Langford

Elayna Romphf tries her hand at the ring toss Thursday, May 18, during the opening evening of the 2023 Luxton Spring Fair in Langford. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

PHOTOS: Long weekend of fun kicks off at Luxton Fairgrounds in Langford

The Luxton Spring Fair runs Thursday through Sunday

Elayna Romphf tries her hand at the ring toss Thursday, May 18, during the opening evening of the 2023 Luxton Spring Fair in Langford. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)
Nautical Disaster is one of the bands performing this year at SoberFest. ( Nautical Disaster/Facebook)
Nautical Disaster is one of the bands performing this year at SoberFest. ( Nautical Disaster/Facebook)
Students from three Langford schools marched along Goldstrem Avenue for Red Dress Day. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

PHOTOS: Red Dress Day honoured by Langford schools with march down Goldstream

Students march from Ruth King to Savory to raise awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women

Students from three Langford schools marched along Goldstrem Avenue for Red Dress Day. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
Crime was down 5.3% overall on the West Shore in 2022. (Black Press Media file photo)

West Shore RCMP aims to start mental health team to tackle rise in violent crime, shoplifting

Langford sees crimes against people jump to 673 in 2022, up from 580

Crime was down 5.3% overall on the West Shore in 2022. (Black Press Media file photo)
Belmont Bulldogs lineman Dontae Bull back in 2017 before he suited up with Fresno State University. (Black Press Media file photo)

Langford grad Dontae Bull picked first overall in CFL draft

Belmont grad set to join Ottawa Redblacks after playing 5 years for Fresno State University

Belmont Bulldogs lineman Dontae Bull back in 2017 before he suited up with Fresno State University. (Black Press Media file photo)
A sign warns pedestrians outside RidgeView Place. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

‘It’s a big mess”: Displaced Langford residents struggling, insurance claims rejected

There’s support from the community, but some people are struggling without insurance payouts

A sign warns pedestrians outside RidgeView Place. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
Langford Mayor Scott Goodmanson announces the province would be providing temporary accomodations for displaced RidgeView Place residents. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

‘Heated discussions’: Province to house evacuated Langford tenants as mayor says owners ‘absent’

‘They have been absent the last day and a half, and we put pressure on them,’ mayor says of building’s owner

Langford Mayor Scott Goodmanson announces the province would be providing temporary accomodations for displaced RidgeView Place residents. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
A judge dismisses Centurion’s claims that it was owed a duty of care by the engineers involved in constructing what is now called RidgeView Place. (Black Press Media file photo)

Owners of evacuated Langford building fail in lawsuit against city, engineers

Case is currently up on appeal, but the judge said risk had been managed in the signed contract

A judge dismisses Centurion’s claims that it was owed a duty of care by the engineers involved in constructing what is now called RidgeView Place. (Black Press Media file photo)
Cots were set up in the hall at Gordon United Church on Goldstream Avenue Tuesday (April 25) night. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Cots set up in church to help evacuated Langford apartment building tenants

Emergency program springs into action in wake of latest RidgeView Place troubles

Cots were set up in the hall at Gordon United Church on Goldstream Avenue Tuesday (April 25) night. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
Hans Frederiksen and Lynn Osborn said it's bittersweet seeing John Horgan's constituency office on Jacklin Road packed up. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Constituency assistants look back as Horgan’s Langford MLA office closes down

Hans Frederiksen has been working in the office for 18 years and says closing down is bittersweet

Hans Frederiksen and Lynn Osborn said it's bittersweet seeing John Horgan's constituency office on Jacklin Road packed up. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
RidgeView Place, then known as Danbrook One, under construction in February 2018. (Black Press Media file)

As evacuated Langford tenants scramble to find housing, who’s to blame for this?

Twice in a little more than three years the city has had to revoke the troubled high rise’s occupancy permit, but why?

RidgeView Place, then known as Danbrook One, under construction in February 2018. (Black Press Media file)
In her backyard studio in Langford, Kimberly Anne Reid sculpts glass into unique jewelry artfully incorporating cremated remains to help people keep the memories of their loved ones close. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

VIDEO: Langford artist using glass sculpture and cremated remains to keep memories alive

Kimberly Anne Reid is creating one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted glass jewelry in her backyard

In her backyard studio in Langford, Kimberly Anne Reid sculpts glass into unique jewelry artfully incorporating cremated remains to help people keep the memories of their loved ones close. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)
One person faces charges after an alleged road rage incident brought stalled traffic on McKenzie Avenue Thursday (April 20) morning. (Black Press Media file photo)

Police say road rage incident involving wrench wound its way from Langford to Saanich

Police incident creates morning rush-hour traffic delays along McKenzie Avenue

One person faces charges after an alleged road rage incident brought stalled traffic on McKenzie Avenue Thursday (April 20) morning. (Black Press Media file photo)
A lone protester holds a sign during Langford’s committee of the whole meeting on Tuesday (April 18). (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
A lone protester holds a sign during Langford’s committee of the whole meeting on Tuesday (April 18). (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
The incident in question happened at Eagle Ridge Community Centre on May 3, 2014. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Langford woman sues city and arena operators after being hit by puck

2014 incident in court this week and last in Victoria

The incident in question happened at Eagle Ridge Community Centre on May 3, 2014. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
Cory Kowalchuk, owner of Westshore Jewelry says the scam often involves the selling of ‘expensive 18 karat’ items that turn out to be faked. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Langford jeweller warns of rise in selling scam after dozens duped

Cory Kowalchuk says he’s seen at least 40 people in recent months be duped by the scam

Cory Kowalchuk, owner of Westshore Jewelry says the scam often involves the selling of ‘expensive 18 karat’ items that turn out to be faked. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
kQwa’st’not (Char George) holds a sign along the Malahat Highway Tuesday (April 11) as part of an effort to raise awareness of the impacts of widening the Malahat Highway on the nearby rivers in Goldstream Provincial Park where salmon spawn. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Group protests Malahat widening, alleging a lack of consultation, threat to fish

Widening on the highway will hurt the salmon that spawn in nearby streams, according to advocates

kQwa’st’not (Char George) holds a sign along the Malahat Highway Tuesday (April 11) as part of an effort to raise awareness of the impacts of widening the Malahat Highway on the nearby rivers in Goldstream Provincial Park where salmon spawn. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
Jason and Alayne MacIsaac in their Sheringham Distillery in Sooke, which moves to Langford this month. (Black Press Media file photo)

New Raincoast Gin on tap as distillery moves from Sooke to Langford

Sheringham invites the community to celebrate with launch party, happy hour events

Jason and Alayne MacIsaac in their Sheringham Distillery in Sooke, which moves to Langford this month. (Black Press Media file photo)
The under-construction field at the North Langford Elementary School on south Skirt Mountain is set to be completed in the early spring, according to Yari Nielsen, director of the City of Langford’s parks and recreation department. (Black Press Media file photo)

JDF Soccer Association eyes turf as future West Shore needs arise

Club has seen growth in memberships spike over past four to six years

The under-construction field at the North Langford Elementary School on south Skirt Mountain is set to be completed in the early spring, according to Yari Nielsen, director of the City of Langford’s parks and recreation department. (Black Press Media file photo)
Langford Mayor Scott Goodmanson. (Black Press Media file photo)
Langford Mayor Scott Goodmanson. (Black Press Media file photo)