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Langley’s four-day Canada Day celebration at Willoughby Community Park wraps up today, Tuesday, July 1. Helping to put it together are event director Lina Mincova and Dr. Sarwan Singh Randhawa, who is the communications and media director of the celebration. Monday, June 30, was Langley International Festival Day at the park, followed by today’s Canada Day party with music, magicians, dancing troupes, clowns, entertainers, dog shows, and a children’s chalet with bouncy castles, and a wide range of games and activities. Fireworks will be set off sometime after 10 p.m. Also today in Fort Langley, Canada’s birthday is marked at several sites throughout the village. There’s also celebrations in Aldergrove and Cloverdale.

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Medicinal pot grow-ops green-lighted

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Medical marijuana can be grown on Langley farmland, after the province overruled a Township bylaw against the practice. The Township voted earlier this year to restrict growing medical marijuana to industrial areas only. Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick sent the Township mayor a letter on June 24 saying he would not approve that bylaw. The Agricultural Land Commission has already ruled that medical marijuana crops are a permitted use in the Agricultural Land Reserve, which includes about 70 per cent of the

Township. Ministry staff are to work with “This latest decision is unfortulocal governments to create a nate,” said Township Mayor Jack “bylaw standard” that will allow Froese. “We recognize there is a municipalities to draft bylaws need for medical marijuana, but that will meet the guidelines and these are intensive operations allow pot to grow on ALR land. that our council feels are better At least one local greenhouse suited for industrial areas, rather owner, a longtime orchid grower, than on farmland.” had planned to move into medicThe letter from the province al marijuana. The owner of Koch spells out the Greenhouses spoke province’s posout last December “There are intensive ition. and urged counoperations that our “The Ministry cil not to pass the of Agriculture council feels are better bylaw. supports the The debate over suited for industrial ALC’s position industrial versus areas.” that medical rural growing of marihuana promedical marijuana Jack Froese duction is conbegan last year as sistent with the the federal governdefinition of ‘farm use’ in the ment laid out new rules for medAgricultural Land Commission ical marijuana. Act and is allowable in the ALR, In the past, marijuana grows and the ministry’s policy position were small-scale, either by the is that medical marijuana produc- patients or by small suppliers. tion in the ALR should not be Most grow ops were in houses or prohibited by local governments”. garages, and they tended to be

set up like illegal grow ops. This caused a number of problems. Police would set up raids only to find that they had targeted a legal operation. Criminals would attack the homes if they found them, to steal and re-sell the pot. Municipalities had concerns over the fire safety issues that crop up with most indoor grow ops. The federal government has also experimented in the past with growing its own marijuana in an old mine shaft in Flin Flon, Man. The new system was a move to a free market system, in which companies could be licensed by the government and grow to supply a larger number of patients. Medical grow ops will be excluded from farm classification for property tax and assessment purposes under the provincial rules, which means they will be taxed at a higher rate than most farms.

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The Law Society of New Brunswick (LSNB) will accept Trinity Western University law grads, voting to approve its University School of Law. TWU president Bob Kuhn presented and answered questions at the council meeting last week, and other individuals and organizations were given the opportunity to present in the afternoon. The final decision came late afternoon by a show of hands, a 14 to 5 result in favour. • More online

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With the advent of summer weather, the RCMP are offering some advice to Langley cyclists and drivers on safety. Thousands of cyclists are seriously injured every year, and many of those injuries are preventable. • Cyclists need a meter on either side of them as a safety zone. Do not pass too close. If possible, change lanes to pass. • Ensure your bicycle is equipped with a bell, horn or other device to warn pedestrians or other vehicle you are in the vicinity. • More online

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A Langley woman is demanding a reckoning after finding a small coil of metal in her five-year-old daughter’s Happy Meal at a McDonald’s restaurant in South Surrey. Shandi Dubois said her family was having lunch at a McDonalds outlet in Wal-Mart in South Surrey last Saturday afternoon when they discovered a piece of metal, about a centimetre around and two centimetres long, in her daughter Madison’s French fries. Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance When she alerted the restaurant Shandi Dubois was alarmed to find metal in daughter Madison’s French fries. to her find, she said, “The manager broke it into pieces in front of me.” She wasn’t happy with the offer of a $50 gift card. Dubois said she was told the metal would be sent for testing but grew placed. fed up after several unsatisfying calls to the ers.” “They misplaced the evidence and it’s company. Gibson said it’s his understanding the lost.” “I’ve had enough. I want something done piece of metal was misplaced during a shift Meantime, she took Madison to a doctor, about it,” Dubois said Wednesday. change, “which would be a breach in protoshe said, with happy results. “This is my daughter. I’m quite upset col for such an incident, and the restaurant “There’s nothing wrong with her; she about this – it could be pretty devastating.” team has received follow-up and coaching didn’t ingest anything.” On Thursday, Dubois said she heard from on how to handle it appropriately.” Dubois said McDonald’s has apologized “head office” that the metal has been misDubois said she was pleased to hear that. and will send her some complimentary gift

Education

Summer school may be impeded by strike Summer school is still undecided but year-round schools must stay open. by Heather Colpitts

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Expanded summer school options last year proved wildly successful but the Langley School District won’t be able to announce whether there will be summer school until July 3. The BC Teachers Federation said that picket lines will be lifted at five schools which operate on year-round calendars. That includes Douglas Park Community School.

