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Connor Roering applies additions to a LEGO Peace Garden at Willowbrook Shopping Centre on Monday. Children were invited to make trees, fl owers and more as part of Family Day celebrations. The Willowbrook event was one of several held around the community on Feb. 8. For more photos, see page 11.

DAN FERGUSON Langley Times

DAN FERGUSONTimes Reporter

In what the BC SPCA is calling one of the largest puppy mill cases it has ever investigated, 66 sick and neglected dogs have been seized from a Langley breeder.

At a Tuesday morning (Feb. 9) press conference in Vancou-ver, the agency confi rmed it removed the 32 adult dogs and 34 puppies on Feb. 4, including Old English sheepdogs, Bernese mountain dogs, soft-coated Wheaten terriers, poodles and Portuguese water dogs.

An SPCA statement said the dogs had serious medical and psychological issues including broken bones, missing ears and eyes, infections and abscesses, dental disease, severe matting and overgrown nails.

The starving dogs were living in small, stacked crates and cages, in dark, unheated build-ings.

It is inconceivable to think that anyone allowed these innocent animals to suffer like this, said Marcie Moriarty, chief

prevention and enforcement offi cer for the BC SPCA.

We have to make it clear to unscrupulous breeders who sacrifi ce animals on the altar of profi t that this type of neglect and cruelty is not acceptable to British Columbians.

Moriarty said the SPCA will be recommending criminal charges.

The dogs and puppies are being held at the SPCA shelter in Vancouver and undergoing veterinary care towels and dog beds to help keep the dogs and puppies warm and comfortable.

Items can be dropped off at the Vancouver SPCA shelter at 1205 East 7 Ave.

Moriarty said that the raid on the breeder was the result of a tip from a member of the public.

She urged people to call the BC SPCA animal cruelty hotline at 1-855-622-7722 to report any suspicious situations where an-imals may be in distress.

The non-profi t BC SPCA inves-tigates more than 10,000 com-plaints of animal cruelty across B.C. each year.

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Doctors were unable to revive a missing two-year-old girl who was found in a pond on her familys fi ve-acre property Satur-day.

Langley RCMP, fi re and search and res-cue were called to the Robertson Cres-cent location around 3 p.m. that day after the child was reported missing.

RCMP Sgt. Garth Huziak said the child was located after a three-foot-deep pond on the property was pumped out.

She was rushed to B.C. Childrens Hos-pital in Vancouver where efforts to re-suscitate her were un-successful.

The coroners ser-vice has taken over the investigation.

Sgt. Huziak said there was nothing to suggest foul play or anything criminal was involved in the death of the child, instead calling it a tragic ac-cident.

MIRANDA GATHERCOLETimes Reporter

Langleys Salmon River Enhance-ment Society made its case regard-ing the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion during a 40-minute pre-sentation to the National Energy Board on Jan. 23.

The local environmental group was one of several intervenors to speak at the hearings, held in Burnaby Jan. 19-29.

I think we got our points across, SRES director Annabel Young told the Times, following their delega-tion.

We just really want the National Energy Board to put some real val-ue into the environmental impacts and whats going to happen. They need to really pay attention to that, especially because climate around the world is becoming more and more important and people are more aware of it.

Young and biologist Dr. Marvin Rosenau spoke to the NEB about the environmental impacts of twinning Kinder Morgans 1,150 km Trans Mountain oil pipeline from Edmonton to Burnaby.

In Langley, the pipeline will af-fect the Salmon River, West Creek, Nathan Creek and Yorkson Creek. Many of these areas still have not fully recovered from construction of the fi rst pipeline in 1953, said Rosenau, who was hired by SRES to conduct scientifi c research using a $12,000 grant from the NEB.

The edge habitats of the streams, all the brush and trees and salmon berry bushes and ferns, theyre all missing, Rosenau said.

Those are critical parts of fi sh habitat along stream edges. Its missing in virtually all of the (pipe) crossings.

Part of this problem could be mitigated by installing pipe with trenchless technology, such as directional drilling. By pushing the pipe below the stream, you dont mess up all the vegetation, you dont mess up the banks, you dont mess up the gravel and cobbles and all of the good stuff that fi sh use, Rosenau said.

With other methods, such as

trench crossings, fi sh habitats are basically destroyed by workers cutting a gouge across the stream and using riprap or large, sharp blasted rock to control stream erosion, he added.

According to the Trans Mountain website, construction will incor-porate the use of trenchless tech-nologies in select locations to minimize potential disruption or environmental impact.

Rosenau also says Trans Moun-tain has not provided a compen-sation plan for the loss of second growth trees some nearing 100 years old in the 45-metre section that will be stripped to make way for construction equipment.

