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  "description": "Township council fast-tracks bike lanes and speed humps on Walnut Grove Drive, Langley City asks residents to pick the first Resilient Neighbourhood Networks pilot site, the farmers' market expands to Douglas Park, and NDP leader Avi Lewis calls for a halt on BC's new AI data centres.",
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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 Thursday, Langley. It's a partly cloudy 15°C out there today, with a wetter Friday on the horizon before the weekend dries up and warms into the high teens.\n\nTownship council is fast-tracking bike lanes and speed humps on Walnut Grove Drive, Langley City is asking residents to help pick the first pilot site for its new Resilient Neighbourhood Networks, and the Community Farmers' Market is doubling up with a new Wednesday spot at Douglas Park.\n\nWe've also got $170,000 in fresh community grants flowing to 45 local groups, free family drop-ins coming to four Township parks in June, and federal NDP leader Avi Lewis pushing back hard on Telus's plan to drop three new AI data centres in BC.\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### Speed Humps and Bike Lanes Coming to Walnut Grove Drive Near Walnut Grove Secondary\n\nWalnut Grove Drive is getting bike lanes and speed humps a year sooner than planned.\n\nTownship council voted unanimously Monday to fast-track the work, including $56,000 for speed humps this summer before classes resume at Walnut Grove Secondary.\n\nCouncil also approved $170,000 to design protected bike lanes on both sides of the road and $100,000 to redesign the school's north driveway with a new traffic signal.\n\nStaff rejected calls to add more on-street parking, a small but welcome win for a corridor that should put students and cyclists ahead of through traffic.\n\nRead More\n\n### Vote opens to pick Langley City's first RNN pilot site\n\nLangley City has six neighbourhoods. Residents can vote on which neighbourhoods should be part of a new community initiative. Image credit Langley City\n\nLangley City residents can now vote for which neighbourhood will be first to launch a new community-safety pilot.\n\nThe Resilient Neighbourhood Networks initiative grew out of the Citizens' Assembly on Community Safety, Well-being, and Resilience, which recommended people-first hubs that connect residents with local businesses, schools, cultural groups, Indigenous partners, and first responders.\n\nMayor Nathan Pachal called the model \"neighbours helping neighbours,\" a prevention-focused approach that builds trust and emergency readiness through social connection rather than enforcement alone.\n\nVoting is open at letschat.langleycity.ca/safety until June 16, with the first pilot site(s) to be announced June 26 at a community event in Linwood Park.\n\nRead More\n\n### Township parks host free family drop-ins in June\n\nPhoto by Tim VanDoren / Unsplash\n\nThe Township of Langley is hosting free, family-friendly drop-in activities at four parks across the community every weekend in June.\n\nThe events run from 1 to 3 p.m. rain or shine and mark Recreation and Parks Month across British Columbia.\n\n  * **Saturday, June 6: Walnut Grove**\n    * Walnut Grove Community Park\n    * East and west picnic shelters\n  * **Sunday, June 14: Aldergrove**\n    * Philip Jackman Park\n    * Passive area\n  * **Saturday, June 20: Murrayville**\n    * McLeod Athletic Park\n    * North Ron Ralph Field\n  * **Saturday, June 27: Brookswood**\n    * Brookswood Park\n    * Park and non-passive area\n\n\n\nLearn More\n\n### Langley City invests $170K in 45 local community groups\n\nLangley City is putting nearly $170,000 into 45 local community groups through its 2026 Community Grant Program.\n\nThe funding supports youth programs, seniors services, arts and cultural festivals, sports, environmental stewardship, multicultural initiatives, and community health work across the city.\n\nMayor Nathan Pachal said the grants invest in \"the relationships, creativity, and shared experiences that make Langley City feel like home,\" while Langley Secondary's Dry Grad committee credited the funding with helping every graduate take part regardless of cost.\n\nSince the program launched in 2018, the City has directed nearly $2.77 million into volunteer-driven, community-led work across Langley City.\n\nRead More\n\n### Langley Farmers' Market adds Wednesdays at Douglas Park\n\nDouglas Park in Langley City - Image credit Wikimedia Commons\n\nThe Langley Community Farmers' Market is doubling up this year with two weekly locations across the community.\n\nWednesdays bring the market to Douglas Park in Langley City from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., while Thursdays return to the Langley Events Centre.\n\nBoth sites run from June 3 through August 26 and will feature live music, food trucks, and a full lineup of local fruit, vegetables, baking, meat, honey, preserves, and craft beverages.\n\nLearn More\n\n### NDP Leader Avi Lewis: Halt BC AI Data Centres, Build Homes Instead\n\nPhoto by Erik Mclean / Unsplash\n\nFederal NDP leader Avi Lewis wants Ottawa to halt construction of new AI data centres, including the three Telus pitched this week for Vancouver and Kamloops.\n\nIn a Facebook post Tuesday, Lewis argued Canada should be building affordable homes, public grocery stores, electric buses, and an east-west clean energy grid rather than \"massive corporate AI data centres unleashed without any democratic debate.\"\n\nHe also dismissed the project's \"sovereign AI\" branding, noting that real data sovereignty is largely a fiction in a sector dominated by US tech giants.\n\nLewis is demanding strong federal guardrails before any new builds move ahead, warning the technology will bring change \"at a scale and speed never seen before.\"\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 14th, 2026",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-14T18:02:38.642Z"
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