Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-22
issued: 1978-10-11
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note: 11 ",'"""' ************ Legislative Library Parliament Bldg, Victoria, 3.C, Jan 79 ...I I ZAHARIA CASE ENDS 1984 getting closer, d chairman Libel suit dismissed NEW WESTMINSTER • A two- year legal battle came to an end Friday when Mr. Justice John C. Bouck dismissed a libel action in Sureme Court of B.C. here. Suit had been filed by Fred G.Zaharia Star Publishing Ltd. Trial lasted verdict based on the right of a of three articles dealing wilh the of Aldergrove against co- two and a half days. newspaper to fair comment. mismanagement of a federal LIP Brun Langmann, The Aldergrove Star and Central Fraser Valley tn0 defence in setting out a The suit was filed after a series project appeared in The Aldergrove Slar in Ihe late fall of 1976. By RUDY LANGMANN MURRAYVILLE - The word is still mum as far as Langley school board is concerned. Trustees are not going to say what it was that initially brought on the latest confrontation with Langley teachers, members of the Langley Teachers' Association. Board members are hiding behind a paragraph in the Public Schools Act which, according to board chairman Brian Westwood, contains wording which makes it "inherent" that trustees do not talk publicly about staff policy matters. Two teachers, Doris Ferry and Mary Anne Johnston, who were suspended by the board last summer and subsequently reinstated have asked that their case be heard at a public hearing. So, also, have their lawyer, Harry Rankin, and Iheir professional association, the LTA. But the board still won't say. Tuesday morning a press conference was called in the school board ofices at Murrayville, but nothing much in the line of new information which could be expected to cast some light on the hot board-teacher dispute was heard. Westwood said that traditionally and historically" it has been the procedure of school boards in this province to deal with personnel and real estate matters during in camera sessions, and he indicated that if a court of law should find other wi…
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: 10.14288/1.0420883
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publishing Ltd.
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
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