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This was the last weekend of the regular season for many of the older Aldergrove Youth Soccer Club players. Some teams are advancing to the next level of championship play. Next weekend will be the last active weekend for the younger AYSC members, U12 and younger.

Police are looking for witnesses to a hit and run that occurred in the intersection of 272 Street and Fraser Highway on Wednesday, Jan. 27. At approximately 4:30 p.m. that day, a 12 year old boy was walking northbound on 272 Street. With the ‘walk’ sign illuminated, he was crossing Fraser Highway on the west side of the intersection when an eastbound black truck struck the boy. The driver stopped momentarily, looked at the boy, then continued south on 272 Street. The driver is described as 40 to 50 year old male. The only description of the truck is black. The young boy suffered non-life threatening injuries that did not require medical attention. If you have any information that might assist with this investigation, please call Langley RCMP at 604-5323200. Should you need to remain anonymous, please call CrimeStoppers. There are four ways to leave an “anonymous tip” with Crime Stoppers: phone 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), website www. solvecrime.ca, text BCTIP and your message to CRIMES (274637) or via Facebook at www.facebook.com/metrovancouvercrimestoppers

Fraser cuts hospital beds as care homes open By JEFF NAGEL Aldergrove Star

Fraser Health will close 80 hospital beds across the region this spring as it simultaneously opens up hundreds of new residential care beds and embarks on a long-awaited shift of aging patients out of hospitals and back into local communities. The strategy has been years in the works and is culminating now as 400 residential beds are set to come on stream across the region. “This will happen over the next six

months,” Fraser Health spokesperson Tasleem Juma said. “As those residential care beds come available, we’ll be able to move people into them and slowly the reductions will happen.” Beds will be cut at 10 hospitals – all of them except Delta and Fraser Canyon. The reductions work out to less than three per cent of Fraser’s 3,000 total hospital acute care beds. Fraser officials hope the shift into the community will ultimately mean better, more appropriate care for

those patients, as well as fewer people clogging hospital beds and less ER congestion. “What we’re hearing is people want to go home and they want to go back into their communities,” Juma said. Juma maintained the region will see a net increase in combined residential and acute care beds and a net increase in jobs as more support staff are being deployed for community care. Ten new hospice beds are also

being opened. The 400 new residential complex care beds opening are split between four projects in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Surrey and White Rock at a cost of $34.5 million to Fraser. Fraser has long pursued a “home is best” long-range strategy to decongest hospitals but that took on renewed urgency in 2013 when Health Minister Terry Lake ordered a review after the health region repeatedly failed to stay within its budget. “Care in the community is cer-

tainly less expensive than hospital care,” Juma acknowledged. “The long-term benefit is we will see those gains in the future.” B.C. Nurses Union president Gayle Duteil opposes the plan to close beds, saying hospitals are already heavily congested before the planned shift in resources. “Last week we saw a record high number of patients waiting for beds in wards,” Duteil said. “Some patients were waiting in the ER for upwards SEE: Page 3

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Very good year for tourism in Langley By DAN FERGUSON Aldergrove Star

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Vernon Abernathy and Margaret O’Connor were crowned the King and Queen of Hearts at Jackman Manor’s Valentine’s day party, Feb. 12.

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of four hours just to be triaged. That is not safe patient care.” She questioned whether enough nurses are working in community care to handle the new patients. Juma agreed hospital emergency departments are busy right now, partly because of higher winter volumes. “We are going to ensure the support in the community is there before we start reducing those bed numbers.” Fraser Health’s latest report card shows the region continues to far underperform its targets on how long patients stay in hospital as well as key measures of ER congestion.

Tourism Langley is calling 2015 a “banner year” that saw the number of visitors rise 14 per cent from 2014. “This is our strongest year yet,” Tourism Langley executive director Deborah Kulchiski told the Times. The agency was expecting an improvement, but not that big. “We certainly were very pleasantly surprised.” Kulchiski said while it will be another month before the final 2015 figures are in, the preliminary numbers show last year was the best Tourism Langley has seen since it began operating. The available stats suggest the Langleys outperformed other communi-

Fort Langley National Historic Site is one of Langley’s most popular tourist spots. ties in B.C. (which have Canadians to stay in their stay in the pricey downbeen reporting increases own country, with British town core. As well, both ranging from two to 12 Columbians playing tour- Langleys have been addper cent). ist in their home province ing attractions and events Kulchiski said the and people from Alberta that are drawing more local rise was the result of heading west instead of people, Kulchiski said. a combination of factors, south for their vacations. For example, the Fort starting with the decline The Langleys have also Langley historical site of the Canadian dollar benefited by providing reported a 14 per cent against the U.S. currency. accommodation to peo- increase in visits in 2015. The fall of our dollar is ple attending Vancouver Tourism Langley is encouraging Americans events who can’t find rea- forecasting a “another to travel north and sonably-priced places to strong year” for 2016.