The way the design is, we think this is going to be basically obliter-ated, Rosenau said.

Those features, those habitat at-tributes, really are going to be lost. And theyre not going to grow back in fi ve years, theyre not going to grow back in 10 years or even 50

years. So in order to basically provide

some sort of response, some sort of compensation, some sort of offset, what we suggest is that the propo-nent buys up land and puts it into a protective status.

In some areas of Florida, for ex-ample, for every acre of wetland destroyed, the proponent must purchase another 40 acres to be preserved in a protected zone, Rosenau added.

But perhaps the most frustrat-ing part about presenting the SRES scientifi c reports to the NEB, is the fact they have to conduct their own reports in the fi rst place, Young said.

They believe the proponents sci-entifi c reports take an activist ap-proach and are not objective.

Its in the interest of Trans Mountain to have provided good science reports so that the Ener-gy Board can make decisions with their reports, and the reports of in-

tervenors, Young said. So whats happened is its real-

ly been the intervenors expense, personal expense, and time and money even though there was some funding (to) put together mostly very, very good, very rigor-ous reports.

SRES was not allowed to cross ex-amine the Trans Mountain scien-tists, and could only access infor-mation through formal requests.

I think the frustrating thing was the refusal of the National Energy Board to force the proponent, to force Trans Mountain, to answer the questions, she said.

We couldnt really rigorously ask questions to Trans Mountain.

In a letter to the Times, Kinder Morgan Canada (KMC) president Ian Anderson said KMC has com-pleted years of planning, scientif-ic studies and meaningful consul-tation.

Crews work on a project to twin the existing TransMountain Pipeline between Edmonton and Burnaby. On Jan. 23, members of the Salmon River Enhancement Society spoke during National Energy Board hearings, to voice their concerns about the effect construction could have on fi sh-bearing streams and second-growth forests.

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The input and feedback weve gath-ered has created a stronger, safer and more responsive project. Safety is the cornerstone of everything we do, and our team has carefully developed mea-

sures to protect the health of our work-ers, communities and ecosystems, An-derson wrote.

And, 89 per cent of the proposed pipe-line expansion parallels existing pipe-line or utility infrastructure, minimizing community impacts.

Anderson said Langley residents will see signifi cant benefi ts should the ex-pansion be approved, with the munici-pality collecting an additional $575,000 in taxes.

Phase two of the NEB hearings contin-ued in Calgary last week.

JEFF NAGELBlack Press

The federal government is ordering extra consultations with First Nations and other communities separate from the work of the National En-ergy Board as part of its pre-scription to rebuild public confi dence in the pipeline approval process.

It doesn't halt the NEB hearings underway on Kind-er Morgan's proposed Trans Mountain oil pipeline twin-ning, nor does it delay the NEB's deadline to deliver a recommendation to cabinet by May.

But the federal government has given itself a four-month extension of its legislated deadline to make a fi nal de-cision on Trans Mountain that must now happen by December instead of August.

The government had pre-viously said it wouldn't force proponents like Kinder Mor-gan to restart the approval process.

A separate ministerial rep-resentative will be appointed to directly consult communi-ties, including First Nations, during the extension period and report back to Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr.

Funding will be provided for First Nations to partici-pate.

Direct and upstream green-house gas emissions linked to the projects will now be

assessed, but not the down-stream emissions when fos-sil fuels are burned in desti-nation countries.

The climate change anal-ysis for each project, to be conducted by the federal en-vironment department, will be made public.

The changes effectively add an extra layer of review to plug what the government says were major gaps in the fl awed NEB review process left by the Harper Conserva-tives.

"Without the confi dence of Canadians, none of these projects will move forward,"

Carr said.He said fi nal project deci-

sions by cabinet will be based on science, traditional knowl-edge of indigenous people and other relevant evidence.

Carr wouldn't say how much weight would be giv-en factors such as climate change impacts or aboriginal concerns, but he cited past court rulings on the Crown's duty to consult First Nations as one reason for the change.

The NEB heard fi nal argu-ments of intervenors in the Trans Mountain review last month and aboriginal lead-ers have repeatedly criticized

what they say has been a lack of meaningful consultation on the project.

The new rules, billed as a transition step ahead of new legislation to reform the NEB, will apply not just to new pipelines but to all federally reviewed projects.

Carr said the process won't satisfy polarized critics who believe projects should be built either immediately or never, but will improve cab-inet's ability to render a de-cision.

"There are all kinds of Ca-nadians who want to be sat-isfi ed that the process that led to a decision was a good one, a fair one and they had their say."

The Wilderness Committee criticized the government's failure to include down-stream carbon emissions that make up the bulk of the climate impacts of new pipe-lines.

"A true climate test would leave regulators with no choice but to reject these projects, said campaigner Peter McCartney.

