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
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
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