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Car stolen with baby inside A carjacker who stole a car with a baby in the backseat caused a massive police response in Clayton Heights. More online at
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Disappearance haunts family Ten months ago, 19-year-old Nicholas Hannon vanished. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over the file because it is believed he was murdered.
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With a cold snap now upon us, a statue of Sir James Douglas, the first governor of British Columbia, was outfitted with a toque and scarf. The statue sits outside the Fort Langley National Historic Site.
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Avian flu hits backyard birds in Aldergrove A hobby farm flock in Aldergrove is the latest to succumb to avian influenza. MATTHEW CLAXTON mclaxton@langleyadvance.com
Avian influenza has been detected on another farm in Langley, this time a backyard flock in Aldergrove. The latest case, confirmed on Dec. 19,
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A man admitted his guilt in a violent arson attack. MATTHEW CLAXTON mclaxton@langleyadvance.com
Andre Richard pleaded guilty Monday, Dec. 22, to four charges linked to an arson attack on an occupied Langley home last April. Richard, bearded and clutching a Bible, appeared briefly in Surrey Provincial Court to enter pleas on four counts, including arson with disregard for human life, breaking and entering to commit an offense, and two counts of aggravated assault. On April 2, Richard stormed the Langley Meadows-area house
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of his estranged wife, leaving the home ablaze and two people injured. The victims managed to escape the burning home and two of the three occupants were hospitalized. Police said at the time that a weapon had been used, but did not say what kind. Richard fled the scene, leaving an injured woman and girl. He was arrested later that week near Fernie, in southeastern B.C. He initially faced 13 charges, including three counts of attempted murder and a number of counts of assault with a weapon. Richard has specifically pleaded guilty to a count of arson committed while knowing or reckless of the possibility that people could be inside the structure. The maximum penalty in Canada is life in prison.
The maximum penalty for aggravated assault is 14 years in prison. At the time of the attack, Richard was under a no-contact order banning him from being in the presence of his wife. The two had already separated before the assault. Police almost immediately began searching for Richard. He was arrested thanks to a tip about an erratic driver, after another motorist thought he was drunk. Police pulled him over and took him into custody without further violence. After Richard entered his plea, Crown lawyer Michael Fontino asked for a pre-sentencing report “with a psychological component.” A sentencing hearing has been tentatively scheduled for March 5.
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A Langley charity is contributing $3,000 to help provide baths for seniors. HEATHER COLPITTS hcolpitts@langleyadvance.com
With funds from Fraser Health, the Langley Seniors Resource Centre was able to offer people baths for $10. Now funding has been cut. The centre laid off one staff member and raised the price to $30, keeping most clients away. There are various reasons why seniors can’t bathe themselves – limited mobility, inability to get into and out of a tub safely, instability, and more. The Langley Care Foundation is helping fill tubs for the Community Bathing program, thanks to a $3,000 donation. The foundation presented the funds Dec. 22
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Langley Seniors Resource Centre director of adult day programs Kelly Brown explained about the bathing program to Brian Parkinson and Emily Walter, on the Langley Care Foundation board, and Patrick Matiowski, the foundation’s director of fundraising. after the board decided it wanted to help. The care foundation was created to fundraise for Langley Lodge but its mandate has been amended to help local seniors. “If we hear about elderly causes, seniors causes in the community, we’ll definitely take a look at it,” said Patrick Matiowski, the
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Police need help A homeless man’s family has not seen him since December 5. MATTHEW CLAXTON mclaxton@langleyadvance.com
Langley police are asking for Shawn Richards the public’s help to find a missing homeless man. Shawn Richards usually stays in Whalley in Surrey, or in Port Kells or Clayton Heights on the LangleySurrey border. Richards, 35, was reported missing by his mother, who hasn’t seen him since Dec. 5. Richards is Caucasian, 6’1” tall, and weighs about 160 pounds. He has short red hair, blue eyes, and a full arm sleeve tattoo, said Cpl. Holly Marks, spokesperson for the Langley RCMP. Richards was last seen wearing a black hoodie and blue jeans. Anyone with information on Richards’ whereabouts can call the Langley RCMP at 604-532-3200.
director of fundraising. The seniors centre obtained space downtown at 203rd Street and Douglas Crescent for its adult day programs and bathing programs. The downtown location started operating July 1, the same time Fraser Health informed the LSRC it was cutting funding for community bathing. The LSRC had just spent $38,000 on a new tub to replace its 22-year-old tub, in addition to other expenses such as a new water tank. It was soon evident that one tank was insufficient so a company donated a second tank. The bathroom is equipped with a lift system and hydrotherapy devices such as jets to sooth joints and muscles, explained Kelly Brown, the LSRC director of adult day programs. There’s a demand. In fiscal year 2013/14, the centre provided 610 com-
The Langley Care Foundation is helping fill tubs for the Community Bathing program thanks to a $3,000 donation. The foundation presented the funds Dec. 22 after the board decided it wanted to help. The care foundation was created to fundraise for Langley Lodge but its mandate has been amended to try and help local seniors. munity baths of a total of 1,736 baths. Fraser Health is continuing to fund the bathing program for the adult day clients who have cognitive issues such as dementia but stopped funding for community bathing. Clients were told they could use home care instead. Brown said the changes have meant a drop in client numbers. For many it’s for financial reasons and some don’t want home care workers in their homes. Anecdotally she’s hearing that some people are instead going to community pools, not bathing at all, or having sponge baths. The centre was providing up to seven baths per day, between adult day program clients and community bathing clients. Now the centre offers about four per day, with few community clients. Brown has visited various community groups in an attempt to gather donations to keep the program going. She can be reached at 778-328-2302 ext. 1.