Home care spread thin, seniors’ advocate says By TOM FLETCHER Aldergrove Star

Health ministers across Canada say expanding community and home care is the best way to serve a growing senior population, but total home care hours declined last year in three out of five B.C. health regions. That’s one of the findings in the first annual report on seniors’ services by B.C. Seniors’ Advocate Isobel Mackenzie. Despite growing senior populations across B.C., the report found the total hours

of home support delivered to clients was down four per cent in Vancouver Island and Vancouver Coastal health regions, and down 11 per cent in the area served by Northern Health. Fraser Health, the largest region by population from Surrey through the Fraser Valley, had a seven per cent increase in hours in 201415, the fiscal year that ended last March. Interior Health, including the Okanagan and Kootenays, saw a five per cent increase. Mackenzie said there has

been an increase in seniors served by home care workers in most regions, but the hours received by each has declined. She said the data on hours reflects what she has heard from seniors around the province, who report that their home care services are being reduced. “That validates to a large extent what people are saying, which is ‘I can’t get meal prep, they cut my bathing, they cut out my housekeeping’,” Mackenzie said. Health Minister Terry Lake, who emphasized the need to

move away from the acute-care hospital model to community and home care at a recent health ministers’ conference in Vancouver, said the report is “a snapshot,” but acknowledged there is more work to do. Lake said the 11 million hours of home care support provided last year is up 35 per cent since the B.C. Liberals took office in 2001, and the number of clients served is up 29 per cent. “Despite the fact that we’ve seen a significant increase in hours and budget, the demographics are such that we are

falling behind here a little bit,” Lake said in an interview. “I think this is a good early warning system to tell us, we need to do a bit more in this area.” Lake added that the new federal government has made a commitment to invest more in home health care. He said he is encouraged by Mackenzie’s finding that 96 per cent of B.C. seniors have a regular family doctor. The B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union said Mackenzie’s report “paints a picture of a system that is headed in the wrong direction.”

B.C. seeks federal relief for aging population costs By TOM FLETCHER Aldergrove Star

When people retire to B.C. from Alberta and other provinces, they bring the majority of their health care needs with them, but some of the federal health care money stays behind. That’s the message B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake

took to the first meeting between provincial ministers and the new federal Liberal government in Vancouver last month. Lake said B.C.’s objection to the health care funding formula adopted by the former Conservative government in 2011 was that it was based on population, with no age com-

ponent. “As you age your health care costs become higher and higher,” Lake said. “So to have a pure percapita transfer actually was a disadvantage for populations that were older, such as British Columbia, and much more of an advantage to populations like Alberta that are younger.”

Lake and Premier Christy Clark noted that B.C. is on track to double the number of hospice beds for terminally ill patients, to help keep up with the aging baby boom population and those who are moving west to retire. “We talk about palliative care, we talk about care for people with dementia, we talk

about hospice care,” Clark said. “That’s expensive, and that’s why the old funding formula needs to be restored.” Studies by the Canadian Institute for Health Information confirm the steep increase in health care costs for people as they enter their senior years, much of it for end-of-life care.

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Members of Aldergrove’s synchronized skating team, the Novice Ice Angels, have been busy selling homemade cupcakes to raise funds for their trip to the National Synchronized Skating Championships in Waterloo, Ontario, Feb. 19-21. The team won bronze at the Mountain Regional Synchronized Skating Championships in Edmonton this past month. They had a third place finish and qualified to attend the National Championships. The 13-member team is Hannah Lord, Courtney Watson, Emily Wildy, Lexus Lomas, Haleigha Bull, Cora-Lee Hagel, Alex Lord, Tarra Lomas, Rachel Lagasse, Kirsty O’Brien, Tia Flello, Ogechi Anumba and Ashley Borglund. The team left for the National Championships on Thursday, Feb. 18. The Ice Angels have been doing a lot of fundraising for this trip and welcome sponsorships or donations to help with their travel expenses of about $18,000.

