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Little Skyler Beats the Odds for a ‘Good Life’

Company admits errors in tree report But still says none are worth preserving in proposed Aldergrove subdivision By DAN FERGUSON Aldergrove Star

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Skyler Poirier with her mother Eleanor at home in Aldergrove. Now 15 months old, Skyler is healthy and happy after defying death when she was born a tiny and highly vulnerable “premie” after only 25 weeks gestation. The Variety Club has played an important role in supporting the family through the crises.

‘Premie’ baby helped by Variety Club By KURT LANGMANN Aldergrove Star

A family from Aldergrove has a personal interest in the upcoming 49th Annual Variety Show of Hearts Telethon, taking place on Global BC this weekend, Feb. 14-15. Skyler Poirier was born prematurely by emergency C-section 15 months ago, after only 25 weeks gestation. Skyler was tiny, so small that her arm could comfortably fit inside her father Dan’s wedding band. She was also under-

developed and weak, and required ventilation and oxygen support for the first six months of her life. In Royal Columbian Hospital she contracted pneumonia and her lungs collapsed. Doctors were not hopeful she would survive. You wouldn’t know any of this to see Skyler today, though. She’s healthy, happy and strong, with a smile that could steal your heart. She’s a bit small for her age, at only 17 pounds, but she’s fully capable of feeding herself solid foods, crawling and standing

up — even taking her first tentative steps. “She’s just a tough cookie,” says proud momma, Eleanor. “She’s our little happy girl.” Skyler was a twin but unfortunately her fraternal twin was miscarried ten weeks earlier and did not survive. “Instead of my body absorbing the fetus, my body forced out the tiny baby along with the placenta,” said Eleanor. “Skyler’s placenta tore because of the distress and bed rest was mandatory.”

The company responsible for a arborist’s report that confused the types of trees in a proposed Aldergrove subdivision has admitted the mistakes, but insists the errors aren’t enough to justify saving more than a single tree. Sanderson Planning, a Vancouver company, made a written presentation to the council priorities committee meeting on Monday (Feb. 2) that defended the previous report as a “fair and accurate assessment of the conditions” on property near 28 Avenue and 276 Street. The firm was hired by the Township to help design a 61-lot neighbourhood on the proposed Betrand Creek Trails Estate development. The 2012 assessment determined there were no trees worth preserving on the property. It called for cutting down the existing 165 trees and replacing them with 303 replacement trees, arranged to fit around the detached houses planned for the property. The report was condemned by opponents of the development who want the Township-owned site preserved as an urban forest. They argued the decision by council to approve the sale was based on an error-riddled assessment that confused the types of trees. The critics included another arborist, Celeste Paley, who said that among other things the report confused cedar trees with maple trees and alders. Paley said the “discrepancies” and “misidentifications” were “worrisome.” In December, council put the project on hold to sort out the issue. At the Monday committee meeting, Sanderson filed an updated arborist’s report that aimed to correct the errors of the first. The new report said only “one tree in the stand of trees is thought to be a suitable candidate to be retained” and went to say that “correctly identifying tree species is not typically an issue” when assessing how trees deserve preservation. “This has never before occurred on numerous projects that we have been associated with the Township of Langley over the past 25 years” the report said. It added the mistakes happened during “the transfer of data from field notes into the final report” and went on to say that “there was no intent to falsify information, there was simply a human error made during the drafting of our report.” SEE: Page 3

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Skyler is one of Variety Club’s ‘little victories’

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Eleanor was confined to bed rest for ten weeks after the miscarriage before her water broke and she was rushed to RCH for the emergency C section on Oct. 30, 2013, when Skyler was born. “Skyler was 25 weeks and four days old at birth and weighed 720 grams (a pound and a half) and was a foot long,” said Eleanor, “She required ventilation and oxygen support for the first six months. She required a NG feeding tube. In the hospital she contracted RSV, pneumonia and had several collapsed lungs. She was once the sickest patient at Royal Columbian Hospital.” Eleanor was discharged after five days but because she was unable to walk or drive Variety Club stepped in and covered the cost of Eleanor’s room and board nearby for the first week so that she could take a taxi for

daily visits. Then, “In December, 2013, the doctors actually gave us the choice to remove her from all support. We said, do everything you can for her, anything,” said Eleanor. “It was the most scariest and sickening feeling to think that she may not have a life time, not knowing if she would make it to a year, another day or even to the next minute. The doctors gave her every medicine they could think of while consulting with Children’s Hospital and told us not to even consider the long-term side effects if we wanted her to survive now, at this moment. “Her major problem was her breathing. She needed the JET ventilator and 100 per cent oxygen for a month and was very slow to wean to the next steps down. She was in the hospital for 131 days, before coming home on oxygen support, an oximeter and a NG tube,” said Eleanor.

Skyler Poirier has blossomed since she came home last year. Eleanor had been driving into

RCH twice a day to be with Skyler, while taking their son Caleb, 10, to school and back home for dinner. Dan had also taken time off his truck driving job to be at Skyler’s side, although it became easier when Skyler became strong enough to be transferred to Abbotsford Regional Hospital in February of 2014. However, “When Skyler was discharged from the hospital and able to come home she required oxygen support and an oximeter. We were unable to cover the costs of the oximeter. Variety paid for it and Skyler was equipped with the proper medical devices so that she could finally come home,” said Eleanor, who also thanks Bayshore Home Health Care and the provincial health ministry for providing in-home nurses to help care for Skyler for 12 hours every week until December 2014. “Bringing her home was so important. She needed to start thriving in a

home environment with her family. She needed continuous love around her at every moment. Within two and a half months of Skyler being home, she no longer needed oxygen support. Her lungs had grown and developed well enough to be taken off it. “She still requires the oximeter at night and may possibly require oxygen in the future if she were to become ill. Variety helped us bring our baby home.” Skyler positively thrives being at home, continuously gaining weight and is meeting all of the developmental stages for her corrected age. She has been able to socialize, is being able to be held all the time and is learning how to play with toys and explore her environment. She is able to go for walks outside. She loves being outside. She smiles and is beginning to laugh. Coming home has been the best thing for little Skyler.

49th annual Variety Show of Hearts Telethon set for Feb. 14-15 Aldergrove Star

The 49th annual Variety Show of Hearts Telethon airs February 14 and 15 on Global BC and has a few surprises in store for British Columbians. Beginning at 6 p.m. on Saturday, and winding up at 5 p.m. Sunday evening, the two-day show features heartwarming stories of children in B.C. helped by Variety - The Children’s Charity.

Vancouver’s pre-eminent blogger Miss 604 joins the team this year, reaching out with live and interactive social media updates using the hashtag #SOH2015 from the new “Show of Hearts Social Lounge sponsored by Miss 604” at the event. Join the conversation by including @ Miss604 and @VarietyBC in your tweets. This year’s entertainment lineup features Paul McCartney, Lady

Antebellum, James Taylor, Sheryl Crow and Elton John in musical specials sure to delight audiences young and young-at-heart. Along with the concert performances, the Telethon will also feature live performances by special guests, and the inspiring stories of children who, with Variety’s support, face their individual challenges with courage and determination. Viewers will also have a chance

to win a new Ford Fiesta generously provided by Variety’s friends at Ford Canada. Visit variety.bc.ca for full contest details. “The Show of Hearts Telethon is our biggest fundraising event of the year,” says Bernice Scholten, executive director of Variety. “We see each child as a champion, capable of achieving remarkable success. Our show salutes the little victories of kids across the province and we

invite viewers to celebrate with us.” For almost 50 years Variety - The Children’s Charity has provided life-saving, life-changing and lifeenriching support to children in B.C. who have special needs. Since 1966, Variety has raised over $170 million to provide life-saving, life-changing and life-enriching support. For more information on how you can support Variety - The Children’s Charity, visit variety.bc.ca

Councillor requests another review of arborist’s report

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Angela Wonitowy is one of several Aldergrove residents concerned about proposed residential development of a forested area alongside Bertrand Creek.