Picketers must allow teachers into those schools to teach. As well, the Labour Relations Board ruled that Grades 10, 11 and 12 remedial classes are essential services. The Langley district must now decide how to proceed. “Two recent developments will have an impact on the provision of summer learning,” the district posted online. The BC Teachers Federation has announced that if a contract is not reached by summer, its members will picket summer school sites. The district said that with schools behind pickets, the buildings would be closed because there would be no

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Crews douse building blaze A major fire struck a commercial and industrial building on the Langley Bypass.

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Firefighters from Langley City and Township doused a fire at a complex of buildings between the Langley Bypass and 62nd Avenue Thursday afternoon. At about 12:20 p.m., multiple reports were called in by the public of a large fire in the back of a building in the 20800 block of the Bypass, said City fire chief Rory Thompson. A sizeable amount of flame was Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance erupting from the upper rear winLangley fire crews were hoisted in the bucket truck to open up the back of the building and dows when firefighters arrived, said extinguish hot spots. Thompson. The fire appears to tackling hot spots. commercial and industrial building have started in the They didn’t leave was injured by the fire. P&G Deli store. the scene of the fire The centre of the building sufCity firefightuntil after 7 p.m. fered substantial damage. ers called in some “We had a bit of “The roof is actually sagging backup from their work to do to pull inwards,” zsaid Thompson. Langley Township off the facade of the Fire investigators were looking colleagues and the building, which is into the cause Thursday and Friday more than 30 fireMatthew Claxton/Langley Advance all metal sheeting,” morning. fighters on scene Thompson said. The following day, several stores knocked the main The fire caused heavy damage in Firefighters had to in the complex remained closed and part of the fire down an upper portion of the commercial pry apart the facade were having water pumped out. in fairly short order. building. and parts of the roof Water was flowing out under the However, the fire to get at the remainfront door of the P&G Deli. had gotten into the So far, there is no indication that roof as well, Thompson said. Crews ing bits of fire. No one in the businesses in the the fire was deliberately set. were still on scene after 5 p.m.

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Water/sewer upgrade on tap A $10 million project in the City will take eight to 12 months to finish. by Heather Colpitts hcolpitts@langleyadvance.com

The joint Metro Vancouver/Langley City project to replace or upgrade water and sewer pipes along 200th Street will start late this summer. “This $10 million project is scheduled to start late summer and last eight to

12 months,” explained Metro Vancouver collection system senior engineer Bob Cheng. The two partners held a public open house June 26 where people had a chance to ask questions about the project and make suggestions to the two partners. The City is installing new water lines, including a dedicated line that feeds its 22 million litre reservoir that feeds the southern end of the municipality.

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The new recreation centre will take more than a year to build. by Heather Colpitts

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The public library in Langley City hall is getting smaller but Timms Recreation Centre will be getting several new amenities. City hall and Timms will be tied together with a central concourse to create a municipal and receational hub. The old Timms Recreation Centre was knocked down to make room for a new facility. Initially the City was looking for public/private partnerships but negotiations fell through, so the City decided to go it alone. “I’m optimistic for the beginning of September,” Acting Mayor Ted Schaffer said about the start of construction. “It’s an aggressive timeline.” The new 35,000 square foot Timms centre is

expected to be done for December 2015. The City’s lease on Timms’ temporary location, the former Legion building on Eastleigh Crescent expires at the end of 2015. The new centre features meeting rooms, a workout facility, a gym, a community kitchen, and indoor walking/jogging track on mezzanine in the gym. The library was built before there were so many Township branches, so its footprint is being reduced by about 25 per cent. That space will be used for change rooms. The $14.3 million facility will use half as much power as comparable centres because of LED lighting, heat recovery and reuse, and extra insulation. The centre sits closer to the sidewalk but there are 105 stalls in ground-level parking in the rear and 62 new underground parking stalls. Other than the library changes, City hall functions will not change.

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one lane open in each “This is a system which direction as much as posis going to be in place for sible. at least 35 years,” said The City and Metro City project manager Doug Vancouver have been Hyde. doing extensive planning The infrastructure to mitigate issues for the upgrade project involves public. building a new sanitary “We do not anticipate sewer pipe from Fraser any shutoff of utiliites,” Highway near 201st Street, Cheng noted. across 57A Avenue and People nearby will down 200th Street to experience typical conMichaud Crescent where struction related issues the line heads southwest such as noise and dust. to 53rd Avenue. “Typically our contractThe project involves ors will work from 7 to installing 1.4 kilometres of about 4 p.m.,” Cheng said. PVC pipe ranging from 900 He said should contractcentimetres to 1.2 metres ors have to work later as well as concrete sewer than that, area residents pipe. The current pipe is will be informed. 36 inch PVC. In addition to items The sections on either delivered to homes in the side of the nearby project streets, “We do not anticipate area were there have any shutoff of utilities.” also been already upgraded. various Bob Cheng The project methods involves used to proreplacing pipes that date vide information, including back to the 1970s. ads, websites and public Metro Vancouver overevents. Metro Vancouver sees water and sewer and the City will continue for most of the Lower to send out information. Mainland. Langley City partnered The sewer in the 200th with Metro Vancouver to Street area eventually condo its water project at the nects to the South Surrey same time as the regional Interceptor system and district was doing its the sewage is treated at sewer work. Annacis Island Wastewater “I think we’re probably Treatment Plant. saving 10 or 15 per cent of The water and sewer the cost,” noted Hyde. lines run along 200th The savings include Street so the project was costs for materials, adminheld until the new Roberts istration, insurance and Bank Rail Corridor overbonding. passes were open so traffic “And we’re minimizing could divert. the impact to the communThe goal is to maintain ity,” he added.