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Housing Minister Rich Coleman was flabbergasted at the angry response to his solution to the Victoria courthouse “tent city,” the latest tarp-covered camp to spring up in southern B.C. Coleman announced two temporary shelters with three meals a day and medical supports. One is a former nursing home close to the courthouse squat, conveniently located near panhandling and drug dealing spots as well as taxpayer-funded services. The other offers indoor or outdoor tent space at a former youth custody centre, with a dedicated downtown shuttle bus so these “victims” of “homelessness” don’t have to endure B.C.’s most generous transit bus system. We weren’t consulted, said the indignant spokespeople for those bringing new-looking tents to take advantage of food and other handouts, offered in B.C.’s warmest climate by the province’s most naïve local government. But this was just a show for the media by our resident professional protesters, some of whom aren’t really “homeless.” After the reaction, which Coleman described as “bizarre,” the combined 88 housing opportunities are being snapped up. Those on welfare will have to fork over their $375 monthly housing

allowance, as the province continues to convert more housing and offer more rent subsidies. It’s no wonder that southern B.C. is the destination of choice. Coleman said it’s always been a seasonal thing, but this winter has been the highest in a decade, largely due to an exodus of economic migrants from the downturn in Alberta, naturally heading for B.C.’s most desirable real estate. I asked him about two other homeless hotspots. In Abbotsford, campers have ignored a city deadline to take down structures in a three-year-old camp, after temporary shelter and costly provincial supports were brought on. A courtroom and street confrontation looms with self-styled “drug war survivors” and their Vancouver legal help. In Maple Ridge, a tent camp sprang up next to the local Salvation Army shelter, with people cycling through the shelter’s 15-day limit, camping and being fed until they could go back in. Mayor Nicole Read, who has worked in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, said Maple Ridge took on its own outreach, shelter and housing effort because the province’s $1 million-a-year Salvation Army operation isn’t working. Coleman is not amused. He said he’s had no complaints about the Salvation

Army shelter, and Read is the only one griping. And no mayor is going to tell him how to spend provincial dollars. Maple Ridge now has two shelters with accompanying street drugs, prostitution and crime. I asked Coleman about the 10-year-study led by Simon Fraser University researcher Julian Somers on the housing, outreach and services in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. This is the heart of B.C.’s “housing first” strategy, where the province has bought and renovated 30 “single room occupancy” buildings, built another dozen and poured in every possible support, including the buyout of high-living executives at the Portland Hotel Society. The study found that the hardest cases are worse off than ever, based on court, hospital and other service records, while the influx to the notorious Vancouver drug ghetto have tripled in 10 years. “I haven’t had a chance to go over that report yet, but I disagree with the assumption I’ve heard already, because I walk the Downtown Eastside,” Coleman said. “I don’t know if they do every few weeks to a month, but I’ve been doing it for about nine or 10 years and I can tell you it’s a whole lot better down there.” The question is whether problems are being solved, or just better hidden from view.

Editor: On Feb. 6 a parent’s worst nightmare happened. Our family’s two-and-a-half-year-old girl went missing. Of course, the first thing we did was to search the property, but soon it was clear that we needed more help. It was then that we called 911. While talking with the operator, we heard sirens. “Are those sirens coming for us?” we asked. We were shocked, we couldn’t believe how fast the police arrived. Of course, all of us were eager to jump in and help in any way we could. The police told us to show them the property, and then we left it up to them. Neighbours, people walking by, church family, and people that stopped while driving, all helped to look along the road, in the ditches and on neighbouring properties. They told us it would be best to just stay in the house, so they could do their thing. Soon search and rescue was here, then three fire trucks arrived. On top of that, were maybe eight to 10 police cruisers. It was absolutely incredible, the team work and promptness of their arrival and methods. A victim services officer came quickly, she was like a counsellor for us. Already we had four of our church family at our house, comforting us, and cooking for the kids. She really didn’t have much to do with the others there, but her presence and professional, yet caring attitude was greatly appreciated. Then two officers came in and took statements from everyone. They were so patient, and kind, and were so good with interviewing the younger kids, asking them in ways that their answers would actually be of help. Sadly, at around 8 p.m. the emergency crew found her little body at the bottom of our pond. We know her spirit is in heaven with Jesus, and only her body is left here on Earth. We look forward to seeing her again. The purpose of this letter, is to thank the following people: The emergency responders who showed up so quickly for doing such a hard job, working in the dark, and for finding her body. If we never had any answers, it would haunt us for the rest of our lives. The neighbours, and drivers who took time out of their lives to search for our little girl, calling her name and looking in the ditches, neighbours’ properties, and the streets. The counsellor, for coming to help us, talk to us, cry with us, and give the kids little toys. The church family, for praying so hard, and helping out in driving, cooking, and babysitting. The two detectives for coming to the hospital. It was so nice to see familiar faces there. Our pastor for his continued support, and practical gifts. The community, for all the food, letters, emails, messages, and prayers. All the support, has been amazing. Thank you all so much, and we won’t forget your kindness to us. May we as a community, come together when others are hurting, to aid in the comfort, as you have done for us. God bless and thank you. Johnson family, Aldergrove

