Poll

A family of four will see their grocery bills rise by $500 next year, according to a Canadian University study. (Photo courtesy of USDA.)

WEB POLL: Are higher grocery costs affecting how you shop?

Inflation is raising the price of food

  • May 26, 2022
A family of four will see their grocery bills rise by $500 next year, according to a Canadian University study. (Photo courtesy of USDA.)
Vesta Properties has two residential towers approved for construction (models pictured) and is planning another, 45-storey tower. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

WEB POLL: How high should Langley’s buildings be?

Should there be a height limit on highrises in Langley?

  • May 20, 2022
Vesta Properties has two residential towers approved for construction (models pictured) and is planning another, 45-storey tower. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
An aerial view, without horizon, of the Fraser River and part of Sumas Mountain, during the 1948 Fraser River flood. Nicomen Island is seen inundated with flood water at top centre in image. Chilliwack Mountain is visible at top right (1948). (Photograph courtesy of the Chilliwack Museum and Archives P669).

WEB POLL: Will there be another Fraser River flood?

Snowpacks are slightly above average right now.

  • May 12, 2022
An aerial view, without horizon, of the Fraser River and part of Sumas Mountain, during the 1948 Fraser River flood. Nicomen Island is seen inundated with flood water at top centre in image. Chilliwack Mountain is visible at top right (1948). (Photograph courtesy of the Chilliwack Museum and Archives P669).
The proposed new federal riding of Pitt Meadows-Fort Langley. (Special to Black Press Media)

WEB POLL: Do you like the new Pitt Meadows-Fort Langley riding?

What do you think about this unusually-shaped riding?

  • May 5, 2022
The proposed new federal riding of Pitt Meadows-Fort Langley. (Special to Black Press Media)
The one-month pilot will begin March 6 on a 60-foot articulated bus and two double-decker buses. (TransLink)

WEB POLL: Would you ever trade in your car for a transit pass?

A lot more public transit is planned for Langley. Is it enough to give up a personal vehicle?

  • Apr 29, 2022
The one-month pilot will begin March 6 on a 60-foot articulated bus and two double-decker buses. (TransLink)
FILE - Military vehicles and tanks of Poland, Italy, Canada and United States roll during the NATO military exercises ”Namejs 2021” at a training ground in Kadaga, Latvia, Sept. 13, 2021. NATO responded to Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula by bolstering its forces near Russia and conducting drills on the territory of its Baltic members _ the maneuvers the Kremlin described as a security threat. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov, File)

WEB POLL: Should Canada expand its military?

Should we boost military spending given the Russian invasion of Ukraine?

  • Apr 22, 2022
FILE - Military vehicles and tanks of Poland, Italy, Canada and United States roll during the NATO military exercises ”Namejs 2021” at a training ground in Kadaga, Latvia, Sept. 13, 2021. NATO responded to Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula by bolstering its forces near Russia and conducting drills on the territory of its Baltic members _ the maneuvers the Kremlin described as a security threat. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov, File)
People hold banners during a march to remember those who died during the overdose crisis and to call for a safe supply of illicit drugs on International Overdose Awareness Day, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. British Columbia's chief coroner says at least 1,011 people died from suspected illicit drug overdoses from January to June, the highest death toll recorded in the first six months of a calendar year during the province's overdose crisis. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

WEB POLL: Do you support expanding safe supply in B.C.?

What do you think of expanding the safe supply of addictive drugs in B.C.?

  • Apr 14, 2022
People hold banners during a march to remember those who died during the overdose crisis and to call for a safe supply of illicit drugs on International Overdose Awareness Day, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. British Columbia's chief coroner says at least 1,011 people died from suspected illicit drug overdoses from January to June, the highest death toll recorded in the first six months of a calendar year during the province's overdose crisis. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Township of Langley Energy Manager Greg Dennis tested the DC Fast Charger’s inaugural charge last year. The DC Fast Charger can add over 100 kilometres of electric range per hour and was the fourth of its kind in the Township. (Langley Township/Special to the Langley Advance Times)

WEB POLL: Will your next car be electric?

Sales of new electric vehicles are going up sharply in B.C.

  • Apr 7, 2022
Township of Langley Energy Manager Greg Dennis tested the DC Fast Charger’s inaugural charge last year. The DC Fast Charger can add over 100 kilometres of electric range per hour and was the fourth of its kind in the Township. (Langley Township/Special to the Langley Advance Times)
B.C. riding boundaries are determined by population and drawn by the independent BC Electoral Boundaries Commission. (Black Press Media files)

WEB POLL: Do you think Langley should have three MLAs just within its borders, to represent local interests?

