Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: [unknown]
issued: 2024-05-03
issued: 1993-01-07
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/alderstar/items/1.0442234/source.json
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note: Salvage crews were busy New Years' Day recovering a fish boat, which sank at its moorings due to a build-up of ice on the Fraser river. A small tug boat was used to tow the boat, on its side, to its present location where a salvage worker dressed in diver's gear waded chest deep in the frigid water to secure lines to the ferry dock. -Tim Attwood photo. PRICE PAID FOR SLIPPERY RESIDENCE Judge warns home occupants VANCOUVER - A Langley woman was awarded $60,000 after she slipped and fell on a painted sidewalk whicii was slippery when wet. B.C. Supreme Court ruled, Monday, that a home occupier is expected to provide a reasonable standard of care to ensure visitors are safe from jjahysical haim while on the premises. Justice William Selbie found that home occupant, James Connor, should have indudea41ari| abrasive material in the sidewalk paint to prevent such accidents as suffered by Eileen MacDonald. She had sought $l-mil- lion in damages against Connor Farms Ltd, after she slipped on "Swim" almost turns out fatal CLEARBROOK - The first polar bear-^sewim at Mill Lake was a success, but came near to tragedy when a small group of people who wandered to the middle of the lake fell through thin ice. Heavy equipment was brought in to break the ice near the shore, for the hundred or so hearty souls who braved the chilly waters. The temperatures have not been cold long enough to ensure a--thick enough'-layefof'-JQsS*- on ponds and small lakes,; however. Fortunately for the people who fell into Mill Lake there was a big crowd to help out by forming a chain whisdi reached offlf^to them and pulled them to safety. J&SJfJ Mill Lake is shallow, at most five to six feet deep, but without help it could easily have turned out a fatal experience. The public is reminded to exercise extreme caution when walking or skating ■N3T)f"loe_l»ponds or streams*"*3p?!S?5 the sidewalk in October of 1989. The judge awarded general damages of $18,000, past wage loss of $51,000 and special damages of …
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.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0442234
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