Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2024-06-05
issued: 1997-02-05
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note: 3089 - 272nd Street & Ph: (604) 856-8303 & Fax:856-5212 Web Site: www.aldstar.com "ft E Mail: star@aldstar.com Illegitimus non carborundum Vol.39 No.6 Established 1957 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5,1997 40 CENTS 'Stump dump' becomes 'hot potato' ALDERGROVE - Mayor John the Township. I've told Abbots- now they're going to chew up our talking out of school here; it's a Scholtens said a proposed "stump ford mayor George Ferguson diat country roads to get into Glen shared concern between us" dump" on Bradner Road near the it's one thing diat the gravel Valley, because their roads can't Ferguson has also expressed Fraser River is "a great concern to trucks are chewing up 16 Avenue, handle heavy truck traffic. I'm not concerns about the environmental Arson could have been fatal W§ ALDERGROVE - Officials are investigating a possible arson that destroyed two ground floor businesses and two upstairs residential suites in the 27000 block of Fraser Highway at about 9:45 p.m. Tuesday, January 28. The fire is believed to have been started in a stairwell at the rear of the business, and police have determined that several youths, who were inside the Subway restaurant, left by the rear door just prior to the fire. Witnesses report hearing a car similar to a 5.0 Mustang race from the area at about the time the fire was noticed. Fortunately the fire was discovered in its early stages, and emergency personnel were able to evacuate the residents. Had the fire been more advanced, people could have been trapped upstairs resulting in injury and possibly death. Police are asking anyone with information about the persons involved in this crime to call Langley RCMP at 532-3200 or Crime Stoppers at 669-TIPS(8477). Quick action by local firefighters last Tuersday evening quenched the flames at a Fraser Highway commercial building and prevented the loss' of life, but about $250,000 in damage was caused by arsonists. Two businesses and several second storey apartment dwellers are also LIKE IT OR NOT wi…
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: 10.14288/1.0443872
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