Pipeline not a dream Editor: What planet does Ian Anderson of Kinder Morgan live on, claiming that the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is “a stronger, safer and more responsive project” due to gathering “years” of input and feedback? The truth is that a politicized National Energy Board has allowed Kinder Morgan to ignore input from the public, the NEB has dismantled the ability at hearings for groups to cross examine Kinder Morgan, Kinder Morgan has been allowed to ignore 80 per cent of questions submitted prior to the hearings, and when Kinder Morgan deigns to answer the responses have been inadequate if not laughable. The existing Kinder Morgan pipeline caused massive permanent damage to streams and wetlands. But Kinder Morgan’s expansion does not intend to use more modern methods to protect habitat. They bizarrely claim that doing things the same old way does not cause any permanent damage. Nor do they think they should provide compensation for the damage their pipeline has and will create. The public be damned. There are many arguments against this pipeline. Using modern ecological methods and providing compensation where damage is unavoidable would be a rounding error in the cost. How could this project even be allowed to the hearing stage without addressing these basic issues to protect the public interest? Doug McFee, Chair, Salmon River Enhancement Society

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They believe the proponent’s scientific reports take an activist approach and are not objective. “It’s in the interest of Trans Mountain to have provided good science reports so that the Energy Board can make decisions with their reports, and the reports of intervenors,” Young said. “So what’s happened is it’s really been the intervenors’ expense, personal expense, and time and money — even though there was some funding — (to) put together mostly very, very good, very rigorous reports.” SRES was not allowed to cross examine the Trans Mountain scientists, and could only access information through formal requests. “I think the frustrating thing was the refusal of the National Energy Board to force the proponent, to force Trans Mountain, to answer the questions,” she said. “We couldn’t really rigorously ask questions to Trans Mountain.” In a letter to The Times, Kinder Morgan Canada (KMC) president Ian Anderson said KMC has completed “years of planning, scientific studies and meaningful consultation.” “The input and feedback we’ve gathered has created a stronger, safer and more responsive project. Safety is the cornerstone of everything we do, and our team has carefully developed measures to protect the health of our workers, communities and ecosystems,” Anderson wrote. “And, 89 per cent of the proposed pipeline expansion parallels existing pipeline or utility infrastructure, minimizing community impacts.” Anderson said Langley residents will see “significant benefits” should the expansion be approved, with the municipality collecting an additional $575,000 in taxes. Phase two of the NEB hearings continued in Calgary last week.

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Langley’s Salmon River Enhancement Society made its case regarding the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion during a 40-minute presentation to the National Energy Board on Jan. 23. The local environmental group was one of several intervenors to speak at the hearings, held in Burnaby Jan. 19-29. “I think we got our points across,” SRES director Annabel Young told Black Press, following their delegation. “We just really want the National Energy Board to put some real value into the environmental impacts and what’s going to happen. They need to really pay attention to that, especially because climate around the world is becoming more and more important and people are more aware of it.” Young and biologist Dr. Marvin Rosenau spoke to the NEB about the environmental impacts of twinning Kinder Morgan’s 1,150 km Trans Mountain oil pipeline from Edmonton to Burnaby. In Langley, the pipeline will affect the Salmon River, West Creek, Nathan Creek and Yorkson Creek. Many of these areas still have not fully recovered from construction of the first pipeline in 1953, said Rosenau, who was hired by SRES to conduct scientific research using a $12,000 grant from the NEB. “The edge habitats of the streams, all the brush and trees and salmon berry bushes and ferns, they’re all missing,” Rosenau said. “Those are critical parts of fish habitat along stream edges. It’s missing in virtually all of the (pipe) crossings.” Part of this problem could be mitigated by installing pipe with “trenchless technology,” such as directional drilling. By pushing the

