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A seven-bedroom, seven-bath home in Brookswood, complete with legal suite, is up for grabs in the 2023 BC Children’s Hospital’s Choice Lottery. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

Langley home part of sick kids’ lottery

A $2.6-million house in Brookswood is part of the BC Children’s Hospital fundraising effort underway

A seven-bedroom, seven-bath home in Brookswood, complete with legal suite, is up for grabs in the 2023 BC Children’s Hospital’s Choice Lottery. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
The Langley Seniors Clinic brings together the expertise of nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dietitians, pharmacists and other health-care professionals. (Fraser Health/Special to the Langley Advance Times)

LIVING 60+: Langley’s seniors clinic pools expert talent

Based out of Langley Memorial Hospital, geriatric team is one of eight in the Fraser Health region

The Langley Seniors Clinic brings together the expertise of nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dietitians, pharmacists and other health-care professionals. (Fraser Health/Special to the Langley Advance Times)
Chawathil First Nation councillor Aaron Pete was the keynote speaker Thursday night (March 9) at the Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards in Abbotsford. (Submitted photo)

2023 Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards presented in 8 categories

Event honours recipients from Langley, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Hope and Agassiz

Chawathil First Nation councillor Aaron Pete was the keynote speaker Thursday night (March 9) at the Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards in Abbotsford. (Submitted photo)
Langley City is likely to be the site of a future symposium on healthy aging. Previous symposia and forums have been held around the Lower Mainland, like this one, but the Langley event is planned to be less like the larger "seniors expos." (Fraser Health photo)

Living 60+: Seniors symposium planned for Langley City

The City has one of the highest percentages of seniors, especially downtown, in the region

Langley City is likely to be the site of a future symposium on healthy aging. Previous symposia and forums have been held around the Lower Mainland, like this one, but the Langley event is planned to be less like the larger "seniors expos." (Fraser Health photo)
Sheila Puls of the Langley Field Naturalists lives in South Langley, where she and her husband Bob keep about a dozen sheep. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times) Sheila Puls of the Langley Field Naturalists lives in South Langley, where she and her husband Bob keep about a dozen sheep. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

LIVING 60+: Langley Field Naturalists draw membership from five years old to 100

Seniors like Sheila Puls form backbone of local environmental group

Sheila Puls of the Langley Field Naturalists lives in South Langley, where she and her husband Bob keep about a dozen sheep. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times) Sheila Puls of the Langley Field Naturalists lives in South Langley, where she and her husband Bob keep about a dozen sheep. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Langley happenings for mid-March and beyond

Here’s some of what’s going on around the Langleys, including community- and support-group meetings

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The Fort Langley National Historic Site has organized events for spring break, this year focusing on items that begin with the letter B. (FLNHS file photo)

Fort Langley historic site and libraries are the place to B for spring break

Families can learn about bats, birds, robot coding, exotic animals, and origami

The Fort Langley National Historic Site has organized events for spring break, this year focusing on items that begin with the letter B. (FLNHS file photo)
Trinity Western University invited retired Honourable Justice Olufunlola Adekeye to speak at the Langley campus ahead of International Women’s Day, on Tuesday, March 7. (Kayla Bock/Special to Langley Advance Times)

Trailblazer speaks of breaking glass ceiling in Nigerian judiciary

Retired Justice Olufunlola Adekeye speaks at Langley’s TWU campus ahead of International Women’s Day

Trinity Western University invited retired Honourable Justice Olufunlola Adekeye to speak at the Langley campus ahead of International Women’s Day, on Tuesday, March 7. (Kayla Bock/Special to Langley Advance Times)
Cora Goodyear snapped this shot of what she identified as a black-tailed doe, climbing a bank on Allard Crescent, west of Fort Langley in the Derby Reach area, on Tuesday morning. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

SHARE: Wildlife in all its wonder

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  • Mar 9, 2023
Cora Goodyear snapped this shot of what she identified as a black-tailed doe, climbing a bank on Allard Crescent, west of Fort Langley in the Derby Reach area, on Tuesday morning. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
Rea Klar, who is studying to become a doctor, was the guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Langley Central International Women’s Day luncheon March 8, 2023. (Rotary/Special to Black Press Media)

Climate activist speaks at Rotary luncheon in Langley

Scaled-back International Women’s Day event hosted by Rotary Club of Langley Central

Rea Klar, who is studying to become a doctor, was the guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Langley Central International Women’s Day luncheon March 8, 2023. (Rotary/Special to Black Press Media)
Tammy Young beams with excitement when she returns from her first call with the Salmon Arm Fire Department. (Photo contributed)

‘I fell in love with it’: Salmon Arm woman always wanted to be a firefighter

Fire department celebrates its female firefighters on International Women’s Day

Tammy Young beams with excitement when she returns from her first call with the Salmon Arm Fire Department. (Photo contributed)
Ribfest Langley is returning. The charity event is scheduled for August 2023. (Ribfest/Special to Langley Advance Times)

