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“The Township of Langley is in the early stages of exploring the idea of a new horse racing facility in our community,” Township of Langley Mayor Jack Froese told Daily Hive Urbanized.
“Langley has a long and rich history in the equine industry, and while the facility concept seems to be a good fit, a lot of work and stakeholder engagement needs to be done as next steps.”
The proposed undeveloped location on agricultural land reserve includes a 32-acre lot currently occupied by Sunny Riding Stables. Another adjacent property to the north within the corner is roughly 20 acres and vacant.
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VANCOUVER Mayors in the B.C. health region hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic are challenging each other to boost local vaccination rates. In a friendly competition, mayors across the Fraser Health region are seeing who can achieve certain immunization thresholds – and ultimately community immunity – first. The challenge will mark milestones at the 70, 75 and 80 per cent immunization marks. For now, those measurements will be calculated based on first doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Fraser Health has seen the highest case numbers in our province and it is all hands on deck as we work to provide COVID-19 vaccines to everyone in our region that wants one. As an interconnected region, vaccines are important whether you live in a larger city or a smaller community area,” said Dr. Victoria Lee, president and CEO at Fraser Health, in a news release.
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VANCOUVER, BC, March 10, 2021 /CNW/ - Implementing waste prevention strategies in a handful of Canadian sectors could create tens of thousands of jobs and billions in revenue, while significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions and waste each year, according to a new report released today by the National Zero Waste Council.
Waste Prevention: The Environmental and Economic Benefits for Canada presents 15 specific waste-prevention business cases for six key sectors of the Canadian economy, and outlines the opportunities for positive environmental, social and economic impacts that would accrue by addressing waste at its source. Waste prevention must be part of the environmental conversation in Canada, since Canadians produce the most waste in the world on a per-capita basis, said Jack Froese, Chair of the National Zero Waste Council. This report is the first of its kind for Canada, and is a first of many steps toward waste prevention bei