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New Timms centre integrated with City hall (Below) The new Timms Recreation Centre on the left is integrated with the existing City hall in appearance.

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(Right) Stuart Rothnie, with Hughes Condon Marler Architects, outlined the plans at a public event June 26.

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Add a blessing to Canada Day

Today is Canada Day. It’s Canada’s 147th birthday, and it is a day for celebration. This is a day to celebrate everything that is good about this country – and that’s a lot to celebrate, because by anyone’s standards and regardless of the yardstick used, Canada is at or near the very top of any list of the very best countries in the world. Like any birthday, this is also a good day to take positive note of things that we could improve as the clock ticks through our next year. We’re not going to get into a lot of nitpicking here, but we’re going to make one suggestion for one improvement that could make an important difference throughout the world. Really, it’s a follow-up to a suggestion made by Glacier Media reporter and columnist Matthew Claxton recently [Canada could eliminate cancer, June 19 Painful Truth, Langley Advance]. The headline of his column says it all: Canada could destroy cancer. It’s not a far-fetched idea. As Claxton noted, it could be Canada’s equivalent to America’s moonshot of the 1960s. Canada is already a world leader in cancer research and awareness, thanks in no small part to Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope, which was aimed at raising just one dollar per Canadian at the time, but which has snowballed into world-wide Fox Runs that have raised hundreds of millions of dollars. Canada could pick up the ball that cancer took from Terry’s hands in Thunder Bay in 1980, and run it past the finish line in a massive – but doable – effort. Like the moonshot, the benefits and economic side-effects of such a shot aimed at the heart of cancer would far outweigh any cost of the attempt. Canada Day is a great time to celebrate and to count our blessings – and overcoming cancer would be a great blessing to add to the list. – B.G.

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Round about as big as it gets Or instead, you could get into your car and make a beeline for the Atlantic at Halifax: about 5,000 kilometres down the road. That’s Canada, too. Either route – or any of a massive number Bob Groeneveld of routes between the extremes – you’ll be editor@langleyadvance.com passing through some tremendously beautiful country. Geographically, Canada is the second largest Start in Victoria. Stand on the edge of the country in the world, second only to Russia, bluffs in Beacon Hill Park, overlooking the our neighbour just across the pole. Pacific Ocean. You can almost imagine seeing But there’s more to Canada than sheer size. all the way to Japan. In fact, most people around the world have It seems almost forever as you look out over absolutely no idea just how big this country is. the blue waters and off into the horizon. It They see it on a map, but they have no idea. takes 22 hours to fly to Australia. Remember when SARS in Toronto took a But you can walk farther than that and stay huge dent out of B.C.’s tourism market? right inside Canada all the way. Forest fires in B.C. leave people around the Walk down to the ocean and dip your toes world fearful of trips planned to in the clear, salty water, wander the Atlantic provinces – no idea along the seashore to the north…about 30 km per how big this country is. ern tip of Vancouver Island. Even people who have lived Take another glance west from day, each and every here all their lives often don’t Cape Scott Park before rounding day for about 25 really comprehend the distances. the tip of the Island and followThe distances are great enough ing the shoreline to Nanaimo. years. to accommodate different There, you can catch a ferry thoughts, different viewpoints, from Departure Bay to Horseshoe different ideas, even different cultures. Bay… and now the real journey begins. Sometimes, the distances between Canadians Head north, still along the shoreline, cut are great enough that we don’t see what much overland from the southern tip of the Alaska the world sees in us. This is a country filled Panhandle into the Yukon, mosey on over to with people who struggle – sometimes against Inuvik, and continue following that endless, each other, but mostly with each other. relentless coastline through the northern terriThis is a country where anger over the distories, tracing out Hudson Bay to Nova Scotia. tances between our ideologies may rise to That’s Canada. a national level – but pointed refusal to say There are countless islands along the way “please” or “thank you” is usually about as – Ellesmere and Baffin are among the bigger, better-known ones – you could circumnavigate violent as most arguments get. This is a country that was born of peace along the way. And certainly, you’ll want to instead of war, and has a proud reputation outline Newfoundland. for promoting and nurturing peace wherever But even without them, it would be a hefty it might be found, or wherever it might be route from Victoria to Halifax that would take a longterm commitment: about 30 km per day, encouraged to take root. People in other countries look to us with hope because of that. each and every day for about 25 years. They look at Canada and know it can be done. You’d walk far enough that, if you were to The rest of the world doesn’t always underwalk straight up, you’d get further than two stand just how big this country is, but it often thirds of the way to the moon – not quite far sees us better than we do ourselves. enough to let Luna’s gravity take over and Ah! Canada! allow you to fall the rest of the way!

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D-Day Dodgers proud of title 2ND LOCATION GRAND OPENING!

Dear Editor, Thank you for your comments concerning the Italian campaign [Dodgers or not, they beat the odds, June 10 Odd Thoughts, Langley Advance]. On July 10, 2014, it will be 71 years since the First Canadian Infantry Division landed at Pachino Beach, Sicily. It was enemy territory, so there was no welcome of liberation, as there would be on DDay some 10 months later. The Fifth Canadian Armoured Division, which included my unit, arrived in November 1943.

