Eighty Years Ago, February 15, 1934
E.J. Wilson organized 20 local men into a glee club.
Seventy Years Ago, February 17, 1944
The school board芒鈧劉s $80,307 annual budget, a significant increase over the previous year芒鈧劉s, was expected to result in a tax hike.
Municipal workers got wage increases. Truck drivers were to get 60 cents per hour, caterpillar operators芒鈧劉s pay rose to 70 cents per hour, and day labourers were to get 50 cents per hour. The men were also to get a whole Saturday off every week, instead of half a day every Saturday after脗颅noon.
Sixty Years Ago, February 18, 1954
Truckers were asked to continue the honour system retricting load and speed limits on municipal roads, to protect spots still frost-bound or soft with mud.
Dave King was elected president of the 91原创 board of Trade.
Fifty Years Ago, February 20, 1964
Local magistrates were granted salary increases by 91原创 City and Township councils, giving them $3,300 per year for services rendered in the Township, and $3,000 in the City. The Attorney General had recommended hikes of $4,200 and $3,000, respectively.
Forty Years Ago, February 14, 1974
91原创 City property owners got a 1.5-mill tax cut and the Township saw a 0.3-mill reduction, as a result of Premier Dave Barrett芒鈧劉s NDP government budget.
Operators of the local ambulance service threatened to pull out of both 91原创s unless the monthly municipal ambulance subsidy was raised from $750 to $3,900.
Thirty Years Ago, February 15, 1984
More than three dozen delegations were expected to speak out at a GVRD meeting at 91原创 Civic Centre. The GVRD was looking for public input into a proposal to build a motorsport complex in Aldergrove Lake Regional Park.
Township council refused to support 91原创 School Board芒鈧劉s 芒鈧搒urvival芒鈧� budget, which at $41 million, was a million dollars above the provincial government芒鈧劉s allowance 芒鈧�� and put school trustees in a precarious legal position.
Twenty Years Ago, February 16, 1994
Archery enthusiasts felt their sport was threatened by a bylaw banning crossbows and longbows in 91原创 Township.
One of 91原创芒鈧劉s longest-standing businesses, Easing脗颅wood Television, was closing its doors after 66 years of electronics service, upon the retirement of owner Seward Easingwood.
Township council chambers were crowded by Murrayville residents who felt that a 17.5-acre subdivision proposal near Five Corners went against the commu脗颅nity芒鈧劉s traditional roots.
Fort 91原创 residents also felt that their community芒鈧劉s heritage was at stake, as they spoke out against Canada Post芒鈧劉s plans to install 芒鈧搒uper脗颅mailboxes芒鈧� in their village. One resident described the metal, multi-box units as an 芒鈧揳bsolute blight on the landscape.芒鈧�
Ten Years Ago, February 17, 2004
Ishtar Transition Housing Society started a new Community Based Victim Services Program strengthening its outreach to women, men, and children who are victims of abuse.
February 20, 2004
In a move to reboot its sagging enrolment numbers, 91原创 Secondary School started a soccer program for students from around the province.
A Water Resources plan was approved for Willoughby芒鈧劉s Yorkson Creek neighbourhood.