pipe below the stream, “you don’t mess up all the vegetation, you don’t mess up the banks, you don’t mess up the gravel and cobbles and all of the good stuff that fish use,” Rosenau said. With other methods, such as trench crossings, fish habitats are “basically destroyed” by workers cutting a gouge across the stream and using riprap — or large, sharp blasted rock — to control stream erosion, he added. According to the Trans Mountain website, construction will incorporate the use of trenchless technologies in “select locations to minimize potential disruption or environmental impact.” Rosenau also says Trans Mountain has not provided a compensation plan for the loss of second growth trees — some nearing 100 years old — in the 45-metre section that will be stripped to make way for construction equipment. “The way the design is, we think this is going to be basically obliterated,” Rosenau said. “Those features, those habitat attributes, really are going to be lost. And they’re not going to grow back in five years, they’re not going to grow back in 10 years or even 50 years. “So in order to basically provide some sort of response, some sort of compensation, some sort of offset, what we suggest is that the proponent buys up land and puts it into a protective status.” In some areas of Florida, for example, for every acre of wetland destroyed, the proponent must purchase another 40 acres to be preserved in a protected zone, Rosenau added. But perhaps the most frustrating part about presenting the SRES scientific reports to the NEB, is the fact they have to conduct their own reports in the first place, Young said.

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Aldergrove’s A1 Midget Bruins hockey team had a good start to the playoffs, with a 5-2 victory over the visiting Surrey team Thursday, Feb. 11 at Aldergrove Arena. This closes the regular season and the Bruins will now move on to the 4-point series. Their first game is set for Thursday, Feb. 25, 9 p.m. versus Semiahmoo at Aldergrove Arena and then again in Semiahmoo on the following Tuesday night. This series looks for the first team to gain four points, with it being awarded as two points for a win, one point for a tie and no points for a loss. The winner of this series moves on to the Final KURT LANGMANN PHOTO

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Four. If Aldergrove is successful there, the Bruins move on to the Final Four, a single round robin series, being held at Aldergrove from February 26 to March 2. The top two teams from the Final Four then move on to the BC Hockey Midget Tier 2 Championships, being held in Prince George on March 14 to 18. The Aldergrove Bruins won 12 of their last 14

regular season games and are ranked number one in the league. The Aldergrove Bruins are: #1 Dierkhising, Kallum (G), #3 Edwards, Dayton (D), #4 James, Devon (D), #5 Ivison, Dawson (D), #6 Desrosiers, Jordan (F), #7 Favel, Logan (F), #8 Buchner, Brodie (F), #9 Bencze, Ryan (D), #10 Belansky, Logan (F), #11 Myer, Tanner (F), #12 Boelema, Josh (F), #13 Digness, Jordan (AP)

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Kodiaks start playoffs round versus Pilots By KURT LANGMANN Aldergrove Star

The Mission City Outlaws defeated the Abbotsford Pilots 5-2 in the final deciding regular season game to finish in the top spot of the Harold Brittain conference with 64 points. The Pilots followed at 62 points and the Aldergrove Kodiaks with a season total of 51 points are to face the Pilots in the first round of PJHL playoffs. The Outlaws will face the Ridge Meadows Flames, which finished the season with 43 points. In the Tom Shaw conference the North Vancouver Wolf Pack (67 points) will face the Delta Ice Hawks (46 points) in their first round of playoffs, and the Grandview Steelers (51 points) will face the Richmond Sockeyes (48 points). The schedule for the best-ofseven playoffs round between the Aldergrove Kodiaks and Abbotsford

Aldergrove Kodiaks finished the regular season with 51 points in 44 games and are playing the Abbotsford Pilots in the first round of playoffs this week. Pilots has been set. Game times are: •Wed., Feb. 24, 7:15 p.m. at Callegari has notched 26 goals defenceman Davin Padgham, who •Tues., Feb. 16, 7 p.m. at MSA Arena Aldergrove Arena and 26 assists in 42 games for a total has scored nine goals and assisted •Wed., Feb. 17, 7:15 p.m. at •Fri., Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m. at MSA of 52 points, while Davitt scored 23 in 34 for a total of 43 points in 42 Aldergrove Arena Arena and assisted in 29 goals in 44 games games. Padgham (#18) is one of only •Fri., Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m. at MSA The Aldergrove Kodiaks head into for a total of 52 points. three rookies in the league’s top-20, Arena the playoffs with four of the top-20 Kodiak Spencer Unger is not far and is the only defender to make •Sun., Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m. at league-leading players, including top behind with 49 points in 43 games, the list, except for his older brothAldergrove Arena players #8 and #9, Eric Callegari and with 16 goals and 33 assists. er Brock (#14), who plays for the •Tues., Feb. 23, 7 p.m. at MSA Arena Cameron Davitt, respectively. Noteworthy is rookie Kodiak Mission Outlaws.