From the invasion of Sicily until the occupation of Rome, June 4, 1944, the Canadians fought a series of very difficult battles. From June 6, 1944, it was Letters downhill for the Italian campaign. Short of manpower and equipment, to the the Canadians fought on until the early months of 1945, and we left Italy to join the Canadian forces in Europe. Editor northern Those of us who served in Italy after D-Day had little choice but to remain there, so that is why we are proud to be called D-Day Dodgers. Bill Nicholson, Langley

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Education labour dispute

Teacher strike costs others

Dear Editor, I sit here and watch the strike day by day, and hear teachers say how they are having to take on other jobs, rent out their houses, and on and on, but they never mention about all the others affected, such as secretaries, custodians, teacher assistants, grounds workers, and so on. Those people have no pay, either, and it’s not even their strike. If this strike is, as the teachers say, so important, then I would expect to see them on the picket line through the summer if it is not settled by next week. If they choose not to picket over the summer, as it is their time off, then I would say it’s not very important to them, and I think they will lose all support of the parents, and so they should. I also hear that they do not picket the maintenance/bus yard, so all the maintenance workers go to work and get paid, but can’t go out to any of the schools because they are behind picket lines – a big waste of time and money. Why would they picket everywhere but here? They say they are on strike for the kids. Let’s see what happens when summer starts. I bet they won’t spend their summer on the lines. Pat Smith, Langley

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NDP silent on teachers’ cause

Dear Editor, I’ve been spending the bulk of my days on the picket line in front of my school, encouraging and informing my colleagues in the Langley Teachers’ Association and the BC Teachers Federation about the justice of our cause. We are in a battle with a government that doesn’t understand respect, collaboration, or even problem-solving, basic skills that we in the field of education teach to our students. But what is NDP leader John Horgan’s position in the education crisis facing this province? I have heard almost nothing from him or his caucus. Is there a problem why they’re not engaged? Is there a viewpoint that stops them from calling the government to account for the current mess? He is the leader of the opposition, the one person who should provide leadership in holding governments accountable for their actions. If ever he was needed, it is now. Paul Milette, Langley teacher

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Gangsters don’t deserve care

Dear Editor, When you live like a gangster outside the law, you have given up your societal entitlements, including MSP benefits. Don’t go running to the hospital on my tab. Gang-related medical care is costing everyone. Ruth Berekoff, Langley

prevent the disintegration of the public education system. For far too long, teachers have compensated for lack of resources and lack of inclass support to meet the needs of the students they teach. Teachers pay out of pocket to subsidize their classrooms: buy items for the students to decorate for Mothers Day and Fathers Day gifts, educational materials that aren’t covered by school funds and so on. As for Mr. Weitzel’s comments [Other professionals sacrifice, too, June 24 Letters, Langley Advance], a taxpayer is a taxpayer. Is he inferring that, just because there are only 40,000 teacher taxpayers, they have less rights to say where their money is spent than the rest of the taxpayers? Why is no one outraged at the fact that their tax dollars are being spent on legal and court fees incurred by Christy Clark’s Liberal government to once again (in courts for a third time) appeal an issue that the B.C. courts have already ruled in favour of teachers? An issue regarding class size (number of students per class) and composition (number of special needs and learning disabilities per class-language was contravened by the BC Liberals based on the teachers’ collective agreement. What a waste of taxpayer money! Teachers are paid for only 10 months a year, so the two months of summer are taken unpaid, unlike most of the population that works 12 months/year and have their vacations paid for. As for the generous benefits and pensions, teachers pay for that, too. In fact, teachers pay handsomely (a lot) for their benefits and pension. Natasha Viens, Langley

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The Langley RCMP are Police would like to speak to this looking for a number of woman about a shoplifting incident suspects after a series of in Aldergrove. petty thefts and vandalism incidents in recent weeks. On June 9, just after 2 In an incident at 7 p.m. a.m., two men walked on June 14, a man entered into Aldergrove’s 7-Eleven, one of the buildings in the grabbed lotto tickets from Thunderbird Village comthe counter, and ran away. plex in Walnut Grove and The first suspect is pried open the community described as Caucasian, in mailbox. The man made his twenties, with off with mail from short dark hair, the tenants, said said Cpl. Holly Marks. Marks, spokesThe man is person for the described as wearLangley RCMP. ing blue jeans, The suspect wore black shoes with a backpack, a white soles, a black hoodie with black hat, and a Police want to talk a white design distinctive blue to this man about on the front and hoodie with a missing mail from sleeves, blue white logo over a Walnut Grove jeans, and white the heart area mailbox. running shoes. and right sleeve. The second man In another was also Caucasian and theft, on June 20 at 5 p.m. in his twenties, with short a woman walked into the dark hair. He was wearing liquor store in Aldergrove, a black zipped hoodie. wandered around for some The two were last seen time, and eventually put running east on Fraser two bottles of liquor in her Highway, said Marks. purse.

