Opinion

Former reporter and editor Ryan Uytdewilligen has penned a children’s book called This is Not my Story. (Special to Black Press Media)

GUEST COLUMN: Former Langley reporter pens children’s book based on stint at bookstore

Time in Langley inspired author to write This is Not My Story

  • Jun 4, 2023

 

Jordan Daniel Goggin shot four people in Langley last July, killing two and injured two more. He was killed by police Monday morning. (IHIT/Special to Black Press Media)

IN OUR VIEW: Report on shooter leaves some questions unanswered

We may never know why Jordan Goggin shot four people, killing two, in Langley

  • May 28, 2023

 

FILE - A worker wheels equipment past the famous Hollywood sign as preparations continue on March 8, 2023, for the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

PAINFUL TRUTH: Stunt performer changed Hollywood from the shadows

You’ve seen Yakima Canutt and his work, but not known it was him on screen

 

Fentanyl. (Colleen Flanagan/Black Press Media files)

WEB POLL: Treatment or enforcement key to cutting drug deaths?

Is there another way out of the endless crisis?

  • May 25, 2023
Fentanyl. (Colleen Flanagan/Black Press Media files)
The Pacific Spaceport Complex located near Kodiak, Alaska. (Courtesy photo / Alaska Aerospace Corporation)

PAINFUL TRUTH: Where are the aliens?

The Drake Equation and Earth’s history as a big ball of goo

The Pacific Spaceport Complex located near Kodiak, Alaska. (Courtesy photo / Alaska Aerospace Corporation)
Horne Pit is a mixture of flat, empty land and treed areas and wetlands. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

IN OUR VIEW: Have your say now on future of Brookswood

Neighbourhood plans and the fate of Horne Pit are up for debate

  • May 21, 2023
Horne Pit is a mixture of flat, empty land and treed areas and wetlands. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
Horne Pit is a mixture of flat, empty land and treed areas and wetlands. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

WEB POLL: Should Brookswood’s Horne Pit be developed?

The Township is asking for input on the fate of the 70-acre site.

  • May 19, 2023
Horne Pit is a mixture of flat, empty land and treed areas and wetlands. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
Former BC Housing CEO Shayne Ramsay. (Caitlin Clow - Kelowna Capital News)

IN OUR VIEW: BC Housing scandal an appalling mess

How much money could have gone to badly-needed projects?

  • May 15, 2023
Former BC Housing CEO Shayne Ramsay. (Caitlin Clow - Kelowna Capital News)
A photo showing the Langley RCMP detachment, thought to have been taken in the 1980s. (Langley RCMP/special to the Langley Advance Times)

IN OUR VIEW: RCMP changing with the times

The force has, and will continue to, adapt to Canada’s changes

  • May 7, 2023
A photo showing the Langley RCMP detachment, thought to have been taken in the 1980s. (Langley RCMP/special to the Langley Advance Times)
FILE - Tucker Carlson, host of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio on March 2, 2017, in New York. A racist text message from Tucker Carlson is what helped drive the commentator’s ouster from Fox News, The New York Times reports. The Times says that in a text uncovered as part of a recent defamation lawsuit, the former Fox host lamented how supporters of former President Donald Trump ganged up to beat a protester. “It’s not how white men fight,” Carlson wrote. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

PAINFUL TRUTH: Supposing versus finding out

News is better than opinion, but less popular

FILE - Tucker Carlson, host of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio on March 2, 2017, in New York. A racist text message from Tucker Carlson is what helped drive the commentator’s ouster from Fox News, The New York Times reports. The Times says that in a text uncovered as part of a recent defamation lawsuit, the former Fox host lamented how supporters of former President Donald Trump ganged up to beat a protester. “It’s not how white men fight,” Carlson wrote. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Photo from a recent CARES adoptathon. (Langley Advance Times file)

WEB POLL: Indoor cats or outdoor cats?

Do you let your cat roam outdoors or not?

  • May 5, 2023
Photo from a recent CARES adoptathon. (Langley Advance Times file)
BC United leader Kevin Falcon. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)

PAINFUL TRUTH: What’s in a party name?

BC United just the latest party to represent the centre-right over 80 years

BC United leader Kevin Falcon. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)
Charlie Emack, two, checked out a hand pump at the BC Farm Museum in Fort Langley on Family Day, 2023. (Langley Advance Times files)

IN OUR VIEW: ALR marks 50 years

Land reserve has kept farmland safe from development for five decades

  • Apr 24, 2023
Charlie Emack, two, checked out a hand pump at the BC Farm Museum in Fort Langley on Family Day, 2023. (Langley Advance Times files)
Smudge, Puddin, Tinker, Bubbles, and Squeak are the five mini goats at Happy Herd Farm. (Kyler Emerson/Langley Advance Times)

WEB POLL: Has the ALR been a boon or a bane for our region?

For 50 years, the ALR has preserved farmland in B.C.

  • Apr 20, 2023
Smudge, Puddin, Tinker, Bubbles, and Squeak are the five mini goats at Happy Herd Farm. (Kyler Emerson/Langley Advance Times)
B.C.’s Minister of Labour Harry Bains is the MLA for Surrey-Newton. (Photo: flickr.com/photos/bcgovphotos)

Painful Truth: Wages need to keep rising

Sure, wages are up, but the cost of living is still going up faster

B.C.’s Minister of Labour Harry Bains is the MLA for Surrey-Newton. (Photo: flickr.com/photos/bcgovphotos)
A number of images from Thursday, April 6’s Township volunteer appreciation night have been shared on Facebook by local politicians in attendance. This depicts Langley East MLA Megan Dykeman (left) and Cloverdale-Langley City MP John Aldag (right) congratulating award winners Darcy and Manjit Gill. (Facebook)

In Our View: Time to celebrate Langley’s many volunteers

We could always use a few more helping hands

  • Apr 15, 2023
A number of images from Thursday, April 6’s Township volunteer appreciation night have been shared on Facebook by local politicians in attendance. This depicts Langley East MLA Megan Dykeman (left) and Cloverdale-Langley City MP John Aldag (right) congratulating award winners Darcy and Manjit Gill. (Facebook)
Judy Hutmacher is a volunteer with the Langley Christmas Bureau and has taken on the role of bureau co-ordinator with Patty Lester for the 2021 holiday season. (Langley Advance Times files)

WEB POLL: Are you a volunteer in your community?

Volunteers are in high demand right now

  • Apr 13, 2023
Judy Hutmacher is a volunteer with the Langley Christmas Bureau and has taken on the role of bureau co-ordinator with Patty Lester for the 2021 holiday season. (Langley Advance Times files)
Strathcona Dam. BC Hydro photo

PAINFUL TRUTH: Bitcoin mining ban needed

A waste of power as we decarbonize our economy

Strathcona Dam. BC Hydro photo
We’ll need fewer children’s playgrounds, more seniors centres in the coming years. (Township of Langley/Special to the Langley Advance Times)

IN OUR VIEW: Metro Vancouver’s grey wave is here

We’re getting more and more seniors, and relatively few kids

  • Apr 8, 2023
We’ll need fewer children’s playgrounds, more seniors centres in the coming years. (Township of Langley/Special to the Langley Advance Times)
Langley Lawn Bowling Club. (Langley Advance Times files)

WEB POLL: Enough seniors facilities?

Do we have enough resources as our population ages?

  • Apr 6, 2023
Langley Lawn Bowling Club. (Langley Advance Times files)