Here's A Few Headlines You Won't See Any Time Soon: . Coors kingpin held in murder of Molson's godfather . Police blame massacre on whiskey dealers . Tobacco pusher gunned down in drive-by . New strain of booze kills addicts We don't see headlines like this because the drugs involved, alcohol and nicotine, are legally available. You can follow government guidelines to make them, sell them, ingest them and even commit slow suicide, if that's your pleasure. And they will indeed kill you. Alcoholism can destroy relationships, job opportunities, and futures, not to mention the damage it does to the body. The mayhem a drunk driver can cause behind the wheel is apparent every day. [continues 493 words]
A business partnership between two Langley organizations hopes to curb meth use and labs in the Langley area. On your next trip to the local hardware or grocery store you may notice something that wasn't there last time you checked out. Educational posters and pamphlets on Methamphetamine (crystal meth) will be highly visible at local retailers who sell materials that are used to produce the drug. The Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Downtown Langley Merchants Association (DLMA) contributed $2,000 to the RCMP's Meth Watch Program in Langley. [continues 404 words]
A Drug Case That Began At The Aldergrove Border Crossing Has Foundered On Constitutional Grounds. In a ruling that cuts to the heart of how Canadian border guards do their jobs, a provincial court judge has ruled that the rights of a man charged with smuggling 50 kilograms of cocaine into the country were violated when he was searched at the Aldergrove border crossing. Justice Ellen Gordon ruled Friday that border officers - who routinely question travellers and search their vehicles - violated three sections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms when they interrogated Ajitpal Singh Sekhon and dismantled the truck he was driving without a search warrant. [continues 275 words]
Odd Thoughts Phhhffffssssssssst! Just a biddit... phhhffffooouh. Yeah, dude. Like, you can't BUY that kind of advertising, eh? Like, the United Nations, dude. The United Nations is telling the whole world. Like, anybody who didn't know it, like, knows it now, eh? Like, the whole world. The best pot in the whole world comes from right here in Canada, eh? And dude... Phhhffffssssssssst! You ad I bode doe that thuh bess id Cadada cubs frob ride ear idda good ole Bee of Cee, eh? [continues 488 words]
B.C. produces 40 per cent of Canada's pot, according to the World Drug Report 2007, released this week by the United Nations. In 2005, most of the world's pot was grown in the Americas (23 per cent in North America and 23 per cent in Central and South America and the Caribbean). While Canada ranked behind the U.S. and Mexico - which "may be the world's largest cannabis herb producers," according to the report - we're still known around the world for our B.C. bud. And with just 13.1 per cent of Canada's population, according to 2004 figures, British Columbia's 40 per cent share of the nation's pot production adds up to a lot of grow ops per capita. [continues 191 words]
Langley RCMP will keep up the pressure on a home that has its Brookswood neighbours worried. One of the biggest problems for Langley RCMP officers recently has been a house on a quiet street in Brookswood. Neighbours, who say the home is a drug house, were glad to see a Township bylaws crew arrive Tuesday morning to clean up a pile of junk on the front lawn. The home, in the 20400-block of 37B Avenue, stands out from its neighbours. Where they have well-manicured lawns, this has an overgrown patch of weeds. [continues 421 words]
Infants addicted to drugs and alcohol are getting fleece blankets from Langley students. Every year babies are born to mothers who struggle with addictions and who have used drugs or alcohol during their pregnancy. A group of Langley students are hoping to bring a little bit of love to these precious beings. King's School participates in several outreach programs. In the past they have done Adopt a Street missionary work, cleaned houses for the less able, and yard work. This time they thought they'd try something different. [continues 408 words]
A new team will be active within Langley Township within a month, their job to detect and clamp down on marijuana grow operations. Within the month, Langley crime- and firefighters will have a bigger arsenal in their battle to rid this town of marijuana grow operations. Grow-ops are prolific throughout B.C., and Langley is no exception, said Supt. Janice Armstrong, commanding officer of the Langley RCMP. Following the example of neighbouring law enforcement in Surrey and Abbotsford, Langley police, fire and bylaw officers have rallied together to create the Public Safety Inspection Team. [continues 798 words]
Gangs in Aldergrove are just one issue the RCMP wants to attack this year. uth gangs are a problem in Langley, and the RCMP is looking to tackle them, the detachment's top officer told Township council. "It's primarily localized in the Aldergrove area," said Supt. Janice Armstrong. The head of the detachment gave her quarterly public report to the mayor and council last Monday, capping it with a brief sketch of gang activity. The gangs are involved in strong arm tactics and intimidation, Armstrong said, but the public rarely complains about them unless there is a major investigation underway. [continues 370 words]