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Big news all about thinking
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t has become something of a tradition for the Langley Advance newsroom to identify and present the issue that we feel generated the community’s most – or most significant – news over the past year. “Big” news is not necessarily a quantitative assessment, nor is it strictly qualitative. We admit that our selection is subjective, and in fact, there has sometimes been considerable disagreement among readers over whether or not our annual choices have been valid. Some years our choice has been easy, such as the year that the gangland-style shootings and killings swept through Langley, or the year that the Langley Events Centre became a reality – proof that it’s not always bad news, or always good news that strikes the major chord. Some years it’s been difficult to single out an issue, either because more than one stood out that year, or because nothing really stood out at all. This has been one of those years in which there were a lot of important things happening. The education labour dispute, for instance, put former Langley City mayor Peter Fassbender front and centre as Minister of Education – but we felt that was more of a regional/provincial issue than one directly affecting only Langley. Development issues throughout Langley Township brought growth into sharp focus – but we felt that focus somehow kept shifting towards the dispute that arose over the proposed – and failed – Brookswood Official Community Plan. Not only did the OCP rile the usually politically placid residents of Brookswood, but it seemed everyone with an axe to grind over growth in the Township found company in their discontent. This is not meant to be a definitive selection, so much as a thought-provoking exercise to help remind our readers of some of the important people and events that help shape the community. So if you disagree with us this year, that is entirely valid. It just means we’ve got you thinking. And that’s what it’s about. – B.G.
Marking the end of the darkest days
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’m writing this just a couple of days after the winter solstice, a.k.a. the longest night of the year. Here in coastal B.C., this tends to coincide with rain and heavy cloud cover, giving us the impression that we’re trapped inside a damp grey gym sock in a poorly lit basement. All this darkness can induce a depressed mood for many people, the dreaded Seasonal Affective Disorder. Although we’ve only named this feeling in the last few decades, it’s clear it’s been around throughout and before recorded history. Take England’s Stonehenge, for example. Thousands of years ago, neolithic hunter-farmer-gatherers did not have a lot to look forward to over the winters. They got up every day and tramped through muddy forests, chasing muddy animals, only to return to houses made from dried mud, to huddle around peat fires (peat is basically mud that burns), for a nourishing meal of suspiciously grey-brown mush. Things got a bit monotonous, is what I’m saying. After centuries of watching the sun, moon, and stars, they figured out that there was a tipping point when things were at their grimmest, but after that there was slow and steady improvement, until finally spring and then summer conquered the land, and the world was
only made of 30 per cent mud! Maybe 40. Finally one chieftain turned to his top spiritual advisor, and said something like this: “By Cernunos (or whatever anthropomorphized natural processes archeologists think we worshiped) we need to pin down exactly when the darkest day of the year takes place! MATTHEW This wallowing in grey misery for a couple of weeks is intolerable! If we can pick a date, we’ll have a big party and barbecue some pigs and everyone can get drunk.” And the spiritual advisor nodded and stroked his beard and tried to look suitably mystical, and then he went off and did some math, and a few weeks later they were asking contractors for bids on a few thousand tons of Welsh stone, suitable for building giant arches. I’m just as pleased as the ancient tribal leaders about the passing of the solstice, but even being able to look up to the second the time we pass from fall into winter doesn’t really help much. The changes in minutes of daylight from December 21 to December 22 or 23 aren’t really that impressive. A couple of minutes. Just a few moments shaved off the darkness.
I’m thinking we need another holiday. Not around Christmas, obviously, and even New Year’s isn’t far enough away. We need a celebration somewhere around early February. By that time, we’ve been shrouded in grey and grim weather for three or four months, starting from CLAXTON around the end of October or early November. But in February, you finally start to notice that the days are getting longer. The sun can actually make it over the tops of the trees, and standing on the south side of a hill is no longer a necessity when it comes to producing a bit of vitamin D. We should celebrate this vague milestone, this halfway point between the darkest depths of winter and the true return of spring. It’s that day when things start to look brighter, both literally and figuratively. I don’t think we want to build a giant stone calendar/ritual site this time. Instead, let’s just get some legislation that allows everyone an extra day off sometime between January and March. Send your boss an email, tell them it’s time, and head outside. It beats hauling giant rocks 200 miles, anyway.
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Foreigners hunt at locals’ expense Dear Editor, Hunters are up in arms! Our provincial government is disregarding the needs of B.C. resident hunters. The past few years has seen a 20 per cent increase in resident hunter numbers and a 30 per cent decline in foreign trophy hunters. Yet for 2015, the Christy Clark government has announced policy to reduce residents’ share of the allowable annual harvest, and award the reductions to commercial guide-outfitters’ foreign clients. I began hunting in 1944 with my parents and grandparents. All like me, who follow in the ages-old hunter-gatherer tradition of sustenance har-
vesting from the wild, support public access to wildlife resources along with sustainability of wildlife populations. To accomplish this, we need to recruit young, ethical hunter-gatherers who support us. The Clark government created special youth licences and special hunting seasons which have proven successful. Any reductions in allocations will negatively impact all residents, including our youth recruitment initiative. The Clark government’s wrong-headed policy of taking from residents and giving to an industry in decline must be turned around. Larri Woodrow, Langley
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Dear Editor, I’m glad to see that the Site C Dam project is finally moving ahead after 50 years of talk. The dam is going to take a full 10 years to build before it produces a single megawatt of power, so the sooner we get things going the better. After all, who can imagine what the clean energy demands on our province’s power grid will be a decade from now, in 2024. It could be LNG, it could be new next-generation mines and processing plants, it could be something that’s not even on the radar yet. Whatever it is, having a robust supply of reliable, cleanly generated energy is an economic asset that gives us an ongoing edge in a world dealing with climate change and the need to lower carbon emissions. Bravo to all those who worked to make Site C a reality. Jimmy Pelk, Langley
The company’s caption of “work safe not harder” goes to show they believe it’s important that everyone returns home safe to their loved ones. This gives reassurance that the employees of Enbridge will be treated well, with the right to refuse unsafe work. Enbridge has proved that it is a world-class company and is well established. Enbridge is in no rush to start its multibillion-dollar project, and by taking every precaution needed to meet all the requirements in an environmentally safe and sustainable way, it will be able to preserve B.C.’s sought-after environmental beauty. I feel confident that the Northern Gateway project will be both beneficial and profitable for B.C and its residents. Saskia Goodacre, Langley
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Clown campaigning insult to vets Dear Editor, On Remembrance Day, I witnessed a sight so indecent I could not believe my eyes: clowns were running up and down the street, holding signs campaigning for an election candidate. With a ceremony only a few blocks away honouring Canada’s veterans and those who gave their lives to protect our country, the candidate was taking advantage of those paying their respects, by shoving his name right in front of their faces.
