COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Langley events for early autumn 2022

Send details about Langley community events and groups to datebook@langleyadvancetimes.com. (Black Press Media files)
Here’s some of what’s going on around the Langleys, including community- and support-group meetings

Two suspects were apprehended by customers and mall security. (Special to The News)

Three people charged after bear-spray robbery at Maple Ridge mall
The new Nordel Way crossing over Highway 91 opens to traffic on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (Province of British Columbia/Flickr photo)

New crossing at Nordel Way and Highway 91 opens Friday
Russian court sets Brittney Griner appeal date for Oct. 25

Russian court sets Brittney Griner appeal date for Oct. 25
Travel restrictions removed as medical professionals reiterate the risk of COVID-19

Travel restrictions removed as medical professionals reiterate the risk of COVID-19

Todd Stone speaks during a BC Liberal Leadership debate in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday Jan. 23, 2018. The Opposition BC Liberals are calling for an all-party pay freeze as a show of solidarity with people struggling to make ends meet during inflationary times.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ben Nelms

Opposition BC Liberals seek MLA pay freeze ahead of possible 10 per cent increase
B.C. Premier John Horgan makes an address, in Whistler, B.C., on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. The premier has signed a new climate agreement with the governors of Washington, Oregon and California.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. signs new climate agreement with California, Oregon and Washington
Many eyes will be on Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews as the NHL gets set to resume play. (Photo: Sportsnet)

Drop the puck: What you need to know about the 2022-23 NHL season
Luke Berard, CFP, an Investment Advisor and Financial Planner with RBC Wealth Management, and a member of Langley Memorial Hospital Foundation’s Legacy Giving Committee. Photo courtesy Langley Memorial Hospital Foundation

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    Black bears walk across the road near Lake Louise, Alberta, in June, 2020. An expert in bear behaviour says an attack on a family in northeastern B.C. that left two women with critical injuries appears to have been a rare example of a predacious attack by a black bear. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

    Bear expert says B.C. attack likely a rare case of a bear treating humans as food

    A package of Pawsitive Bones, a dog treat, produced by Food Shift, made of ingredients that are usually discarded, is shown Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022 in Alameda, California. “Best before” labels are coming under scrutiny as concerns about food waste grow around the world. Manufacturers have used the labels for decades to estimate peak freshness. But “best before” labels have nothing to do with safety, and some worry they encourage consumers to throw away food that’s perfectly fine to eat. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

    ‘Best Before’ labels scrutinized as food waste concerns grow

    A Hockey Canada document is review by a member of Parliament during a House of Commons Committee on Canadian Heritage looking into safe sport in Canada on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

    Trudeau says it “boggles the mind that Hockey Canada is continuing to dig in its heels”

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    Rudy Storteboom is seeking re-election as a Langley City councillor. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

    IN THE CITY’S COUNCIL RACE: Rudy Storteboom

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    David Stingl is running to be a Langley City councillor. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

    IN THE CITY’S COUNCIL RACE: David Stingl

    Ahead of Oct. 15, the Advance Times offers a profile and Q&A opportunity to each candidate

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    Paul Albrecht is an incumbent Langley City councillor seeking re-election. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

    IN THE CITY’S COUNCIL RACE: Paul Albrecht

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    Shelley Coburn is hanging up her trustee hat in favour of seeking a chair at the Langley City council table this fall. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

    IN THE CITY’S COUNCIL RACE: Shelley Coburn

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    Fraser Health opened several vaccination clinics, including this one in Chilliwack seen here on Sept. 26, 2022, where residents can receive a COVID-19 booster dose this fall, including the Omicron (bivalent) booster. (Paul Henderson/Black Press Media)

    WEB POLL: Will you get the new bivalent COVID-19 booster?

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      About 17 per cent of British Columbians are currently experiencing a mental illness or substance use issue, according to the Canadian Mental Health Association. (File photo)

      COLUMN: Breaking the stigma surrounding mental illness and PTSD

      I always thought only those who were in a war had PTSD. I was wrong.