Kodiaks wrap up regular season with pair of wins By KURT LANGMANN Aldergrove Star

The Aldergrove Kodiaks wrapped up their regular season with a 3-1 victory over the Richmond Sockeyes, Feb. 10 at Aldergrove Arena. The win caps their PJHL season with 51 points and 24 wins in 44 games, and third place in the Harold Brittain conference. It was Kyle Bosko’s night to shine as the Kodiak forward notched a deciding pair of goals in the third period. The Sockeyes were up 1-0 at the start of the third but three minutes into the period Bosko scored the tying goal, with assists from affiliate Colin McCarthy and Matt Oliver. At 14:14 Kodiak captain Spencer Unger scored on one of the team’s seven power plays to put the Kodiaks up 2-1. Assists came from Cameron Davitt and Eric Callegari. Then in the dying minute as the Sockeyes pulled goalie Kurt Russell for a man-

advantage Kodiaks Callegari and affiliate Brady Buckham fed the puck to Bosko for the deciding empty-netter. The game’s first star went to Bosko, and the second star to Unger. The Sockeyes outshot the Kodiaks 30-28, with Kodiak keeper Cole Forbes turning aside all but one shot on his goal. KODIAKS WALLOP HAWKS After suffering a 4-6 loss to the Delta Ice Hawks Feb. 3 at Aldergrove Arena the Aldergrove Kodiaks paid back the Hawks with a vengeance Tuesday night with a 6-1 win over the Hawks in their arena. It was the Kodiaks’ game right from the puck drop as the Kodiaks were up 3-0 in the first period and 6-0 in the second. Only a bit of a rally by the Hawks in the third resulted in the Hawks’ only goal that night, but it was not enough. Kodiak Eric Callegari opened the scoring with a shorthanded goal and Derian

White notched a pair of power play goals for the 3-0 lead. Assists came from Spencer Unger, Callegari and Davin Padgham, and Elijah Vilio and Nathan Washington, respectively. In the second period Brandon Dolby scored another shorthanded goal, assisted by Cameron Davitt. This was followed by a goal from Ryleigh Anderson, assisted by Erik Bocale and Washington, and a power play goal by Callegari, assisted by Davitt and Unger. Hawks’ Luc Soares scored their only goal early in the third period. The Kodiaks outshot the Hawks every period except the third for an overall 32-24 shots on goal, and scored on three of six power plays while the hawks failed to find the back of the net on four power plays. Callegari, White and Washington were named the game’s stars.

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The Township of Langley is holding an open house for the Williams Neighbourhood Plan to present background information, a summary of community input received to date, and a draft vision, goals, and neighbourhood design principles for public review and feedback. Residents, property and business owners, and other stakeholders in the community are all encouraged to attend the open house and provide input.

Turn trash into treasure with our fourth annual Upcycling Design Challenge. Create a unique and interesting piece made from at least 75% found/recovered material. TELEVISED

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langley events centre Coming Events Vancouver Stealth NLL Lacrosse Sat Feb 20 7:00pm vs. Calgary Roughnecks Pre-game party before each home game at 5:30pm in the Fox Hole

Langley Rivermen BCHL Hockey Sun Feb 21 3:00pm vs. Victoria Grizzlies Final regular season game – Fan Appreciation Night

Trinity Western Spartans CIS University Volleyball Fri

Feb 19 vs. UBC 6:00pm Women’s 8:00pm Men’s Sat Feb 20 vs. UBC 5:00pm Women’s 7:00pm Men’s

Valley West Hawks BC Major Midget Boys’ Hockey Sun Feb 21 9:00am vs. South Island Royals

2016 TELUS Junior Boys Provincial Basketball Invitational Tournament Feb 27–Mar 1 The Langley Events Centre is located at 7888 - 200 Street For ticket information, contact Langley Events Centre 604.882.8800 • LangleyEventsCentre.com

public notice Boat Launch Closure Notice Please be advised that the Marina Park boat launch in Fort Langley will be closed to motorized watercraft from 6am – 3pm on Saturday, March 5 for the University of the Fraser Valley Cascade Athletic’s “Head of the Fort” race on the Bedford Channel. We apologize for any inconvenience. Scott Johnson Parks Services Coordinator 604.532.3538

