Letters

A public hearing on amendments to the 2017 Brookswood-Fernridge Community Plan was held at George Preston Recreation Centre in September 2017. Council shelved plans due to public backlash but has started the process again. (Langley Advance Times files)

LETTER: Langley Township consultation on Brookswood Fernridge plan changes lacking

Many residents won’t be able to offer input because of technological issues

  • Mar 9, 2022
A public hearing on amendments to the 2017 Brookswood-Fernridge Community Plan was held at George Preston Recreation Centre in September 2017. Council shelved plans due to public backlash but has started the process again. (Langley Advance Times files)
Aldergrove plaza – the former site of the Alder Inn – was the location for Tastes of Our Town. (Aldergrove Star files)
Aldergrove plaza – the former site of the Alder Inn – was the location for Tastes of Our Town. (Aldergrove Star files)

LETTER: Council should be doing more to help Aldergrove thrive

Reader critical of Township councillors turning down $750,000 federal grant for public space

  • Mar 9, 2022
Aldergrove plaza – the former site of the Alder Inn – was the location for Tastes of Our Town. (Aldergrove Star files)
Aldergrove plaza – the former site of the Alder Inn – was the location for Tastes of Our Town. (Aldergrove Star files)
Share your opinion via email, through our website or in a posted letter. (Black Press Media files)

LETTER: Langley City should fill ‘green’ job from current staff ranks

Letter writer concerned about rising municipal taxes

  • Mar 7, 2022
Share your opinion via email, through our website or in a posted letter. (Black Press Media files)
Once rural acreages in the Campbell Heights area are selling and being redeveloped as industrial or commercial space. The South Surrey area abuts Langley Township. (Black Press Media files)

LETTER: Langley resident critical of Metro Van board’s Campbell Heights vote

Metro Vancouver can’t claim to be ‘green’ after voting for industrial lands, writer says

  • Mar 4, 2022
Once rural acreages in the Campbell Heights area are selling and being redeveloped as industrial or commercial space. The South Surrey area abuts Langley Township. (Black Press Media files)
Have an opinion you'd like to share? Submit letters to the editor through our website, via email or the postal service. (Heather Colpitts/Black Press Media)

LETTER: Aldergrove resident urges B.C. to protect farmland

Langley should not allow lands to be removed from the Agricultural Land Reserve

  • Mar 1, 2022
Have an opinion you'd like to share? Submit letters to the editor through our website, via email or the postal service. (Heather Colpitts/Black Press Media)
Submit letters to the editor through our website, via email or in writing.

LETTER: Langley letter writer argues for protected bike lanes to get more people riding

Many people don’t feel safe riding bikes on public roads, local resident says

  • Feb 28, 2022
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Have an opinion you’d like to share? Submit letters to the editor through our website, via email or the postal service. (Black Press Media files)

LETTER: Langley City needs to rethink tax increases

Local resident encourages council to sharpen their pencils in an age when so many are struggling

  • Feb 26, 2022
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Send your letter to the editor via email to news@langleyadvancetimes.com and include your first and last name, address, and phone number. (Black Press Media files)

LETTER: Langley mom questions policy requiring parents in pool during kids lessons

Township making it impossible to have kids in swim lessons, parent argues

  • Feb 25, 2022
Send your letter to the editor via email to news@langleyadvancetimes.com and include your first and last name, address, and phone number. (Black Press Media files)
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LETTER: ICBC still not agile enough even with online renewals

Local resident critical of provincial insurer’s services

  • Feb 23, 2022
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Langley letter writer still takes pride in the Canadian flag. (Jeff McIntosh)

LETTER: Langley resident still takes pride in the Canadian flag

Anti-mandate convoys should not dimish people’s esteem for the maple leaf

  • Feb 21, 2022
Langley letter writer still takes pride in the Canadian flag. (Jeff McIntosh)
Ginny Vanderhorst took part in a crow count hosted by the Langley Environmental Partners Society. LEPS hosted counts on four days in early February 2022. (Vanderhorst/Special to the Langley Advance Times)

LETTER: Langley crow count leaves resident ‘awestruck’

Thousands of crows converge at sunset in South Langley. No one knows why.