Langley’s charity barbecue festival looking for sponsors

Four local Rotary clubs team up to host event

  • Mar 8, 2023
Ribfest Langley is returning. The charity event is scheduled for August 2023. (Ribfest/Special to Langley Advance Times)
Madeline (Maddie) and Jennifer Malloy are facing financial and health challenges, due to the high costs of prescription drugs, which help Jennifer deal with auto immune disorders, blood clots, and kidney disease. A GoFundMe campaign has been set up to help the two former longtime Aldergrove residents. (Special to The Star)

Friend sets up campaign to help her longtime Aldergrove neighbours

Ailing Jennifer Malloy and daughter, Maddie, are struggling with high costs of prescription drugs

  • Mar 7, 2023
Madeline (Maddie) and Jennifer Malloy are facing financial and health challenges, due to the high costs of prescription drugs, which help Jennifer deal with auto immune disorders, blood clots, and kidney disease. A GoFundMe campaign has been set up to help the two former longtime Aldergrove residents. (Special to The Star)
Name the puppy contest press conference at BC RCMP headquarters in Surrey on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The two dogs are Tuesday’s announcement- Rip and Rev- were some of the last German Shepherd puppies born at the Centre last year. (Photo: Anna Burns)

BC RCMP asks youth to help ‘Name the Puppies’

The RCMP is asking for help in naming 13 German Shepherd puppies that will be born this year

Name the puppy contest press conference at BC RCMP headquarters in Surrey on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The two dogs are Tuesday’s announcement- Rip and Rev- were some of the last German Shepherd puppies born at the Centre last year. (Photo: Anna Burns)
Ethan, 12, suffered damage to his leg after falling under a Kelowna transit bus on Feb. 28, 2023. (GoFundMe)

Fundraiser tops $10,000 for Okanagan boy injured after falling under bus

The GoFundMe says donations will help with cost of physiotherapy

Ethan, 12, suffered damage to his leg after falling under a Kelowna transit bus on Feb. 28, 2023. (GoFundMe)
Janine Jackson, left, a teacher at Dorothy Peacock Elementary, and Victoria Woelders, a former local teacher who now works for the Ministry of Education, unveiled the new sign at McClughan Park in Walnut Grove. Community garden plots are behind them. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

Walnut Grove park gets new facilities for kids, community

Garden plots and a covered area for study are among recent upgrades

Janine Jackson, left, a teacher at Dorothy Peacock Elementary, and Victoria Woelders, a former local teacher who now works for the Ministry of Education, unveiled the new sign at McClughan Park in Walnut Grove. Community garden plots are behind them. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
Drummers sing as they walk into the Sts’ailes Lhawathet Lalem (Healing House) on Friday, March 3. (Adam Louis/Observer)

PHOTOS: ‘This beautiful work’: Sts’ailes First Nation welcomes 29 baskets home

Ancestral baskets repatriated to First Nation from Kilby Historic Site

Drummers sing as they walk into the Sts’ailes Lhawathet Lalem (Healing House) on Friday, March 3. (Adam Louis/Observer)
There are many ways to traverse the snow along the Houston Trail in Fort Langley’s Derby Reach. Community photographer Lou Fasullo ran into a few different trail users, some on horseback and another pushing a stroller through the snow. Fasullo chatted with the mom, “I said ‘congratulation for getting through all that snow.’ Her response was, ‘It was worth it, as my daughter is fast asleep’.” (Special to Langley Advance Times)

SHARE: Different ways around Houston Trail

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  • Mar 6, 2023
There are many ways to traverse the snow along the Houston Trail in Fort Langley’s Derby Reach. Community photographer Lou Fasullo ran into a few different trail users, some on horseback and another pushing a stroller through the snow. Fasullo chatted with the mom, “I said ‘congratulation for getting through all that snow.’ Her response was, ‘It was worth it, as my daughter is fast asleep’.” (Special to Langley Advance Times)
Langley City has awarded community grants to 41 groups, including Langley Senior Resources Society ($15,000, top left), Bard in the Valley ($14,000, bottom left) and the Downtown Langley Business Association Arts Alive festival ($12,500 right) (Langley Advance Times files)

Langley City awards $140K in community grants

41 groups to benefit

Langley City has awarded community grants to 41 groups, including Langley Senior Resources Society ($15,000, top left), Bard in the Valley ($14,000, bottom left) and the Downtown Langley Business Association Arts Alive festival ($12,500 right) (Langley Advance Times files)
More than 300 players and coaches took part in the third annual Ron Renville Memorial organized by the North Langley Basketball Association (NLBA) at Walnut Grove Secondary School in February. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

Big turnout for Ron Renville memorial basketball tournament

Three-on-three event honours memory of late Aldergrove volunteer coach

  • Mar 3, 2023
More than 300 players and coaches took part in the third annual Ron Renville Memorial organized by the North Langley Basketball Association (NLBA) at Walnut Grove Secondary School in February. (Special to Langley Advance Times)