Parents and kids learn about a killer drug. Addiction doesn't discriminate - especially addiction to methamphetamine, otherwise known as crystal meth. The highly addictive drug was the topic of discussion at a forum on Tuesday night. Several concerned parents came to Betty Gilbert Elementary hoping for answers. The crystal meth education series snowballed from a initiative taken by Langley City and Township. Langley School District partnered with the two municipalities and came up with Project Resiliency, a drug awareness program. Facilitator Cindy Pettit designed the presentation and now travels to Langley schools, educating students, parents, and the community at large. [continues 330 words]
Pot Growers And Meth Makers Will Be The Targets Of A New Bylaw From The Township Council. The Township will have a new tool to crack down on the owners of homes where drugs are illicitly being produced. On Monday, council gave authorization for a pilot program that will use special safety inspections to recover costs from marijuana grow homes. The $250,000 project includes a number of changes to Township bylaws. Existing bylaws will be augmented by giving the Township the power to cut off water to properties used to produce drugs, giving Township workers the power to conduct repairs if owners don't comply, and turning any expenses into a debt of the owners. [continues 120 words]
Containers containing dangerous chemicals broke open in the Cloverdale area on Thursday. Environment protection agencies are assessing the impact two meth lab dumps are having on nearby land and water, after they were discovered in the Cloverdale area last week. Authorities cancelled plans to evacuate up to 200 homes Thursday night after the Surrey fire department and HAZCO Environmental conducted air quality and other tests at the sites and deemed them "safe and secure." Barrels, buckets and garbage bags containing dangerous chemicals like hydriodic, caustic and muriatic acid, red phosphorus and sodium hydroxide were found on a residential development site on the northwest corner of 182nd Street and 70th Avenue on Tuesday. The containers broke open after being pushed around with a backhoe, releasing a gaseous cloud that made the machine operator's tongue numb and caused quite a scare in the neighbourhood. [continues 216 words]
Dear Editor, As a retired New Jersey state trooper with 12 years as an undercover drug narc, I concur with letter-writer Ken Marsh that, on many topics related to public drug policy, police officers have strong credibility. So with regard to discussion of the proposed legislation in Canada to arrest anyone with even a hint of marijuana metabolites in their system, I submit this would be a ridiculous overkill and a tremendous waste of valuable police resources. It is reasonable and perhaps even urgent that we, as police, support efforts to reduce the number of drivers who are operating their vehicles while demonstrably and measurably impaired by any drugs. [continues 154 words]
Dear Editor, Unfortunately the media are all to willing to cite the police on matters where they have no training or knowledge [Police officers easier to believe, Jan. 9 Letters, Langley Advance]. The worst cases pertain the war on drugs, in which the police have an inherent conflict of interest to maintain their funding. The police are not trained in social science or public policy. Since they spend most of their time dealing with criminals, they have a distorted view of society and are not a reliable source of information outside of their narrow area of expertise. David Lane Santa Cruz, California, USA [end]
Dear Editor, Ken J. Marsh [Police officers easier to believe, Jan. 9 Letters, Langley Advance] just proves the old saying, "There is a sucker born every minute." I use marijuana for medical reasons, not to "escape reality." By that, I mean I use marijuana to deal with the reality of a chronic pain and depression condition, and my wife uses it to escape violent epileptic seizures. But on the subject of police credibility, one must look at history. Just because a cop says something is dangerous, doesn't make it so. [continues 141 words]
Dear Editor, Ken Marsh ought to consider the Orwellian notion of the bought mind before he makes a blanket statement concerning believing police over a cannabis user on the ideological issue of liberty [Police officers easier to believe, Jan. 9 Letters, Langley Advance]. "The bought mind- is a spoiled mind," said Orwell. Even more Orwellian is the notion of the police expressing political opinions. The constitution gives Canadians freedom of thought, yet the state has controlled the dialog on drugs for about 100 years. [continues 64 words]