However, Paley, the arborist who pointed out the errors in the first report, appeared before the Monday committee meeting to advise that the second report was still not errorfree. Paley identified a smaller number of errors, but the fact there were any was termed “problematic” by councillor Petrina Arnason. At the evening council meeting, Arnason said the delegation from Sanderson

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Planning at the Council Priorities Committee had “failed to address to Council’s satisfaction tree inventory discrepancies” and because of that she will be asking the next meeting of council to approve “an independent third party review of the inventory with a report back …” If approved, the Arnason proposal would further postpone any sale of the land until the review is finished. The property in question was the former site of the

Aldergrove sewage treatment plant, which operated from the mid-1960s until the late 1990s when it was decommissioned and the area was hooked up to the Abbotsford treatment plant. The property was clear-cut for a farm many years ago, but over the years second-growth trees took over the southern, unused portion of the acreage. The property was never included in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) for protected farmland.

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Valley Express bus service will launch in April By ALEX BUTLER Aldergrove Star

A bus connecting Abbotsford, Chilliwack and Langley will launch on April 6. The Fraser Valley Express will make stops in Chilliwack at the Lickman Park and Ride, Vedder Road and Luckakuck Way, and in downtown Chilliwack. In Abbotsford, the bus will stop at the McCallum park and ride and Highstreet Shopping Centre, and in Langley at Carvolth Exchange. Barclay Pitkethly, director of regional programs at the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD), spoke to council on Monday about the plans for the new bus. On weekdays, there will be 17 round trips, with the first westbound trip starting at 5:15 a.m. and the last eastbound trip at 9:05 p.m. On Saturdays, there will be four round trips, with the

first westbound trip at 9 a.m. and the last eastbound trip at 6:30 p.m. Originally they did not plan to have a stop at Highstreet Shopping Centre “due to the fairly complex configuration of the road system there,” but there was a high demand from those who were surveyed about the project, he said. As the service continues, they will consider other stops, such as at Whatcom Road, he said. The rate will be set at $5 for a ticket and free for people eight years and under. A book of 10 tickets will cost $45, and an adult monthly pass will be $100 and a student/ senior monthly pass will cost $85. Abbotsford and Chilliwack will each pay for part of the service, with Abbotsford’s projected cost at $411,897 and Chilliwack’s at $233,709. BC Transit will contribute $704,813.

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Langley Township will stay neutral in transit tax debate By DAN FERGUSON Aldergrove Star

The Township of Langley won’t be participating in the debate over a proposed transit improvement tax for Metro Vancouver. Councillor Angie Quaale convinced a majority of council Monday (Feb. 2) to agree that the Township should spend no money or staff time trying to convince residents how to vote later this year in a referendum on hiking the provincial sales tax by half a percentage point. Quaale said Vancouver and Surrey were spending “a lot of time and money” on transit tax campaigns that would be better spent in on other things. The council vote approving the neutrality policy passed 5-4, with Councillors Quaale, Blair Whitmarsh, Charlie Fox,

Langley Township council has agreed to a motion by Councillor Angie Quaale that it not take a position or spend staff time on the upcoming referendum on a sales tax increase to fund transit improvements. The motion passed by a 5-4 margin. Froese and his Langley City counterpart Ted Schaffer were among the majority of Metro

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Michelle Sparrow and Mayor Jack Froese in favour, while Councillors Petrina Arnason, Kim Richter, David Davis and Bob Long were opposed. Richter thought a decision on the idea should be delayed until council had an opportunity to hear representatives of the yes and no sides make presentations to council later this month. “Members of the public might want council to take a stand,” Richter said. Councillor Blair Whitmarsh thought a hands-off approach made the most sense. “A position of no position is a good position for this council to take,” Whitmarsh said. While the Township won’t be taking an official position one way or the other on the tax, Mayor Froese has been campaigning for the yes side.

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VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark’s push to “reengineer” the B.C. education system is moving ahead aggressively in B.C.’s 25 postsecondary institutions. One of the first tasks for Andrew Wilkinson in his new role as advanced education minister was to outline the shift in operating grants for colleges and universities to in-demand occupations. By 2017, a quarter of the money for post-secondary institutions will be directed to areas where labour force surveys forecast a need. This was greeted with some alarm when it was announced last year. Simon Fraser University president Andrew Petter at first downplayed the coming skills shortage as “relatively small” and warned against pushing postsecondary institutions into a “zero sum battle for dollars.” Petter has since come on board, as his approving comments were featured in the ministry’s Jan. 26 news release detailing the shift. He and others have been assured that in spite of Clark’s rhetoric, suggesting trades training is in and university is out, the news for SFU and other universities isn’t all that bleak. Wilkinson is completing a province-wide tour of all postsecondary institutions this week, and I reached him at his visit to Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops. “The response to this has generally been pretty good,

because the students are putting this pressure on institutions themselves,” he said. “Some of the institutions are … shrinking things like teacher education and putting more effort into the sciencebased, quantitative fields that are often related to these indemand occupations.” The surplus of teacher graduates has been noticeable for some time, but that’s largely a function of oversupply, much of it in urban areas. In the Cariboo, for example, teaching jobs are projected to have the highest number of openings by 2022, followed by nursing and retail and wholesale trade managers. Then come heavy duty mechanics and electricians, but also paraprofessional jobs in legal, social, community and educational services. Province-wide, it’s part of a broader demographic shift to fewer children and more retirees. In fact the government started this targeted funding a decade ago with health care, forcing universities to produce more doctors, nurses, lab techs and so forth. The retiring baby boom is expected to account for more than half of the openings in the next decade, which will expand the skills demand across most fields, beyond the trades training for the anticipated liquefied natural gas industry and other highdemand industrial areas such as truck driving. Wilkinson notes that of the

ministry’s $1.9 billion budget, about 60 per cent goes into general post-secondary education, for introductory courses that students take when they are seeking a career path, through undergraduate studies to professions. “So I think the idea that we’re going to somehow minimize or diminish funding in that general education, arts and science category is just not true,” he said. Key to this shift is measuring the performance of courses offered at colleges, universities and technical schools. Each year, the ministry surveys about 30,000 graduates to find out whether their studies helped them find a related job. The results are available on a website that breaks them out by institution and general study area. To find it, do a web search for “BC student outcomes” and select the “executive dashboard” to check the results for courses and schools in your region. The site provides charts showing the percentage of students who land relevant jobs. Not surprisingly, it tends to be higher for technical programs and lower for fine arts. It also shows grads’ average wages, a sobering but useful bit of information for high school students and their parents. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

