Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-16
issued: 1972-12-06
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note: mfi* Also e flog ood arms shipment Wanted: A New Louis Riel by Dennis Ross I first learned what democracy is all about from Pierre Elliot Trudeau. He was being interviewed on coast-to-coast TV when a group of distraught ladies burst in demanding reform of Canada's abortionlaws. Our Prime Minister explained to the women that in a democracy, when an aggrieved faction wishes to force an issue, they must muster enough votes to back a person or party at the polls who promises redress. It is as simple as that, he explained. When representatives come to office who have been given the citizens' mandate, why then they can set to work rectifying the evils of a nation - or for that matter of a communiry; So it is at Langley. We have some problems. We are having an election. All that we as voters must do is topick the right people, people who intend to give their attention to our needs and things will settle themselves. This is probably true but Look at that list of hopefuls. And consider. And look at our needs. And think again. The whole south Langley district is swift building up into a close-packed urban area practically without recreational facilities. The new population Joes not realize their plight, but unless action is taken, that area is destined to be an urban slum. And the new arena, sadly enough will not suffice. True, it shall be an excellent (and expensive) token gesture, but it is not going to" do" the job for the hundreds of kids in South Langley and all of the rest of the municipality to boot. A fifteen minute drive around Brookswood will prove to even the most optimistic that facilities and grounds currently on the books will not be adequate. Aldergrove is seething and near open rebellion, requiring only a neo Riel, a flag and an arms shipment to fan its smouldering spontaneous combustion into the flames of secession from Langley. Fort is quiescent - now, anyway, but there hasn't been anything new created there in many moons and their population is not just exa…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0420182
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publications
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
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