Tacking on some window dressing doesnt make these projects any less of a climate catastrophe.

Kinder Morgan Canada president Ian Anderson said he's concerned pipeline con-struction may be delayed, but agreed public confi dence in the process is crucial.

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Someone dumped met-al drums fi lled with an un-known substance at locations throughout Langley last week.

On Wednesday, the Township fi re department called a dan-gerous goods handling compa-ny to haul away several sealed drums that had been dumped at 256 Street and 24 Avenue.

On Thursday, the Township fi re department was called to retrieve two sealed 45-gallon drums at 232 Street, near 64 Avenue, near the Salmon Riv-er.

A couple more drums were found down the street on the same day. They have been sent for testing.

We believe someone has been dumping these barrels around town; they are relat-ed, said Township deputy fi re chief Russ Jenkins.

But all the drums we have found are sealed and not leak-ing.

There is an organic matter inside mixed with soil and sand, but Jenkins couldnt say if it is remnants of a meth lab. Because the barrels are sealed, they wont know until test re-sults are released. That could take a week.

Over the years, ditches along Langleys rural roads have

become a favourite spot for criminals dumping the toxic remains of meth labs. But in this case, said Jenkins, its not likely to be that.

If the metal drums are leak-ing, a different set of protocols is followed to make sure the contaminants are cleaned up, he said.

Illegal dumping in Langley Township has been a grow-ing problem over the past few

years as landfi ll fees increase. In April 2015, Township council approved spending $250,000 on an anti-dumping campaign that included adding one staff for a year to co-ordinate litter blitzes, to catch offenders, to review surveillance camera footage and to educate resi-dents about dumping fees.

Last year, it is estimated il-legal dumping cost Township taxpayers around $400,000.

Mystery barrels dumped at three locations in Langley

Police taped off a section of 256 Street near 24 Avenue Tuesday after some plastic containers with potentially hazardous chemicals were discovered in a ditch. Haz-Mat specialists were called in to dispose of the containers. It was not immediately clear if the chemicals were related to a clandestine drug lab.


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George Roman promises he will promote im-proved public safety, a revitalized downtown, better transportation options for citizens and fewer train traffi c delays.

He said he will also seek tax exemptions for the Langley Food Bank and other non-profi t or-ganizations, charities and churches as well as creating a business friendly environment that includes more green policies.

My vision is to see Langley a safer city with thriving businesses and a place to put down roots and raise a family, Roman said.

The city has to address the safety concerns of citizens and business owners and develop strategies to reduce the suffering of homeless individuals, Roman said.

Police must have a greater street presence, increase bike patrols, implement effective crime prevention policies, direct more resourc-es to hot spots of crime and encourage block watch programs.

He supports having a multi-agency team en-gage the homeless population in Langley.

This blended outreach team will play an ac-tive role in working with people who experi-ence homelessness to help them recover from mental health and/or addictions issues and gain access to available services.

Roman is an investment advisor and former Senior Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers with over 15 years of experience.

His educational background includes a Bach-elor of Commerce with Honours, a Diploma in German, and successfully passing the rigorous US Certifi ed Public Accountant exam.

I have the experience and skills to hit the road running and get the job done, Roman said.

Having lived and worked on three different continents has given me outstanding skills in communicating and working with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Roman is a current member of the Langley Advisory Planning Commission as well as the Canadian Pacifi c Railway Advisory Panel and a former member of the Public Safety Advisory Committee, the Recreation, Culture and Public Art Advisory Committee and the Youth Council.

He also volunteers for many community events such as the Christmas Parade, Commu-nity Day, and BC Youth Week.

All of this has given me fi rsthand experience with the challenges facing us, and I have been encouraged by endorsements of prominent community fi gures, such as Sandy Dunkley for my candidacy for City Council.

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Profi les of all nine candidates running for a seat in the Feb. 27 Langley City byelection can be found on our website at langleytimes.com.

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Satisfaction is not guaranteed It turns out we Canadians are a

pretty happy bunch. At least, the majority of us

claim to be satisfi ed with the way our lives are unfolding.

But the ones who arent well, it seems theyre downright miserable.

These are the fi ndings of a survey published last week by Angus Reid. The life satisfaction survey broke respondents into four distinct groups: Golden Old-ies, the Lonely Hearts, the Harried with Kids, and the Unhappy (no great mys-tery where the last group stands on the issue).

The happiest people among us, it ap-pears, are senior citizens, three quarters of whom characterized themselves as very satisfi ed with the overall quality of their lives.

That shouldnt come as a huge sur-prise. For the most part, theyre done working and have fi nished raising their families. Now they can focus on travel and enjoying their grandkids, secure in the knowledge that when things go pear shaped they can send little mites home to mom and dad.

