Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2022-10-06
issued: 1985-09-11
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note: j*****************:n*niaBnaam<9i LAWSUIT THREATENED Legislative Library- Parliament Buildings Victoria, B.O. V8V 1X4 June 85 Ball is in council's court MURRAYVILLE - Councilors here listened without interfering while they were told that they better prepare themselves for "a six million dollar lawsuit." Allan Vickers of 260 Coghlan Road was the spokesman for several neighbors Monday night, complaining bitterly about a new gravel pit next door. Vickers told, the stunned aldermen that he and his neighbors were "prepared to play hardball." Their concern is that the 20-foot deep pit has caused the drying out and contamination of their established wells and farm irrigation ponds. Vickers said the judge's award in a similar recent case had been $6-mil_ion. He demanded a "written guarantee" that the mining operation next door would not cause any of the complainants "potential loss of well and pond water." Councilors were criticized severely for the wording of the contract signed with Breaks Gravel. In this document, Vickers said, the responsibility for the mine's environmental impact had been shifted totally into the hands of Vickers called this "a dishonest, cowardly way," but softened the blow by adding that he believed coundlors had "been mislead." When he finished his uninterrupted presentation, Aid. Carol Gran said that the threat of litigation had put council in "a difficult position to say anything." Councilors voted to receive the formal complaint and discuss the matter further in cabinet. The permit issued by the township allows Breaks to remove a total of 159,000 cubic meters of gravel in three stages. The Aldergrove Vol. 27 No. 37 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,1985 30 cents Established 1B57. 30B9-272 Street, Aldergrove, B.C. Call 858-8303 or 8S8-5212 Robbery charge laid AIDERGROVE - RCMP have laid charges of robbery against Douglas Ray mond Aveiy, 19, of Aldergrove. Avery appeared in Langley Provincial Court on Fairboard praised Aldergrove's agricultural fall (air attr…
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: 10.14288/1.0421228
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