The inappropriateness of this act truly says something about him and how he will act on city council. If he thinks Remembrance Day is a joke, how will he take the challenges of being on council? His tactics on Nov. 11 were insulting to everyone who had a part in both the First and Second World Wars, and also all those who fight for our freedom and rights today. Who would vote for a man whose poppy shoots water in the faces of veterans? Tristyn Lippingwell, Langley
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LEGACY WATER SEARCH
Volunteers recover drowning victim A group of Langley volunteers helped recover the body of a man lost in a boating accident. ROXANNE HOOPER rhooper@langleyadvance.com
Just hours before flying off to Maui for a Hawaiian Christmas, Langley’s Jim and Anna Ward received the call of a lifetime. It was almost better than winning a lottery, Jim said, noting his inability to wipe the grin off his face almost got him in trouble with customs officials when he and Anna were boarding the airplane for their trip. “It’s so extremely cool,” said Jim, secretary for a Langley-based non-profit group called Legacy Water Search and Recovery Society. The relatively new organization, committed to searching for and safely recovering drowning victims, had received its first call for aid last week, and on Dec. 19, they were able to report their first success story. Using innovative technology, in the form of a side-scan sonar system, two members of the team were deployed to Saturna Island to assist RCMP in the location
This is the side scan used in this week’s search for the body of Keena Nicodemus in the Gulf Island. The device is called a YellowFin, and its made by a company called Imagenex Technology Corp which is based out of Port Coquitlam. and recovery of 21-year-old Keena Nicodemus. The young man was lost when a rowboat he and a friend were using to cross the bay to Mayne Island overturned in high winds on Dec. 12. The friend was able to swim to shore, but Nicodemus was never seen again. Search crews spent the next three days combing the waters, to no avail. Then, Legacy was called in. Working with RCMP, Legacy president Scott Lebus of Delta and Legacy volunteer Sean Campbell of Langley were able to use borrowed high-tech sonar equipment to survey the waterway that stretches 22 kilometres between Mayne and Saturna.
vehicle needed for search and Back on shore later that same recovery. day, they reviewed all the images As attested to on the Legacy and Lebus said he was convinced website, often victims of drownthey’d found the missing man. ing are never located and police Providing RCMP divers with are unable to resolve the case sucdetailed GPS markers, the Legacy cessfully. team led to the confirmed disSuch was the case for Ward’s covery and ultimate recovery on family, when Jim’s nephew Friday. Brendan Wilson, and his friend “We’re finally able to have a Austin Kingsborough, went misspositive impact,” Lebus told the Langley Advance. ing on Nicola Lake in April 2013. “There’s not much better a Despite exhaustive efforts of Christmas gift we could give to area police and search crews, the any family, tragedy aside,” Jim boys’ bodies were not found. added. That’s when an underwater As Sgt. Rod Pick, from the outer search specialist from Idaho was Gulf Island RCMP, told an Island called in (there was no one closer radio station, these efforts provide with the technology) and with use a small amount of comfort at a of the deep water sonar equipdifficult time for the ment and a remote Nicodemus’ family. operated vehicle We’re finally was able to find and “The RCMP extends our gratitude to all recover both boys, able to have those involved in the and ultimately bring a positive search, rescue, and closure to their famrecovery operation,” ily. impact. Pick said, specifically It was that experiScott Lebus crediting Legacy for ence, and recognizhelping narrow the ing that this service search. was not available in “It was a feel good moment for B.C., that prompted the many of all the members of Legacy, said the boys’ family members and Jim. friends to create Legacy (legacy“This is exactly what we did all watersearch.com). this for… why we created Legacy Legacy was one of the organizain the first place,” he added, tions that just received a grant explaining how the new organizafrom the 2014 Langley Good tion is still struggling to raise the Times Cruise-In, and has applied money needed to purchase its to the province for a B.C. Gaming own boat, as well as the sonar grant to aid in the purchase of the system and a remote operated boat.
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Langley RCMP are investigating a drugrelated home invasion. Police were alerted to the incident, at 52nd Avenue and 203rd Street, at about 9:30 a.m. There were several people in the home at the time of the invasion, including a woman described as nine weeks pregnant by emergency dispatchers, and two men. The woman was pepper sprayed and checked out by emergency responders. Police brought in the Canine Unit to try and track the suspects, but the dogs lost the trail, said Cpl. Holly Marks, of the Langley RCMP. No one was seriously injured in the attack. At least some of the victims in the incident were known to police, Marks said.
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The Langley Lightning midget C1 girls hockey team won the rep division’s first place trophy at the Fire On Ice tournament held Dec. 12-14 in Penticton, defeating the Prince George Cougars A-level team 2-0 in the title game. On Dec. 12, the Lightning beat the host Penticton Vees A team 4-1. Then, on Dec. 13, they were edged 3-2 by the Cougars before tying the Calgary Chaos 2-2 to earn a spot in the final. The Langley girls are coached by John Campbell, John Yeomans, and Ally Latter. The players include Isabelle Reader, Olivia Anderson-Deck, Shaylyn Campbell, Ginnah Della-Mattia, Brooke Deakin, Jordyn Flaherty, Britney Ingham, Kasey Knowles, Elizabeth Lacey, Denisa Micu, Larissa Price, Brooke Saunders, Sarah Schwagele, and Emily Yeomans.