  • Feb 17, 2022
Ginny Vanderhorst took part in a crow count hosted by the Langley Environmental Partners Society. LEPS hosted counts on four days in early February 2022. (Vanderhorst/Special to the Langley Advance Times)
Share your opinion via email, through our website or in a posted letter. (Black Press Media files)

LETTER: Langley resident frustrated by lack of indoor masking

B.C. sets masking rules but where is the enforcement, letter writer wonders

  • Feb 12, 2022
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Langley anti-bigotry activist Cran Campbell has been calling on the federal government to move forward with online anti-hate legislation since before the last election in 2021. (Langley Advance Times files)

LETTER: Make legislation against online intolerance more agile, Langley man argues

Proposed law gives websites 24 hours to remove offensive material, which is too long, local says

  • Feb 11, 2022
Langley anti-bigotry activist Cran Campbell has been calling on the federal government to move forward with online anti-hate legislation since before the last election in 2021. (Langley Advance Times files)
Langley-Aldergrove Conservative MP Tako van Popta posted a photo of himself with three participants in the ‘Freedom Convoy’ in Ottawa on Monday, Jan. 3. (Van Popta Facebook image)

LETTER: MP’s convoy support loses Langley voter’s support

Local resident doesn’t want Trump-style politics brought to Canada

  • Feb 10, 2022
Langley-Aldergrove Conservative MP Tako van Popta posted a photo of himself with three participants in the ‘Freedom Convoy’ in Ottawa on Monday, Jan. 3. (Van Popta Facebook image)
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LETTER: Langley-Aldergrove MP selective about which laws and mandates are over-reach

Murrayville letter writer hopes residents vote out Conservative MP for backing convoys

  • Feb 9, 2022
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Hundreds turned out in Langley Jan. 29, to show support for a B.C. convoy against vaccine mandates. (Langley Advance Times files)

LETTER: Langley woman found anti-mandate convoy ‘heart warming’

Participants gathered in North Langley for start of a B.C. convoy in support of Ottawa convoy

  • Feb 5, 2022
Hundreds turned out in Langley Jan. 29, to show support for a B.C. convoy against vaccine mandates. (Langley Advance Times files)
Langley City and Township have invested in creating more cycling infrastructure in recent years. (Langley Advance Times file)

LETTER: Langley resident says cycling safety requires multi-pronged approach

Cyclists, drivers, taxpayers and governments all have a role to play in making streets safer

  • Feb 4, 2022
Langley City and Township have invested in creating more cycling infrastructure in recent years. (Langley Advance Times file)
Have an opinion you’d like to share? Submit letters to the editor through our website, via email or the postal service. (Black Press Media files)

LETTER: Langley grandmother wants convoy GoFundMe money to go to COVID victims

Biggest crowdsourcing campaign for anti-vaccine mandate convoy was $6.3 million as of Jan. 27

  • Feb 1, 2022
Have an opinion you’d like to share? Submit letters to the editor through our website, via email or the postal service. (Black Press Media files)
Send your letter to the editor via email to news@langleyadvancetimes.com and include your first and last name, address, and phone number. (Black Press Media files)

LETTER: Langley City senior concerned about rental housing’s rising costs

Local resident writes to prime minister

  • Jan 31, 2022
Send your letter to the editor via email to news@langleyadvancetimes.com and include your first and last name, address, and phone number. (Black Press Media files)
John Hof was at Langley Memorial Hospital on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022, when an overflowing garbage container caught his attention.

LETTER: Langley resident irked by overflowing garbage bins

Throwaway society is obsessed with trying to seem green

  • Jan 30, 2022
John Hof was at Langley Memorial Hospital on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022, when an overflowing garbage container caught his attention.