Editor: Contrary to Tom Fletcher’s assertion that B.C. teachers and the BCTF are not “adapting,” we are actually leading the way in protecting and enhancing education in our province. The BC Teachers’ Federation is actively involved in B.C.’s task force on assessment, the graduation requirements review, and the curriculum redesign teams. Our two Vice-Presidents and I have been meeting with senior Ministry of Education staff on these initiatives as well. As a union of professionals, we work hard to enhance our practice in support of teaching and learning. The BCTF has 32 provincial specialist associations—ranging from science, social studies, and art to technology and trades education—that put on exceptional professional development conferences, write reports, and lead important teacher inquiry projects. Recently, the BCTF has partnered with UBC and the BC Superintendents Association to create a province-wide mentoring program that will formalize an integrated system of support for developing and retaining teachers in B.C. We also funded, created, and launched a new online platform called TeachBC that enables teachers from across B.C. to share their research and teaching resources. There are a lot of excellent things happening in B.C. schools and teachers are front and centre making it all happen. However, we cannot forget that any government strategy, initiative, direction, plan, etc., needs funding. Unfortunately, we’re still waiting for this government to fund the basics like improving class size and composition. A change in government attitude towards funding is the first adaptation B.C. students need. Jim Iker, BCTF President

Enormous mining potential Editor: Our province’s mineral exploration and mining sectors have generated some $700 billion in economic activity over the past 150 years, and along the way B.C. has become a global centre for mineral and coal exploration and development. But there is enormous potential for even more investment, good jobs and revenue in B.C. from exploration and mining. We should always remember that mineral and coal resources in our province are typically owned by the Crown which means that we all benefit from their development (First Nations included) just as we have for the past 150 years of mining and mineral exploration in this province. The jobs, opportunities and economic potential are literally sitting there waiting for us to take the next step and make the next 150 years even more successful than the previous 150. B.C. is incredibly blessed with mineral and coal resources, and there are many programs and grants available to train the women and men of British Columbia to help them break into the mining sector. In fact, I am amazed at the training resources available and surprised that more young people are not taking advantage of them. New mining projects and ongoing mineral development bring opportunity and jobs to our province, all of which can help to meet the social and economic demands of our growing population. Jimmy Pelk, Langley

Time for politics to change Editor: Albert Einstein said that doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is a sign of insanity. Insanity is running rampant in Canada. The proof of this the way Canadians vote, swinging back and forth between the Liberals and Conservatives, then whining about the government for the next four years. If Albert came to Canada today he would say, “See, I told you.” Every now and then the country needs to be steered in a political course that will take it off the beaten path. To take a rest from the political muck that builds up in the gutters of Ottawa. We need to change the way we vote so a winning party will have a majority of the votes and really represent the majority of the people. In the months leading up to the 2015 federal election you will hear a lot about proportional representation (PR). Please take the time to learn about this new voting system and give PR and the party that will bring it forward your serious consideration. John Winter, Langley

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More heat on hospital parking fees By TYLER OLSEN & JEFF NAGEL Aldergrove Star

While Delta and Mission have bylaws prohibiting Fraser Health from charging for pay parking at those hospitals, Abbotsford council doesn’t have the authority to make parking free at Abbotsford Regional Hospital, according to Mayor Henry Braun. Fraser Health’s policy – long denounced by hospital users as a heartless cash grab – came under fire again at a Jan. 29 meeting of Fraser’s board of directors in White Rock. Langley Township resident Harold Nagy demanded to know why Delta and Mission don’t have “this B.S. about pay

parking” while patients and visitors must pay at other hospitals. Delta and Mission are the only two municipalities that have bylaws that prohibit pay parking at hospitals. “They should all be free,” Nagy said, adding the charges make some patients worry they’ll run out of time and be fined. “It’s a place of necessity when you go there. It’s not like going out for supper.” Not all councils have the power to prohibit pay parking at hospitals, Braun told Black Press. In Abbotsford’s case, the parking lot is on private property.

“The city has no jurisdiction with any bylaw prohibiting pay parking,” Braun said. Mission Memorial Hospital’s free parking stems from a memorandum of understanding signed between the district and Fraser Health following the redevelopment of the hospital. The agreement runs until 2018. Braun said he empathizes with emergency room patients. He recalled his one ER visit, for a hamstring injury: “My first thought was ‘Man, I don’t have time to go pay because my leg is killing me.’” Braun said that while the city may have been able to

make a case for free parking during negotiations for the hospital’s redevelopment, that time has likely passed. “If citizens are concerned about this, they should be discussing this with their MLAs and Fraser Health.” About a third of the $8 million Fraser earns from pay parking goes to maintain the lots and the rest flows into the authority’s budget for patient care. “Personally, I wish it could be consistent,” Fraser Health board chair Karen Matty told Black Press. “But we do not write bylaws in the various communities.”

The Canadian Medical Association Journal once likened pay parking to an unfair user fee that can add stress for patients and disrupt their care if they have to go out and feed a meter. Fraser provides free parking passes for renal dialysis patients and grants other financial hardship parking permits on a case-by-case basis. For everyone else, Matty predicts hospital pay parking is here to stay. “Having to pay for parking is something that people need to get their head around,” she said. “I don’t want to pay for parking. But parking seems to

be becoming a premium here in B.C., especially the Lower Mainland. And I think we are all getting used to that fact.” Part of the rationale for pay parking is it spurs stall rotation, so some spaces are available when patients and visitors need them and aren’t occupied all day by users from surrounding businesses. Parking costs $3.50 an hour at most hospitals in the Fraser region, although that starts at $4.25 at Burnaby, Royal Columbian and Surrey Memorial hospitals, while hourly rates are lower in the eastern Fraser Valley – $2.50 in Abbotsford, $1.75 in Chilliwack and free in Hope.

Resident hunter protest sparks changes By TOM FLETCHER Aldergrove Star

The B.C. government has adjusted its plan to give guide-outfitters and their non-resident clients a greater share of big-game hunting permits, after protests from resident hunters around the province. When the plan was announced in December, the government calculated that it represented a shift of 168

animals in limited-entry hunt areas from resident hunters to guide outfitters. After listening to the protests, Forests Minister Steve Thomson announced Friday that is being adjusted to a shift of about 60 animals to guide-outfitters. The changes affect bull elk and either-sex elk permits on Vancouver Island, moose in the Thompson and Omineca regions, bison in the Peace

region and bighorn sheep and grizzly bear in the Kootenays. “I made slight revisions to the hunts for moose, bighorn sheep, grizzly bear, Roosevelt elk and bison to address the concerns I heard after the decision was released,” Thomson said. There are 34 limited-entry hunts in the province that are divided between resident hunters and guide

outfitters, who typically guide clients from the U.S. and Europe. Resident hunters enter a regional lottery for the available opportunities. Allocated hunting opportunities represent about eight per cent of the 45,700 big-game animals taken by hunters each year in B.C. In most areas, hunters can purchase a tag for each species that has an open season. Thomson announced the policy

change after more than 10 years of consultation with guide outfitters and the B.C. Wildlife Federation and local rod and gun clubs that represent resident hunters. He defended the shift to assist guide outfitters as a trade-off that prevented them from using unoccupied guide territories around the province. Those areas are now left to resident hunters.