Part of a team of eight Langley Memorial Hospital Auxiliary volunteers, Gary Kupper helped delivered gifts to 200 people in the hospital on Christmas Eve morning, including those in the emergency ward. It is a Christmas Eve tradition that dates back at least 15 years, said participating volunteer Linda Steier.
An early Christmas present came from Sears Travel to Tracy Schulz and her son Jack recently. They won the grand prize of a $10,000 shopping spree and have plans to “travel the world.” First stop, Disneyland, Jack insisted. On hand to present the prize were Sears Travels regional sales manager Jelena Jado (left), senior travel consultant Nancy Stewart, prize winners Tracy Schulz and her son Jack, travel sales lead rep Fiona Schonewille, and store manager Signa Bell.
For the past three years,
South Langley residents and car buffs Audrey and Gord Stebanuk have hosted a cancer research fundraiser and invited many of their friends from the car collecting world. The one-day event always includes a garage tour, refreshments, hot dogs, silent auction, and entertainment including Elvis Elite’s Steve Elliot. This year’s event raise close to $15,000, the most ever.
Former directors of the Langley Good Times Cruise-In, Audrey Stebanuk and Keith Wilson. Roxanne Hooper/Langley Advance
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Jeanette Wright and Audrey Stebanuk at the Stebanuks’ recent cancer fundraiser.
Keith Wilson (left) and Gord Stebanuk (back), and author and car show emcee Jim McGregor tormented friend and Cruise-In director Lori Watts. Roxanne Hooper/Langley Advance
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Langley in
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Looking back through the files of the Langley Advance. Eighty Years Ago December 27, 1934
! MP Tom Reid opened West Langley Community Hall. ! Langley had a white Christmas. Snow fell all day, driven by stiff winds, followed by a spectacular electrical storm in the evening.
Seventy Years Ago
December 21, 1944
! Mr. and Mrs. Goller received word on the Saturday before Christmas that their son, Pte. Eugene Goller, previously reported missing in action, had been found alive in a prisoner of war camp.
! Pilot officer Lloyd J. Galbraith, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Wannop, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for bringing his plane back to England, with no injuries to any of his crew, after a 1,000-pound bomb had pierced his craft’s wing. ! More than 50 members attended the Otter District Cooperative Association’s first annual general meeting.
Forty Years Ago
December 19, 1974
! The body of a 22-year-old nightclub dancer was found in a bushy area in northwest
Langley. An autopsy determined she was strangled. ! Council lifted a development freeze in Brookswood, making room for at least 350 new lots. Fernridge was left frozen.
Thirty Years Ago
December 19, 1984
! Langley School Board decided to fight a B.C. Supreme Court ruling that its drug and alcohol abuse policy contravened the School Act. ! Eight of nine alternatives unveiled by the Lower Mainland Refuse Project for disposing of all of the Lower Mainland’s waste involved either landfills, an incinerator, or a transfer station in Langley. ! Township alderman Len Fowler was elected chairman of the Central Fraser Valley Regional District.
Twenty Years Ago December 21, 1994
! It was a Christmas story worthy of Hollywood: after the theft of nearly $6,000 worth of grocery gift certificates and toys was announced by the Langley Christmas Bureau, the community responded with more than $12,000 in new donations. Contributors included Belmont Farm’s Chub Berry who upon hearing the news of the robbery wrote a $2,500 cheque on the spot, S.A. Mowat Ltd. and its $5,000 generosity, and Otter Co-op and Aldergrove Credit Union which combined to provide $2,000 in gift certificates. Both CUPE locals in the City and Township made large contributions, and Bureau coordinator Iris Mooney said she received calls from “all over” – including one from
Washington State – with offers of help. She was particularly moved by the numbers of people who flocked in to donate an extra $10 or $20 each. ! Used computer disks, bought for $4 at a Langley second hand store, contained more than 2,300 medical records of people throughout the Lower Mainland. ! Kristen Haddock, a Langley women attending Simon Fraser University, won a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship worth tens of thousands of dollars, and planned to use it to study history at the Sorbonne in Paris, France.
Ten Years Ago
December 21, 2004
! Possible sites for RCMP’s new E Division headquarters were narrowed down to two, in Langley and Surrey.
! It was announced that a prestigious teacher demonstration program, which had lost its home when Otter Elementary was closed in a budgetcutting move, would not be reinstated until at least 2006.
December 24, 2004
! Langley Christmas Bureau was tasked to provide hampers to families with a total of 1,200 children. The Bureau, led by coordinator Joan Chesney, compiled 250 hampers, and another 600 were provided by “adoptive” families, groups, businesses, organizations, and individuals, assisted by $10,000 in donations received during the last two days of the annual drive. More Langley History online at www.langleyadvance.com, click on ‘Living’
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Tree chipping fundraisers start this weekend Remove all decorations and take Christmas trees to one of these events: The Township of Langley Firefighters’ Charitable Society is hosting a fundraising tree chip on Jan. 3. Firefighters will be at all seven Township community fire halls from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. gathering trees and collecting donations. All funds raised by the TLFCS go to benefit charitable society programs, like the Health Snack Program for Langley students, and TOLFCS partners and sponsored charities, including: Langley Community Support Groups Society, Langley Animal Protection Society, the Langley Memorial Hospital Foundation, Langley School District Foundation, the BCPFFA Burn Fund, Canadian Cancer Society, and Multiple Dystrophy Canada. Fire Hall 2 Fort Langley, 23137 96 Ave. Fire Hall 3 Aldergrove, 26316 30A Ave.