Seniors have also had the opportuni-ty to develop a bit of perspective and,

with it, the wisdom to no longer sweat the small stuff.

For the Lonely Hearts and Harried with Kids it looks to be a classic case of the grass is al-ways greener...

Lonely Hearts, not surprising-ly, expressed some dissatisfac-tion with their love lives, while those who did marry and have kids describe themselves as be-ing stressed and cite worries about money.

No doubt parents of young children would also give their left arm for 10 un-interrupted minutes in the bathroom.

The one in six Canadians who fall into the Unhappy category are generally dis-satisfi ed with all aspects of their lives from romance to money and everything in between.

Among their complaints, one suppos-es, is that they dont get invited to many parties.

I couldnt fi nd any indication of when the survey was actually conducted, so we should allow for the possibility that respondents answered pollsters questions in the midst of Januarys post-Christmas doldrums, during the coldest, darkest wettest days of winter.

These are factors that will defi nitely

colour your outlook on life. It might also explain why Quebeckers,

who famously embrace winter throw-ing a giant festival in its honour each year topped the list of happiest Cana-dians with a very happy rating of 22 per cent.

B.C., where half of all residents could conceivably go an entire winter without glimpsing a snowfl ake, came second at 20 per cent.

Atlantic Canada and Alberta were at the bottom of the very happy pile, with nine and 12 per cent, respectively. Its not surprising, as one colleague noted: They dont have jobs.

No question the economy is going to play into our overall happiness.

Poor health, fi nances and relationships are major sources of stress and unhap-piness for many of us. So the question is, what do we do about it? Do we carry on fretting or make a serious effort to change the things about our lives that we dont like?

Perhaps we follow the lead of the Gold-en Oldies and focus on the aspects that give us the most satisfaction.

But is mind over matter enough? Can we simply will ourselves to be happier?

Then again, it may be best to come back and ask us that in the spring.

Illegal dumping cost Township of Langley tax-payers an estimated $400,000 last year.

Thats just south of half a million dollars the mu-nicipality shelled out to pick up someone elses trash garbage the dumper was either too lazy, too dishonest or too cheap to dispose of properly.

Tipping fees continue to rise (as they did again at the beginning of last month) and it looks as though people have found a way to save themselves a bit of cash by cutting out the middle man and creating their own personal garbage dumps.

That theyre doing so at the expense of both the environment and their neighbours doesnt appear to enter the equation.

Instead of paying to drop off large items at trans-fer stations, its clearly far less hassle to fi nd a stretch of deserted road and toss everything from bags of household trash to mattresses in the ditch.

There were three incidents last week alone where Township crews were called out to retrieve discarded barrels. Two had been left on the banks of the Salmon River, according to a resident who called The Times.

It was unclear whether the metal drums con-tained remnants of a clandestine drug lab, though its certainly not outside the realm of possibility.

In the case of the barrels, tipping fees may not have weighed into the decision to dump because drums in excess of 205 litres are banned from landfi lls, whether theyre full or empty.

Counteracting the practice is proving diffi cult.Last April, Township council approved a $250,000

anti-dumping campaign that included adding one staff member for a year to co-ordinate litter blitzes, catch offenders, review surveillance camera foot-age and educate residents about dumping fees.

Assuming that most dumping is done in the wee hours, under the cover of darkness, it seems un-likely that too many offenders will be caught in the act. Thats too bad, because in the absence of some pretty damning evidence discovered within the garbage itself, it seems like that might be the only way to defi nitively identify a culprit and force them to clean up their act.

Ditch dumping costly practice

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Editor: I was very pleased to see the letter in your pa-per (The Times, Jan. 29) seek-ing nominations for this years Flowerdew and Arnason Awards.

As a previous nominee, I know what an honor it is to be nominated for such a presti-gious award.

As an active volunteer in our community, I also know fi rst hand the number of vol-unteers required to make any event successful and in Lang-ley, our volunteer base is in-credible and Ive had the priv-ilege of working with many of them.

I also know, there are a lot of people whose names could be brought forward to be recog-nized for their volunteerism in the Township of Langley.

I sincerely encourage every-one to take some time out of their busy schedules to put together a nomination pack-age to recognize the dedicat-ed volunteer or volunteer duo they know for one of these two awards.

The deadline is Feb. 12 and the nomination application is on line on the TOL website.

MICHAEL JACKSTIEN,

LANGLEY

Editor: The front page article in the Lang-ley Times on Jan. 29 concerning animals that are starving due to the shortage of hay dis-cusses a very bad situation, which is direct-ly attributable to the planning of the munic-ipal council.

So many fertile hay fi elds have one house built in the middle.

