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Fact Check: The Mayor’s “Lowest Taxes” Graphic
The claim: The mayor and his slate are circulating a graphic titled “Average Home Municipal Taxes and Utilities,” credited to the BC Ministry of Municipal Affairs. It ranks 17 Metro Vancouver municipalities and puts Langley Township at $4,795, second-lowest, under a regional “average” of $5,962. The message: the mayor keeps your taxes low. The verdict: […]
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Fact Check: No, Langley Strong Councillors Did Not Vote Against Schools, Fields or Roads
The claim: Progress for Langley council candidate Sarb Rai, a school trustee, posted on Facebook that she “was in the rooms where these discussions happened and decisions were made,” and that Langley Strong incumbents “voted against the 212 connector road,” were “strongly opposed to Smith Athletic Park,” “continue to stall, delay, and prevent the land […]
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Fact Check: No, Langley Has Not Waited ‘Almost 50 Years’ for New Community Ice
The claim: In an August 5 post on his official campaign Facebook page, Mayor Eric Woodward called the new Arena #1 at the Langley Events Centre “the first additional, new ice arena built in the Township of Langley for non-profit and community use in almost 50 years.” The verdict: FALSE (and a two-minute penalty for […]
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Classroom teacher and Trustee Holly Dickinson Seeks Second Term with Langley Strong
The only member of the Langley Board teaching full time says the District’s positive progress should continue. Langley school Trustee Holly Dickinson announced today that she will seek a second term this October as part of the Langley Strong team, joining sitting Trustees Charlie Fox and Candy Ashdown. Dickinson is an elementary school teacher in […]
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Langley Strong calls for real mental health support for Langley’s frontline heroes
Peer Support Units for the Langley RCMP and Township Fire, and a trauma dog for the detachment – announced as the Rolling Barrage wrapped its cross-Canada PTSD-awareness ride in Aldergrove. LANGLEY TOWNSHIP – As more than a hundred motorcycles rolled into Aldergrove on Saturday to finish the public portion of the Rolling Barrage – a […]
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School Board Chair Candy Ashdown joins Langley Strong, calls for Council-Board Reset
School trustee seeks re-election alongside Charlie Fox, says the Township and the School District must start working together again Langley Board of Education Chair Candy Ashdown announced today that she will seek re-election as a school trustee this October as part of the Langley Strong team, joining sitting trustee Charlie Fox. Ashdown has chaired the […]
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