Dear Editor, Ken J. Marsh said the police carried more weight in the battle in the war on drugs than someone who chooses, for whatever reason, to imbibe in cannabis [Police officers easier to believe, Jan. 9 Letters, Langley Advance]. I am a legal medical marijuana patient in Canada. I am also a retired law enforcement officer and a leading Canadian speaker for LEAP - Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. Does that make me credible in Mr. Marsh's eyes? He could stop by our website at www.leap.cc to see just what utter nonsense he speaks. Alison Myrden, Burlington, Ont. [end]
Langley taxpayers are paying a high price as the Township becomes known as the Lower Mainland's meth waste dump. Without even taking detox, lab dismantling and preventive education costs into account, Langley taxpayers are forking out more than $120,000 a year just to dispose of meth lab waste. While Lower Mainland residents are increasingly aware of how prolific crystal methamphetamine use has become in today's society, and how highly addictive and horrifyingly toxic the drug is, its producers continued to make and sell the hallucinogenic drug in mass quantities. [continues 922 words]
Dear Editor, In reply to Ken J. Marsh [Police officers easier to believe, Jan. 9 Letters, Langley Advance] there have been extensive studies of marijuana and both driving and flying by the British government. The driving reports should be available from official U.K. sources on the Internet, but the military study was leaked. They were used in their decision to decriminalize marijuana about three years ago. First, groups of motorists with and without marijuana were observed as they drove around a figure-eight road course with a light at the intersection. No essential differences in driving skills were noted between the marijuana and non-marijuana groups. [continues 187 words]
Dear Editor, For Ken Marsh, who would believe a policeman over a regular citizen [Police officers easier to believe, Jan. 9 Letters, Langley Advance], I have some prime waterfront property he can buy for a reasonable price, in Florida. Bruce Symington Medicine Hat, Alberta [end]
New B.C. Hydro numbers suggest Langley's biggest cash crop may be marijuana. Langley may have the second-highest per captia ratio of marijuana grow operations in the Lower Mainland, according to B.C. Hydro. Under a new law introduced last year, the electricity supplier can supply municipalities with a list of all addresses with unusually high power consumption. High power use is often an indicator of the use of high-powered lights for hydroponic marijuana growing. According to information obtained by the Vancouver Sun, six municipalities have so far asked for the data from B.C. Hydro, including the Township. The others are Abbotsford, Surrey, Chilliwack, Pitt Meadows, and Vancouver. [continues 283 words]
Dear Editor, With all due respect for Russell Barth [Evidence lacking for marijuana impairment, Jan. 2 Letters, Langley Advance], I would far rather take the word of a policeman than that of someone who can't face the world of reality without a joint. Ken J. Marsh, Langley City [end]
Dear Editor, There is no evidence to prove that marijuana impairs everyone who uses it, that there are more car crashes because of the use of marijuana, or that there is a valid reason to allow this new affront to our civil rights and liberties [One in five admit to driving impaired, Dec. 19, Langley Advance]. But then, Tories always govern with their ideology, and care nothing about facts and science or proof. They even boast about it! Since the police get caught in lies and exaggerations about marijuana on an almost daily basis, it is tough to believe a word that they say about anything any more. It may or may not be true that marijuana is causing more accidents, but police need to prove that before we give them sweeping new powers to profile young people, people of colour, and those who sport non-regulation haircuts. Russell Barth Ottawa [end]
Ex-policeman applauds tougher legislation. There is no quick fix for anyone who drinks or uses drugs, then gets behind the wheel of a vehicle. The only thing that reduces the effects of alcohol or drug impairment is time. This holiday season the BCAA's Traffic Safety Foundation is encouraging everyone to take some time to think about the effects of impaired driving before they mix drinking or drugs with driving. "I am pleased to see the federal government initiative to establish tougher legislation for impairment by drugs," said Allan Lamb, the foundation's executive director. [continues 173 words]
Dear Editor, As a teenager in Aldergrove, I have connections that some parents don't. I wrote this list to help out the parents who are uneducated in this situation. Can all parents tell if their son or daughter has been smoking marijuana? Here are some ways to find out if your child has been smoking pot: - - Mysterious odours coming from your child. - - Your teenager's eyes are glazed or red. - - Excessive eating when he or she comes home. - - Your household goes through more tinfoil and or Ziploc baggies than previously. [continues 96 words]
