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Lou Lessard plunged 100 feet into Burrard Inlet 58 years ago and lived to tell the tale.

‘Then all at once, the bridge just fell down from underneath our feet’ — a survivor remembers the Second Narrows Bridge collapse

Lou Lessard speaks of the day 58 years ago as if it happened yesterday

Lou Lessard plunged 100 feet into Burrard Inlet 58 years ago and lived to tell the tale.
Participants in a refugee art project stand with their work, on display at the Timms Community Centre. From left to right: Moo Doh Paw, Laura Knyaw and Truepayna Moo.

Refugees’ story of struggle told through works of art

Exhibit inside Timms Centre marks World Refugee Day – June 20

Participants in a refugee art project stand with their work, on display at the Timms Community Centre. From left to right: Moo Doh Paw, Laura Knyaw and Truepayna Moo.
Langley transit users continue to wait for rapid transit plan.

Trudeau’s transit announcement ‘doesn’t mean a whole heck of a lot’ for Langley: councillor

Coun. Nathan Pachal said he uses transit regularly and wants to see faster options in the future

Langley transit users continue to wait for rapid transit plan.
Langley City Coun. Gayle Martin says rapid transit is needed to Langley but isn't ready to accept anything.

Langley City councillor ‘ticked off’ by Surrey mayor’s comments

Gayle Martin says the Langleys aren't 'ready to accept anything'

Langley City Coun. Gayle Martin says rapid transit is needed to Langley but isn't ready to accept anything.
This fence has been broken several times to provide people access to the wooded area behind it, according to landowner Jeff Ray.

A cycle of garbage and frustration for Langley landowner

Jeff Ray says he is annoyed with people who camp on his lot and leave garbage when they leave

This fence has been broken several times to provide people access to the wooded area behind it, according to landowner Jeff Ray.
Carmen Skolos of Langley’s Green Feast Farm is concerned that her fledgling business could soon be finished if she can’t find a new place to process her chickens for sale. Farm Fed in Abbotsford, where she had been taking her chickens, recently announced they are no longer able to fill custom kill orders for fewer than 200 birds.

With small flocks come big problems for Langley chicken farmer

Carmen Skolos fears she may go out of business, now that an Abbotsford processing plant is no longer taking orders for fewer than 200 birds

Carmen Skolos of Langley’s Green Feast Farm is concerned that her fledgling business could soon be finished if she can’t find a new place to process her chickens for sale. Farm Fed in Abbotsford, where she had been taking her chickens, recently announced they are no longer able to fill custom kill orders for fewer than 200 birds.
Members of the public were invited to Shannon Hall in Cloverdale to scrutinize the City of Surrey’s Campbell Heights Area Plan on May 31.

Campbell Heights zoning meeting draws anti-truck park crowd

Opponents, including Brookswood residents, say proposal is threat to aquifer

Members of the public were invited to Shannon Hall in Cloverdale to scrutinize the City of Surrey’s Campbell Heights Area Plan on May 31.
Canadian Land Forces Command soldiers aboard nine Mercedes light utility vehicle-wheeled convoy to the instrumented range at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., June 21, 2008.

Have your say on Canada’s defence policies

June 11 meeting at LEC is one of a series being offered across the country to fulfill a Liberal Party election promise

Canadian Land Forces Command soldiers aboard nine Mercedes light utility vehicle-wheeled convoy to the instrumented range at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., June 21, 2008.
Rhys and Annabelle Griffiths built these steps giving them access to the trail around Brydon Lagoon 14 years ago but now the City of Langley has told them they must be removed.

Brydon Lagoon neighbours taking steps to save stairs

Residents say an order from the City to remove steps that give them access to nature path is unfair

Rhys and Annabelle Griffiths built these steps giving them access to the trail around Brydon Lagoon 14 years ago but now the City of Langley has told them they must be removed.

