 Image - Submitted by Langley Environmental Partners Society Lisa Dreves (LEPS) - Ever wonder how many different trees, bugs, lichen and plants are in Bradner? The Glen Valley Watersheds Society (GVWS) is hoping to answer just that question and needs YOUR help! From June 1st to 14th, 2020 as part of Canadian Environment Week and Rivers to Oceans week the GVWS is hosting a bioblitz!
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 Image - Photo by Landon Parenteau from Pexels British Columbia Direct Democracy Party - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently gave $595 million to 'qualifying' journalists. Shortly thereafter the corona pandemic struck leading to a critical need for ventilators. Ventilators cost $10,000 each and BC has a shortage. $595 million is enough to buy 60,000 ventilators. If asked, would BC voters be more likely to support giving $595 million to journalists or would they rather that money be spent on ventilators for hospitals during the most disruptive pandemic in history? We'll never know because voters were never given a say in the matter.
 Image - Submitted by Bill Vander Zalm Bill Vander Zalm, Abbotsford BC - Dear Mayor Braun, As best as I can, I have been following your comments about the proposed “South Fraser Community Rail.” Your questioning of the work being done by this hard-working volunteer group, which has the livability of the Fraser Valley as its’ primary objective, is welcome, but unfortunately not based on facts. You obviously are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts.
 Image - Submitted Collaborative Group of Landowners Affected by Pipelines (CGLAP)This is NOT an anti pipeline message. We encourage you as a landowner to contact this page and supply an email address to receive further details. Most likely commencing next fall, there will be in excess of a month of major construction in many area's of Abbotsford. Currently there are two pipelines that go through the Bradner and Mt Lehman communities. The Enbridge Gas line is south of Downes Road near the Aberdeen region and crosses Downes Road while the Trans Mountain enters Bradner from just north of 58th Ave. crossing over to north of Starr Road and exits close to Lefuevre and McTavish. Any of you receiving this message already know of our landowner advocacy group known as CGLAP, that being an acronym for the Collaborative Group of Landowners Affected by Pipelines. Our membership of 65 local landowners, for the most part have never been anti-pipeline, but that aspect is changing due to a predatory law of the taking of land but not with a legal appropriation. In regard to the two CER regulated pipelines in the Fraser Valley, the land use restrictions have QUADRUPLED.. going from an easement with a width of 18 metres to 72 meters of restricted property use. If you have either the Spectra - Enbridge Natural gas pipeline or the Trans Mountain pipeline on or even close to your property, please contact me via email. CGLAP has commenced a grievance over this taking of land without compensation or consideration and no adequate consultation. Please keep in mind, this is NOT an anti pipeline message. Lastly, I urge you share this message as this new Damage Prevention Regulation affects all of Canada, since June 2016. Yet no one really knows of it unless you commence work on your land and are approached by one of these two pipeline companies asking you to stop. CGLAP is an advocacy voice that will protect the interest of landowners with having a CER (formerly the NEB) Regulated pipeline. CGLAP is currently challenging the Prescribed Area (Safety Zone). Our goal is to remove it or compensate us.  Image - Submitted
 Image - Submitted, Proposed emissions-free hydrogen powered passenger train connecting Surrey to Chilliwack  Image - Peace Arch News Frank Bucholtz, Peace Arch News, re-posted with permission - A proposal to use the former BC Electric Railway interurban line from Surrey to Chilliwack for passenger rail service has sparked a lot of interest and debate in recent months.
Wetlands Threatened by Expanding Industustrial Developments on Langley and Abbotsford Border5/7/2019  Brit Gardner - I went for a Langley walk yesterday along the West Creek headwaters, in Gloucester Industrial Estates. Close to where I grew up. Thanks to the beavers, these wetlands are a beautiful, thriving, and complete ecosystem. The creek headwaters are home to salmon spawning, geese, ducks, rare and migratory birds, rabbits, and countless other wildlife.
By Thomas Cheney, Rail for the Valley, Chilliwack Chapter
In 1910, Premier Richard McBride drove the last spike of the British Columbia Electric Railway finally providing a convenient connection between the Fraser Valley and Vancouver. Beyond being a ribbon of steel, it brought the new technology of electricity to the hinterland.
Today, the old interurban line could again bring advanced technology and transportation options to Bradner and the rest of the Fraser Valley. The Rail for the Valley and South Fraser Community Rail initiatives together present plans to connect Surrey, Langley, Abbotsford and Chilliwack with zero-emission hydrogen trains. This avoids the costs of electrifying the line while allowing British Columbia to showcase its excellence in the hydrogen and fuel cell sector. With over 1.2 million people currently living in the South Fraser region, a new solution, community rail is needed.  Image - Shih tzu expert Guest Post by Adam Conrad - You bought yourself a Shih Tzu, or are thinking about getting one, and you want to know: How do I make this thing look as majestic as a lion, as often as possible? Well, let’s go on a journey through the wide world of Shih Tzu grooming best practices.
 Alisah Mcphee connects with her opponent's head, Darcie Nestor during the Clash at the Cascades City Super Featherweight title fight in Langley, B.C. April 1, 2012. Mcphee went on to win her first title fight. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail)
Alisah Mcphee an elementary school teacher seen here in her class room May 23, 2012, in Bradner, BC and as an amateur boxer after winning her title fight in Langley, B.C. April 1, 2012.
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