These two men are suspected in the theft of lottery tickets at an Aldergrove store. She told the clerk she had forgotten something in her car and ran out to the parking lot. In addition to the suspected thieves, police are looking for someone who vandalized more than 25 vehicles in downtown Langley City. Sometime overnight from June 4 to 5, someone keyed cars in underground lots, open parking lots, and parallel parked on streets around the 5200 block of 204th Street, the 5300 block of 201A Street, and along 54th Avenue nearby. The damage took place sometime after 9 p.m. on June 4 and ended before 11 a.m. on June 5. Anyone with information on any of these crimes can call the Langley RCMP at 604-532-3200. To remain anonymous, contact CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477, or at www.solvecrime.ca.

unmarked car slammed into the civilian vehicle. “The officer’s police cruiser was travelling at 85 km/h when it collided with the civilian vehicle,” said the IIO report. The civilian driver was seriously injured. by Matthew Claxton At any speed over 50 km/h, there was mclaxton@langleyadvance.com no way the officer could have avoided There will be no charges against a the crash, according to a collision reconLangley RCMP officer after a collision struction report. with a civilian vehicle that put a driver The IIO concluded there should be in the hospital. no charges against the officer because The Independent Investigations Office police are allowed to exceed the speed (IIO), an arms-length agency that looks limit in certain circumstances. Most into all incidents involving police offiof the time, they should be using both cers and the public, announced the deci- lights and sirens, but there are cases in sion Monday. which lights only can be The incident took place used. “The officer had no on June 23 at about 2 The officer could not reason to expect that a.m., when the officer have expected that a car was one of a group of would pull through from a vehicle would pull four headed to a reported a stop sign. out from a stop sign break-in in progress near “In these circumstances 48th Avenue and 200th the officer had no reason and into his path, Street in Langley City. to expect that a vehicle even in the absence of would The four police pull out from a a siren.” cruisers, including an stop sign and into his unmarked vehicle, were path, even in the absence IIO report heading south with their of a siren,” the IIO report lights on but their sirens says. “His vehicle was off except to clear intersections. They clearly visible and he had the right of didn’t want to alert the burglar that they way.” were coming, officers told the IIO. The IIO report identifies some trees on As the cars were heading south on the corner that may have made visibility 200th Street from 56th Avenue, they difficult for both the RCMP officer and passed Brydon Crescent, which meets the civilian driver. 200th at a T intersection. IIO conducts investigations any time Two of the cars passed the interseca civilian is injured or killed during a tion, and the civilian driver pulled police incident, including traffic acciout onto 200th Street from Brydon as dents or when a civilian is killed by the unmarked car was oncoming. The someone fleeing from the police.

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Public Hearing - July 7, 2014 B Y L AW N O. 2 9 3 7 - Z O N I N G A M E N D M E N T; A N D D E V E L O P M E N T P E R M I T N O. 0 1 - 1 4 NOTICE is hereby given that the Council of the City of Langley will hold a Public Hearing in the Council Chambers, Langley City Hall, 20399 Douglas Crescent, Langley, BC at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, July 7, 2014 to allow the public to make verbal or written representation to Council with respect to the following proposed bylaw and development permit.

Purpose: To amend the Zoning Bylaw, 1996, No. 2100 to add a new Comprehensive Development Zone (CD38) and to rezone the properties located at 20030, 20040, 20050 Michaud Crescent and 5381, 5391, 5401-201st Street to the new zone in order to accommodate 24 townhouse units. Legal descriptions: Lots 127, 128, 129, District Lot 305, Group 2, New Westminster District Plan 33824, and Lots 58, 59, 60, District Lot 305, Group 2, New Westminster District Plan 32496.

Copies of the proposed bylaw and development permit may be inspected at the Development Services Department, Langley City Hall, 20399 Douglas Crescent, Langley, B.C., from Tuesday, June 24, 2014 to Monday, July 7, 2014 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. excluding statutory holidays. Carolyn Mushata, Corporate Officer 604 514 2800 | CITY.LANGLEY.BC.CA | 20399 DOUGLAS CRESCENT, LANGLEY, BC V3A 4B3

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Public Hearing - July 7, 2014 B Y L AW N O. 2 9 3 6 - Z O N I N G A M E N D M E N T; A N D D E V E L O P M E N T P E R M I T N O. 0 2 - 1 4 NOTICE is hereby given that the Council of the City of Langley will hold a Public Hearing in the Council Chambers, Langley City Hall, 20399 Douglas Crescent, Langley, BC at 7:00 p.m., on Monday, July 7, 2014 to allow the public to make verbal or written representation to Council with respect to the following proposed bylaw and development permit.

Purpose: To amend the Zoning Bylaw, 1996, No. 2100 to add a new Comprehensive Development Zone (CD37) and to rezone the properties located at 19690, 19700, 19710, 19720 - 55A Avenue to the new zone in order to accommodate 28 townhouse units. Legal descriptions: Lots A, B, C, Section 3, Township 8, New Westminster District Plan 15910, and Lot 131 Section 3, Township 8, New Westminster District Plan 43957.

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Sports days kick off Canada’s birthday party

anada Day festivities got off to a sporting start at Willoughby Community Park over the weekend. This is the first year the park at 7888 200th St. is hosting Langley’s Canada Day celebration, which culminates with events and a 10:45 p.m. fireworks display today, Tuesday, July 1. To get the ball rolling, so to speak, Tourism Langley hosted Sports Fest at the park this past Saturday and Sunday, featuring beach volleyball, bocce, co-ed soccer, masters lacrosse, and tennis.

