Fraser Valley libraries get funding boost from Victoria

Brookswood Library is one of seven in library branches in the Fraser Valley Regional Library system. (Langley Advance Times files)
FVRL will get almost $220,000 in COVID relief and for emergency planning

A turtle and a duck share a sunbathing log at Sardis Park in Chilliwack on April 9, 2015. Monday, May 23, 2022 is World Turtle Day. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

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Police released this CCTV video of the suspect, a man between the ages of 30 and 40 years-old who is about six-feet tall. He was last seen wearing a black jacket, dark-coloured pants, a grey baseball cap, grey shoes with red trim and white soles and was carrying a black backpack. (VPD photo)

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About 50 people gathered in Hope on Saturday, May 21, 2022 to hear Premier John Horgan announce $100 million in funding to honour Japanese-Canadians and to “continue the healing for generations to come,” Horgan said. The livestream broadcast of the announcement in Hope was hosted by the Tashme Historical Society. Folks gathered at the Hope Recreation Centre about 20 kilometres northwest of the former Tashme Internment Camp. At 1,200 acres in size, Tashme was Canada’s largest Japanese-Canadian internment site of the Second World War and, at its height, was home to 2,644 people. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

B.C. commits $100 million to support Japanese Canadians interned in World War II
Bucars RV Centre general manager Jeff Redmond with new recreational vehicles on his lot in Balzac, Alta. on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. With gasoline prices hitting all-time highs, Redmond says he’s planning to stay closer to home when RV camping this summer. But he adds recreational vehicles are still one of the most affordable ways to travel as a couple or with a family once other costs are factored in. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol

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“When it comes to hearing aids, there’s a lot of choice! A hearing professional can help explain your options, and make recommendations based on your priorities,” says Kim Galick, owner of Ears Hearing Clinic in Langley.

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      Edmonton Oilers goalie Mikko Koskinen, centre, reacts as Calgary Flames forward Blake Coleman celebrates his goal during second period NHL second round playoff hockey action against the Edmonton Oilers in Calgary, Wednesday, May 18, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

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      FILE - A chicken looks in the barn at Honey Brook Farm in Schuylkill Haven, Pa., on April 18, 2022. An outbreak of avian flu is forcing farmers to cull their flocks and leading to concerns about even higher food prices. While it doesn’t pose much of a threat to humans, the outbreak is prompting a new wave of some of the same conspiracy theories that emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Lindsey Shuey/Republican-Herald via AP, File)

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      FILE - Light shines from a total lunar eclipse over Santa Monica Beach in Santa Monica, Calif., Wednesday, May 26, 2021. A total lunar eclipse will grace the night skies this weekend, providing longer than usual thrills for stargazers across North and South America. The celestial action unfolds Sunday night, May 15, 2022 into early Monday morning, with the moon bathed in the reflected red and orange hues of Earth’s sunsets and sunrises for about 1 1/2 hours, the longest totality of the decade. It will be the first so-called blood moon in a year.(AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

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      A sign is displayed in front of Health Canada headquarters in Ottawa on Friday, January 3, 2014. A national substance use research organization is warning about a new type of opioid that is increasingly being found in Canada’s unregulated drug supply. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

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      Vesta Properties has two residential towers approved for construction (models pictured) and is planning another, 45-storey tower. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

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        Premier-Designate Jason Kenney addresses the media the day his after his election victory in Edmonton on Wednesday April 17, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

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        With a 45-storey residential tower proposed for a site in Latimer Heights on 200th Street, discussion is brewing on how tall buildings in Langley should be.

        Until recently, there were very few buildings over five or six storeys in Langley, but the Township is now allowing taller buildings on parts of 200th Street, and even in downtown Aldergrove.

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        Send details about Langley community events and groups to datebook@langleyadvancetimes.com. (Langley Advance Times files)

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        Choigaon Park is the winner of environmental leadership award. The awards were presented in the categories of community service, youth leadership, sports leadership, leadership beyond adversity, international service, environmental leadership, and arts and culture leadership. (Honey Mustard Media/Special to Langley Advance Times)

        6 Langley youth awarded for leadership efforts

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        Obituaries

        David Copley

        May 16th, 2022

        Nancy Christine Shatzko (née Haliburton)

        May 14th, 2022

        Marion E. Hocking

        May 11th, 2022

        Barrie Dean Wootton

        May 4th, 2022

        Faye Lorraine Chaplin nee (Hagen)

        May 3rd, 2022

        Jack Dewitte

        May 2nd, 2022

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        Edmonton Oilers goalie Mike Smith, left, lets in a goal as Calgary Flames forward Elias Lindholm looks on during first period NHL second round playoff hockey action in Calgary, Alta., Friday, May 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

        Flames looking for ‘foundation’ after Game 2 loss: ‘We’re playing into their hands’

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        Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid, right, scores on Calgary Flames goalie Jacob Markstrom during second period NHL second round playoff hockey action in Calgary, Alta., Friday, May 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

        Battle of Alberta deadlocked after Oilers dump Flames 5-3 to even playoff series

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        Snaps from 2017 Fort Langley May Day Parade. (Langley Advance Times files)

        100th annual May Day Parade to be “bigger and better”

        The yearly event is back after 2 years gap

        Jason Aldean, left, and Bryan Adams perform “Heaven” at the CMT Music Awards on Monday, April 11, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. Adams is hitting the road in Canada with a cross-country tour set for later this summer. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

        Bryan Adams is heading out on a cross-Canada tour later this year

        Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Kelowna dates included among 25 Canadian dates

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        A technician stands at the entrance to a Huawei 5G data server centre at the Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital in Guangzhou, in southern China’s Guangdong province on Sept. 26, 2021. Senior government officials say the Liberals have decided to ban Chinese the vendor Huawei Technologies from Canada’s long-awaited blueprint for next-generation mobile networks. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ng Han Guan

        Canada banning China’s Huawei Technologies, ZTE from 5G telecom networks

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        Spectra Energy natural gas processing plant near Fort Nelson B.C. (Spectra Energy photo)

        B.C. to phase out oil and gas drilling credits, raise provincial revenue

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        A Miles’ robber frog, endemic to Honduras and thought to be extinct but was rediscovered in 2008. (Tom Brown photo)

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            With Otter Co-op’s full-service meat department, including custom-cutting meat in-store, you know the steak you pick up for the grill or that Sunday evening roast pork will be delicious.

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              Leaving a legacy through our estate allows us to create some kind of permanence – something lasting for our families and the community, explains Michael Leggatt, an investment counsellor with RBC Wealth Management and board chair of the Langley Memorial Hospital Foundation.

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