Langley City approves $13M budget increase focused on public safety with new firefighters and police officers, while Township faces $64.5M debt crisis volunteers spotted first. Mayor Woodward opposes provincial housing mandates requiring 20,000 units near SkyTrain....

Windstorms plunged BC communities into darkness, Metro Vancouver issued seven air quality warnings this year, Langley rugby athlete Brooklyn Roddham earned Olympic pathway recognition, Archway launches polar plunge fundraiser, and Canada Post confirms Santa letters will be answered....

Monday's news covers emergency weather responses across Langley as heavy rain triggers flooding warnings, plus the meaningful Indigenous history behind the new stal̓əw̓asəm bridge name, political shake-ups in One B.C., and the Langley Rivermen's impressive five-game unbeaten streak....

Highway closures leave Lower Mainland stranded while Abbotsford floodwaters recede. SkyTrain construction advances in Langley City with 30-metre deep pilings. Metro Vancouver ordered to pay $1.9M more for expropriated land. Province rejects mayors' housing reversal request....

Today's roundup covers Langley's declining housing prices, the Fort Langley cenotaph restoration decision, early food bank demand at Aldergrove, sustainable holiday gift ideas, the Giants' Teddy Bear Toss, First Nations pipeline concerns, and federal immigration cuts affecting BC health workers....