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  "description": "Indigenous rights, reservoir drama, and soccer headlines lead today's Roundup. The FNLC calls out Eby on DRIPA, the Heiltsuk push for justice at the UN, and the Township draws fire over mini golf priorities. Plus the Whitecaps sit atop MLS.",
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  "textContent": "💚\n\n****Support Local News—Spread the Word****\nThe best way to help __The Langley Union__ grow is simple: share this newsletter. Forward it to a friend, mention it to your family, or post it on social media and encourage others to subscribe.\n\nHappy Monday, Langley!\n\nIt's cloudy and about 11°C out there today, with a chance of rain hanging around.\n\nThe First Nations Leadership Council is calling out Premier David Eby for gutting DRIPA, while the Heiltsuk Nation is taking its fight for oil spill justice to the United Nations in London.\n\nCloser to home, the Township is catching heat for planning rooftop mini golf on a Willoughby reservoir while the Aldergrove reservoir sits unfunded and crumbling.\n\nOn the pitch, the Whitecaps are sitting on top of MLS after a 2-0 win over New York City FC, but Vancouver FC are still hunting for their first win after a tough 90th-minute loss to Forge.\n\nPlus, a salmon release at West Creek, young local actors heading to the stage in \"Shrek: The Musical,\" and hundreds of swimmers competing in Walnut Grove.\n\n## Sign up for The Langley Union\n\nGet daily news updates and feature community stories from the only independent source that is 100% owned and operated in Langley, BC.\n\nSubscribe\n\nEmail sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup.\n\nNo spam. No paywalls. Unsubscribe anytime.\n\n### West Creek Salmon Release Puts Spotlight on Industrial Pressures Facing Langley Streams\n\nA hands-on salmon release at West Creek gave community members a close look at the fragile lives of young fish, and the mounting industrial threats to the streams they depend on.\n\nThe event, framed around \"little lives in a bucket,\" focused on conservation and the importance of protecting local waterways from encroaching development and pollution.\n\nLangley's streams face ongoing pressure from industrial land use, stormwater runoff, and habitat fragmentation, all of which disproportionately affect the ecosystems that sustain wild salmon populations.\n\nEvents like these serve as a reminder that salmon conservation is not just an environmental feel-good story; it is deeply tied to Indigenous food sovereignty, ecological health, and the question of who gets to profit from land use decisions that degrade shared waterways.\n\nRead More\n\n### Township Plans Rooftop Mini Golf While Aldergrove Reservoir Crumbles\n\n> @mike.parker.langl Langley is building mini-golf and beer gardens on a reservoir roof. Meanwhile Aldergrove's reservoir is leaking and the replacement is completely unfunded. This is how the Township is being run. #LangleyTownship #LangleyBC #Langley ♬ original sound - Mike Parker Langley\n\nThe Township of Langley wants to build mini golf and cornhole on top of the Smith Reservoir in Willoughby.\n\nAt the same time, the Aldergrove reservoir is in critical structural failure and leaking despite repairs done in 2023. A replacement is estimated at $50.5 million, but no funding has been set aside.\n\nCommunity activist Mike Parker highlighted the contrast in a recent video, questioning why the Township is spending on rooftop recreation while basic drinking water infrastructure falls apart.\n\n### Young Langley Actors Land Roles in 'Shrek: The Musical'\n\nTwo Langley kids are heading to the big stage.\n\nHannah Durnin, 10, and Preston Culili, 13, have been cast in Royal City Musical Theatre's spring production of \"Shrek: The Musical\" at the Massey Theatre in New Westminster.\n\nDurnin, a Grade 5 student at Langley Fine Arts, plays Young Fiona and sings with the ensemble as Tinkerbell. Culili, a Grade 8 student at Yorkson Creek Middle School, takes on the role of Young Shrek.\n\nThe show runs April 17 to May 3.\n\nRead More\n\n### Hundreds of Swimmers Compete at April Invitational Meet in Walnut Grove\n\nPhoto by April Walker / Unsplash\n\nThe Walnut Grove pool played host to hundreds of competitors over the weekend as Olympians Swimming held its annual April Invitational meet.\n\nThe event drew swimmers from across the region, making it one of the larger competitive swim gatherings in the Fraser Valley this spring.\n\nCommunity-run swim clubs like Olympians Swimming rely heavily on public pool infrastructure, a reminder that investing in accessible recreation facilities pays dividends for youth development and community health.