Fire Hall 4 Willoughby, 20253 72 Ave. Fire Hall 5 Brookswood, 20355 32 Ave. Fire Hall 6 Murrayville, 22170 50 Ave. Fire Hall 7 Otter, 3876 248 St. Fire Hall 8 Walnut Grove, 9580 208 St. * Wix Brown PAC: This event is on Friday, Jan. 2. Get trees chipped by donation. There is also a bottle drive and hot chocolate sales. All proceeds go for playground equipment. Stop by from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. * 1st Walnut Grove Scouts: The annual tree-chip fundraiser is at Walnut Grove Secondary School, 8919 Walnut Grove Dr. on Jan. 3 and Jan. 10. They run 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Chipping by donation. Tree pick up is available for a minimum donation of $10 in Walnut Grove and $15 in Willoughby and Fort Langley. To book, email treepickup@1stwalnutgrovescouts. ca or call Tony, 778-858-5331. Jan. 10 also features a bottle drive. Canadian Tire
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Township firefighters chipped trees in early 2014 and are doing it again in 2015 at seven Township halls. money also accepted. * 2nd Aldergrove Scouts: Get chipping done at the Aldergrove Legion parking lot, 26607 Fraser Hwy., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jan. 3. Bottle drive as well. * 1st Willoughby Scouts: On Jan. 3 and 10 at Willoughby Elementary, 20766 80th Ave., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bottle drive
as well. Tree pick up service is available for $10 in Willoughby and $20 for farther afield. Book with Karen at 604-329-7052. * B.C. Cancer Foundation benefit: Fields Tree Service offers chipping at the Derek Doubleday Arboretum 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jan. 3 and 4. * Langley Meadows Scouts: From 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Jan. 3 at Langley Meadows Elementary, 2244 Willoughby Way. * 10th Langley Scouts: Stop by Fraser Crossing Shopping Centre, 20871 Fraser Hwy., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Jan. 3, 4, 10 and 11. Pick up service can be arranged in the area for a $25 donation. Call 604-607-1492 or email grecamen@ telus.net. * 1st and 2nd Brookswood Scouts: Tree chipping is at Brookswood Secondary, 20902 37A Ave., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Jan. 3, 4, 10 and 11.
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It’s almost time to start ringing in 2015 and there are several events around the area on Dec. 31. People will want to check into tickets/reservations as soon as possible for any events they want to attend. Most events are during the evening but one local event starts in the morning (Dec. 31). A showing of Andre Rieu’s 2014 New Year’s special is at Colussus Theatre in Walnut Grove at 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 31. New Year’s at Jubilee Hall, 7989 Bradner Rd., features the Ken McCoy Band with a mix of southern and classic rock. A buffet dinner is at 7:30 p.m. and the event is unique because there is overnight parking available so no one has to drive impaired. Tickets are $40 and include dinner, party favours and champagne at midnight. They are available at Wilway Lumber, 28728 Fraser Hwy, or online at www. brownpapertickets.com/ event/985609. New Year’s Rockin’ Even at Murrayville Hall features the Inglewood Band with Shannon Lee and dinner accompanied by the Dennis Enns Trio. Tickets are $75 per person and available through www.murrayvillenewyearseve.com or at Porter’s Coffee and Tea House. The evening includes dinner,
dancing, party favours, and champagne at midnight. The Fort Pub and Grill has a celebration with food and drink. Tickets are $35 per person or $50 per couple. Make reservations at 604-888-6166. Does Your Monkey Bite is the band performing at Gabby’s Country Cabaret starting at 9:30 p.m. The doors open at 8 p.m. The Coast Hotel and Convention Centre has events for different interests. All are for people 19 and older. Call 604-5302211 for these events. • Tickets are only $10 for the Match Eatery New Year’s with DJ Hashtag and there is a draw for a pair of diamond earrings. • The band Horizon performs at the Dine and Dance in the ballroom. Tickets are $64.95 per person, and get people a full buffet, champagne at midnight, and entertainment. • March Hare hosts New Year’s in the Summit Theatre. Tickets are $25$30. Anyone out partying will want to ensure they have a safe way to get home. Dec. 31/Jan. 1 is the final night for Operation Red Nose. The service features volunteers who drive people home in their own vehicle. The Langley/Surrey ORN is run by the Langley Gymnastics Foundation. There is no charge for the service so that people won’t hestitate to call. Most drivers do make donations. Rides can be arranged through ORN to get anywhere from North Vancouver as far as Chilliwack. When it’s just about time to head home, call 604-532-0888.
Offices at the Township of Langley Civic Facility and Operations Centre will reopen Monday, January 5. Tuesday, January 6 | 7 - 9pm Heritage Advisory Committee Civic Facility Salmon River Committee Room
Wednesday, January 7 | 7 - 9pm Economic Development Advisory Committee Civic Facility Salmon River Committee Room Thursday, January 8 | 7 - 9pm Community Participation, Infrastructure, and Environment Advisory Committee Civic Facility Salmon River Committee Room Monday, January 12 8 | 7 - 11pm Public Hearing Meeting and Regular Council Meeting Civic Facility Fraser River Presentation Theatre Tuesday, January 13 | 7 - 9pm Seniors Advisory Committee Civic Facility Salmon River Committee Room Tuesday, January 14 | 7 - 9pm Recreation, Culture, and Parks Advisory Committee Civic Facility Walnut Grove Community Centre Township of Langley Civic Facility 20338 - 65 Avenue, Langley V2Y 3J1 604.534.3211 | tol.ca
langley events centre Coming Events TWU Spartans University Sports Men’s Volleyball (exhibition) Mon Jan 5
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Langley Rivermen Junior A Hockey Sat Jan 3 7:00pm vs. Coquitlam Express Fri Jan 9 7:00pm vs. Chilliwack Chiefs Sun Jan 11* 2:00pm vs. Chilliwack Chiefs * Free skate after the game
Vancouver Stealth NLL Lacrosse Sat Jan 10* 7:00pm vs. Toronto Rock * Home opener Sat Jan 17 7:00pm vs. Buffalo Bandits Pre-game party every game at 5:30pm Season tickets, multi-game packs, and family holiday packs are on sale now. Call 604.882.8800 or visit StealthLax.com The Langley Events Centre is located at 7888 - 200 Street For ticket information, contact Langley Events Centre 604.882.8800 • LangleyEventsCentre.com
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Christmas Tree Chipping Events
Give a gift to the environment this season! After the holidays, recycle your Christmas tree at one of the following events. Chipping is done by donation and trees must be bare, with no decorations or tinsel on them!