Backyard chicken farm in Chilliwack hit by avian flu By PAUL HENDERSON Aldergrove Star

Fifty-one days after the last reported case of avian influenza was detected in the Fraser Valley, the virus has hit a hobby farm in Chilliwack. A U.S. biomedical researcher and avian flu expert told the Times the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) arrived at the backyard farm on Prairie Central Road early Thursday morning. And Ray Nickel of the B.C. Poultry Association confirmed to the Canadian Press that

avian flu had been detected in a backyard coop with approximately 80 egg-laying chickens. CFIA had not yet responded to a request for confirmation about the new cases by Friday at 2 p.m. The current outbreak in the Fraser Valley began on Dec. 1 with a Greendale broiler breeder farm where 13,000 chickens had to be culled. From there it spread to a number of farms in Abbotsford, with the last confirmed case at a commercial farm in Langley on Dec. 17

where 11,800 chickens had to be euthanized. The total number of affected birds as of the new year was 245,600. The virus also was also detected south of the border in December as ducks tested positive in Lynden, Wash., just 15 kilometres from the Fraser Valley cluster. Three captive falcons that were fed hunterkilled wild birds also tested positive in the U.S. On Jan. 8, the CFIA said it continued to monitor the situation and, while there

had been no new cases in 20 days, the cleanup on affected farms continued. Disease control measures were to remain in place for 21 days after the cleaning and disinfection of all confirmed infected premises. The agency said “strict surveillance will continue in the area for the next 90 days.” Only after that time—which would have come to April 8—would the outbreak be declared over. This strain of avian influenSUBMITTED PHOTO za poses no risk to humans, but is highly contagious and deadly Avian influenza has been detected in backyard chicken flock in Chilliwack. to birds.

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Langley MP introduces Kassandra’s Law By MONIQUE TAMMINGA Aldergrove Star

Langley MP Mark Warawa wants the law to start calling impaired driving causing death “what it truly is: vehicular homicide.” Warawa introduced Kassandra’s Law, a Private Member’s Bill, which if passed would create a new criminal charge called vehicular homicide for impaired driving causing death. The bill, which Warawa introduced in the House of Commons last Monday (Feb. 2), was named after 22-year-old Kassandra Kaulius of Surrey, who was killed by a drunk driver in 2011. The goal is to eventually introduce a law asking for mandatory minimum sentencing for vehicular homicide, said Warawa. But at this

time, only naming the crime would change. Families for Justice were hoping to see impaired driving causing death carry a minimum sentence of five years in jail. Since Kassandra’s tragic death, her mother, Markita, has worked with other grieving families and created the group ‘Families for Justice.’ They have been lobbying for stiffer penalties for drunk drivers. In 2011, Natasha Warren was speeding, ran a red light and smashed her van into Kassandra’s car at 152 Street and 64 Avenue. The crash killed Kassandra. Warren then left her vehicle and hid in the bushes nearby. She admitted to consuming a bottle and a half of wine before getting behind the wheel. She was sentenced to three years in prison,

served two and was released recently. “The bill, which was introduced into Parliament, is only the first step. We’ve been fighting for several changes to laws for the last three and a half years, and will continue to do so,” said Markita on the Families for Justice Facebook page. One thousand Canadians are killed every year by impaired drivers. Impaired driving is the number one cause of criminal death in Canada every year, said Warawa, a former ICBC safety co-ordinator. “Family and friends are devastated and their lives are torn apart when this happens,” said Warawa. “In 2011, 22-year-old Kassandra Kaulius was tragically killed by a drunk driver. Her family joined others who have also lost loved ones to impaired drivers,

Recycling depot B&E suspects caught in act Aldergrove Star

Early Monday morning, Feb. 9, Langley RCMP was called to a break and enter in progress at the Bottle Depot in Aldergrove, where the live feed showed two or three suspects inside. Officers were on scene quickly and observed a Ford F350 backed in towards the fence with three occupants. They were arrested and a query of the vehicle

showed the plates belonged on another truck and this truck was, in fact, stolen. A search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of a sawed-off rifle with a round of ammunition jammed in the chamber as well as several additional rounds. Remanded to appear in court Tuesday were two males from Langley, ages 28 and 32 and a female, age 25, of no fixed address.

By LORENE VEITCH Aldergrove Star

Hemlock Resort has canceled the 2014/2015 ski season. They made the announcement after the forecast still showed no snow for the next two weeks. This decision falls hard on the local hill, which has been anxiously watching the skies since November. “When you rely on what falls from the sky you take the punches that Mother Nature gives you,” says Samuel Hicks, director of operations and human resource manager at Hemlock Resort. “At the end of the day, there’s no snow on the ground.” The hill had its biggest snowpack in midNovember. Since then, the Pineapple Express has melted the mountain with consistent rain and temperatures in the

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and created an organization called Families for Justice. Nearly 90,000 Canadians have signed petitions calling for changes to the Criminal Code. “Kassandra’s Law, does one thing that Families for Justice and tens of thousands of Canadians are callling for: to call this terrible crime what it truly is: ‘Vehicular Homicide’,” he said in the House of Commons. The more than 80,000 people who signed the Families for Justice petition asked that the laws change for those convicted of vehicular homicide would get a minimum sentence of five years in prison. Those convicted of impaired driving causing bodily harm would carry a minimum one-year jail sentence. Each conviction would also carry driving bans.

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No snow led to decision to shut down for the year. double digits. In a press Even if the snow did release, the resort states magically appear, staffing “warmer than average would be an issue now. temperatures, heavy rain The resort hired approxiand negligible snow” led mately 100 part-time to the “regretful conclustaff, many of whom had sion” to suspend operaalready left the hill for tions for the balance of other work. the season. “If we did open our With a set closing doors, we wouldn’t have date of April 4 and no the staff to turn the snow forecast in the next chairs,” states Hicks. 14 days, the ownership Hemlock announced group made the decision they will honour the to “stop losing money on 2014/2015 Seasons a daily basis,” explains Pass holders for the Hicks. 2015/2016 season,

regardless of any potential price increases. Hicks says it’s a testament to the ownership group being committed to Hemlock Resort for the long-term and the reaction from patrons has been strong. “We’ve received great accolades from people for going above and beyond,” Hicks told Black Press Friday afternoon, since every pass buyer signs a contract absolving the resort of responsibility for poor conditions. Hicks says the closure does not change the future of Hemlock Resort. “Our ownership group knows what they are doing and this is all part of the business.” In its 30 years of operation, there has only been one other time they failed to open, back in 2004. For more information, see website: www.hemlockresort.ca

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Help for young people at risk more than 100 young people over two-and-a-half years, a written preFor $50,000, the Township of sentation to council by Access estiLangley could provide young peo- mated. ple at risk with one-on-one help. “They [the outreach workThe proposal comes from ers] engage youth in developing a Access Youth Outreach Services, goal plan that meets their particuthe non-profit group that sends a lar needs and accomplish specific “teen bus,” a donated TransLink goals,” the report stated. vehicle, out at night in the Langleys “The engagement worker conand Tri-Cities areas to provide nects and actively supports youth everything from food and blankets who are at risk, assesses needs, to drug education and crisis inter- works with the youth to determine vention for young ata plan, advocates for risk people from 12 youth and becomes and 23 years. a link to/and collaboIn the Tri-Cities, rates with other comthe service includes munity resources.” referrals to an afterIt is a seven-dayhours Individual a-week job, most of Case Worker for oneit done after hours, Jerome Bouvier to-one assessments Bouvier said. and support, but not in Langley. Township council and the other It would cost about $50,000 a communities served by Access have year to provide a full-time case- been “very supportive” with capital worker for Langley, Access execu- grants that pay for things like bus tive director Jerome Bouvier told maintenance and other supplies, Langley Township council during a Bouvier said, but a full-time youth presentation late last year. outreach worker would require an “It’s a really valuable position,” operating grant. said Bouvier. In 2013, the Access buses The Tri-City service has helped served 2,038 young people in By DAN FERGUSON Aldergrove Star

Langley City and Township. The written presentation to council gave examples of the kind of problems the buses encounter in the Langleys, including a 14-yearold female victim of sexual assault who was selling herself to support a crack cocaine habit, an extremely intoxicated 13-year-old in a park who needed her stomach pumped, a gang attack on a youth (which ended when the bus staff intervened), and an “arranged fight” at a local drop-in centre involving 30 to 40 young people, many armed, and most (70 per cent) on ecstasy. It ended peacefully after RCMP attended. In response to a council question, Bouvier said in the Langleys, about 60 per cent of kids in need are located in the Township, 40 per cent in the city. A breakdown provided by Access shows most are male (about two-thirds) and Caucasian (about nine in 10) with 13- to 14-year-olds making up the largest contingent (one in three). Access was known as PoCoMo Youth Services, but changed the name last year to better reflect its mandate.