Older houses and barns were built in the corner of the acreage to allow for maximum

production from the remaining land. With huge mansions covering the best

soil, you wonder why there is a shortage of feed?

The large hay fi elds that for many years produced excellent quality grass to feed dairy cattle along 56 Avenue near Fraser Valley Auction, now have enormous houses destroying any productivity.

When food for the people is scarce, will

ex-farmer Mayor Froese and council won-der why that is?

Does anyone care that fewer trees will mean more carbon dioxide in the air?

So now everyone will fi nd it hard to breathe when trees are hacked down in Brookswood and Fernridge for development.

This is progress?FRANCES STEINFELD,

ALDERGROVE

Editor: Im a proud resident of Langley.

This is a great place to live, but sometimes my neighbours make me shake my head.

It seems like every pocket of Langley has its controversial is-sue, which rallies loud haters.

Im all for fi ghting for what you believe in; a pool for your com-munity, a new community plan for your neighbourhood, pro-testing the rapid expansion of a

particular area with the lack of amenities to support it.

Or how about a new building in a historically signifi cant village? But why are people so terrible to each other when expressing themselves?

Ive seen better behaviour at my grandkids hockey game.

There is a new building being proposed in Fort Langley.

My understanding is that (even before people knew what

it might look like) some had their knickers in a knot.

I fi nd it weird because there are already two other propos-als in town with questionable density and height issues but nobody has said anything about them.

A local restaurant is wanting to build an addition to its building but nobody says nothing about that 100-plus seat restaurant having only nine parking spaces.

It seems clear that because some people didnt like the Coulter Berry building that they are automatically hating any-thing else that the same builder builds.

In fact, there are over 700 peo-ple that follow a Facebook page dedicated to allowing the op-position to say dreadful things about him.

What has this world turned to when people cannot even keep

an open mind on a project that nobody has seen before they start slinging mud at each oth-er?

And why do 700 people think that its OK to be associated with that?

It makes me sick that such a beautiful place like Langley has such unkind neighbours.

SUSAN T. MORRIS,

LANGLEY

Fight for what you want, but try to be civil about it

Langley has many

worthy nominees

Responding to an article in the Jan.

29 issue of the Langley Times, which revealed

that skyrocketing hay prices are

causing fi nancial troubles for many

horse owners, writer Frances

Steinfeld places the blame squarely on Township council.She says allowing

large houses to be built in the

middle of fi elds has drastically reduced

those fi elds capacity to produce

food crops for both animals and

humans.

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When four Alex Hope Elementary Grade 4 students read about the many orphaned black bear cubs arriv-ing at Langleys Crit-ter Care rehabilitation centre this summer, they knew they want-ed to help.

The students Jordis Klyne, Danica Bateman, Ryan Burns and Raymond Shi who take part in the Destination Imagina-tion program, worked together to make Crit-ter Care their project of the year.

According to Nadean Vonk, an intermedi-ate resource teacher at Alex Hope, the stu-dents contacted Crit-ter Care themselves to fi nd out what they could do.

Critter Care respond-ed with an invitation to tour the south Langley rehabilitation centre and learn about what they do.

We got to go to Crit-ter Care and see lots of the animals, especial-ly the raccoons, there were a lot of them, said Ryan.

We could smell the skunks, said Jordis, holding her nose.

But the kids didnt get to see any of the 32 bear cubs that are now residing at the centre.

The public is nev-er allowed to see the bears. Having as little human interaction as possible helps with the animals successful re-lease into the wild.

The kids did get to watch all the volun-

teers in action and see them heading out to rescue an animal.

Returning from Crit-ter Care with a list of needed items, the stu-dents moved into ac-tion.

They call their group H.A.L.O. Helping Animals Live On. They decided to do a school-wide paper/household goods drive, collecting items to help all the animals, including re-ceiving blankets, baby rattles for the rac-coons, toiletries, dog food, Canadian Tire money, cleaning prod-ucts and more.

They put out boxes with signs and were allowed to make an-nouncements over the schools PA system, and speak to their classes about what they wanted to do.

We had so many

kids bring stuff we had to get more boxes, said Danica. We also decided to make the drive for all of Janu-ary so everyone had a chance to bring some-thing.

The students admit-ted to raiding their own bathrooms of toi-let paper.

Now they have more than fi ve large boxes overfl owing with items that they plan to deliv-er to Critter Care.

The items will be put to good use.

We have twice as many bears than we normally do, said Maureen Binnie, direc-tor at Critter Care.

Most of the bears have gone into hiber-nation, except for our littlest ones they are up and about.

Come spring, when the bears wake up, its going to be busy at Critter Care, said Bin-nie.

They will have to be fed, and the biggest ones will be the fi rst to be re-released back to the wild, she said.

