Thursday - May 29, 2025 - New rental apartments coming to Langley

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I have lived in my current house for three springs now, and never seen the rosebush in our front garden bloom. Maybe I was pruning it wrong. Maybe it was just tired of living. But this year, for no reason I can discern, it decided to extend one long branch across the fence and burst into luxuriant blossoms. The flowers are quite pretty, even if the bush itself now looks rather ungainly.

– Grace

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News

How Chilliwack rebooted its pools

New management has brought more swimming lessons and more lifeguards to Chilliwack’s pools. But despite the increases, staffing levels are still modest compared to other Fraser Valley municipalities.

In April, Chilliwack council boosted funding for the organization that runs the pools after increased staff and opening hours at the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre and the Cheam Leisure Centre exceeded a budget set in 2022.

• Today, Grace looks at how the YMCA exceeded its 2022 expectations, and where Chilliwack’s pools still lag behind their neighbours.

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Need to Know

📜 A Langley councillor and an Abbotsford school trustee will likely lose their local government seats, with the BC Legislature set to ban the holding of two public offices at once [Langley Advance Times/Abbotsford News]

🔎 Langley Mounties are looking for the owner of an abandoned car-topper boat [Fraser Valley Today]

🗑 An unsanctioned grad party at Jones Lake left a kilometre of beach littered with trash [Agassiz Harrison Observer]

🎾 Changes to Fort Langley Community Park could include a parkour gym and a pump track, and some residents still hope to bring pickleball courts into the mix [Langley Advance Times]

👉 The province says it is monitoring a growing encampment in the Hope area, noting people are allowed to camp on Crown land for up to two weeks [Hope Standard]

🏅 Mission’s food bank manager was awarded a medal for her work supporting the community [Mission Record]

💰 BC’s minimum wage is increasing by 45 cents on Sunday, but agricultural workers will need to wait until the end of the year for their pay hike [Fraser Valley Today]

🔥 A burning ban will go into effect in the Fraser Valley and the Lower Mainland starting Friday, although campfires will still be allowed [Global]

🚑 Two people were taken to hospital after a single-vehicle crash near Spuzzum Monday [Hope Standard]

🎥 Cameras captured the moment a collapsing glacier in Switzerland created a massive avalanche and rock slide that destroyed part of an evacuated village [Global]

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The Agenda

122 apartments planned for Langley Township property

A new six-storey apartment complex is moving ahead on a piece of township-owned property in Willoughby.

Edgar Equitable Housing Corporation applied for a development permit for the building on behalf of the Township of Langley. The 199 Street site, located about a block away from the Langley Events Centre, was rezoned last year and then sold to the township. Now the municipality is working with the province through its BC Builds program to construct a new rental apartment building.

The six-storey building will include 122 units of housing, all of which will be geared towards middle-income renters in Langley. Thirty-three units will be studio apartments, and 13 will be built to accommodate people with disabilities. The developers are proposing 151 parking stalls on site, despite Langley’s rules requiring 167.

Once built, the building will be operated by Langley’s Housing Trust. Langley Township council approved the development permit Monday night.

The development is not the only Township-province partnership for middle-income renters. Langley is also working with BC Builds on at least two other apartment buildings in Aldergrove and Willowbrook, and has already seen construction on others in the community.

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🗓 Things to do

Forest fundraiser: The UC Earth Stewards host a spring potluck and fundraiser at Abbotsford's Trinity Memorial Church on Saturday. The dinner follows a talk by the Chilliwack Rotary Climate Action Group. The dinner is free, with donations going towards tree planting in Abbotsford. Details online.

Fishing fun: The BC Wildlife Federation hosts its free Fishing Forever event at Abbotsford's Fraser Valley Trout Hatchery on Saturday and Sunday. The event is geared towards seniors and people with diverse abilities, and volunteers will show participants the basics of fishing. Details online.

Seniors fair: Langley Seniors in Action hosts a free Aldergrove Seniors Community Fair on Monday from 10am to 2pm at the Aldergrove Legion (26607 Fraser Hwy). Meet local service providers and businesses who support seniors. For details, email [email protected].

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