Zoo wants to build new education centre By DAN FERGUSON Aldergrove Star

The Greater Vancouver Zoo in Aldergrove wants to build an “educational discovery centre” on the 120-acre site at 264 Street and 50 Avenue. The plans were disclosed at the Monday afternoon meeting of Township council, which voted to support the zoo application to the provincial Agricultural Land Commission, the agency that regu-

lates protected farmland within the Agricultural Land Reserve where the zoo is located. A staff report to council said the proposed one-storey, 120 foot tall, 8,400 square foot centre would include a theatre, a hall for special viewing, interactive exhibits and a conference room. A copy of the zoo application to the ALC for permission to build the centre said the facility “would allow the public to further engage

in the enjoyment and understanding of the animal kingdom through various media.” A letter to the Township from general manager Jody Henderson said the zoo “recognizes the need to look ahead at other options to create awareness and explore new ways to engage our guests on creating a better future for our wildlife and wild places.” The zoo opened in August of 1970 as the Vancouver Game Farm.

Abbotsford police warn of violent offender’s release from prison Aldergrove Star Breckenridge’s court-ordered condiThe Abbotsford Police Department tions include that he not leave the provhas issued a public notice about the ince, not possess any weapons and to release from prison of a man with a vio- advise his probation officer of all close intimate or familial relationships lent criminal history. and refrain from continuing those Kenneth Courtney Breckenrelationships until those people ridge, 49, was released from have been advised of his crimiprison and will be living in the nal record. Anyone who sees Abbotsford area. Breckenridge violating those conHe has prior convictions ditions is asked to call their local for assault, assault with a weapon, sexual assault causing Breckenridge police agency immediately. In Abbotsford, the number is 604bodily harm, forcible confinement and failing to comply with court 859-5225, or text abbypd (222973). Breckenridge is six foot one, weighs orders. Const. Ian MacDonald said Breckenridge’s victims have often been 175 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes. his domestic or common-law partners.

Drug smuggling trial delayed By DAN FERGUSON Aldergrove Star

There has been a delay in the trial of a Chilliwack man accused of trying to smuggle a “meth-lab-in-a-box” across the Aldergrove border crossing last November. The trial of Calum James Buchanan was supposed to begin in Washington State this month, but a judge ordered it postponed until March to allow more time for forensic tests on the chemicals discovered inside a 1994 Pontiac Grand Am on Nov. 23 U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers. Court documents posted online show the trial is now set to begin March 9, when the crime lab analysis of the chemicals should be complete. It appears Buchanan’s co-accused,

fellow Chilliwack resident Lola Crystal McKay, has not returned to the U.S. to answer the charges against her. A warrant for her arrest on one count of bail jumping remains in effect. McKay and Buchanan were arrested at the Aldergrove crossing after a U.S. customs officer became nauseated and vomited from the fumes in some plastic wrapped storage containers in the car. The crossing was shut down in both directions for about an hour while a hazmat team removed the chemicals. The officer, who was transported to hospital, made a full recovery. Both have been charged with possession of meth chemicals with intent to manufacture, a crime that could mean a prison sentence of up to 10 years and a fine of up to $25,000 U.S.

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Exploring the connection between the heart and love

Come mid-February, florist delivery trucks can be seen making the rounds through neighborhoods all across the country. Such trucks are transporting thousands of bouquets, plants and other floral arrangements that serve as gifts on Valentine’s Day. According to the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association, florists take in around $400 million in revenue on Valentine’s Day. Roses may be the most popular flower come Valentine’s Day, but many other blooms find their way into the hearts of excited celebrants as well. Flowers can be used to convey love, friendship, compassion, and desire. In Victorian times, flowers were given specific meanings because only a few exotic flowers were readily available, and many of these meanings have withstood the test of time. Giving a type of flower that signifies you just want to be friends may not bode well for a relationship when the recipient was hoping for more. As a result, it pays to understand the subtle meaning of flowers to make gift-giving easier. The Society of American Florists has compiled the following list of flower meanings from various sources. But in spite of these meanings, keep in mind you can always work with a florist to design a personal arrangement that speaks directly to that special someone this Valentine’s Day.

Hearts and Valentine’s Day are forever intertwined. One of the most recognizable symbols of love is the modest heart, and hearts adorn candy boxes and cookies while paper hearts are pinned to doors or windows as a symbol of Valentine’s Day. Young valentines may share candy hearts printed with silly sentiments. A symbolic heart bears no resemblance to an anatomical heart, and yet it is used to represent the deepest feelings of affection a person can share. Some may wonder just how the emotions of love became tied up in the shape of a heart, even though it’s widely known that the brain, and not the heart, governs affections. In ancient times, people believed that the heart was the center of all human emotions. Since the heart is prominently located in the center of the chest and the middle of the body, it became the cornerstone of human feelings. Love is considered to be one of the most profound and strongest human emotions, therefore it was reasoned that the feeling must emanate from the heart. Surprisingly, the heart has not always been the only organ associated with love. During the Middle Ages, the heart was deemed a useless organ. Followers of the Greek physician Galen theorized that the liver actually was the seat of the soul and love. The first depictions of a symbolic heart date back to the 11th century, when the heart was drawn to resemble a pinecone held upside down with the point facing upward. The scalloped heart that is more familiar today first arose in the early 14th century. Around the same time, the heart was depicted with the point facing downward and the indentation at the base. Naturally, as time passed and more was learned about human anatomy, it became obvious that the brain was the seat of all emotion and thought processes. However, as the brain was something intangible in a living body in ancient times, and the beating heart could be much more readily monitored — with a pulse rate speeding up when a person is excited or aroused — it’s easy to see how the link between the heart and love has endured. Although the human heart is not bright red like symbolic hearts, that was the color chosen. Red has long been associated with passion, so it made sense to depict the heart in a bright red hue. Many other theories have been offered regarding the symbolic heart and its representation of love. While there’s no definitive correlation between love and hearts, the heart has become an accepted symbol of the emotion and the season of romance. People once thought that the heart was responsible for emotions, including love.