Binnie said they had to put six small cubs, including Tiny Tim, who came to Critter Care as the smallest cub (weighing just 12 pounds) in the bobcat Hoovers former enclo-sure.

Hoover died a few years ago.

But bears like to climb the chainlink and play around, push-ing against the fencing.

We are needing to repair a lot of our fenc-ing, she said.

Its drives like the one the Alex Hope stu-dents did that really make them smile, said Binnie.

Its children like that who are going to keep these animals taken care of for generations to come, she said. We have children choosing to donate to us instead of getting birthday presents. Its just won-derful.

With the drought shortening the ber-ry season last sum-mer, more bears came down the mountains and into communi-ties, resulting in starv-ing cubs and an infl ux coming to Critter Care.

We really want to thank everyone who stepped up to help us and to donate, said Binnie.

The Alex Hope stu-dents will present their HALO project at the Destination Imag-ination Fraser Valley competition on Feb. 27. If they win, they will present their project for judging at provin-cials.

Alex Hope Elementary Grade 4 students, from left, Raymond Shi, Jordis Klyne, Danica Bateman and Ryan Burns organized a donation drive to help orphaned animals at Critter Care.

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Thousands of people took advantage of warm, bright weather conditions to take part in Family Day celebrations in the Langleys on Monday.

At historic Fort Langley, visitors were able to learn about the many diverse families who resided in the community in the 19th century.

Langley City hosted two free skates in the morning and afternoon at Twin Rinks along with a variety of crafts and activities.

The Langley Sportsplex also offered free public skating in the afternoon.

At the Langley Events Centre (LEC) and fi eld house, there was a wide range of kid-friendly activities at the second annual Fraser Valley Family Day, presented by C&D Logistics in partnership with JRFM and the LEC.

Admission to the afternoon Langley Rivermen game against the Chilliwack Chiefs was by donation.

Admission to the Canadian Museum of Flight was free on Monday, with tours, complimentary hot apple cider and caramel popcorn, a kids craft table and colouring contest.

Langley Centennial Museum offered a scavenger hunt, arts and crafts, and a photo booth.

Visitors could have their photo taken in a real Canadian Snowbirds jet.

At the Langley Golf and Banquet Centre, players under the age of 16 got to golf for free.

Willowbrook Shopping Centre celebrated Peace Play Day with activities, demonstrations, and exhibits to celebrate world peace and harmony.

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From top: Addison Mosher, who is almost 2, goes for a layup shot at Langley Events Centre Monday with a little help from dad Nic; Grace Farrer, 4, of Langley was one of hundreds of kids who built their own additions to a LEGO Peace Garden at Willowbrook Shopping Centre on Monday; Laila, 5, takes aim at a target with Dana Begg of the Langley Township fi re department assisting Monday. It was part of Family Day activities at the Langley Events Centre.


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The Langley Centennial Museum at 9135 King St. in Fort Langley is inviting the public to cele-brate Heritage Week by walking or riding to get a close-up view of local history.

Participants in Strolling Through Time: Guided Walking Tour of Fort Langley, will join local artist and teacher Emilie Colbourne on Saturday, Feb. 20, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. as she presents the local lore and legend of Fort Langleys historical buildings and businesses.

Dressed in period costume, Colbourne will guide the group on a stroll through selected ar-eas, learning their stories, before fi nishing up with a visit to the Blacksmith Bakery, which is located on the original site of Reids Blacksmith Shop (circa 1910).

This outdoor tour will run rain or shine, so par-ticipants should come dressed for the weather.

Registration is required and the program is $15, which includes a coffee and baked goods.

The Historic Murrayville Bus Tour will tour the inside of fi ve buildings and view several other sites in Murrayville.

The trip will be narrated by Fred Pepin, presi-dent of the Langley Heritage Society.

The tour includes private tours of the Montes-sori School, Milner Church, Dixon House & Barn, the pump house, Murrayville Hall, and a look at many other heritage buildings and sites.

The day-long trip on Tuesday, Feb. 16, will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 3 p.m. and includes lunch at Porters Bistro Coffee & Tea House. Reg-istration is required and the program is $30, in-cluding lunch.

To register, or for more information about these or any other Langley Centennial Museum pro-grams or events, call 604-532-3536 or visit muse-um.tol.ca.

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Several of Langley Townships heritage buildings, including Milner Church (above), will be featured in the Historic Murrayville Bus Tour.

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Although Langley has still not been named as an offi cial refugee destination, LCSS has already welcomed its fi rst Syrian family, and anticipates at least four more families will arrive soon.

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lombians and LGBQT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning, trans-gendered) people, said Edward Shigali of Men-nonite Central Com-mittee (MCC).

Currently, MCC is working on bringing at least 24 refugees to Langley from several different countries.