1st Walnut Grove Scouts Dates: Saturday, January 3 and 10 Time: 9:30am to 4:30pm Location: Walnut Grove Secondary School 8919 Walnut Grove Drive, front (east) parking lot Pickup service is available in Walnut Grove for a $10 minimum donation and in Fort Langley and Willoughby for a $15 minimum donation. Areas that are further away can be negotiated. For pickup, contact Tony Yip at 778.858.5331 or treepickup@1stwalnutgrovescouts.ca.
road closure Temporary Full Road Closure: 52 Avenue between 236 Street and 237 Street A temporary, full road closure will take place from Monday, December 8 until Sunday, January 4 on 52 Avenue between 236 Street and 237 Street to complete water valve chamber construction for the East Langley Water Supply project. Signed detour routes will be in effect. Motorists are advised to plan alternate routes and to plan extra time to reach their destination safely. Work schedule may be adjusted and some work is weather dependent. 52 Avenue closed from 236 Street to 237 Street
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1st Willoughby Scouts Dates: Saturday, January 3 and 10 Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm Location: Willoughby Elementary School – 20766 - 80 Avenue Pickup service is available for a $10 per tree donation in Willoughby and $20 per tree donation for areas further away. For pickup, contact Kathy at 604.329.7052. Event includes a bottle drive.
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1st & 2nd Brookswood Scouts Dates: Saturday and Sunday, January 3, 4, 10, 11 Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm Location: Brookswood Secondary School – 20902 - 37A Avenue
2nd Aldergrove Scouts Dates: Saturday, January 3 Time: 9:00am to 3:00pm Location: Aldergrove Legion parking lot – 26607 Fraser Hwy
10th Langley Scouts Dates: Saturday and Sunday, January 3, 4, 10, 11 Time: 10:00am to 4:00pm Location: Fraser Crossing Safeway – 20871 Fraser Highway Pickup service is available in the Langley area for a $25 donation. For pickup, contact 604.607.1492 or grecamen@telus.net.
Langley Meadows Scouts Date: Saturday, January 3 Time: 9:30am – 2:00pm Location: Langley Meadows Elementary – 2244 Willoughby Way
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Fields Tree Service Date: Saturday and Sunday, January 3 and 4 Time: 9am to 3pm Location: Derek Doubleday Arboretum, enter off the north side of Fraser Highway, east of 208 Street Proceeds will go to the BC Cancer Foundation. Engineering Division 604.532.7300 opsinfo@tol.ca
Input Sought on Township’s Kinder Morgan Concerns
The Township of Langley continues to seek the public’s input on its concerns regarding Kinder Morgan’s proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project and will accept comments until Friday, January 9, 2015. The Township of Langley has been granted corporate intervener status in the Kinder Morgan pipeline hearing and is preparing to submit its second information request to the National Energy Board. For more information, visit tol.ca/pipelineinput. If approved, the project would see the pipeline twinned by locating a portion of new pipeline within the existing corridor up to 217A Street and creating a new pipeline corridor for the remainder. In August 2014, Kinder Morgan revised its corridor alignment to run through or around Redwoods Golf Course and through the industrial part of North West Langley toward Port Kells. To comment on Kinder Morgan’s proposed pipeline expansion project and realignment of its pipeline corridor, Township residents are encouraged to email publicinput@tol.ca or mail submissions to: Pipeline Input c/o Township of Langley Engineering Division 4700 - 224 Street Langley, BC V2Z 1N4 We appreciate your feedback. Engineering Division 604.532.7300 opsinfo@tol.ca
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Resolve to Go Green in the New Year
Put all holiday food scraps in the Green Can for composting. Learn where to recycle old Christmas lights at regeneration.ca. Recycle your Christmas tree at a local chipping event – see the ad on this page. For more information visit tol.ca/recycle. Engineering Division 604.532.7300
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2014 IN REVIEW
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TOWNSHIP 2014
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EDUCATION 2014
At the poll Schools strapped for cash An election animated by newcomers turned out three veteran councillors MATTHEW CLAXTON mclaxton@langleyadvance.com
A hard-fought Langley Township election in 2014 saw a large number of newcomers enter the race, with a few of them dislodging veteran councillors. Initially Jack Froese looked to have a lock on a second term as mayor. Through the summer and early fall, no other candidates announced they would run, and in the early weeks of registration, only Serena Oh, a relative unknown from Brookswood, signed on to challenge him. Less than half an hour before registration closed, former mayor Rick Green signed up. While Green and Froese clashed in debates, the major issues of the campaign were more evident in the small coalitions, formal and informal, among new council candidates. Three years of sometimes controversial land development decisions led to the creation of groups like the two-person Live Langley slate and Unelection Langley. Unelection, in particular, slammed most of the sitting councillors over issues such as the Brookswood OCP process, Willoughby development, the Coulter Berry building, Glen Valley land sales, and the Aldergrove Pool. • Read more at langleyadvance.com
The Langley School District grapples with finances.
