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AMAZING paddling Stories from today's races. Challenges and big leads... Missed Opportunities and lots of boat collisions.Our paddlers on the Gung Haggis Bacon Explosion and Gung Haggis HotChili teams proved their competitiveness, team spirit and sp...

topics: beach, langley, paddling, richmond

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CONGRATULATIONS to the GUNG HAGGIS FAT CHOY long boat team.Gung Haggis paddlers came 2nd in both Mixed and Mens Community races.UBC Long Boat race is a tough challenging race. Lots of strategy isimportant. Steering plays a big role. Experience mak...

topics: beach, false-creek, langley, paddling, richmond

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My current Business in Vancouver article:The bets are in. The stakes are high. With billions on the table for the Canada Line and the Gateway project, we have two very different visions for our region.The first, transit-oriented; the second, auto-dep...

topics: business, city-of-vancouver, coal-harbour, density, design

aggregated from: Langley Politics Dotcom

He has personally promised me that this won't be a divisive, angry mess like Vancouver's Critical Mass, so I'm happy to mention that South Fraser OnTrax co-founder Nathan Pachal is hosting a special meeting tomorrow night to call for more bike lanes ...

aggregated from: Langley Politics Dotcom

If you enjoy long walks down political memory lanes, you'll probably get a kick out of Bob Groeneveld's column over at the Langley Advance website. I always get a kick out of the stories about former mayor George Driediger....

topics: langley, mayor, political

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Roving gangs teams shield Olympic brand The Vancouver Organizing Committee's 20 observer teams are intended to enforce its agreement with the International Olympic Committee that the local organizers must ensure the venues are clean of commercial,...

topics: downtown, langley, liberals, olympics, political

aggregated from: Langley Politics Dotcom

In some very sad news, the Langley Times reports that former City Mayor Reg Easingwood has passed away. Reg was a major political force in the City for many years, holding the mayoralty in the mid 1980s and being widely credited for helping Marlene G...

topics: langley, mayor, political

aggregated from: Langley Politics Dotcom

Notes from Langley Township Council's afternoon meeting, Monday, Sept. 14, 2009. The full agenda, including all of the reports and background material, can be found here.Sonya Paterson made a delegation to Council regarding the 64th Ave. overpass.Mar...

topics: environmental, langley, mayor, planning, translink

aggregated from: Langley Politics Dotcom

Langley Township Council held a public hearing Monday, Sept. 14. The agenda and reports can be seen here.After only the proponent spoke, Council voted unanimously (moved by Bateman, seconded by Dornan) to grant a development variance permit to the Ho...

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Langley Township Council held a very brief regular meeting Monday night, Sept. 14, just before resolving into a public hearing. See the regular meeting agenda and staff reports here.Council voted unanimously (moved by Bateman, seconded by Ward) to gi...