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The “PARKS, RECREATION, CULTURE AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE MEETING” agenda is up for download. The agenda has a verbal report on a proposed new aerator for Langford Lake. At previous Parks & Rec meetings it has been suggested that the Westhills development may be willing to pay for a new aerator, in exchange for being allowed to use Langford Lake for geothermal heat management.

The agenda also has Read the rest of this entry »

The first (and, if previous elections are any guide, possibly also the last) all-candidates meeting for the Langford local government election is scheduled for tomorrow (Monday) night at 7PM. Details, as provided by one of the candidates, are below:

All Candidate’s Forum in Langford
All Candidate’s Meeting

Gordon United Church
935 Goldstream Ave

Monday October 24 at 7:00 pm

The format will be as follows

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The Langford Council meeting agenda is up for download.

Also available on the City of Langford’s “Election Information” page is the official declaration of candidates. Things of note on it include the full slate of incumbents running again, plus two challengers for mayor, and two challengers for Council. Oddly, two of the challengers (one for each position) have the last name “Horgan”, no word yet on whether they’re related to our MLA, John Horgan.

Meetings are normally listed prominently under Agendas & Minutes on the City of Langford web site, but this week it takes a bit of digging to find them all.

The “Protective Services” Committee meets for the first time since February and, among other things, will be going over Read the rest of this entry »

After a week-long absence to attend the Union of BC Municipalities meeting, Langford Council returns to Council Chambers Monday night. There’s a public hearing for a proposal for Foshoda Place, a development variance permit for Canadian Tire, and more. Click the link above to read the whole agenda.

The “Langford Council Meeting agenda” is available for download now, as is the notice for the near ubiquitous “in-camera meeting” afterward. The meeting takes place Monday, September 19th at 7:00 p.m. on the third floor of City Hall.

A West Shore Parks and Recreation Society and Colwood Rotary proposal for an inclusive Picnic Playground is in the running in a national contest, having made it into the final top 5 competition, beating out hundreds of entries from across Canada. It could win $100,000 if it receives enough votes Read the rest of this entry »

Savory Elementary has been closed today due to fire. School is out reportedly out for kids for next two days, as there is a lot of damage.

There are three public meetings at City Hall this week, but to find them on the City of Langford’s website requires a bit more digging than normal for these, if you’ll pardon the pun, hidden agendas. The summary of “Meetings this Week:” still lists last week’s council meeting, but three meetings for this week are available if you dig a little deeper Read the rest of this entry »