summer school. Students missed 14 days in the 2014/15 school year and a few days during rotating strikes. The provincial government offered parents HEATHER COLPITTS $40 per day for hcolpitts@langleyadvance.com the days lost dur2014 ends as it ing the 2014/15 began, in terms year. of local education The school dis– not enough student trict announced it spaces in Willoughby, would also have and no relief in sight. to find $3 million Early in the year the in cuts to fund district ran the numpay increases and bers and announced other additional it would cost an budgetary costs. Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance additional $23 million A municiNew Langley School trustees Rosemary to hire enough teachpal election Wallace, Shelley Coburn and David Tod ers – an extra 228 in November – to follow the B.C. were sworn in at a December ceremony brought three Supreme Court rulthat included signing the oath of office. new trustees to ing on class size and the table – David September 2014 would composition. The district Tod, Shelley Coburn and require portables. The dis- Rosemary Wallace. budget is $187 million. trict purchased portables In the spring came The first major decision for $60,000 to take capword that the RCMP was of the new board was a acity from 720 students to investigating financial notice of motion to conproblems in the Glenwood over 900. sider closure of Langley The 2013/2014 school Elementary PAC. The Secondary School. year saw the start of investigation started the The board must make teacher job action with previous November. that motion under its rotating strikes which In April the Langley school closure policy as it extended into a full strike Advance reported that the discusses several options new $26.2 million Yorkson and lockout for the start of on how to best use its the school year and lastCreek Middle School facilities. which was still under con- ing until late September. It Closure of LSS is one meant the cancellation of struction and set to open option being examined.
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Early in the year Langley City council decided to give residents a 2.71 per cent tax increase. In January, the City decided to take $73,000 from its 2013 budget and pay off the Langley Seniors Resource Centre mortgage but hadn’t discussed the matter with anyone at the seniors centre. The City voiced its opposition to the Langley School District doubling its fees that developers pay for school site acquisition because the City, at four square miles, has no land left for schools. Council appealed to Education Minister Peter Fassbender, the City’s former mayor, about the fees but he sided with the school district. During summer, the City awarded the construction contract for the $14 million Timms Recreation Centre to DGS Construction. In December City officials along with the RCMP and TransLink were again talking about public safety after a man was beaten near the Logan Avenue bus loop. The City had asked TransLink to come to a council meeting back in the spring. There were a handful of assaults in May and June. Council decided to use funds from the Enterprise Fund, which Councillor Dave Hall calls a “slush fund” for council, to add safety measures at the bus loop. Mayor Ted Schaffer pledged the City would “light that place up like an airport runway.” • Read more at langleyadvance.com
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Battle for Brookswood woke quiet community
Brookswood and its future was the biggest news issue of 2014. MATTHEW CLAXTON mclaxton@langleyadvance.com
In a year defined by issues of development and growth in the Langleys, there was one neighbourhood and one issue that stood out above the others. Brookswood, one of the Langley’s quietest suburban enclaves, exploded into anger in 2014 over plans for potential redevelopment that would have almost quadrupled the local population. The political battle lasted for months and saw hundreds of people pack Township public meetings to express, for the most part, their opposition to a proposed new Official Community Plan (OCP). Even once the Township council had voted, the furor affected the course of other debates and poured energy into November’s civic elections.
The debate over Brookswood remains unfinished, with another phase of public discussions over a new OCP yet to come in 2015 and possibly beyond. The roots of the ill-fated OCP lay in 2011, when the Township approved a plan to accept $500,000 from local landowners who wanted to see a plan move forward. The Township had previously balked at starting the planning process because staff were too busy with the ongoing development of Willoughby. With the money in hand for additional staff, plans were drawn up and public hearings held – but at first drew little interest. In June of 2013, an open house showed options that would have increased the population of Brookswood to between 32,000 and 36,000 from its current 13,500. By early in 2014, that had increased further to a population of 42,000 expected to move into the area over 30 years. The first major sign of public outrage was a public open house on the Griffith Neighbourhood
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Fears about some residents clearcutting their properties, like this lot, led to a temporary tree protection bylaw.
Plan, a sub-plan for a chunk of the BrookswoodFernridge area from 36th Avenue to 27th Avenue. The mid-January meeting in the Fernridge Hall was packed, with cars parked down side streets as the small lot overflowed.
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Residents overflowed the available seating as public hearings began for the Brookswood OCP. The two main viewpoints on proposed plans were also in place. Some residents were in favour of development if done right. Sally Frost, a longtime resident, told the Langley Advance that she was okay with development, as long as it was done with taste, and that her retirement was based on an eventual redevelopment of the area. Others didn’t want to see their home changed. “We liked it the way it was,” said Alan Ellison. The same two viewpoints would pop up repeatedly as the controversy heated up over the following several months. Those opposed to the project began gathering names on petitions, writing letters to the editor, and they came out in droves to an open house in Feburary at Brookswood Secondary. Major concerns among those opposed to the new plan were the overall population, the density of the new neighbourhoods to be built in Fernridge
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and around major intersections, traffic, transit, potentially overcrowded schools, and hospital spaces. Residents also worried about how certain routes had been drawn on maps – including a muchwidened 196th Street, and one map that showed 40th Avenue being punched straight through the middle of Brookswood Park. Those opposed to the plan said they had moved to Brookswood because they wanted it the way it was – a mixture of small lots and acreages to the south in Fernridge. Those views were on display at a three-night public hearing in early March. While some local residents did give full or conditional support to the proposed OCP, they were in the minority. On March 30, about 300 people rallied for a march from Noel Booth Community Park to Brookswood Park in opposition to the plan. In early April, Township council voted 7-2 to scrap the Official Community Plan process and start over completely. However, it is uncertain exactly when a new OCP planning process might start again. Many
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A March 30 protest in Brookswood saw about 300 people march to oppose a planned OCP. residents, even those opposed to the plan, said they did want some kind of updated OCP, just one with more public input. The Brookswood debate would influence the rest of the year in local politics. In April, the council passed a temporary tree cutting bylaw for Brookswood, after reports that some landowners were clearcutting their properties. Brookswood also became one of the biggest issues of the fall civic election. Former mayor Rick Green decided to run again, and criticized incumbent Jack Froese for his handling of the matter, claiming that the decision
to start the plan had begun under Froese. Froese shot back by pointing out that the decision had actually been taken before he was ever elected, though Green had been absent from the vote that kick-started the planning process. Although Green did not win the election, he was more popular at the polls in Brookswood than at any other location around the Township. Brookswood’s issues were compared frequently to complaints about the pace and type of development in Willoughby, and to other controversial council decisions, such as approval of Fort Langley’s Coulter Berry Building.
