G A Tim e s Re po r t e r
A 25-year-old Langley woman and her 29-year-old accomplice were arrested Saturday night in an underground parking lot in Langley, charged with two armed robberies that took place in Maple Ridge. Shortly after 10 p.m. on Nov. 26, police observed a stolen vehicle
in a parking lot in downtown Maple Ridge. Two suspects got into the vehicle and drove off, while being watched by the Air One police helicopter. The vehicle drove to an underground parking lot in Langley, and the two suspects were arrested shortly after leaving the car. Police determined the vehicle had been reported stolen in a car
jacking in Surrey on Nov. 17. The investigation determined that the man and woman had allegedly been involved in two Maple Ridge robberies earlier in the week. On Nov. 24, a Maple Ridge restaurant was held up and an undisclosed amount of money and an employee’s phone were stolen. On the afternoon of Nov. 25, similarly described suspects
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