The Syrian situation has brought a lot of awareness to the plight of people around the world, (but) we need to help all of the people who need help, said Shigali, who came to Canada from Kenya in 1997.

Private sponsorship is a large commitment, he explained. Sponsor-ing groups are obligat-ed to help the refugees for a full 12 months at a cost of about $12,600 per person, and $27,000 for a family of four. They must also provide social and emotional support, helping the refugees to fully inte-grate into their new communities.

Government-spon-sored refugees by con-trast are fully funded by the government.

Blended visa offi ce-re-ferred refugees, mean-while, are partly fund-ed by the government, with private groups providing the rest of the support.

Many refugees also start their lives in Can-ada with government loans to pay for their transportation here. Only those from Syria have had their loans waived by the federal government.

Lets not forget that a lot is lost when we just talk about sponsor-ships and ... remember that they are people, and people who need refuge, Shigali said.

They are people like us like me and you and in the end they are looking for com-munity, for belonging. Theyre looking for ... a place to call home, and when we step back and think about those things it becomes a bit easier to engage in sponsorship.

LCSS plans to host monthly meetings with its volunteers to continue the education and planning process-es. For more informa-tion, visit www.lcss.ca or call 604-534-7921.

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Urinetown The Musical, be-ginning tonight at the high school theatre, takes audi-ences on a musical journey to a dystopian future, where 20 years of drought have led to extreme water consumption controls, and a ban on private toilets.

Forced to pay corporate conglomerate Urine Good Company a fee every time someone wishes to use the public washrooms, a civil revolt brews.

The common question that we get asked is of course Urinetown? As in pee? said BSS drama teacher Gordon Hamilton.

Why would you do a show about pee? Well, because its funny.

The stage is painted dark, with an industrial feel, as student actors dressed in tattered cos-tumes hobble across. The play opens with Public Amenity #9 the poorest, fi lthiest urinal in town. The hero, Bobby Strong, works at this urinal owned by the corrupt Caldwell B. Clad-well, and cant help but think that there must be something better in life.

It has a message to it, said Sheri Eyre, co-drama teacher at BSS.

The idea of overcon-sumption, the idea of what

it means to live in a world with other people, the idea of greed and capitalism and that running amok.

The guys that wrote the musical wanted to do an epic theatre with a message, but they also had an incredible sense of hu-mour. So the show has this message but underneath a lot of really, really funny songs and great moments.

Since the original pro-duction opened on Broad-way in New York in 2001, Urinetown although not popularly toured in other theatres is considered one of the top 100 Broad-way plays of all time, and one of the best produc-tions of the last 20 years. It is also widely remembered for its unique role in histo-ry opening at the same time the 9/11 terror attacks took place.

A lot of Broadway shows actually closed but these guys kept going and they said it was an amazing experience because people were so hungry to feel nor-mal again and to feel like New York was going to be OK that they kept running the show, Eyre said.

With infl uences from other Broadway shows in-cluding Les Misrables, West Side Story and Fiddler on the Roof, many of the musical numbers have a Bob Fosse feel, contradicting the harsh environment of the set, Eyre said.

It is something that a small theatre like ours can do, and has that sort of more intimate feel than say something that is a

bigger production, she said.

Using the talents of 54 students from Grade 8 to 12, the BSS production has been in the works since the school year began in September. Everything is student run, from the stage production and set building, to the live 12-piece orchestra.

This is also the fi rst time BSS has offered a musical theatre program, meaning the students can now get credits towards graduation for their participation in the play.

We always put a high caliber out, Hamilton said.

We try to run it as pro-fessional as we can, and our expectations are quite high for what we put on stage.

We want the students to feel that this is something that they have put their very best into, Eyre added.

They are now seeing what that is as it all comes to fruition.

Part of this come from choosing a musical with the right type of roles for the group of students signed up for the program.

The music is challeng-ing, the character work is challenging so thats what also gives us more reason

for choosing something like Urinetown, because we want it to be a challenge, Hamilton said.

The students are also encouraged to bring their own quirkiness and impro-visations to their charac-ters.

Whether they have hundreds of lines, or if they just two, they can bring their own stuff to the roles, so that it creates that lovely feeling, Eyre said.

And they do, once theyre given that ability and that freedom and they see how fun it is.

Every night were sur-prised by something.

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Montreal musician Ccile Doo-Kingu is returning to the Water Shed Arts Cafe in Walnut Grove for a small, intimate concert on Feb. 11.

Considered one of Canadas most electrifying and versatile guitarists, her performance in Langley last year was outstanding, said Water Shed manager Naomi Lippett.

In the end we had to move the tables back so

that people could dance, she said in an email to The Times.