There is $1,300 in cash and prizes to be won! Contest entries will be displayed at an exhibit at the Willowbrook Shopping Centre from Tuesday, April 19 to Sunday, May 1. Come see the display and vote for your favourite piece. Prizes will be awarded at an evening reception on Thursday, April 28, 6 to 9pm. Deadline for submissions is Saturday, April 9. For more information visit tol.ca/upcycling or call 604.532.7300. Engineering Division 604.532.7300

public notices 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. Willoughby: Monday, February 22 – Friday, April 1 North Willoughby (Yorkson) and Northwest Langley: Monday, February 22 – Friday, April 8 Aldergrove/Gloucester/Salmon River Uplands: Monday, February 22 – Friday, April 15 Willowbrook: Friday, April 1 – Friday, April 29 Fort Langley/Forest Knolls/Milner: Friday, April 8 – Friday, May 6 Engineering Division 604.532.7300 opsinfo@tol.ca

Curbside Collection Services in Winter Conditions When winter conditions such as snow and icy roads affect curbside collection services, residents are asked to ensure their cans are still visible and leave their garbage, recycling, and Green Can out for the day. The contractor will do its best to pick up the material before the end of the day. There are a few easy ways you can find out if you should bring materials back in at the end of the day or put it out for the following week: 1. Visit tol.ca/garbage and sign up for a weekly collection reminder and be notified by email or phone 2. View an updated list of collection delays at http://sierrawaste.ca/ township-of-langley 3. Call 604.530.3939 for updates Engineering Division 604.532.7300 opsinfo@tol.ca

Composting: Nature’s Recycling Help the environment and get great soil for your garden by using a backyard composter. Township residents can get a backyard composter for $25. They can be purchased at the Civic Facility or Operations Centre during regular operating hours. Engineering Division 604.532.7300

Date: Monday, February 22 Time: 4 - 8pm Place: Langley Events Centre, Banquet Hall Address: 7888 - 200 Street Background material on the Williams Neighbourhood Plan is available on the Township’s website at tol.ca/Williams. Community Development Division 604.533.6034 WilliamsNP@tol.ca

public notices 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. The next deadline for the grant program is Friday, March 4, 2016 at 4:30pm. For an application form, visit the Township of Langley website at tol.ca/hbip. Elaine Horricks Heritage Planner 604.533.6176

Council Meetings Broadcast Live Via Web Streaming Regular meetings of Township of Langley Council can be viewed live via the Internet. Log on to tol.ca/webstream to watch web streaming coverage of meetings in progress and/or to search for archived meetings. Check tol.ca and the Township Page for a list of scheduled regular Council meetings that will be web streamed. Legislative Services Department 604.533.6100 legservicesinfo@tol.ca

After-Hours Emergency Contact 604.543.6700

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HINCKS, Darren Our hearts are heavy with sadness and shock after losing a loving father and devoted partner so unexpectedly. Darren Hincks passed away suddenly Feb. 10, 2016 at the tender age of 47 in Aldergrove. Darren was born in Edmonton, AB on Oct. 23, 1968. Important to him was reading, with a special interest for Hunter S. Thompson, wilderness camping, and raising his son Hunter, turning him into a wonderful young man. He is survived by son Hunter (Melissa), loving partner Holly, step sons Dalen and Lukas, brothers Bryan (Kiersten), Kevin (Carla), father Don (Faye), and step father Eric. A celebration of his life will take place Feb 21st at 2:00 pm at Murrayville Hall 21667 48th Ave. Langley BC.

WRIGHT, Dale Sidney April 30, 1953 ~ January 28, 2016

Dad was a man of few words and strong beliefs, he lived his life the way he wished. Sadly, he passed away unexpectedly but peacefully in the early morning hours of January 28, 2016. He has moved on to join his Father Sidney, Mother Margaret, Brother George & Sister Jean. Dale will be missed by his son Clinton Wright (Charlene, Jasmine, Ashlyn, Sierra and Braydon); daughter Regan Wright (Brent, Quinn, Kiana & Nolan); sister Patricia Wilkinson (and family); brother Ted Humphreys (and family); close friends and of course, his most dedicated and loyal companion Cash. A Memorial service will be held Sunday February 28th, 2016 1:00 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the Kinsmen Community Centre (26770-29th Ave. Aldergrove B.C.) Memorial donations can be made to Langley Animal Protection Services (LAPS) in Aldergrove. ~ Always loved and forever in our thoughts ~

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YOUR HOME MAY BE WORTH MORE THAN YOU THINK… A R O F Y A D O T L CAL N O I T A U L A V E E FRE Call Dan Flokstra 604-857-1100

LANGLEY AIRPORT $65,000 FLYING HIGH!