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      Canadian Blood Services hosts clinics in various communities as well as accepting donations at its offices. (Black Press Media files)

      Spots open at Langley blood donor clinic Sunday, Oct. 9

      Blood, platelets, and plasma donors encouraged to help save a life

      Cheryl Young and Gerda Sampert (Langley Advance Times files)

      Fibromyalgia Wellspring Foundation receives its first ever grant

      Funding will help the organization provide food hampers to those in need

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      Judy Annette Tomkins (nee Beaton)

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      Rod Sharp

      Sep 15th, 2022

      James R.P. Houghton

      Sep 8th, 2022

      Helen Amy Williams

      Sep 8th, 2022

      Marvyn Day

      Sep 2nd, 2022

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      Abbotsford’s Jake Virtanen, shown here in preseason action on Oct. 5 against the Vancouver Canucks at the Abbotsford Centre, has been released from his professional try out. (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)

      Ex-Canuck Jake Virtanen released by Edmonton Oilers

      Former Canucks first round draft pick fails to stick with NHL team

      Black Press Media NFL insider Erin Haluschak. (Peter McCully photo)

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      Flowers lay atop the late country singer Loretta Lynn’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. British Columbia is a long way from the Appalachian coal fields, but the role that a south Vancouver chicken coop played in the rise of country music legend Loretta Lynn is being recalled after her death at the age of 90. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Chris Pizzello

      How ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ Loretta Lynn got her big break in Vancouver chicken coop

      Lynn discovered by Canadian producers when she performed at former poultry barn in 1959

      Langley-raised country artist Dallas Smith is among nightly performers at the new PNE Winter Fair this December. (File photo: Lauren Collins)

      PNE Fair gets winterized with nightly December concerts, holiday lights, skating and more

      The winter fair’s $15 ticket does not include admission to nightly concerts, Dec. 14-23

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      Shown is the Leonard L. Williams Justice Center housing the Court of Chancery in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. Elon Musk is abandoning his legal battle to back out of buying Twitter by offering to go through with his original $44 billion bid for the social media platform. The offer comes just two weeks before Twitter’s lawsuit seeking to force Musk to go through with the deal goes to trial in Delaware Chancery Court. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

      Musk Twitter turnaround highlights legal challenge he faced

      Billionaire says he’ll now complete the deal, but only if trial is put on hold

      Bank towers are shown from Bay Street in Toronto's financial district, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Top Canadian corporations paid $30 billion less in taxes in 2021 than would be expected, according to a new report from Canadians for Tax Fairness. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrien Veczan

      Advocacy group calls out corporate ‘tax avoidance,’ cites billions lost in new report

      Canadians for Tax Fairness found average $13.5 billion shortfall in tax revenues before pandemic

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      A lot of effort went into capturing Dustan who was found in Greendale on Oct. 2, 2022. (Natasha MacDonald)

      Dustan the German shepherd captured in Fraser Valley cornfield after weeks on the run

      Chilliwack’s littlest hobo found by pet searchers with a bucket on her head

      From left, Rossford, Ohio Mayor Neil MacKinnon III, Rossford Walleye Roundup Tournament champions Jacob Runyan, Chase Cominsky, and Bass Pro Shops general manager Tony Williamson celebrate on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at Bass Pro Shops in Rossford. Prosecutors in Cleveland are investigating an apparent cheating scandal during the lucrative walleye fishing tournament on Lake Erie. A Twitter video shows Jason Fischer, tournament director for the Lake Erie Walleye Trail event, on Friday cutting open walleye and finding lead weights and prepared fish filets inside the winning catch of five fish to bolster their weight. Anglers Runyan and Cominsky were disqualified. THE CANADIAN PRESS/The Blade via AP-Isaac Ritchey

      Ohio walleye scandal deals big blow to tournament fishing

      Disqualification bringing integrity of the sport into serious question

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