Were super excited about having her back. Originally from New York City, Doo-Kingu is

fi rst generation from Cameroon, and plays a mix of blues, afro-folk and 1960s and 70s soul.

In February, 2015 she released her third solo album, Anybody Listening Pt. 1: Monologues, and has shared the stage with Blind Boys of Alabama, Bernard Purdie, Tricia Foster, Scarlett Hane and many more.

Doors for the Feb. 11 concert open at 7 p.m., cost is $15. Contact Water Shed Cafe for more information. Email [email protected] or call 604-882-0651.

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Being lazy may extend yo

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Are you ready for

2016? Well,

its ready to go. Th

e New Year is

coiled in the starti

ng blocks and

waiting for that fi

rst midnight

champagne cork to

pop to signal

the start, and off i

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For us it is all abo

ut catching

up from there.

Suddenly we are

asking, Is

it the 15th of Janu

ary already?

Then daylight sav

ings time ar-

rives followed by

the longest

day of the year in

June and the

year is half gone.

We are left in it

s

wake, watching

the year round

the

track ahead of us

with no chance

of

gaining on it.

Some people will

accelerate, turn on

the burners and

go faster and fas

ter

pushing themselv

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ys

that are disappea

ring ahead of them

.

They will burn out

trying to catch up

.

Check your calend

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many of the day

s ahead are alrea

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spoken for. Appo

intments, meetin

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travel, many days

down the road a

l-

ready penciled in.

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ys

with the fewest ite

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ill

be for you rest an

d relaxation days.

I came across a w

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signed for me.

The Joy of Lazine

ss, How to

Slow Down and Liv

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it is on the interne

t, it has to be

true, so I did som

e quality re-

search. Most of the

quotes are

from not only a p

rofessor but

a retired professor

so this guy

must know what h

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about.One of m

y favourite quotes

that had me shaki

ng my head

in the affi rmative

as I read it was:

A

more relaxed way

of life is importan

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for your health. If

you lead a stressf

ul

life and exercise ex

cessively, your bod

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produces hormone

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h

blood pressure an

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heart and arteries.

Isnt it great when

you fi nd a medica

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professional who

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ou

sit on your butt you

will live longer?

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Laziness is also

important for a h

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s-

tem because speci

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stronger in times

of relaxation tha

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stress. During re

laxation or dow

n

time, your metab

olism is less activ

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which means the

body produces few

-

er free radicals wh

ich speed the agin

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process.

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New Year is in the

starting blocks rea

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to explode aroun

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er than being in t

he lane beside it

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should be in the

stands with a Cok

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and a hamburger

and fries cheering

it

on, not trying to be

at it.

We cannot neglec

t exercise altogeth

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d fresh air, stoppi

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to talk to your neig

hbours sounds muc

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better that runnin

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Critics of this theo

ry will tell you 20

to

40 minutes of exe

rcise, three times

a

week, is the best

way to improve car

-

diovascular healt

h, the immune sy

s-

tem and general p

hysical well-being.

So who do you be

lieve? I think you

believe your own

body and your ow

mind. If you are

happy and health

then your lifestyle

is working. If you a

tired, sore and co

mplaining, then

something about i

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about my back an

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grandson suggeste

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Quit whining and

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were revealed as th

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City Liberal M.P.

g who will repres

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deau government.

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r-

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win

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on MP the veteran

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a spent more than

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students, when th

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hike, voted down

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Winner: Jordan Ba

teman of the Cana

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uncillor who waged

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200 Street between

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Sources Langley

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per cent.

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It seems like yester-day when mental ill-ness rolled in fast and furious like an angry thundercloud, over-casting a dark shadow over our entire family.

Mind you, forget-ting the past is near impossible when my inquisitive six-year-old daughter, Molly, wants to soak up every bit of knowledge she can about a grandpa she barely knew.

But how do you explain men-tal illness to a grieving little girl?

I know it couldnt have been easy for my own mother a young single mom who was grappling to come to terms with it herself during a time when the rest of the world was still in the dark.

Although it was Dad who was diagnosed with manic depres-sion shortly after their divorce, wed all feel the devastating blows of its effects even my-self at Mollys tender age.

Back then, mental health was a taboo topic a dirty little secret many families kept on the down low.

While I knew that Dad had a problem with alcohol, I was clueless about his worsening mental state that went beyond the bottle.

To this day, I cant look at a white crib without seeing ruby red blood dripping off the rail-ing a cryptic memory from long ago that is still etched on my mind, especially now that Im a parent myself.

It was a hot balmy summers evening, and I was in my room playing Barbies when I heard the banging at the front door and my mothers cries.

*Bang. Bang. Bang.* Go away or Ill call the po-

lice, screamed Mom, clutching the telephone receiver.

I tiptoed downstairs,

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