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CALENDAR Langley Seniors Community Action Table - meets Wednesday, Feb. 18, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Langley Senior Recreation and Resource Centre, 20605 – 51B Ave., Langley City. Presentation on the importance of foot health and proper foot care by a representative of the Victorian Order of Nurses. Everyone welcome. Info: Lynda 604818-3290 or llyscat@gmail.com Seniors’ Old Time Dances - every second Saturday, next date is Feb. 14, 1-4 p.m. at Aldergrove OAP Hall, 3015 - 273 St. Only $6 per person, includes refreshments. Upcoming dates are Saturday, Feb. 28, March 14 and 28, no dance April 11, resumes on April 25, May 9 and 23, June 6 and 20. Summer break July and August, dances resume in September. Info: Gladys Andreas 604-576-7970. Fraser Valley Watermedia Society - join us Thursday, Feb. 19, 7-9 p.m. at WJ Mouat Secondary School, Art Room 307, featuring local artist Anne White in a demo on painting with coloured per-

manent inks. Opportunity to try painting with the inks. Info: call Carol Portree at 604-850-9694 to reserve your spot and to get a supply list. Drop-in fee for demo for non-members is $5. Visit website at www.MyArtClub.com 87th Annual Bradner Flower Show - “The Good, The Bad & The Bug-ily.” Find out everything there is to know about the good bugs in your garden and how to use them to your advantage, April 10, 11 and& 12t, daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Bradner Hall and School, 5305 Bradner Rd., Abbotsford. Fun for all ages, admission still only $2. Opening ceremony, Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday/Sunday chefs, local wineries, special speakers and live music. Lots of interesting displays, crafts, art and food. Info: Facebook.com/ BradnerHall or email bradnerflowershow@gmail.com Celebrate Year of the Sheep Families are invited to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Make a lantern craft and a lucky envelope, enjoy some New Year’s foods. Drop-in. Muriel Arnason Library,

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 3:30-5 p.m. Photography Workshop with John Gordon - Nature and travel photographer John Gordon introduces the art of photography and provides tips for taking your own great photos. Bring your camera and questions. Please pre-register. Walnut Grove Library, Thursday, Feb. 19, 7-8:30 p.m. Conversation Circle - Practice your English at the library. Improve your conversation skills, learn about the library’s ESL resources, and meet new friends. Please pre-register. Walnut Grove Library, Thursdays, until April 30, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Storytime - Introduce kids to the love of books and language. Young children and their caregivers will enjoy interactive stories, songs, rhymes, and more. Please pre-register. Fort Langley Library, Thursdays, Feb. 5-26, 10-10:30 a.m.; Aldergrove Library, Wednesdays, Feb. 11-25, 10:30-11 a.m.; Brookswood Library, Wednesdays, Feb. 1118, 10:30-11 a.m.; Murrayville

Library, Wednesdays, Feb. 11-18, 10:30-11 a.m.; Muriel Arnason Library, Tuesdays, Feb. 17-March 10, 10:45-11:15 a.m.; Walnut Grove Library, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 11:30 a.m.-noon. Pajama Storytime - Tuck into a story. Children and their caregivers are invited to an evening program of stories, songs, rhymes and more. Kids are encouraged to wear their pajamas and can bring a soft toy. Please preregister. Muriel Arnason Library, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 7-7:30 p.m.; Aldergrove Library, Monday, Feb. 16, 6:30-7 p.m. Mini Book Club - Let’s talk about books we plan to read and draw favourite book characters we have met. For Grades K – 3. Please pre-register. Aldergrove Library, Monday, Feb. 16, 3:304:30 p.m. Service Canada Youth Programs - Join a Citizen Services Specialist from Service Canada to discover the many federal programs available for youth ages 15-30. Please pre-register. Fort Langley

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dates to note Monday, February 16 | 7 - 11pm Regular Council Meeting Civic Facility Fraser River Presentation Theatre

Thursday, February 19 | 7 - 9pm Agricultural Advisory Committee Civic Facility Salmon River Committee Room Monday, February 23 | 9:30am - 4:30pm Special Council Meeting Civic Facility Fraser River Presentation Theatre Township of Langley Civic Facility 20338 - 65 Avenue, Langley V2Y 3J1 604.534.3211 | tol.ca

public notice Water Main Flushing As part of our maintenance program, the municipal Water Department will be flushing water mains within the dates shown below. Water main flushing is weather dependent and we are unable to provide a specific date for when it will occur in your area. As a result of this flushing, you may notice changes in water pressure and there may be some discolouration or sediment in the water. This is a temporary condition and is not a health hazard. To avoid inconvenience, please check the water before doing laundry. You may wish to keep water in the refrigerator for drinking and cooking. Brookswood, Fernridge, and High Point: Monday, February 16 – Friday, March 27 North Willoughby (Yorkson) and Northwest Langley: Monday, February 16 – Friday, April 3

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some entertainment focused on Iceland. Guests and potential new members are welcome. Info: Len at 604-857-2740 or Eigil at 604-870-8601, or email jensenke@shaw.ca Strata Housing – This talk covers many facets of strata living including: strata councils, strata fees, contingency reserve funds, unit entitlement, insurance coverage, strata bylaws and rules. Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1:30-3 p.m. at Langley Senior Resource and Recreation Centre, 20605 – 51B Ave. Register at 604-530-3020. Drop-ins welcome. Free. Fort Langley’s Pioneering Love Valentine’s Day at the Fort, Feb. 14. At this unique dine-and-tour event, couples will be treated to a delicious meal inside the historic site with atmospheric live music. After the meal, a costumed-interpreter will lead a walking tour highlighting Fort Langley’s rich tales of love. Complete the evening around a cozy fire. Tickets are priced at $50 a person with various dining times available. Website: http://www.brownpap-

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Library, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2-3 p.m.; Walnut Grove Library, Monday, Feb. 23, 2-3 p.m.; Brookswood Library, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2-3 p.m. Book Chat - Have you read a good book recently? Bring one or more of your favourite books, grab a snack, and let’s chat. For Grades 6 to 8. Aldergrove Library, Thursday, Feb. 19, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Locarno - danceable and joyful fusion of Mexican Son Jarocho music, Cuban salsa and contemporary pop songwriting makes a much anticipated return to the intimate Harrison Memorial Hall Saturday, Feb. 21, 8 p.m. Tickets $22, purchase online at www. harrisonfestival.com, by phone at 604-796-3664. Scandinavian Club of the Fraser Valley - meet at 6 p.m., Monday, Feb. 16 at Masonic Hall, 33860 Pine St., Abbotsford. This evening has an Icelandic theme. Come with your culinary contribution and enjoy the spread of delicious and interesting dishes as well as

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1 On the Township’s website at tol.ca/grants 2 At the Township of Langley Civic Facility, Customer Service counter, 2nd Floor We've gone green! Applications can now be completed and submitted online. Visit tol.ca/grants to submit your paperless application today. Hard copy forms are available at the Township of Langley Civic Facility, Customer Service, 2nd Floor, and can be returned to: David Leavers, Director Recreation, Culture, and Parks Division Township of Langley 20338 - 65 Avenue Langley, BC V2Y 3J1 Or submitted via email to: Community Grants: communitygrants@tol.ca Capital Improvement Grants: capitalgrants@tol.ca Deadline is Friday, February 27, 2015. David Leavers Director, Recreation, Culture, and Parks 604.533.6158

Heritage Building Incentive Program The Heritage Building Incentive Program is designed to assist with the costs of restoring, repairing, and maintaining eligible heritage buildings within the Township of Langley. Grants are available to property owners of heritage buildings included in the Township of Langley’s Inventory of Heritage Resources.

