Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2022-10-06
issued: 1985-11-27
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/alderstar/items/1.0421204/source.json
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note: ISHSSS ————z-r;' t— ...y.r .""•'" ,, i-asWi.aM!!!!!! ■ 'i'ii GLOUCESTER ON AGAIN 'Disaster' averted By RUDY LANGMANN MURRAYVME- "It would be a disaster for the town of Aldergrove and indeed for all of Langley if it were never to happen," began Aid. Muriel Amason as a quiet council meeting here was drawing toward a close. And thus the setting was arranged for what could have been described as 'Rambo - Part Four', Monday night. Arnason was leading from an Aldergrove Star editorial of November 20 ('How to catch industry and create jobs') which said that the Gloucester industrial project will be abandoned by the north Aldergrove land owners if there hasn't been any move toward rezoning on local council's part by year end. And that after fighting city hall for 10 years, the developers were about to give up. "You are taking that out of the newspaper," said Mayor Morel Nundal. "We haven't had any correspondence from (Gloucester principal Claudio) Grubner that this is correct." Nundal and municipal administrator Jim Godfrey said they were "surprised" and that they had "not been made aware that Toyota and Hyundai (as stated in the editorial) had been in the area looking to locate." Nundal was even more surprised because it just so happened that the 'draft development agreement' documents to be signed by Gloucester and the municipality were now completed and could be finalized veiy shortly, on Monday, December 16, to be exact. "We do not intend to negotiate through the Aldeigrove Star," said Nundal. Then the blood started to flow. "The article is not accurate," said Aid. Patrick Boyle. "Paragraph by paragraph it is inaccurate." Boyle also asked his fellow councilors to prepare a general media statement on "why. it has taken so long" for next Monday's council meeting. "(The editorial) is full of inaccuracies," agreed Aid. Len Fowler, going from there bade into the recent history (from 1979 onward) of the long-stalled industrial project. No formal proposal had been made by Glou…
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: 10.14288/1.0421204
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [place of publication unknown] : [publisher not identified]
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text