Has the population grown enough for this community to have three of its own MLAs?

  • Mar 25, 2022
B.C. riding boundaries are determined by population and drawn by the independent BC Electoral Boundaries Commission. (Black Press Media files)
Businesses can still legally require the public and staff to wear masks (similar to ‘no shirt, no shoes, no service’), but governments are making changes to public health orders and mandates. Most have been lifted in B.C. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)

WEB POLL: Do you plan to wear a mask?

Many public health orders have been lifted but there’s still lots of people in public wearing masks

  • Mar 17, 2022
Businesses can still legally require the public and staff to wear masks (similar to ‘no shirt, no shoes, no service’), but governments are making changes to public health orders and mandates. Most have been lifted in B.C. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)
There are more than 200 estimated homeless in Langley. (Langley Advance Times files)

WEB POLL: Is housing a right?

Should Canada make it a right like health care?

  • Mar 11, 2022
There are more than 200 estimated homeless in Langley. (Langley Advance Times files)
The British Columbia flag flies at dusk in front of the B.C. legislature on election day 2020. (Don Descoteau/News Staff)

Web Poll: Should B.C. seize Russian oligarch property?

Province is searching property records to see if any Putin allies own land here

The British Columbia flag flies at dusk in front of the B.C. legislature on election day 2020. (Don Descoteau/News Staff)
A re-enactment of the arrival of the fur brigades during a previous Brigade Days in Fort Langley. (Langley Advance Times files)

WEB POLL: How long has your family been in Langley?

From new arrivals to those whose roots are in the Indigenous first inhabitants

  • Mar 1, 2022
A re-enactment of the arrival of the fur brigades during a previous Brigade Days in Fort Langley. (Langley Advance Times files)
Langley RCMP officers and Langley School District employees marked a rainbow crosswalk at 48A Avenue and 222 Street on Wednesday, Feb. 24, for Pink Shirt Day, last year. (Black Press Media files)

WEB POLL: Is bullying getting better or worse?

Anti-Bullying Day is coming up

  • Feb 18, 2022
Langley RCMP officers and Langley School District employees marked a rainbow crosswalk at 48A Avenue and 222 Street on Wednesday, Feb. 24, for Pink Shirt Day, last year. (Black Press Media files)
Single-family houses are now selling for about $1.6 million in Langley, an increase of more than 40 per cent from a year ago. (Langley Advance Times files)

WEB POLL: Where is housing affordability going?

Is it headed up or down by 2032?

Single-family houses are now selling for about $1.6 million in Langley, an increase of more than 40 per cent from a year ago. (Langley Advance Times files)

WEB POLL: What do you think of the Ottawa protests?

The ‘Freedom Convoy’ has been in place for almost a week

  • Feb 3, 2022
A person receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic run by Vancouver Coastal Health, in Richmond, B.C., Saturday, April 10, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

WEB POLL: Will we get past the pandemic by next summer?

We’ve seen the pandemic almost end a couple of times now

  • Jan 21, 2022
A person receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic run by Vancouver Coastal Health, in Richmond, B.C., Saturday, April 10, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
A big snow dump overnight into the morning on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, followed by freezing rain, made for less than ideal driving conditions in Aldergrove and Langley. (Langley Advance Times files)

WEB POLL: Has the bad weather impacted your commute?

Has getting to work or school been impacted by winter storms?

  • Jan 14, 2022
A big snow dump overnight into the morning on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, followed by freezing rain, made for less than ideal driving conditions in Aldergrove and Langley. (Langley Advance Times files)
A construction worker on a lift works on one of a series of condo buildings under construction on Langley’s 200th Street in June, 2021. Thousands of units of housing are under construction in Langley City and Township. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

WEB POLL: Are local housing markets a bubble?

Can current increases be sustained?

  • Jan 6, 2022
A construction worker on a lift works on one of a series of condo buildings under construction on Langley’s 200th Street in June, 2021. Thousands of units of housing are under construction in Langley City and Township. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
Highway 1 is pictured during a fly over the flood damage in Abbotsford, B.C., Tuesday, November 23, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

WEB POLL: Have supply chain issues hampered your Christmas shopping?

From floods to COVID, the supply chain locally has taken a beating this year

  • Dec 17, 2021
Highway 1 is pictured during a fly over the flood damage in Abbotsford, B.C., Tuesday, November 23, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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