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Kodiaks take lead going into playoffs By KURT LANGMANN Aldergrove Star

The Aldergrove Kodiaks rolled to a convincing 4-1 victory over the Abbotsford Pilots, Wednesday, Feb. 4, and confirmed their status as the Harold Brittain conference champions for the regular season. With only three regular season games left for each of the conference’s five teams (as of Feb. 4) it became mathematically impossible for the Kodiaks to lose the top spot in the conference. The Kodiaks outplayed the Pilots

for the second time in as many games, and also outshot the Pilots every period for a total of 32 shots on goal to the Pilots’ 21. The Kodiaks also put the puck into the Pilots’ net, including a pair of beauties from forward Brandon Dolby. The Kodiaks were up 2-1 in the first period, with scores by affiliate Noah Wiebe (from Aaron Markin and Nolan Wallinger) and Dolby on a power play (from Quinncy Leroux and Markin). Lucien Serban of the Pilots scored their only goal in the

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Aldergrove Kodiaks #8 Brandon Dolby scored a pair of goals on Abbotsford Pilots’ netminder Jacob Crawford in a 4-1 win Feb. 4 at Aldergrove Arena.

first period. Dolby put in his second goal midway through the second period, assisted by Markin and Joshua Poitras closed the night’s scoring with a snapshot, assisted by Wyatt Versluis and Cameron Davitt. Third period was scoreless despite some intense pressure from both teams. It got a bit rough in the final frame but the referees were on top of it and kept it from getting out of hand by filing up the penalty boxes -- for a time it looked like there would have to be a “no vacancy” sign posted at the two “sin bins.” Even at that, the Pilots had to spend time killing seven of their eight penalties at their end of the rink, while the Kodiaks only had to kill three. Game stars were Kodiaks Markin, Dolby and Poitras. KNIGHTS DEFEAT KODIAKS 5-4 IN OT In the Feb. 5 tilt at Langley Knights home arena the Knights battled to a 5-4 overtime win, after a seesaw battle failed to decide the winner. The Knights were up 2-1 at the end of the first period, despite the Kodiaks outshooting the Knights 17-7. Kodiaks’ scorer was Brandon Dolby, from Quinncy Leroux. The Kodiaks were up 4-3 at the end of the second period, with markers by Leroux (from Dolby and Eric Wieking), Evan Cusmano on the power play (from Wieking and Eric Callegari), and Callegari on other

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Langley Knights keeper Nickolas Trenciansky and #3 Issiah Piers and #7 Hayden Smer fend off an assault on their net by Aldergrove Kodiaks #27 Dylan Geiger and #12 Cameron Davitt, Feb. 5 at Preston Arena. The game ended in a 5-4 overtime win for the Knights. power play (from Elvis Jansons and Cameron Davitt). The Knights outshot the Kodiaks that period 14-10. The Knights evened it up in the third and the 4-4 tie brought about the overtime, with Knights’ Colin Catchpole scoring at 2:01. As of Feb. 9, with 52 points after 42 games (22-12-2-6) the Kodiaks are ahead of the Langley Knights by six points, the Pilots by 10 points and Mission Outlaws by nine points. The only open question is which teams will be in third and fourth

place going into the playoffs. The Kodiaks finish their regular season this week, with a home game versus Delta Ice Hawks Feb. 11 and away at Mission Outlaws Feb. 14. Kodiaks GM Rick Harkins says he’s confirmed the following Tuesday and Wednesday for the first two playoff games to be hosted by the Kodiaks at Aldergrove Arena. The Kodiaks will play the fourth place team in the first round of playoffs, however, it remains to be seen which team that will be.

Dozen on Team BC roster Homecoming: Boucas back in Langley for Canada Winter Games Aldergrove Star

Aldergrove Star Benjamin Hamilton. Also attending the Games from A dozen athletes will be representing Langley when the Canada Winter Langley are Leo Goldberg (judo), Sarah MacDonald (ringette) and Seung Min Games get underway in Prince George. Nine athletes from Langley, a pair Park (short track speed skating). Jessica Auton and Brian Ng as well as from Aldergrove and one more from Surrey’s Brooke Ashcroft are Fort Langley are on the Team on the target shooting team B.C. roster. and all three are from the The competition runs Langley Rod and Gun Club. Feb. 13 to March 1. And a team from the Representing Aldergrove Langley Curling Club, will be sisters Amy and Sarah skipped by Cloverdale’s Potomak, who are skating on Tyler Tardi and coached by the girls’ hockey team. Paul Tardi, will also be at the And Langley’s Jordan Games. Hollett and James Malm are Sterling Middleton (Fort on the boys’ hockey team Jack Kosterman of Fort Sarah Potomak (and St. John), Nicholas Umbach Langley is on the wheelchair sister Amy) set to play. (Coquitlam) and Timothy Henderson (Victoria) make basketball team and will be up the rest of the curling foursome. joined by Langley’s Ben Garrett and

After leaving Langley in pursuit of his soccer dreams, Vaggeli Boucas returns home as he looks to take the next step in hopes of achieving that ultimate goal. Boucas has signed on to play for the Trinity Western Spartans men’s soccer program in the fall. “I want to pursue football professionally and I thought this would be the best way to do it,” Boucas explained. By joining the Spartans, Boucas plans to continue to train with the Vancouver Whitecaps residency program. Boucas has been a part of the residency program for the past three seasons. After splitting his youth soccer between Aldergrove United and Langley United, Boucas made the move to Surrey United a few years ago in order to play in the B.C. High

Performance League. consistent performers in the He also played for the provin- USSDA league and a regular starter cial team program as well as being for the U18 residency squad this a part of the U13 national training season,” said Craig Dalrymple, the centre. technical director of the Boucas caught the Vancouver Whitecaps FC eye of the Whitecaps Residency program. while playing for Surrey Spartans coach Pat United in the B.C. High Rohla said adding Boucas, Performance League and a centre-back, an excellent through his play with the fit and key addition for his B.C. provincial team proprogram. “He will give us gram at the U16 level. competitive edge, stabilAnd it was about this ity and experience in a time when Boucas began vital position on the field,” harboring thoughts of the Rohla said. Vaggeli Boucas game taking him places. Boucas did have some “I really started coming into my interest from a handful of smaller own and finding my position and American universities, but staying what kind of player I am,” Boucas in Langley and the Lower Mainland said. “That is when I realized (I had will allow him to train with the a future in the game) and really Whitecaps and hopefully land a started to pushing myself.” spot on the team’s USL Pro squad, “He has been one of the most a developmental league for players.

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17 teams play at this year’s Aldergrove Initiation Hockey Tournament The Aldergrove Minor Hockey Association hosted the annual Initiation Tournament at Aldergrove Arena, Feb. 7-9, with 17 teams participating this year. Scores are not kept at this level but plenty of fun was had by all. Harry Hunt photos of this year’s Aldergrove competitors in action.

Aldergrove H42-V5 Hawks’ Braeden Parker (in black jersey) skates past the Coquitlam H41 Bulldogs’ goalie, Saturday, Feb. 7 at the Aldergrove Initiation Tournament.

Aldergrove H2-2 Warriors’ Seth Brunoro (in yellow jersey) takes a shot at the Abbotsford H2-2 Canucks goal, Saturday, Feb. 7 at the Aldergrove Initiation Tournament.

Aldergrove H2-1 Bruins’ Zachary Phipps (in yellow jersey) in front of the Coquitlam H2-3 Chiefs goal, Saturday, Feb. 7 at the Aldergrove Initiation Tournament. Aldergrove H3-2 Venom’s Caleb Fedrau (in black jersey) has his shot blocked by the Semiahmoo H3-6 Red Rangers goalie, Saturday, Feb. 7 at the Aldergrove Initiation Tournament.

