Winners: Township of Langley. The year began with news of a legal victory for the Township, which won an important court fight with the regional Metro Vancouver authority over who gets final say over development in Langley.
Losers: Climate change doubters. 2015 was the year when a bone-dry spring and summer was followed by a wet and windy fall that tore down trees and severed utility lines throughout the Langleys.
Winners: Friedrich and Annand Mayrhofer of Langley, who were revealed as the purchasers of a winning $50 million lottery ticket in March 2014.
And Losers: Friedrich and Annand Mayrhofer, who were unable to negotiate an arrangement with the British Columbia Lottery Corporation to collect their winnings without revealing their names.
Winner: Cloverdale-Langley City Liberal M.P. John Aldag who will represent Langley interests within the newly elected Trudeau government.
Winner and Loser: Conservative MP Mark Warawa, who beat back the Liberal tidal wave to win another term as Langley-Aldergrove MP. But as an opposition MP the veteran Warawa will have less say in government policy.
Winner: Langley resident José Figueroa. After Figueroa spent more than two years living in the Walnut Grove Lutheran Church to avoid deportation, the new Liberal immigration minister lifted the order, allowing Figueroa to celebrate Christmas in his own home with his wife and children.
Winners: Langley Secondary School parents and students, when the school district decided against closing LSS.
Loser: The proposal to pay for public transit improvements with a tax hike, voted down by Langley residents and the rest of Metro Vancouver.
Winner: Jordan Bateman of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, the former Langley Township councillor who waged a successful battle to defeat the transit tax.
Losers: Langley City drivers, who had a hard time getting through 200 Street between 53 Avenue and Fraser Highway because of extensive upgrades to water, sanitary and storm water lines.
Winners: Langley residents, who will benefit from the upgrades.
Losers: the Langley poultry producers who had to destroy thousands of birds to quell an outbreak of avian flu.
Winners: People in need. The arrival of the Sources Langley Food Bank brought a new low-barrier food bank into the community that is recognized by the Food Banks BC association of 96 B.C. food banks.
Losers: Langley City criminals. As a result of stepped up police enforcement, the crime severity index took a steep drop, falling more than 13 per cent.
Winners: Everyone who isn’t a criminal in Langley City.
