Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2024-05-03
issued: 1992-12-10
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note: Toll-free _ calling from Abbotsford to Bowen? MURRAYVILLE - Councilors here are not sure whether or not they should support a "toll-free proclamation" aimed at making, away with long distance telephone charges between the central Fraser Valley area and Bowen Island. They will ponder the question for a week before they make up their minds. "It is hard to support without (first) knowing the cost," said Coun. Trudi Campen. She added that it could "drive (telephone subscribers) into bankruptcy." "That is correct," said Coun. Aubrey Searle, adding that he was "skeptical" of the concept. Thanks to competition in the long-distance telephone market, he said, rates are coming down. A move to do away with long distance altogether in the lower mainland could just be a ploy to raise local rates, "over which we have no control." Coun. Steve Ferguson, who worked to promote the toll-free calling between Aldergrove and the Vancouver area, was in favor of the extension. But he added i*he would4)e quite willing to ^wa^fbip-one week while his fellow councilosfejthought about the matter. "There will be a full public debate on the matter (in any case)," he added. Mrs. Claus, along with Santa and elf were treating local kids, Saturday in Aldergrove, while helping raise Timmy's Telethon donations to new heights. See story inside this edition. -Kurt Langmann photo Chamber office closes ALDERGROVE - TJ£ Chamber 7ff^S2>fl|la.erce office here will close on Dec. 19 and will revert to its former volunteer-only operation. Office manager Mar- Couple's innocence still debated in local council MURRAYVILLE - Every so often, the Lamont-Spencer case pops up at local council here. Christine Lamont and David Spencer are the two Canadians who are serving 28-year jail terms in Brazil for their complicity in the kidnaping of a Sao Paulo businessman in December 1989. Lamont is the 33-year-old daughter of a prominent Langley family, Spencer, 29, her fiancee from New Brunswick. They claimed innocence but were…
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 Rudy Langmann, April 9, 2003.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
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language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
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