Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2024-06-05
issued: 1997-04-02
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note: ••f^' .■■■•■•-■ — *:■: — — 3089 - 272nd Street & Ph: (604) 856-8303 "fr Fax:856-5212 Web SilafWww.atdstar.oom ~& E Mail: 8tar@aldstar.com Illegitimus non carborundum Vol. 39 No. 14 Established 1957 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2,1997 40 CENTS u Final" enumeration starts next week ALDERGROVE - Elections Canada has opened an office here and will be seeking several hundred employees in coming weeks. Shirley Joiner is the returning officer, and Christine Wiebe is the assistant returning officer for the Langley-Abbotsford office of Elections Canada, at 3180 - 262 Street, in the former Goodbrand building at Aldergrove Industrial Park. They began accepting applications this week Tor the purpose of conducting an enumeration. We look forward to receiving as many applications as possible, because we will require at least 400 enumerators, plus office staff for processing," said Wiebe. "The training sessions will begin April 4, and the enumeration period will be April 10 to 16." Joiner told The Star that this will be the final enumeration undertaken by the federal government, and future updates to the voters' list will be through cross- referencing with other government lists. The federal government expects to save millions of dollars this way. 'It's very important that we get it right, and as complete as possible this time," said Joiner. "Well also be asking people for their birthdates for the first time, and I hope the public understands the need to do this. There are so many people with identical names, and by having their birthdates tied to their names, we can eliminate some of the confusion." The office phone number is 856-4033 or fax to 856-0402. GVRD defies 'smaller' trend LANGLEY - The Greater Vancouver Regional District continues to grow in expenses, staffing and responsibilities, to the dismay of dissenting board member and Township mayor John Scholtens. On Tuesday, the board of directors approved the final budget for the year, with expected expenditures of $357.8-million. It's a…
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: 10.14288/1.0443866
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
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