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  "description": "BC Nurses authorize strike action with a 98 per cent vote, SkyTrain pile driving starts on Industrial Avenue Thursday, Langley City First adds three candidates to its slate, and Council renames the Crime Prevention Committee on Citizens' Assembly advice. Plus community events for dads and youth.",
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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\nIt's a cloudy Wednesday in Langley, with the temperature topping out around 15 degrees and a 40 per cent chance of rain.\n\nOn the municipal government front, the Langley City Crime Prevention Committee has been renamed to the Community Safety Awareness Committee, acting on a recommendation from the Citizens' Assembly on Community Safety.\n\nPile driving for the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain extension begins Thursday on Industrial Avenue, and Langley City First has rounded out its slate with three new candidates ahead of the fall election.\n\nProvincially, BC Nurses Union members voted 98 per cent in favour of authorizing strike action, while three small wildfires were sparked by lightning west of Harrison Lake.\n\nCloser to home, Council also approved a salmon habitat sign at Pleasantdale Creek, and there are two community events to flag this month: the free Beers and Braids hair-skills meetup for dads on Sunday, and a youth baking class at Timms Community Centre starting May 26.\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### Langley City First Adds Three Candidates for Fall Election\n\nLangley City First has added three new candidates to its slate ahead of this fall's civic election.\n\nHeather Jenkins owns 1 Fish 2 Fish Fresh Seafood Market in Downtown Langley and serves on the Downtown Langley Business Association board.\n\nShawn Caldera is a digital economy strategist, and Jeff Jacobs is a longtime municipal worker and labour leader who narrowly missed a council seat in 2022.\n\nThe three join Mayor Nathan Pachal and Councillors Paul Albrecht, Mike Solyom, and Rosemary Wallace on the slate.\n\nRead More\n\n### SkyTrain Pile Driving Begins on Industrial Avenue Thursday\n\nPile driving for the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain line will take place along Industrial Avenue starting in mid-May and running into early 2027. (Surrey-Langley SkyTrain)\n\nPile driving for the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain extension begins on Industrial Avenue this Thursday, May 14.\n\nCrews will work between 200 Street and 203 Street, starting at 200 Street and moving east.\n\nThe work may cause noise and vibrations strong enough to sway light fixtures, and will be the second major pile driving project in the area after the 203 Street station construction.\n\nMajor work runs from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Saturday and is expected to continue intermittently into early 2027.\n\nPedestrians and cyclists will be limited to the north side of Industrial Avenue, and traffic on the road remains eastbound only.\n\nRead More\n\n### Council Renames Safety Committee, Adopts Zero Waste Plan\n\nLangley City Council has renamed its Crime Prevention Committee to the Community Safety Awareness Committee.\n\nThe change acts on a recommendation from the Citizens' Assembly on Community Safety, which spent months gathering input from more than 3,000 residents to reshape how the City approaches public safety.\n\nThe renamed committee will participate in the Resilient Neighbourhood Networks program, contribute to the Social Streets Program and Village Cafés Series, and continue working with the RCMP, businesses, and residents on programs like Block Watch.\n\nCouncil also gave the committee a $2,500 annual budget for its work.\n\nIn other business, Council adopted a Zero Waste strategy starting with waste-sorting stations at Community Day and three outdoor movie nights this year, and approved four FIFA World Cup viewing parties at Timms Community Centre funded by a $40,000 provincial grant.\n\nRead More\n\n### Timms Community Centre Offers Youth Baking Class\n\nPhoto by Annie Spratt / Unsplash\n\nTimms Community Centre is offering a five-week baking class for youth ages 11 to 17.\n\nStudents will learn kitchen safety, measuring, and recipe basics while making cookies, muffins, brownies, and pastries.\n\nThe class runs Tuesdays from 4:30 to 6:00 PM, starting May 26 and ending June 23.\n\nSix spots remain at $110 each, with registration open until June 9.\n\nLearn More\n\n### Beers and Braids Teaches Langley Dads Hair Skills on Sunday, May 17\n\nDads in Langley can learn the basics of braiding hair at a new social event this Sunday, May 17.\n\nBeers and Braids runs from noon to 2 p.m. at Mad Italian Pizza and Pints in Willoughby Town Centre.\n\nOrganizer Shaun Magee, a former Township firefighter, took four years off work as a divorced dad to raise his kids and realized he was not the only father missing basic hair skills.\n\nThat experience led him to launch Divorcestorage.com, a free site to help parents stay organized, and later the B.C. Lower Mainland Parents Hub on social media.\n\nAttendance is free but registration is required through the website or the parent hub's Facebook page.\n\nRead More\n\n### Langley City Council Approves Salmon Habitat Sign at Pleasantdale Creek\n\nLangley City Council has approved the installation of a sign at Pleasantdale Creek marking it as a salmon release site, a small but meaningful step for watershed awareness in the community.\n\nThe request originated about a year ago from the Nicomekl Enhancement Society, which releases salmon into local tributaries and has long advocated for better public recognition of these habitats. Council referred the proposal to its Environmental Sustainability Committee before giving final approval this week.\n\nThe sign will be located just south of the 49A Avenue trailhead. Salmon are a keystone species, and the health of the Nicomekl River system, which flows through Langley, is a direct indicator of the broader ecological wellbeing of the region.\n\nIt is worth remembering that everything that washes off roads and driveways into local storm drains eventually ends up in these creeks. Protecting salmon habitat is community work, not just a government responsibility.\n\nRead More\n\n### Three Wildfires Sparked by Lightning West of Harrison Lake\n\nThree small wildfires ignited west of Harrison Lake on Tuesday evening after lightning strikes hit the area, according to the BC Wildfire Service.\n\nThe fires are currently listed as small, but the early season timing is notable. As climate disruption continues to stretch wildfire seasons longer and make them more intense, communities across the Fraser Valley are right to be on alert.\n\nThe province is also recommending residents prepare grab-and-go kits in case of sudden evacuations, a reminder that emergency preparedness is no longer a theoretical exercise for much of B.C.\n\nThose kits should include essentials like medications, important documents, water, and supplies for at least 72 hours.\n\nRead More\n\n### BC Nurses Authorize Strike Action in 98% Vote\n\nPhoto by CDC / Unsplash\n\nBC Nurses Union members have voted 98.2 per cent in favour of authorizing strike action.\n\nThe result clears the way for job action after six months of stalled bargaining with the Health Employers Association of BC.\n\nUnion president Adriane Gear says nurses are fed up with crushing workloads, unsafe staffing levels, and workplace violence, pointing to thousands of vacancies and a 25 per cent rise in workplace injuries since 2019.\n\nGear says walking off the job is a last resort, with steps like working to rule and banning non-nursing duties likely to come first.\n\nBoth sides returned to the bargaining table Tuesday.\n\nRead More\n\n* * *\n\n###  What did you think?\n\nHelp us improve! 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  "title": "Langley Roundup: News for May 13th, 2026",
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