Aldergrove H4-1 Vipers’ Hayden Luchovsky (in black jersey) is surrounded by Chilliwack H4-2 River Rats at their goal, Sunday, Feb. 8 at the Aldergrove Initiation Tournament.

Aldergrove H4-2 Hawks’ Judah Quiring (in black jersey) has his shot on goal deflected by Cloverdale H4-4 Jets goalie, Sunday, Feb. 8 at the Aldergrove Initiation Tournament.

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Above, Aldergrove United U-12 boys in action against Langley FC, on a rainy but warm February 7. Aldergrove seems to have more leg power in this particular attack. At right, Tanpreet Dhaliwal in white in action in a U-11girls soccer game versus Langley on a wet Saturday morning.

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Horse Council BC Board member Dr. Susan Thompson presented the HCBC 2014 Junior Athlete of the Year Award to Courtney Palleson at the HCBC Horse Sport Symposium at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley on February 1. Courtney Palleson had an amazing 2014. Her outstanding achievements in 2014 in the discipline of dressage were: Touch of Class Champion; BC Heritage Reserve Champion; 4 Gold Medals at the BC Summer Games; Overall Champion in Dressage and Hack classes at Rising Stars Youth Dressage; 3 Silver Medals at the Canadian Interprovincial Equestrian Championships (on a leased horse); Champion at the Pacific Regional Championship. At each of these achievements (with the exception of the Canadian Interprovincial

Equestrian Championships) Courtney completed with her own horse Beauty. Beauty was a rescued PMU filly from Alberta and had a difficult start in life. Beauty proved to be Courtneyâ€™s biggest challenge and also her greatest success. The 2014 Horse Council BC Coach of the Year Award was presented to Rochelle Kilberg of Hazelmere Equestrian Centre in Surrey. Rochelle exemplifies what it means to be a coach. She inspires her students to achieve greatness in all aspects of life, she leads by example, and she believes that practice does indeed make perfect. Rochelle served as the Zone 3 Team Head Coach for Equestrian at the 2014 BC Summer Games where she helped to coach Zone 3 to win gold in overall medal standings. She also was the Dressage Team Head Coach for Team BC at the

2014 Canadian Interprovincial Equestrian Championships and was able to coach one of her students to an Individual Silver Medal on a leased horse that had never before placed in the top 20. The 2014 Horse Council BC Horse of the Year â€“ Competitive Division Award was presented to an Arabian mare that had an outstanding show year. Bug, as she is commonly known around the barn, was born and raised in Langley at Herman Steunenberg and Sandra Arabskyâ€™s horse breeding farm, Skyâ€™s The Limit Arabians. In 2014, this little mare was the highest scoring horse that competed in the Sport Horse in Hand Division at the Scottsdale, Arizona Arabian Horse Show and she also placed in the top ten in her Open Liberty Class at the same show. In May 2014, she took home 12 first place wins and Championships with

three second place finishes and Reserve Championships at the AAHABC Concurrent show at Thunderbird Show Park. Then in August of 2014 at the Royal Red in Manitoba she took home the Canadian National Championship Arabian Mares Sport Horse in Hand Dressage Type Open, Canadian National Reserve Championship in the Hunter Type Open, Canadian National Top Ten Championship in the Amateur to Handle Sport Horse Mares Dressage Type, and Top Ten in the Canadian National Sport Horse In Hand Amateur to Handle Hunter Type. Congratulations to Bugâ€™s owner, Sandra Nickolls of Armstrong, trainer, Brenda Driediger of Aldergrove, and breeders, Herman Steunenberg and Sandra Arabsky of Langley, for raising and training such an amazing horse in our own backyard.

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Come check out the finest condo on the market in New Westminster. This spacious 2 bedroom, 2 bath unit includes vaulted ceilings, a huge loft, updated flooring, paint and kitchen, just to mention a few. Plus beautiful view of the Fraser River. This unit is sure to please.

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$389,900

ALDERGROVE WITH LANE ACCESS!

6111 LECLAIR ROAD $ 1,200,000 HANDYMAN HAVEN!

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27232 - 26B AVENUE $ 525,000 PRIVATE YARD

4516 217 STREET

$660,000

MURRAYVILLE RANCHER

NEW LISTING!

NEW LISTING! Fully suited with lane access and a small workshop already in place right beside the Legion in Aldergrove. 9751 sq ft yard almost an quarter acre lot. Take a look at this one if you need room - floor is 1160 sq ft with a full bsmt. Starter or investment this is worth a look.

This custom built home is loaded with custom features that need to be polished this place has all the features in place to make it an Estate like it once was. Just under 4000 sq ft of custom construction with nice horse barn/shop all on a private 5 acre lot in popular Bradner area this is not a drive by and when you see it you will know. Book your appointment today and bring your tool box and make $$$.

Here is a new listing for you backing onto acreage on 26B Ave. large sundeck here and the home has lots of upgrades including a “teenage area” you should see. 3 large bedrooms with a large dining room and living room concept. 1260 sq ft on the main floor and ¾ bsmt games room down stairs etc. great location and a great neighbourhood.

Check this one out! Over 1800 sq ft on a 1/4 acre lot large rooms with 9' Ceilings large master bedroom with a very nice ensuite. All the things you would want in your retirement home are here including a trellised patio with vines covering it for those summer days overlooking private back yard. Vaulted ceilings in living room with gas fireplace have a look here.

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$615,000

27598-48th AVENUE

$250,000

OFFICE/RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL

SOLD

All in one location and below replacement cost seller wants sold today so here is your opportunity. 2000 sq on the main floor 2 bedroom suite upstairs and secure paved parking in the rear of building. You’ve driven past it now it’s time to own it. Right across the road from Aldergrove Credit Union. Quick possession possible need an investment or????

.4 acre lot with freeway exposure septic approved and drilled well Is in. Looking to advertise a business or park your truck, check this out!

24732 - 16 AVENUE $ 639,900 1.24 ACRE LOT

Check out this rancher on this fenced and cross fenced 1.24 acre lot with shop and horse barn bonus 2 septic systems for the second dwelling( fully serviced mobile pad already in) Good value here make an appointment to see it today. New heat pump in the home, new perimeter drains, newer roof motivated sellers have a look today.

20214-54A AVENUE

$792,000

LEGAL 4 PLEX

Legal 4 plex in Langley City. All ready rental income and 100% occupied for years. Individual access and individual metered have a look here buy and rent or live in one yourself. All nice spacious 3 bedroom units 2 upper and 2 on the main floor. Don’t worry about being shut down here it’s legal.

Call Dan Flokstra 604-857-1100 Call Dan Flokstra 604-857-1100 Call Dan Flokstra 604-857-1100 Call Dan Flokstra 604-857-1100 UNIT 314 27358 32ND AVE $189,900 WILLOWCREEK

Nice clean unit, 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 2 south facing decks, full amenities, insuite storage. Quick possession possible.

# 120 -27044-32 AVE $230,000 BERTRAM ESTATES

Lots of updates in this end unit townhome close to schools and walking distance to everything in this Great family oriented community playground for children and pet friendly this is worth a look at. All you have to do is move in!

1200 LEFEUVRE ROAD

$650,000

5.6 acres bare land for sale. Bring your agri ideas and start something new this spring.

26878-32 AVENUE

$235,500

3 storey end unit townhome. Check out this remodeled townhome with a unique oak kitchen and fully developed deck with hot tub and storage. This home has updated windows and appliances, extensive use of pot lights and new bathrooms …you get the idea.. .

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