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17 Seniors host allcandidate forum Homelessness, crime and crumbling infrastructure top issues DAN FERGUSON Times Reporter
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Aman Johal of the Fort Langley National Historic Site demonstrates how fur traders would sing songs to make long canoe trips and heavy loads easier to bear. Volunteer voyageurs Manon Couto (left) and Michael McGarry (right), visitors to Derby Reach Regional Park, mime paddling a canoe as they sing along. It was one of several heritage events held in the park on Saturday.
Coldest Night draws big crowd, big thanks More than 200 participants walked in the annual Salvation Army fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 20 D AN FERGU SO N Ti m e s Re po r t e r
The annual Coldest Night of the Year walk to benefit the Salvation Army Gateway of Hope in Langley drew more participants and donations on Saturday than in previous years. Organizers said there were 225 walkers and 19 registered teams, including one that may have been the biggest of any participating in
the “Coldest Night” events across Canada. The 51-member Credo Cubs was captained by Jerry Scholtens, a teacher at Credo Christian Elementary. Usually, teams don’t get bigger than a dozen participants, but Scholtens decided to see if the event website would allow a bigger grouping, which is how a large contingent of energetic young
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participants ended up making the march together. “We’re really excited,” Scholtens said. As of Tuesday, the Langley campaign had raised $20,564 or 68 per cent of its $30,000 goal. The largest amount raised by a team was $5,606.40 by the seven-member Design Lighting team. The second largest amount, $5,040, was raised by the Credo
Cubs. One of the event organizers, Gateway of Hope volunteer and project co-ordinator Brenda Vanderhorst, issued a “big thank you” to the community. “This year we definitely saw an increase in donations from individual walkers and businesses,” Vanderhorst said.
With just a few days left before Langley City’s first byelection, all nine candidates were jostling for position in front of nearly 100 people who attended a Tuesday afternoon all-candidates meeting at the Langley Seniors Resource Centre. Homelessness, crime and crumbling infrastructure were the issues that attracted the most attention, both from the candidates and the audience. “Some seniors do not feel safe, even in their own homes,” said Shelley Coburn, a school trustee who has said she will remain on the school board if she is elected to council. Coburn said having one person serving on both bodies would be “value-added for taxpayers.” Carol Gran, a former Langley MLA, said the problems of homelessness, crime and a declining downtown were tackled with some success in Kelowna when she was a member of that council. “It can be done,” Gran said, pointing to the construction in Kelowna of “supportive housing” as something the City could do to get homeless people off the streets. Kiernan Hillan said the problems facing the City are solvable and as a retired municipal manager with decades of experience, he has a “unique set of skills” to solve them.
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