The Township of Langley Is Drowning in Debt.A $85 Million Arts Centre Won’t Help.
Council just passed a 3.97% property tax increase on a 5-4 vote, debt servicing is on its way to $74 million a year, and the Willoughby pool residents were promised looks mathematically impossible. So why are we talking about building a 1,600-seat…
New Schools, New Names, and a Growing District: Here’s What’s Happening with SD35 Right Now
From brand new elementary schools in Willoughby to a big middle school with an Indigenous name, Langley’s school district is in the middle of the biggest building boom in its history. Here is what you need to know. Langley News Online Staff·March…
Langley’s Land Is Being Pulled in Two Directions at Once
Seventy-five percent of Langley Township sits inside the Agricultural Land Reserve, protecting some of the best farmland in Canada. But the pressure to build is relentless and the decisions being made right now will shape what this community looks like…
The Land Beneath Langley: Rivers, Creeks, Hills, and the Terrain That Shapes Everything
Most people think of Langley as flat farmland. But the reality is a glacially shaped landscape of rolling hills, ancient river corridors, 11 major watersheds, and hundreds of kilometres of living creeks. We went below the surface to understand the ground…
Langley Is One of the Most Beautiful Places in the Fraser Valley. Most People Drive Right Past It.
Ancient forests, river trails, working farms, wetlands full of birds, and some of the best regional parks in Metro Vancouver. Here is your guide to exploring the natural side of Langley, BC, written by people who actually live here. Most people flying…