Right: Tiana Sharp, three, smiled after positioning her face into a cutout at the Fortis “energy is awesome” booth. Bottom right: A bocce tournament took place on the new courts at Willoughby Community Park. Two bocce courts – constructed by Langley Township’s Parks Department for the BC Seniors Games being held this September – were unveiled June 11 at the park. Maria Dastolfo took a roll during the tournament. Top: Gino Russo, president of the Fraser Valley Italo-Canadian Society, took a bite out of a sausage in a bun. A barbecue was set up beside the Langley Events Centre. The motto of the Langley-based society, which formed in 1979, is “proudly Italian and fiercely Canadian.” Bottom: Matthew Wearmouth of the Oatkasts and Justine Ruether of the Jaegerbombs battled for the ball during a co-ed soccer tournament on the Willoughby turf fields.

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Barbecue for charity Critter Care Wildlife Society benefits from proceeds of a July 1 barbecue at Backyard Vineyards, 3033 232nd St. Barbecue fundraiser Proceeds go to the Langley Memorial Hospital Foundation for the July 1 barbecue at Chaberton Estate Winery where

Butterfly release The Langley Lodge and the Langley Hospice Society are hosting a butterfly release fundraiser July 5 at Krause Berry Farms. Starts at 1pm. Release a Monarch butterfly for a $20 donation. Order in advance to

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It’s considered the fastest growing sport in Canada, and one of the groups it’s growing fastest with is seniors. Pickleball is one of the sports that will be on the roster for this year’s BC Seniors Games in Langley. The games will be held early this September, and pickleball players from around the province will take part in the sport

at the Walnut Grove Community Centre. Several local teams have been started in Langley, and local pickleball players and leagues are trying to attract new members. Gordon Griffin and his wife Denise are two local players. They were out at a recent event organized for seniors by Langley Township, demonstrating the game in the covered lacrosse box at McLeod Athletic Park. “It’s kind of tennis,” said Griffin, as he batted the ball back towards some Township staffers who were giving it a try. The sport is relatively new, invented as a back-

yard pastime in the 1960s in Washington State. The sport may take its name from the inventor’s dog. The sport combines aspects of badminton, tennis and ping pong. Games are played to 11 points. It’s played on a relatively small court, the size of a badminton court, and using a badminton-style net. The net is lowered, and instead of a shuttlecock, a whiffle ball is batted back and forth using squared-off plastic or wooden paddles. The lower net and whiffle ball allows for faster play, making the technique different from other similar racquet sports.

Like tennis, the sport allows for both individual and team play. At the BC Seniors Games, there will be both men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles, and mixed doubles matches. The games will allow for multiple skilled levels, giving players who are relatively new to the sport a chance to participate with other beginners, while skilled pickleball players can face off against one another. For more about pickleball and the other sports of the BC Seniors Games, visit www.2014bcseniorsgames. org.

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If there is a Western Lacrosse Association team that needed a rest, it’s the Langley Thunder. The Thunder’s come-frombehind, 8-6 win over the visiting New Westminster Salmonbellies last Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre was their 11th game of the season. Up until that point of the WLA campaign, no other team had played more games than the Thunder, which, after starting the season at 0-3, owns a respectable 6-5 record. Langley is tied with the Burnaby Lakers (6-4) for third place in the seven-team league, one point back of the 6-5-1 Maple Ridge Burrards and six behind the frontrunning Victoria Shamrocks (8-1-2). The Thunder have been a nice surprise, even to their head coach, Rod Jensen, after entering the season missing some of the sport’s premier players including Dane Dobbie, Mark Matthews, and Shayne Jackson up front, and tough defenders Mike Grimes and John Lintz on the back end. “I was unsure where we were going to be, with such a huge turnover of players and turnover of players who haven’t played senior A, yet,” Jensen said. “I think we have 10 guys who haven’t played senior A, from 18 guys [last year] who played in the pro league. I’m not going to sit here and say I knew it was going to happen. The league is young, very young, and everyone is in the same situation. So 6-2 [in the Thunder’s past eight games] is very good.” Jensen said the Thunder break their 18-game campaign into three separate seasons of six

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Langley Thunder forward Alex Turner bounded towards the New Westminster Salmonbellies’ goal, as the ’Bellies Jeff Cornwall attempted to slow him down last Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre. Turner scored twice and added four assists as the Thunder defeated the Salmonbellies 8-6, to improve their Western Lacrosse Association record to 6-5. Left inset – Thunder goaltender Brodie MacDonald stopped 35 of 41 shots in Langley’s home floor win over New Westminster. games each. “Right now, we’re 3-2 in our second season, so I feel pretty good that way,” he added. “We’re still making a lot of mistakes, but they’re working hard and starting to buy into the system. Sometimes effort and determination is a little bit better than the name on your back.” The Thunder are now enjoying a well-deserved break, with

their next game coming up next Friday, July 4, at the Q Centre in Victoria against the league-leading Shamrocks. It’s the first of two back-toback match-ups for the Thunder, which on Saturday, July 5, will travel to Nanaimo’s Frank Crane Arena to take on the host Timbermen. But right now, the players are re-charging their engines for the stretch run towards the playoffs.

