Sleep out planned at Oak & Thorne in Langley to help homeless youth NOV 13 2017

Joseph Richard Group’s Ryan Moreno (far right) and Matthew Stowe (second from right) at last year’s Vancouver Sleep Out event in support of Covenant House. This year Stowe will be sleeping out at Oak &Thorne in Langley Nov. 13 and three days later in Vancouver. Submitted pic

Over 100 employees of Joseph Richard Group will spend night outside for Covenant House Nov. 13 On Monday, Nov. 13, more than 25 employees of the Joseph Richard Group will brave the cold and sleep on the street outside the Oak & Thorne restaurant on 88 Avenue and 200 Street. Seeing around 20 to 30 … Read more

2016 Year in Review: More on streets than ever before

by  Matthew Claxton – Langley Advance Langley posted Dec 28, 2016 at 1:00 PM Homelessness became an ever more visible issue in Langley over 2016. Early in the year, outreach worker Fraser Holland estimated that more than 360 people were either homeless or at risk of homelessness in the Langleys. Langley City in particular has seen … Read more

Langley City senior staffer named to new homelessness task force

The Langley City manager who brokered a deal that closed a tent city has been named to a new Regional Homelessness Task Force. The City’s Chief Administrative officer, Francis Cheung, is one of 13 Metro Vancouver administrators and politicians on the information-gathering initiative that was announced Wednesday by the Metro Vancouver regional authority. “We’re trying … Read more