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Cigarette starts apartment fire

Langley City Fire Chief Rory Thompson urges smokers to use proper ashtrays.

Robin Burnette owns Sticky’s Candy with his wife, Beverly. The candy store offers a wide variety of exotic jelly beans (below) among other treats.

Langley candy store like ‘taking a stroll back in time’

People always have money for a feel-good treat, says Sticky's Candy owner

Robin Burnette owns Sticky’s Candy with his wife, Beverly. The candy store offers a wide variety of exotic jelly beans (below) among other treats.

Five acres to be paved for church

Council gives third reading for Seventh Day Adventist building

This hot air balloon came very close to power lines near Newland's Golf Course on Monday evening.

Hot air balloons have close encounters in Langley

No negligence by pilot who drifted too low over Douglas Park and Newlands, airport manager says

This hot air balloon came very close to power lines near Newland's Golf Course on Monday evening.

Tours of Glen Valley forest this Sunday

Guided tours of land which could be sold by Township take place on Sunday.

Bathing costly for some

Simple solution would cost only $2.50 per house, says resident

Bold outline delineates broadened limits of Trinity Western University’s proposed university district. Parcels depicted in blue are owned by Trinity, the Township and the provincial government. White parcels are still in private hands, and the yellow portion denotes the portion of the Wall property that is destined for housing.

Housing development to be bundled with university district

Langley Township's move intended to avoid Metro Vancouver legal action

Bold outline delineates broadened limits of Trinity Western University’s proposed university district. Parcels depicted in blue are owned by Trinity, the Township and the provincial government. White parcels are still in private hands, and the yellow portion denotes the portion of the Wall property that is destined for housing.
Carel Jongs, a director and volunteer at the B.C. Farm Machinery and Agriculture Museum in Fort Langley, gives a final polish to an 1890 American Buggy before the B.C. Day weekend festivities begin in the historic village. The gas pump, patented in 1945, shows fuel at 19 cents a gallon.

B.C. Day: Brigade arrives, farm museum celebrates

One of the most significant events for Fort Langley happens this weekend

Carel Jongs, a director and volunteer at the B.C. Farm Machinery and Agriculture Museum in Fort Langley, gives a final polish to an 1890 American Buggy before the B.C. Day weekend festivities begin in the historic village. The gas pump, patented in 1945, shows fuel at 19 cents a gallon.
Dozens of Township firefighters converged on Coast Cranberries’ Allard Crescent property on Tuesday evening to fight a blaze in a large storage and equipment shed containing sacks of dry fertilizer and pesticides. The building and contents were destroyed. See video at www.langleytimes.com.

Burned building contained fertilizer and pesticide

Township firefighters did ‘everything right’ to minimize environmental damage

Dozens of Township firefighters converged on Coast Cranberries’ Allard Crescent property on Tuesday evening to fight a blaze in a large storage and equipment shed containing sacks of dry fertilizer and pesticides. The building and contents were destroyed. See video at www.langleytimes.com.

Road at Langley airport named for former mayor, John Beales

Kid who liked watching an overpass being built got his name on structure while former mayor, school trustee gets road at airport

Second Walnut Grove house damaged by fire

Three people managed to escape unharmed but house is unlivable, say fire department

Pool funding ‘challenging’

Mayor’s $2 million estimate falls far short of land’s actual value

Krause Berry Farms’ resident winery manager Ted Bowman at the entrance to the winery which is due to open at the end of August.

Winery set to open at Langley’s Krause Farms next month

Fruit wine, winery lounge on the menu as farm switches focus

Krause Berry Farms’ resident winery manager Ted Bowman at the entrance to the winery which is due to open at the end of August.

Township narrows options for Aldergrove pool design

Public will be asked to choose between indoor and outdoor facility

Gail Chaddock-Costello, president of the Langley Teachers' Association, has announced she will seek the NDP nomination for Fort Langley-Aldergrove. The riding is currently held by Liberal MLA Rich Coleman.

LTA president will seek NDP nomination

Gail Chaddock-Costello wants to represent Fort Langley-Aldergrove in Victoria

Gail Chaddock-Costello, president of the Langley Teachers' Association, has announced she will seek the NDP nomination for Fort Langley-Aldergrove. The riding is currently held by Liberal MLA Rich Coleman.
Construction of the Transit Exchange and Park and Ride on 86 Avenue east of 200 Street is well underway. It will feature kiss-and-ride and 666 parking spots, but no toilets.

No skipping to the loo at new Park and Ride

No public toilets means commuters are going to have to hold it

Construction of the Transit Exchange and Park and Ride on 86 Avenue east of 200 Street is well underway. It will feature kiss-and-ride and 666 parking spots, but no toilets.
Beavers are Canada’s national symbol, but their presence isn’t always welcome and many have died after being trapped. Township council has been asked to support a pilot project using non-lethal control methods.

Township asked to trade traps for non-lethal beaver control methods

Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals has asked council to protect both wild and domestic animals

Beavers are Canada’s national symbol, but their presence isn’t always welcome and many have died after being trapped. Township council has been asked to support a pilot project using non-lethal control methods.
Mayor Jack Froese stands in front of the boarded-up, former Aldergrove Elementary School. Froese holds plans for a proposed community centre and swimming pool for the site.

UPDATED: New Aldergrove pool may open in 2015

Parks, recreation and culture director David Leavers said that both choices include an indoor leisure pool for year-round use.

Mayor Jack Froese stands in front of the boarded-up, former Aldergrove Elementary School. Froese holds plans for a proposed community centre and swimming pool for the site.
Carol Olson and Rea Coates set up a table outside a forested property on 257A Street and 84 Avenue with petitions protesting its sale by the Township. The forest contains many mature conifer trees and is nicknamed “Hootie Hollow” by neighbours who say there are three different species of owls living there.

Fight is still on to save Glen Valley forest

Petition started to spare additional 25-acres of woodland from sale

Carol Olson and Rea Coates set up a table outside a forested property on 257A Street and 84 Avenue with petitions protesting its sale by the Township. The forest contains many mature conifer trees and is nicknamed “Hootie Hollow” by neighbours who say there are three different species of owls living there.

Township debates future of historic road

To pave or not to pave Old Yale Road is question Councillors are pondering