Thunder 8, Salmonbellies 6 The Thunder rallied from a sub-par first period that saw the visiting ’Bellies leading 2-0 and 3-1 at different points before entering the intermission with a 3-2 advantage. In the second period is when the team members found their legs, scoring four goals to the Salmonbellies’ one to take a 6-4 lead. Athan Iannucci with a pair,

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Daniel McQuade, and Alex Turner found the net for the home team during the middle frame. In the third period, the Thunder sandwiched goals from James Rahe and Turner between a pair of New Westminster markers. Cam Copland, with his first of the season on a breakaway, and Tom Johnson scored in the first period for the Thunder, who received a solid performance from goaltender Brodie MacDonald. “It’s lacrosse,” Jensen said. “Here’s a team [in the Salmonbellies] that comes in here, they’re in last place, desperate, they have a very proud franchise, and have won many championships. They came out with more jump than us. The way this league is, you have to come out to play every night or you’ll be in tough.” Jensen said MacDonald, who stopped 35 of 41 shots, kept the Thunder in it until they found their game. “The second period, we started moving around the ball a little bit and had success, there,” Jensen said. “I have to tip my hat to New Westminster, first. They needed to get a win. I also tip my hat to our guys, for how they regrouped. I thought the guys responded well and hung on there at the end, when the other guys came on.” Both teams made undisciplined plays, in Jensen’s opinion, and the Thunder cashed in on two of their seven powerplays. “The team that makes the most undisciplined plays loses the game,” Jensen said. Turner led the Thunder offence with two goals and four assists, and was named the game’s first star. Iannucci added two goals and a pair of helpers for the winners. McQuade tacked on a pair of helpers to his single tally. Keegan Bal scored a pair for the ’Bellies in a losing cause. As of Monday, the Salmonbellies are sixth in the WLA with a 3-7 record.

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Langley forward drafted by Boston Bruins Danton Heinen caught the eye of NHL scouts during his rookie season with the Surrey Eagles. by Troy Landreville sports@langleyadvance.com

Langley native Danton Heinen is officially a Boston Bruins prospect. Heinen was selected by the Bruins on Saturday, day two of the National Hockey League Entry Draft in Philadelphia. The Bruins snapped up the 6’ 165-pound centre/left winger in the fourth round, 116th overall. “The Bruins are now my new favourite team,” Heinen said from the University of Denver, where he is starting a four-year NCAA Div. 1 hockey scholarship. “I’m definitely excited. It’s really an honour.” He added that his cellphone was “blowing up” Saturday morning: “It’s definitely great to have the support of my friends and family, for sure.” His advisor gave him the great news first, and about 10 minutes later, Heinen spoke on the

phone to Bruins’ assistant general manager Don Sweeney. “I was in shock,” Heinen said. Heinen – who celebrates his 19th birthday this Thursday, July 5 – is coming off a stellar rookie season as captain of the B.C. Hockey League’s Surrey Eagles. He led the Eagles in goals (29) and points (62) while collecting just eight penalty minutes in 57 regular season games. His fantastic campaign didn’t go unnoticed. Heinen won the Bruce Allison Memorial Trophy as B.C. Hockey League Rookie of the Year, as well as the Bob Fenton Trophy as the BCHL’s Most Sportsmanlike Player. Heinen was also named to the league’s All-Rookie Team. As for getting drafted, Heinen figured there was a chance he might be selected late, but didn’t expect to be taken as high as the fourth round. “I’m definitely ecstatic,” he said. “I was a little bit of a late bloomer but the last few years have been really big for me, in [terms of] development.” It’s been a fast track to success for Heinen in recent years.

Langley native Danton Heinen, pictured in action with the Surrey Eagles against the Langley Rivermen in the opening round of the B.C. Hockey League playoffs in early March, has been drafted by the Boston Bruins. The B’s selected Heinen in the fourth round, 116th overall. In his rookie season with the Eagles, Heinen not only captained the team but also led all Surrey scorers with 29 goals and 62 points.

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In 2011/12, he graduated from Langley’s bantam A2 squad to the Valley West Hawks of the BC Major Midget League. With the Hawks, he racked up 43 points in 37 games.

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Jets select strapping Rivermen centre Winnipeg could be a future hockey home for Langley Rivermen alumnus Matt Ustaski. by Troy Landreville

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June 28, 2014, is a day the Langley Rivermen’s top centre from this past season won’t soon forget. That’s the day Matt Ustaski, all 6’6” 225 pounds of him, was taken by the Winnipeg Jets in the seventh round, 192nd overall in the NHL Entry Draft. Ustaski becomes the second ever Rivermen player to be selected to the NHL.

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The next season, 2012/13, Heinen posted 49 points in 43 regular season games with the junior B Richmond Sockeyes, before playing a big role in helping the Sockeyes capture the PJHL title, the Cyclone Taylor Cup (B.C. championship) and Keystone Cup (Western Canada tournament championship). Moving forward, the starstudded Bruins’ lineup – which includes a core forward group of Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci, Milan Lucic, Brad Marchand, and Reilly Smith – will be tough to crack next year, and in the foreseeable future. The Bs won the President’s Trophy as the NHL’s top regular season team this past season, and captured the coveted Stanley Cup in 2011 with a seven-game victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Heinen now has one goal in mind. To wear the spoked B

jersey and make a living playing pro hockey. “My goal is definitely to play in the NHL, and play for the Bruins,” Heinen said. “I’ll try to get a degree here in Denver but my main goal is to play in the NHL.” To make it to the world’s elite hockey league, Heinen knows he has to get bigger and stronger, and continue to fine tune his overall game. “I need to improve every aspect of my game, and keep working hard and one day play in the NHL,” he said. Meanwhile, back in Langley, Heinen’s parents Rick and Veronica are bursting with pride. “We are extremely excited,” Veronica said. “This is just so surreal. We’re so proud of him. He’s just worked so hard and he really deserves everything he’s getting right now. It’s just unbelievable.”