26927-28B AVE $ 549,900

Langley airport T Hangers. Individual bays available to purchase Get your plane inside and have your own hanger bay…Safety and security. Only 10 available. Hanger # 22 west side of airport call for more info.

Completely updated bsmt home that is ready for your family to come home to. New kitchen, bathrooms, flooring, concrete floor downstairs, new furnace, new hot water tank - new everything! Bsmt unfinished at this point but could easily be suited if you need to. Don’t pass this one up call today.

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realestate@danflokstra.com 26641 FRASER HWY, ALDERGROVE

604-857-1100

RE/MAX ALDERGROVE www.fraservalleyrealestate.net

ALDERCENTER REALTY

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MURRAY GM’s

www.aldergrovestar.com

2015 CLEAROUT

HURRY IN ~ THESE NEW MODELS WON’T BE AVAILABLE FOR MUCH LONGER!

SAVE UP TO

UP TO

11,500

%OFF

SAVE ON CHEVROLET OR GMC

SAVE ON CADILLAC

RELIABILTY & AFFORDABILITY ALL ROLLED INTO ONE

CREATING A HIGHER STANDARD

0% FINANCING AVAILABLE NOW!

3 REMAIN

SAVE $5,000

CHEVROLET MALIBU

ATS COUPE AWD

CTS SEDAN AWD

2 REMAIN

WAS $38,010

WAS $61,015

NOW 36,910

SAVE $7,840

NOW $59,915

UP TO

ALL OF OUR VEHICLES COME WITH 2 YEARS FREE OIL CHANGES, 5 YEARS OF BASIC ON-STAR & MOST COME WITH 4G LTE WI-FI BUILT IN.

604.857.5200

1-888-220-1853

TOLL FREE

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CHEVROLET

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GMC

BUICK

DL #30735

GMC SIERRA 1500 & 3500

CHEVROLET CRUZE

CADILLAC

ABBOTSFORD

All Prices do not include license, taxes or documentation fee. See dealer for complete details. Prices in effect until February 29, 2016.

DROP BY FOR A TEST DRIVE.

FINAL 2015 F-150 CLEAROUT... ONLY 22 LEFT! 2015 FORD F-150 CREW CAB 4X4 XLT/XTR 5.0L V8, 6-SPEED AUTO, SYNC, TRAILER TOW PACKAGE, REAR CAMERA, FORD BOXLINER, 301A, AIR, REAR DEFROSTER, 18” CHROME LIKE WHEELS & MORE. #F17069

49,799 MSA DISCOUNT – $12,873 WINTER BONUS CASH – $750 MSRP

SALE PRICE

$36,176

604.856-9000 DL#31215

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VOTED ABBOTSFORD’S FAVOURITE NEW CAR DEALER 8 YEARS RUNNING!

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Dealer may sell or lease for less. Limited time offer and availability. Offers only valid at MSA Ford Sales. Retail offers may be canceled or changed at any time without notice. Limit one (1) incentive redemption per Eligible Model sale. Some offers are not rain-checkable. All prices are plus taxes and fees. See dealer for complete details for all advertised offers. All offers good on in-stock MSA Ford Sales vehicles only. All offers subject to prior sale. All available Ford incentives, Holiday Bonus Cash, Ford Loyalty/Conquest, MSA Finance cash, Non finance cash, Non stackable Cash, and rebates/credits/allowances/rates have been used in advertised prices. Some rebates and credit may be taxable. Financing/Leasing on approved consumer or business credit. Vehicle(s) may be shown with optional equipment or may not be exactly as shown. For factory orders, a customer may either take advantage of eligible Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited retail customer promotional incentives/offers available at the time of vehicle factory order or time of vehicle delivery, but not both or combinations thereof, subject to incentive rules and eligibility. Winter Bonus Cash on available on select 2015 and 2016 in stock vehicles. Some incentives may not be combinable or offered with other incentives. Our advertised prices include Freight, and P.D.I., Add dealer documentation and registration fees of $420, and applicable taxes and fees. Lease Offer Total Paid (including taxes) is$12,012.16. Lease end value is $27,929.00 plus applicable taxes. First payment, taxes and some mandatory fees due at delivery. Lease LAPR is 4.99% for 24 months. Ford Credit 0% or low APR Financing not compatible with Ford non-stackable cash, MSA finance cash, Ford or MSA lease offers or MSA Discounts or bonuses. All prices do not include any added equipment or options that may have been installed by dealer. All offers expire Feb. 20th at 5:00 pm (PST).

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