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Monday, July 24, 2023 - Two decades of change: Langley
Monday, July 24, 2023 | 🌧 High 24C
Good morning!
My sister-in-law invited me to pick berries with my niece and nephews this weekend. It reminded me of my summers picking berries. Once school was out my cousins and I would often tag along with our grandparents. There were no expectations of us. We spent more time running around the farm than actually doing any of the work. And we would often get into our lunches soon after arriving. I couldn’t see myself out in the heat today but I can see the appeal as a kid.
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NEWS
Two decades of change: Langley
This is one of a series of articles using satellite imagery to chart the changing face of Fraser Valley communities—and the land on which they sit. These images are best seen using a computer or tablet. You can click each image for a larger version.
The incredible recent growth in Langley is strikingly apparent and on a scale seen nowhere else not only in the Fraser Valley, but in BC as a whole.
But different parts of the community have undergone different types of change—and at different rates
If you want to learn about how to use online tools to explore changes across the Fraser Valley, please become an Insider Member. When the series concludes, Tyler will give members a step-by-step guide to how they can use the same techniques to survey changes in their neighbourhood, or across the world. Become an insider here.
Watch for the following instalments in this series: Mission, Chilliwack, small towns, the valley’s rivers and landscape.
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Need to know
🔥 The Hunter Hill wildfire north of Mission was discovered on Saturday; it is currently burning 2.5 hectares in size [BC Wildfire]
🔥 The Davis Lake wildfire also north of Mission continues to burn 215 hectares in size; the Chehalis Lake wildfire is currently being held [BC Wildfire]
🚌 The Fraser Valley transit strike has ended; HandyDART bookings open Monday [Abbotsford News]
🚒 An Aldergrove house fire displaced five people [Aldergrove Star]
🏍 Police from across Canada were at a Langley Hells Angel clubhouse on the weekend gathering intelligence as hundreds of members celebrated the 40th anniversary of the biker gang [Vancouver Sun]
💧 Abbotsford and Mission are limiting lawn watering [City of Abbotsford]
🚛 A semi-trailer transporting an extra wide load collided with a hydro pole in Abbotsford Friday [AbbyPoliceDept/Twitter]
🚑 A man in his mid-50s drown after attempting to rescue his dog from the Vedder River [CTV]
⚖️ An Abbotsford family does not have a “God-given right to secretive government property,” a judge ruled [North Shore News]
👮🏻♂️ Langley RCMP seized more than $600,000 in drugs from a manufacturing lab in Brookswood [Langley Advance Times]
⚖️ An Abbotsford man is expected to be sentenced Tuesday after he sexually assaulted 12 women while posing as a massage therapist [Abbotsford News]
🐟 Anglers are concerned about how Fraser Valley drought conditions are impacting salmon [CBC]
🚜 Abbotsford Tech District will help our local agricultural producers feed more people while making more money to support their own families.*
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The Agenda
Langley Township council will consider $33 million in upgrades to Yorkson Community Park. | Langley Township
Park upgrades, road improvements, public hearing: Langley Township council preview
Langley Township council will consider spending millions at Monday’s meeting for a variety of projects.
Councillors will vote on approving funds to complete intersection improvements for Rawlison Crescent and Glover Road ($250,000), field upgrades at Noel Booth Community Park ($7.9 million), technology upgrades at Langley Events Centre ($1.2 million), design and construction of the Willowbrook Connector/208 Street from 64 Avenue to 72 Avenue ($33 million), construction of a spray park, playground, and washroom facilities at Yorkson Community Park ($7 million).
Council will also hold a public hearing Monday on a proposal to amend the Carvolth Neighbourhood Plan to accommodate development of 223-unit apartment buildings at 86 Avenue and 202 Street.
View Monday’s council agenda online.
Bradner rest stop improvements slated
BC’s Transportation Ministry is planning work to expand truck parking at the Bradner Road rest stop. As part of its planned work to widen Highway 1, the ministry has applied to the Agricultural Land Commission to enlarge and overhaul the rest stop midway between Langley and Abbotsford.
The ministry needs the ALC’s permission to alter the site. A wetland would also be created to make up for activities elsewhere on the site or along the project corridor. (The Current wrote about such wetland offset schemes last year.)
The plans are on Abbotsford council’s agenda for its Monday meeting. Council will also weigh in on a proposed density bonus program that would set out the manner in which developers can provide money for amenities in exchange for permission to construct larger and taller buildings.
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Things to do
🧺 Basket weaving: Learn how to weave a basket using English ivy at a free family-friendly workshop on Tuesday near Lane Creek, behind the Mission Library.
🍪 Cookie decorating: Take part in a themed cookie decorating class at Camp Beer Co. in Langley on Tuesday. Ticket purchase also includes a beer. Details online.
🏒 Roller hockey fundraiser: A Chilliwack family is hosting an extended roller hockey game on Saturday in honour of their late son to fundraise for Canucks Place Children’s Hospice. Details online.
🍔 Burger and beer: Corky’s Irish Pub is hosting a fundraiser July 31 to benefit Chilliwack’s local food bank. For $15, enjoy a beer and burger (vegetarian available). Take part in a silent auction, 50/50 draw, and bring items for donation. Details online.
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