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Goldstream Gazette

Langford locks down YMCA-run aquatic centre profit for future operating cost

Coun. Keith Yacucha welcomed a review of the centre’s recreational offerings. “Just look for ways that we can actually improve this service and continue to expand on it so that we can ensure that our residents really are getting the best value and that this recreation centre really gets well used by not just Langford residents, but all West Shore residents,” he said

Goldstream Gazette

Former fire hall site earmarked for new Langford city-owned medical clinic

The site of a building that has served the Langford community for over 60 years could become home to a new city-owned medical clinic

Goldstream Gazette

From big-box to out of the box: New Langford plan to boost local economy

“This is a powerful plan that will really set Langford up to grow beyond that ‘bedroom community’ where we live and go somewhere else to spend our money, but to live, work, play and spend our money here too,” said Yacucha.

Goldstream Gazette

Langford finds cure for ‘construction fatigue’ with new city standards bylaw

Hope is on the horizon for Langford folks living with “construction fatigue.”The new community standards bylaw takes aim at a list of development ...

Times Colonist

Langford wants pause on housing targets after provincial funds suspended

Langford wants the province to suspend housing targets for the city until it reinstates funding for affordable and Indigenous projects.

Goldstream Gazette

Evicted Langford mobile home seniors awarded $28K from forgotten city fund

For Coun. Keith Yacucha, the $28,000 grant represents an opportunity for the city to “make things right.” “This is a clear case of where the city had in the past been failing to follow through on their promises,” he said about the lack of a reserve fund.

Times Colonist

Langford orders that derelict homes be torn down, calling them 'blight on our city'

The four homes on Sunderland Road and Arncote Avenue, part of a land assembly for two residential towers that were never built, have been abandoned and boarded up.

Goldstream Gazette

Trash talk: Langford-run residential waste collection idea closer to reality

According to Coun. Keith Yacucha, a city-run service has the potential to make “significant” savings for the average household of up to $200 per year.

Times Colonist

Langford gets a taste of what bike raves are all about

When Keith Yacucha attended a bike rave in Victoria out of curiosity last summer, he was impressed by how the event brought people together.

Times Colonist

Langford to look into starting municipal garbage service

Langford, which has surged to about 60,000 people, is the largest community in the CRD without municipal garbage-collection service.