Editorials

Colton Vandekerkhove grabbed some air Tuesday afternoon, March 21 at Aldergrove Athletic Park. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

IN OUR VIEW: Spring at long last

Let’s all get outside and enjoy it while it lasts!

  • Apr 1, 2023
Premier David Eby during an announcement for local government infrastructure in Surrey last month. (Anna Burns/Black Press Media)

OUR VIEW: Health is not partisan

Is there a realization that there’s no room for politics in a healthy system?

The RCMP E Division headquarters in Surrey. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

Our View: RCMP must be open about their fraud-fighting efforts

When con artists steal from rich or poor, we all pay

  • Mar 16, 2023
Log yard at Canfor’s Houston sawmill which is closing in April 2023, idling more than 300 employees and many more in the trucking and logging sectors. (Angelique Houlihan photo/Houston Today)

Houston’s mayor makes pitch for economic assistance

The forestry-dependent community in northwestern B.C. is about to lose its major employer

Log yard at Canfor’s Houston sawmill which is closing in April 2023, idling more than 300 employees and many more in the trucking and logging sectors. (Angelique Houlihan photo/Houston Today)
Don Denton photograph

IN OUR OPINION: Online civil law needed to help victims

Getting exploitative images offline faster will help many victims, but not a complete solution

  • Mar 11, 2023
Don Denton photograph
A snow plow in Langley. (Langley Advance Times files)

IN OUR OPINION: Our wild weather becoming a problem

More people plus more snow means more need for road clearing

A snow plow in Langley. (Langley Advance Times files)
Canada is facing pressure to send some of its Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine after Germany said it would donate some of the weapons and approve requests from other countries that have the same equipment. Canadian Forces Leopard 2A4 tanks are shown at CFB Gagetown in Oromocto, N.B., on September 13, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Smith

IN OUR VIEW: Ukraine still needs Canadian aid

Putin is counting on fatigue by Ukraine’s allies

  • Feb 26, 2023
Canada is facing pressure to send some of its Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine after Germany said it would donate some of the weapons and approve requests from other countries that have the same equipment. Canadian Forces Leopard 2A4 tanks are shown at CFB Gagetown in Oromocto, N.B., on September 13, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Smith
Highlight, a new disinfectant wipe system, has been implemented by Langley Memorial Hospital and other hospitals within the Fraser Health region to reduce the risk of infections. Staff here can be seen using the blue coloured wipes, which fade to clear if cleaning is thorough. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

IN OUR VIEW: Health deal between Ottawa, provinces is a start

Money can help hold system together while reforms fix it long-term

  • Feb 21, 2023
Highlight, a new disinfectant wipe system, has been implemented by Langley Memorial Hospital and other hospitals within the Fraser Health region to reduce the risk of infections. Staff here can be seen using the blue coloured wipes, which fade to clear if cleaning is thorough. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
B.C.’s Lt. Governor Janet Austin at the B.C. Legislature ahead of the annual Throne Speech on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (Wolfgang Depner/Black Press Media)

IN OUR VIEW: To our provincial leaders – please fix one thing

It feels like we never tackle any of our major problems

  • Feb 11, 2023
B.C.’s Lt. Governor Janet Austin at the B.C. Legislature ahead of the annual Throne Speech on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (Wolfgang Depner/Black Press Media)
Langley’s Emmaus Place, built as affordable housing. (Langley Advance Times files)

IN OUR VIEW: Renters need more help in tight market

We need a lot more of the right kind of rental housing in B.C.

  • Feb 4, 2023
Langley’s Emmaus Place, built as affordable housing. (Langley Advance Times files)
A rat. (Black Press Media files)

IN OUR VIEW: Rats are too much like us

Adaptable, tough, clever, stubborn – sound like anyone you know?

  • Jan 28, 2023
A rat. (Black Press Media files)
Two men were clearing a sidewalk in Langley’s Walnut Grove neighbourhood on Wednesday, Dec. 21. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

IN OUR VIEW: Clear the snow off those sidewalks!

Yes, the civic governments should take a more active hand in keeping sidewalks open

  • Jan 21, 2023
Two men were clearing a sidewalk in Langley’s Walnut Grove neighbourhood on Wednesday, Dec. 21. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
A mixed-use housing building under construction in Langley City on Dec. 5, 2023. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

IN OUR VIEW: A house is a home, not a bank

Seeing housing as an investment first isn’t good for our economy

  • Jan 9, 2023
A mixed-use housing building under construction in Langley City on Dec. 5, 2023. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
Keep some of that holiday spirit going this year. (Langley Advance Times files)

IN OUR VIEW: This year, resolve to be kind

Peel back a layer of cynicism for 2023

  • Jan 1, 2023
Keep some of that holiday spirit going this year. (Langley Advance Times files)
Patty Lester, Langley Christmas Bureau coordinator, overlooked the main gift sorting area set up in the foyer of Langley City hall. This year, the bureau was short of family sponsors, at a time when demand was high. But when the plea went out earlier this month, the community – like it does – stepped up. (Langley Advance Times files)

IN OUR VIEW: A community that cares all year round

This season highlights the best of Langley – it’s people

  • Dec 24, 2022
Patty Lester, Langley Christmas Bureau coordinator, overlooked the main gift sorting area set up in the foyer of Langley City hall. This year, the bureau was short of family sponsors, at a time when demand was high. But when the plea went out earlier this month, the community – like it does – stepped up. (Langley Advance Times files)
Mayor Eric Woodward was officially sworn in on Monday, Nov. 7 in the Langley Township council chambers. (Langley Advance Times files)

IN OUR VIEW: High speed government in Langley Township

The new council is operating at a faster pace than anyone’s seen in decades

  • Dec 20, 2022
Mayor Eric Woodward was officially sworn in on Monday, Nov. 7 in the Langley Township council chambers. (Langley Advance Times files)
Art was out clearing snow off the sidewalk in front of Kingdom Hall in Aldergrove earlier this month. “I’m a volunteer ” he explained. “After this I’m going home to clear my drive.” (Langley Advance Times files)

IN OUR VIEW: Please buy a snow shovel, and use it

Mobility is about more than having plowed roads

  • Dec 13, 2022
Art was out clearing snow off the sidewalk in front of Kingdom Hall in Aldergrove earlier this month. “I’m a volunteer ” he explained. “After this I’m going home to clear my drive.” (Langley Advance Times files)
A man pushed a cart through downtown Langley City as a heavy snowfall began on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 29. (Langley Advance Times files)

IN OUR VIEW: We have food banks because the government has failed

We should not pretend it’s normal that thousands of people are homeless or hungry

  • Dec 3, 2022
A man pushed a cart through downtown Langley City as a heavy snowfall began on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 29. (Langley Advance Times files)
B.C. Premier David Eby. (Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)

IN OUR VIEW: Premier is in the hot seat

David Eby has a lot of work to do and two years to get going on it

  • Nov 26, 2022
B.C. Premier David Eby. (Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)
The 2021 floods immersed Sumas Prairie properties. (Abbotsford News file photo)

IN OUR VIEW: Flood’s lessons is to prepare for tomorrow

Would we be ready today for another natural disaster?

  • Nov 19, 2022
The 2021 floods immersed Sumas Prairie properties. (Abbotsford News file photo)
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