Langley police marked the end of a successful partnership with a local car dealer Tuesday. Langley RCMP said thank you this week to the Applewood Kia car dealership for four years of free loans of mini-vans. The two vans, covered with DARE decals, were returned to the dealership, along with a plaque and a certificate from the Mounties. "This is an opportunity to recognize the good will and the support they have shown us," said Sgt. Richard Konarski. Four years ago, the RCMP began asking local businesses for help with community policing initiatives, and Darren Graham, the dealership's president, jumped on board. [continues 133 words]
Dear Editor, Losing a child for any reason is a terrible tragedy, but it can be difficult for the grieving survivors to think clearly when they are still distraught. Claiming that the driver might have been impaired on marijuana is a nebulous assertion [Grieving mom seeks change, July 28, Langley Advance], and the fact that charges related to the claim were dropped suggests that it's very likely that marijuana impairment may have had nothing to do with the accident. Hundreds of thousands of people drive every day while impaired by legal prescription drugs, but when they are involved in fatal accidents, their legal drug use is not highlighted in the media. [continues 201 words]
Dear Editor, Mrs. Featherston would do well to learn about "drugs" before she speaks out [Grieving mom seeks change, July 28, Langley Advance]. Drugs have already won in our culture, because the past century's efforts to eradicate them have served only to make it clear - especially to teens and children - that illegal drugs are so desirable that it's worth paying criminals a lot of money to obtain them. Michael Muirhead, Queen Charlotte [end]
Dear Editor, Our youth don't need a Google search to determine that marijuana is not dangerous [Marijuana not going on, Aug. 1 Letters, Langley Advance]. They determine that marijuana is benign by their own personal observations or their own personal experience. When our youth find out that they have been lied to about marijuana, they reach the logical conclusion that the people who lied to them about marijuana, must also be lying to them about the dangers of other drugs, like meth, cocaine, heroin, and household inhalants. This is a recipe for disaster. And it is the main reason for our current meth epidemic. The war on drugs is a disaster. It's time to chart a new course and do something different - substantially different. Kirk Muse Mesa, Arizona, U.S.A. [end]
Dear Editor, Russell Barth muses about the danger of fire and property damage possible in a grow op as compared to the explosive dangers of a "meth lab" [Grow-op fight fixes meth good, Aug. 1 Letters, Langley Advance]. There are tens of thousands - maybe hundreds of thousands - of grow ops across Canada. The incidence of fire in grows ops reported in the media seems extremely low. If a similar number of meth labs were in existence, the numbers of explosive incidents and the solvent fires would be so numerous as to be incalculable. Langley taxpayers, which includes renters, would be better served by politicians and police services if they reprioritized home horticultural activities to the lowest policing priority until such time that "honest reform" can end this "insanity from another era." Randall St Jacques Windsor, Ontario [end]
Dear Editor Langley Township's new grow-op law [Inspections devised to foil Township grow-ops, June 30, Langley Advance] will help the crystal meth market in a big way. Since the new law will make it nearly impossible to grow pot, which takes months, unscrupulous people who desire cash will simply get into the meth business. A rental unit that can produce $100,000 worth of pot in a year can produce far more meth in the same amount of time. In fact, a large and profitable batch of meth can be cooked up over a weekend. Maybe a new bylaw is in the offing, in which landlords must check their units four times a day? [continues 71 words]
Dear Editor, Helen Featherston [Grieving mom seeks change, July 28, Langley Advance] needs to understand something: marijuana, the most medically beneficial plant known to man, is here to stay. It was here long before humans, we have used it for more than 5,000 years, and it will be here long after we are all gone. Education is the key. Eighty-three years ago, marijuana was made illegal, based on racist lies and junk science, and the new driving laws will be implemented the same way, no doubt. There are no official numbers to support the claim of increased danger, so good luck getting those laws past The Charter. [continues 394 words]
Dear Editor, With the Tenancy Act requirement to give 24 hours notice, I doubt that a single methamphetamine cook will be affected by tri-monthly inspections by landlords [Inspections devised to foil Township grow-ops, June 30, Langley Advance], though marijuana gardeners will surely be interrupted. Lately, the trend has been toward upscale houses as the main locations for such taboo farms. It will be business as usual for those people, unless something else is done. Since the police have real crime to attend to, I suggest that we recruit everybody to regularly go into each other's houses to do the inspections; that way nobody is missed. Odd house numbers inspect the even house numbers and vice versa. Don't forget to check the underwear drawer; that's a common hiding place for a little baggie. [continues 54 words]
