Generous donations help Langley food banks support uptick in clients over holiday season

Volunteers at the Langley Food Bank have set-up distribution outside in the parking lot so clients can safely distance. (Ryan Uytdewilligen/Black Press Media)
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Vancouver Canucks’ Travis Hamonic grabs Montreal Canadiens’ Josh Anderson by the face during first period NHL action in Vancouver, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Horvat scores winner as Canucks dump Habs 6-5 in shootout thriller
A woman writes a message on a memorial mural wall by street artist James “Smokey Devil” Hardy during a memorial to remember victims of illicit drug overdose deaths on International Overdose Awareness Day, in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Monday, August 31, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Ontario company to create $50M trust after growing cannabis in unlicensed rooms
These Okanagan wineries are anything but ordinary

These Okanagan wineries are anything but ordinary

Eighteen-year-old Aidan Webber died in a marine accident in 2019. He was a Canadian Junior BMX champion from Nanaimo. (Submitted)

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Southern resident killer whales in B.C. waters. Research shows the population’s females are more negatively influenced by vessel traffic than males. (Photo supplied by Ocean Wise Conservation Association)

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    Andrew McCaron, owner of West Coast Optical, which has been helping Surrey see better since 1989.

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      Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller responds to a question during a news conference in Ottawa, Wednesday Jan. 20, 2021. Miller says Ottawa is working with the provinces to prioritize vaccinating Indigenous people against COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

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      Miller said he’s been concerned that Ottawa is not able to vaccinate First Nations people living off-reserve

      A slow moving landslide is seen inching down a hillside in northern British Columbia, prompting the evacuation of nearby Old Fort, B.C., in an undated handout photo. Residents of a tiny community in northern British Columbia are suing the local and provincial governments over two slow-moving landslides that they say caused their property values to plummet. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-B.C. Ministry of Forests and Lands, Marten Geertsema, *MANDATORY CREDIT*

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      The RCMP was called to a condo complex in Langley City in the early hours of Jan. 18, 2021, for a shooting. (Shane Mackichan/Special to the Langley Advance Times)

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      We need to ask what more we could be doing to stop the endless gang wars

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      LETTER: Cloverdale man said public pressure only convinces church goers they are right

      Engageing churches in discussions on how to reduce transmission would be more effective than bans

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        Dead long-eared myotis bat found outside a home. (Danielle Dagenais/Special to the Aldergrove Star)

        Program asks Aldergrove residents to report bat sightings

        Researchers are looking to see if spread of White-nose Syndrome in Washington has entered B.C.

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        Langley Arts Council hosting ‘make your own jewellery’ class

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        Donald Pountney

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        Evan John Christian

        Dec 31st, 2020

        Raymond Arthur ‘Ray’ Potts

        Dec 30th, 2020

        Skuntla Lal (nee Shori)

        Dec 29th, 2020

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        The UFV Cascades women’s basketball program has announced the signing of Langley’s Esther Allison and Edmonton’s Charley Arnold for 2021. (UFV Cascades photo)

        Langley’s Allison, Edmonton’s Arnold signed by UFV Cascades

        Women’s basketball program adds pair of recruits for 2021, reporting to Abbotsford later this year

        Canadian Premier League commissioner David Clanachan is shown in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Canadian Premier League-Darren Goldstein **MANDATORY CREDIT**

        CPL targets season kickoff on Victoria Day Weekend, providing authorities agree

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        Jeremy Pue of White Cloud Productions. (screenshot)

        Aldergrove filmmaker hopes to capture local stories in 2021

        Though Jeremy Pue did not receive a Storyhive grant, he is finding other avenues to make his film

        Jen Papageorge, 52, with her teenage daughters Keira and Talia are members of the Westcoast Harmony Chorus. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

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        Inspection of bridge crossing on a B.C. forest service road. (B.C. Forest Practices Board)

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        Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem takes part in a news conference at the Bank of Canada in Ottawa on December 15, 2020. Canada’s central bank will update its economic forecast for the country that will offer a window when it expects a recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic to take hold. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

        Bank of Canada keeps key interest rate target on hold at 0.25%

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