\n\nRead More\n\n### Langley Fundamental's Little Mermaid Heads to the Stage with 11 Performances\n\nLangley Fundamental is going all in on its production of The Little Mermaid, with five shows for students from across the district and six public performances planned.\n\nThe ambitious schedule reflects the school's commitment to making the arts a shared experience rather than an exclusive one.\n\nSchool theatre productions like this are a lifeline for arts education, particularly as funding for creative programming in public schools continues to face pressure.\n\nAudiences can expect a full-scale show driven entirely by student talent and dedication.\n\nRead More\n\n### Langley Horse Group Begins $300K Upgrade to Campbell Valley Riding Ring\n\nPhoto by Mikayla Storms / Unsplash\n\nA Langley equestrian group has kicked off a $300,000 upgrade to the public riding ring at Campbell Valley Regional Park.\n\nThe park is home to some of the region's most well-used riding amenities, and the improvements aim to keep this public infrastructure functional and accessible.\n\nIt is worth noting that Campbell Valley sits on the traditional and unceded territories of the Kwantlen, Katzie, Semiahmoo, and Matsqui First Nations, lands with deep histories that predate any recreational use.\n\nThe investment in public equestrian facilities is a welcome alternative to the privatization trends that have reshaped recreation access across the Fraser Valley.\n\nRead More\n\n### First Nations Leadership Council Condemns Eby's Betrayal on Indigenous Rights\n\nPhoto by Mario Mendez / Unsplash\n\nThe First Nations Leadership Council, the combined political voice of the BC Assembly of First Nations, First Nations Summit, and Union of BC Indian Chiefs, is calling out Premier David Eby for abandoning DRIPA.\n\nIn an op-ed published in The Tyee, the FNLC argues that Eby's push to suspend key sections of B.C.'s Indigenous human rights law is a political calculation, not a legal necessity, designed to outflank the BC Conservatives by borrowing their anti-Indigenous rhetoric.\n\nDRIPA was passed unanimously in 2019 and co-developed with First Nations. It affirms rights that every other Canadian already has.\n\nGutting it to chase poll numbers is not just a betrayal of reconciliation.\n\nIt is a government telling Indigenous peoples that their human rights are negotiable when they become politically inconvenient.\n\nRead More\n\n### Heiltsuk Nation Takes Oil Spill Fight to the United Nations\n\nThe Heiltsuk Nation is heading to London to push for change at the International Maritime Organization.\n\nChief Councillor Marilyn Slett will ask the UN body to update its oil spill compensation formula to account for Indigenous cultural losses.\n\nThe push comes nearly a decade after the Nathan E. Stewart tugboat spill dumped 110,000 litres of diesel into Heiltsuk waters, with over $23 million in recovery costs still unpaid.\n\nSlett also challenged Canada's credibility on new pipeline proposals, asking how First Nations can trust Ottawa on projects like the Alberta-to-coast bitumen pipeline when it still hasn't made things right from the last spill.\n\nRead More\n\n### Vancouver FC Fall to Forge on Heartbreaking 90th-Minute Goal\n\nVancouver FC created plenty of chances but couldn't find the finish.\n\nForge FC's Maxime Filion scored in the 90th minute to steal a 1-0 win in Langley on Saturday, extending Forge's winning streak at the venue to six straight.\n\nThe Eagles put up 23 touches in the box and 1.33 expected goals, but Forge keeper Dimitry Bertaud was outstanding all night.\n\nVancouver FC head on the road for the first time this season to face Inter Toronto on April 19.\n\nRead More\n\n### Whitecaps Sit Atop MLS After Dominant Win Over New York City FC\n\nVancouver is officially the best team in Major League Soccer.\n\nThe Whitecaps beat New York City FC 2-0 on Saturday, improving to 6-1-0 and claiming the top spot in the league standings with the best goal differential (plus 15) and the best offence (19 goals).\n\nMathias Laborda opened the scoring, and Brian White sealed it in the 87th minute with his sixth goal of the season.\n\nThe squad is set to get even stronger, with Ranko Veselinovic nearing a return and Ryan Gauld potentially available in the coming weeks.\n\nRead More\n\n* * *\n\n###  What did you think?\n\nHelp us improve! 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  "title": "Langley Roundup: News for April 13th, 2026",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-13T23:23:33.195Z"
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