Langley Advance Times

2 days ago | langleyadvancetimes.com | Sobia Moman

Additional truck parking on city-owned land has been approved by Surrey council, but not without two councillors voicing their opposition. Located at 19320 20 Ave. in South Surrey, a portion of the city land will be used for truck parking by the same company, Prudential Transportation Ltd., that operates four other parking lots in the city.

3 days ago | langleyadvancetimes.com | Evert Lindquist

On Tuesday, April 15, longtime Revelstoke local Stewart McCartney notified Black Press Media of a strange-yet-entertaining detail on the federal election voter cards that arrived for him and his wife. According to the cards, advance polling would take place 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. April 18 to 21, in town at the Revelstoke Community and Aquatic Centre, "as expected as a Revelstoke community member," McCartney noted.

4 days ago | langleyadvancetimes.com | Dan Ferguson

On Good Friday, April 18, Gregg Davenport from the Wagner Hills Farm Society ministries got up early with other volunteers to help set up the annual Stations of the Cross procession to retrace Christ’s journey of death and resurrection. "The main thing that strikes me is just thankfulness that it's people coming together who believe that, that Jesus died for them out of love," Davenport said.

6 days ago | langleyadvancetimes.com | Matthew Claxton

Langley candidates agree that seniors should be healthy, financially secure, and safe, but they disagreed on how to achieve those goals during a Thursday, April 17 afternoon debate for Langley-area candidates. Candidates from Cloverdale-Langley City, Langley Township-Fraser Heights, and Abbotsford-South Langley ridings answered questions in the main hall of the Langley Senior Resources Society.

6 days ago | langleyadvancetimes.com | Heather Colpitts

The Surrey School District board has banned school trips to the United States due to the political tensions, but Langley's trustees have not followed suit by bringing in a ban. The local district does not have a blanket school field trip policy for international trips, instead using administrative procedures that review every trip request. "Any new student trips to the United States will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis," explained Jo Abshire, the district communications manager.