A Langley mother is using the death of her 16-year-old son to encourage parents to take a stand against pot use. Helen Featherston let out an audible gasp and choked back tears when she was asked to talk about her life without her son, Simon. "How about the word 'devastating,'" the Langley mother told a crowd of media and dignitaries at the Langley RCMP office on Wednesday morning. Simon, a Grade 10 D.W. Poppy student, grabbed a ride with someone he didn't really know on April 4, 2002. [continues 711 words]
A new public education program launched Wednesday is designed to prevent smoking pot and driving. Society's acceptance of marijuana use is killing too many local youngsters, and has prompted Langley RCMP to partner with several community service and government agencies this week in an effort to stop the senseless deaths. One of the first steps must be to change misconceptions among Langley teens that pot is harmless and legal, Cpl. Diane Blain said during a press conference Wednesday morning at the Langley RCMP detachment. [continues 758 words]
Crime prevention is on the agenda for a major conference this week, to be attended by Langley officers. Police and academics will be rubbing elbows at a national crime prevention conference in Chilliwack this week, and Langley's top cops will be there. Supt. Janice Armstrong, the head of Langley's RCMP detachment, will attend this year's Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis conference (ECCA) at the Pacific Regional Training Centre starting July 26. Along with Armstrong at the three day event will be Insp. Richard Konarski, the operations support officer, the head of community policing and a number of other senior Mounties. [continues 352 words]
The three men who tunnelled under the U.S.-Canada border in Langley have received a tough nine-year prison sentence. The term will be served in an American prison. All three Surrey men were arrested when they emerged from the tunnel's south side, following a cross-border investigation. The sentence imposed on Francis Devandra Raj, 31, Timothy Woo, 35, and Jonathan Valenzuela, 28, was almost twice the term sought by defence lawyers in the case, said Emily Langley of the United States Attorney's Office. [continues 181 words]
Methamphetamine Has a Longer History Than Its Current Status As A Leading Street Drug Would Suggest. Methamphetamine was first synthesized in Japan in 1919, and its first widespread use took place during the Second World War. Both the Allies and the Axis forces gave methamphetamines to their soldiers to keep them alert and energetic for longer periods of time. In the 1950s, doctors prescribed it for a variety of medical problems, including alcoholism, obesity, narcolepsy, and certain forms of depression. It remains available, including in the United States, as a prescription medication for a few illnesses. Called Desoxyn, the drug is used in small doses as a treatment for obesity and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. [continues 249 words]
Cheap and Dangerous, Crystal Meth Was Put Under the Microscope at a Community Forum on Wednesday. The toll one drug can take on individuals, families, and a community was discussed Wednesday night at Langley's first public forum on methamphetamines. The forum, held in the presentation theatre at the Langley Township hall, brought together parents, police, health officials, and the business community. "Unfortunately, crystal meth has hit our community and is ruining the lives of people," said Township Councillor Mel Kositsky as he opened the meeting. [continues 746 words]
Landlords might be the new front-line soldiers against pot growers under a proposed bylaw. Four yearly inspections by a landlord should be enough to disrupt the careers of would-be marijuana growers in Langley. That's what Township councillors are hoping, after they sent a new anti-pot bylaw to public hearing at Monday's council meeting. The new bylaw will require landlords to inspect their properties at least once every three months to check for methamphetamine labs and grow operations. [continues 269 words]
Langley Township is joining the RCMP, Langley School District, businesses, and other members of the community to educate the public about crystal meth. It takes knowledge, cooperation, and a well thought out strategy to successfully fight an enemy. And in the war against drugs, standing together and being armed with information is a major step towards taking control. On Wednesday evening, June 28, a Langley Community Forum will be held on crystal meth, a highly addictive, easily available drug that is ruining lives. [continues 531 words]
Fraser Health Officials Say They Weren't Aware Of Repeated Requests For Meetings With The Township. Repeated no-shows by the Fraser Health Authority have delayed a decision on drug treatment for Langley teenagers, and angered both Township Council and Langley School Board. In January, the school board voted to ask the Township for financial help launching the Day, Evening and Weekend for Youth (DEWY) program. Township councillors were reluctant to jump into a financial commitment without more information, and the head of the DEWY program in New Westminster spoke with council. [continues 436 words]