Update: Boom lift operator left hanging

Filming on a TV show came to halt Thursday night after a crew member was stranded 100 feet in the air by a malfunctioning lift

City residents urged to share ideas, priorities during phone survey

City residents urged to share ideas, priorities during phone survey

From June 6-20 polling company Ipsos will call City of Langley residents to get their feedback about municipal services

City residents urged to share ideas, priorities during phone survey
It will be a feeding frenzy in Douglas Park on Saturday, with an anticipated 25 food truck vendors gathering from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Langley Food Truck festival this weekend

As many as 25 vendors expected to gather in Douglas Park on Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

It will be a feeding frenzy in Douglas Park on Saturday, with an anticipated 25 food truck vendors gathering from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mike Sowinski makes grilled cheese sandwiches for himself and his fellow homeless friends in Langley. He often tries to help out others who are homeless, even after it caused him to be evicted from his home.

‘If I had a way to help, why wouldn’t I?’

In Part Four of a Langley Times series, homeless man Mike Sowinski speaks of the struggle to find a place to call home

Mike Sowinski makes grilled cheese sandwiches for himself and his fellow homeless friends in Langley. He often tries to help out others who are homeless, even after it caused him to be evicted from his home.
Nadja Moritz, Marcel Sachse and daughter Lily Sachse-Moritz at Pinsch of Soil Farm in south Langley.

HomeGrown:‘ An opportunity to grow’ — WWOOFing in Langley

Langley's Nadja Moritz and Marcel Sanchse are happy to share the bounty of their small farm in exchange for a helping hand with the chores

Nadja Moritz, Marcel Sachse and daughter Lily Sachse-Moritz at Pinsch of Soil Farm in south Langley.
Lynn Whitehouse gave a tearful goodbye to the Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday evening, after serving as the executive director of for 31 years.

Whitehouse given send-off by Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce

Lynn Whitehouse gave a tearful goodbye to the Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce after serving as the executive director of for 31 years

Lynn Whitehouse gave a tearful goodbye to the Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday evening, after serving as the executive director of for 31 years.
The Community Around Sixteenth Avenue group (CASA) will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, May 31 to discuss safety issues along the 16 Avenue corridor.

Hwy. 1 widening a top priority, says Fassbender

Airport access, 16 Avenue, 216 interchange among topics covered by Chamber transportation panel

The Community Around Sixteenth Avenue group (CASA) will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, May 31 to discuss safety issues along the 16 Avenue corridor.
Kathy Carlisle, president of the Murray Green strata council, points out the scaffolding, still in place on her building one year after it was damaged by a fire at a construction site next door.

Experiencing the slow burn of stress

A full year after a Murrayville construction site blaze, residents of a neighbouring condo are still dealing with repairs

Kathy Carlisle, president of the Murray Green strata council, points out the scaffolding, still in place on her building one year after it was damaged by a fire at a construction site next door.
Large trucks and other vehicles combine to create gridlock on Highway 10. Louise Yako, president and CEO of the B.C. Trucking Association told the Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce that her organization supports mobility pricing as a means of reducing congestion on Lower Mainland roads.

New tolls on roads and bridges would reduce congestion, says BC Trucking CEO

So-called mobility pricing is of interest to province

Large trucks and other vehicles combine to create gridlock on Highway 10. Louise Yako, president and CEO of the B.C. Trucking Association told the Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce that her organization supports mobility pricing as a means of reducing congestion on Lower Mainland roads.
Specialty rain barrels are in high demand this spring. The City is looking at hosting another sale in June after 870 of the barrels were snapped up before and during a May 8 sale.

Specialty rain barrels sell out, thanks to concern over water conservation – City

As many as 870 of the $55 barrels were snapped up before and during May 8 event. City hopes to hold another sale in June

Specialty rain barrels are in high demand this spring. The City is looking at hosting another sale in June after 870 of the barrels were snapped up before and during a May 8 sale.
Langley RCMP went to stop a robbery in progress at an Aldergrove home but found much more.

Report grow-ops, top Mountie urges residents

Learning where marijuana is cultivated will allow police to cross-reference with list of known legal sites

Langley RCMP went to stop a robbery in progress at an Aldergrove home but found much more.