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Hall on Hall of Fame ballot The National Lacrosse League has officially announced former Vancouver Stealth head coach Chris Hall as one of the five nominees for the 2014 Hall of Fame Ballot. Hall, who last month announced his retirement from coaching due to health related issues, spent 12 years coaching in the NLL and was with the Stealth organization from 2009 to 2014, when the team relocated from Everett, Wash., to Langley. His 85 regular season victories ranks third all–time in the NLL behind Darris Kilgour (121) and Les Bartley (93), and his 11 playoff victories ranks fourth all-time in NLL history.

He was also named a co-recipient of the NLL Coach of the Year in 2010. Hall won his second NLL Champion’s Cup with the-then Washington Stealth in 2010, having previously coached the Calgary Roughnecks to the title in 2004. Hall is one of only three coaches in NLL history to win a Champion’s Cup with two different teams. In Hall’s final five years of coaching, he led the Stealth organization to the Champion’s Cup final three times (2010, 2011, and 2013). Voting will take place next week and the winners will be announced the following week. For details visit StealthLAX.com.

Jets prospect now a Badger He was a big reason why the Rivermen enjoyed the best regular season in franchise history, leading the B.C. Hockey League with a 37-13-3-5 record. In the playoffs, Ustaski led the Rivermen in goals (eight) and points (15), as Langley’s junior As defeated the Surrey Eagles in the opening round before falling in six games to the upstart Coquitlam Express in the Mainland Division final. “It was a great season overall and led to a good weekend [at the NHL Entry Draft in Philadelphia],” Ustaski said. Ustaski is currently at the University of Wisconsin, where he’ll start with the Badgers in the fall. “I’m getting an education while playing and developing my game in order play in the NHL,” Ustaski said.

…continued from page A15 He joins winger Evan Campbell, who was chosen by the Edmonton Oilers in the fifth round of the 2013 Draft, on the short list of Rivermen draftees. “Being drafted is a huge honour for me,” Ustaski said. “It’s a big life accomplishment. Not many people can say they’ve been drafted into the NHL. It’s very exciting for me; the whole process was great.” Ustaski’s combination of size and hands makes him an intriguing prospect for the Jets. The 20-year-old native of Glenview, Illinois, who earned an NCAA Div. 1 hockey scholarship with the University of Wisconsin, led the Rivermen with 29 goals.

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• Langley council suggested McMillan Island be made a park, and MP Tom Reid replied that the idea was being considered by the Department of Indian Affairs. • Coun. Selby-Hele was unable to get a pound-keeper in south Langley, and cattle at large were a nuisance. Seventy Years Ago

June 29, 1944

• Langley led the Fraser Valley in blood donations, as 200 donors rode school buses to a Vancouver clinic. • Electrical service was being installed along Trattle and Wilson Townline Roads. • A proposed ferry from Fort Langley to Albion stalled. Mr. Drager wouldn’t accept the ﬁnancial obligations of Capt. Smith’s contract. Sixty Years Ago

July 1, 1954

• A hit to hunting, Langley council prohibited use of ﬁrearms within 150 yards of any building or person. • Up to 11 bridges were slated for replacement in the coming year. Council approved a bridge rebuild program worth up to $53,000.

• Ratepayers turned down a school ﬁnance referendum, ensuring school shifts and basement classrooms.

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July 2, 1964

• Planning ofﬁcer Ken Major placed a suggestion for subdivision control before Township council. • Mr. and Mrs. Doug Armour of 200th St. won $60,000 on the Irish Sweepstakes. • Municipal council turned down a ﬂuoridation plebescite for Aldergrove. Langley City had turned down a similar request from the Boundary Health Unit a month earlier.

Forty Years Ago

June 27, 1974

• Township council split 4-3 against leaving the Central Fraser Valley Regional District to join the GVRD. • Langley Advance founder E.J. Cox died on June 24, 1974, at 84 years of age. Cox had put the ﬁrst Advance on the streets on July 23, 1931. • City council voted 4-3 to reject a plan to reduce downtown congestion with a 4-6 p.m. parking ban on Fraser Hwy. between 203rd and 206th Streets.

Twenty Years Ago

June 29, 1994

• Langley School Board was in a furor after it learned from a Langley Advance reporter the Stafford Secondary School expansion project was getting $300,000 from Victoria. A Ministry of Education open letter to residents was “accidentally” faxed to the newspaper before the district. It blamed the board and administrators for cost overruns. • Township Councillor Heather McMullan accused B.C. Attorney General Colin Gabelmann and Social Services Minister Joy MacPhail of “stealing” Langley’s ideas for laws to protect children from abusers and sexual predators. The concepts came from the Township’s Task Force on Child Safety earlier in the year, she said

Ten Years Ago

JUNE 29, 2004

• Conservative Mark Warawa was elected the ﬁrst MP to sit in Langley’s exclusive seat in Ottawa – with a Liberal minority government. • More Looking Back… online at www.langleyadvance.com, click on ‘Living’

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