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Former Stealth coach passes Chris Hall’s battle four-year cancer battle is over. The former Vancouver Stealth head coach passed away Dec. 21 with his family by his side. He was 64.
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2014 IN REVIEW
Year in sports to remember
The past 12 months saw thrills and spills, and championships won and lost, in Langley’s sporting universe. See a full recap of the year that was online at www.langleyadvance.com.
In September, Hall was inducted into the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame. He is one of only three head coaches in the league to have won NLL Champion’s Cup titles (Calgary in 2004, Washington in 2010) with two different teams. Hall retired after 12 years as an NLL head coach, winning 85 regular season games; third most all-time at the time of his retirement.
James Robinson and the Langley Rivermen had reason to e celebrate in th March, after winning the B.C. Hockey League’s regular season title for the first time in franchise history.
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Spartans 0-3 on California tour The Trinity Western University Spartans men’s basketball team finished their California tour with a 77-60 loss to the Biola University Eagles Saturday afternoon at Chase Gym in La Mirada, California. The loss put TWU at 0-3 during their tour of California. More online at
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Brookswood Bobcats teammates Tayla Jackson (facing) and Michelle Mehner hugged following the Bobcats’ 64-57 win over the Oak Bay Breakers in the March 8 title game of the B.C. senior girls basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre (LEC). The provincial tournament ran March 5-8.
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Vancouver Stealth defenc eman Curtis Hodgson wra pped up Calgary Roughnecks bal l carrier Shawn Evans wh ile fellow Stealth defender Matt Be ers moved into the fray April 26 at the Langley Events Centr e. Evans posted a hat tric k and four assists as the Roughnec ks beat up on the Stealth 14-8 in front of 3,443 fans at the LEC. The loss ended a dis appointing National Lacrosse League season for the Stealth, wh o missed the playoffs with a 4-14 record.
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Langley Knights head coach, general manager, and owner John Craighead brought junior B hockey to the George Preston Recreation Centre in 2014.
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Langley Rams players were emotional on the bench as the clocked ticked down, during their 39-14 loss to the Saskatoon Hilltops in the 2014 Canadian Bowl held Nov. 8 at McLeod Stadium.
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Blueliner Shea Theodore and forward Jake Virtanen are going for world hockey gold with Canada’s junior team. TROY LANDREVILLE tlandreville@langleyadvance.com
In junior hockey, you won’t find a grander stage than the world championships. And Shea Theodore and Jake Virtanen are among a select few who are on it. Theodore, an uber-skilled, 6’1” 186 pound defenceman from Aldergrove, is part of a stacked Team Canada team that’s currently going for gold in Montreal and Toronto. Taken in the first round, 26th overall by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, the 19-year-old Theodore had five points (including three Jake Virtanen goals) in five games Team Canada forward with the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League before being returned to the Western Hockey League’s Seattle Thunderbirds. With the T-Birds, he has eight points in 10 games. Last season in Seattle, Theodore led the Thunderbirds in points (79) and assists (57). His points total was tops among WHL defencemen.
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@ Aldergrove’s Shea Theodore led all WHL defencemen in scoring last season with 79 points. The Seattle Thunderbirds blueliner and Anaheim Ducks 2013 first round draft pick is part of Canada’s junior team. Also on the Canadian team is Virtanen, a Vancouver Canucks’ 2014 first round pick who lives in Abbotsford but during the off-season trains with Tyler Jackson and Mike Thompson of Langley-based TnT Hockey Performance Training. Virtanen, who has fully recovered from shoulder surgery in May, had a goal and an assist in Canada’s first two games of the tourney. Theodore was scoreless, but has logged a lot of ice time on the Canadian blueline. With lopsided wins over Slovakia and Germany, Canada bolted out to a 2-0 start and took on Finland on Monday at Montreal’s Bell Centre (the game got underway after the Langley Advance went to press Monday afternoon).
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It was a golden holiday for 23-year-old Langley native Adam Masse, who captured the gold medal in the 77-kilogram division at the B.C. weightlifting provincial championships held recently at Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary in Surrey. Masse out-lifted six other competitors in both the snatch with a lift of 120 kilograms, and in the clean and jerk with a lift of 155 kilograms to claim the gold. Both totals were not even Masse’s personal best marks. The silver went to Richard Kam (Ultimate Weightlifting) with lifts of 116 and 150 kilograms, respectively, and the bronze to Ben Turner (unaffiliated) with lifts of 106 and 136 kilograms. Masse’s 155 kilogram clean and jerk lift set a new provincial record, breaking the one that he just set this past June.
He also set a new combined record for the 77-kilogram weight division with a total of 275 kilograms, and just missed a clean sweep of the division records by two kilograms. On top of the gold medal and the records, Masse also picked up the award as Best Overall Senior Male, and has climbed to No. 3 in the overall B.C. senior men’s provincial rankings. The provincial gold medal also punched Masse’s ticket to the 2015 Canadian National Weightlifting Championships, to be held next May in Mississauga Ont. The Canadian championships meet will also serve as a national team selection event for the 2015 Pan Am Games being held in Toronto two months later. In two Canadian Weightlifting Federation-sanctioned events in the past six months, Masse has two golds, two new B.C. records for his weight class, and has claimed a pair of Best Overall Senior Men’s awards.
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