Continued Policing Will Be Needed In The Fight Against The Sale Of Drug Paraphernalia, According To A City Official. Drug paraphernalia is expected to be cleared out of town in the next couple of weeks, as Langley City shop owners known to sell drug-related items have vowed to follow an impending City bylaw. A bylaw set to pass final reading at Monday's City council meeting will prohibit the future sale of drug paraphernalia in the community, and place strict regulations upon existing paraphernalia dealers. [continues 476 words]
The Fight To Stop Sales Of Drug Paraphernalia Has Begun Businesses are responding favourably to a proposed bylaw that will limit or prevent sale of drug paraphernalia. City council is expected to approve the bylaw Monday. In advance of that, however, Langley RCMP Const. Laurine Croshaw and the city's chief licencing inspector Tim Hickey are making pre-emptive visits to some of the local stores known to carry such items. Unlike some Lower Mainland communities, there are no stores in Langley City that deal exclusively with drug paraphernalia. But there are at least five corner stores or smoke shops that carry related items, Hickey told the Langley Advance. [continues 313 words]
Langley City Council has cracked down on the sale of drug paraphernalia. Despite the urging from the B.C. Civil Liberties Association for Langley City residents to show their concern over two new drug paraphernalia bylaws, one of the proposals sailed through final reading Monday night with no comment from the public. Langley City's zoning bylaw was changed to include the prohibition of the sale of drug paraphernalia, which is considered to be "all equipment, products, and materials of any kind which are used or designed for use in smoking, inhaling, ingesting, injecting, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, or introducing into the body a controlled substance," in the City. [continues 281 words]
At first, it seemed that the unfortunate wording of Langley City's proposed new anti-drug bylaw was just a simple oversight that could be easily corrected. Councillor Jack Arnold seemed to notice the problem, but he was effectively pooh-poohed when he pointed it out. The trouble is that the bylaw, which will require shop owners to report to police the names of anyone buying anything "used or designed for" illegal drug consumption, is ridiculously general. In addition to needles required for self-medication by people with health problems such as diabetes, perfectly legal cigarette rolling papers are "used" by drug abusers, as are two-litre pop bottles, spoons, butter knives, alligator clips, pill bottles, paper lunch bags, plastic baggies_ you name it. [continues 173 words]
A Langley City bylaw to regulate sales of drug paraphernalia passed initial approval, with one councillor opposed. Coun. Jack Arnold found himself alone in a battle over two little words at the May 8 City Council meeting. In response to a bylaw presented to Council that would regulate the sale of drug paraphernalia, Arnold brought up his concern over the words, "used or." In a statement that explains exactly what the products to be regulated are, drug paraphernalia is described as "all equipment, products, and materials of any kind which are used or designed for use in smoking, inhaling, ingesting, injecting, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, or introducing into the human body a controlled substance." [continues 434 words]
The provincial government has changed the Safety Standards Act to help local police forces crack down on marijuana growers. Under the changes announced by Fort Langley-Aldergrove MLA Rich Coleman, who serves as the Minister Responsible for Housing, electricity companies will now be required to give municipalities information about homes with unusual power consumption, something police forces have been asking for for some time. That was impossible due to the Privacy Act - until now. "The number of grow-ops in our province is increasing, and so are the problems associated with those operations," said Coleman. [continues 151 words]
Remains Of A Meth Lab Were Dumped In Ditches In Glen Valley And Murrayville. Barrels full of chemicals used to make methamphetamines were found dumped in two ditches Monday morning. Three or four barrels that had been used to store the toxic materials were discovered in Glen Valley, at 256th St. and 84th Ave., around 7 a.m. on March 6, said Langley Township Assistant Fire Chief Len Foss. An hour later, more barrels were located in Murrayville, in the 3100 block of 232nd St. [continues 142 words]
Rental owners feel they will face added hardship if the Township's proposed drug-house bylaw goes ahead. As Langley Township and other local communities toughen their bylaws against drug houses, local landlords are finding themselves under more pressure than usual. The Township is looking at a new bylaw to condemn homes used as drug labs or grow houses until all damage is repaired, and also to note former grow ops on the land title registry. While local politicians try to use bylaws to crack down on marijuana or methamphetamine production, landlords have mixed feelings about the regulations. [continues 478 words]
