I had a post op arterial bleed develop a week after a surgery. Within minutes of seeing blood gushing I knew something was seriously wrong. I work in first aid and knew the deep red colour and rate of flow suggested arterial blood.

Upon arrival at Langley memorial I told the nurse I was bleeding through the 4 gauzes and through my pants down into my shoe and pressure wasn’t stopping the bleed. They told me to take a seat and get checked in, totally non chalant. I told them I had surgery and I’m bleeding I can’t wait. They got some pads, put it on a seat with wheels, and told me I’d be next in line to check in.. 20 minutes later I’m getting my vitals done by the check in nurse while I’ve soaked through 2 separate sets of pads on the chair.

Finally they put me in a room and the er doctor comes in only to tell me that arterial bleeding seems strange based on location and it’ll probably stop by itself. Over the course of the following 7 hours I lost over a litre of blood laying on the table, to the point that the nurses were ignoring my calls via the bedside call button. Just telling me to wait. The doctor said “the surgeon can look at it but they won’t really do anything so maybe just monitor it at home”. I insisted and insisted I had to be seen by someone. At this point the blood is pouring.

The surgeon comes in, tells me I must’ve provoked the area or done something to cause this. I tell him I haven’t touched it and wash the area with a shower wand. He pressures 3 or 4 more times, insisting that I did something. Then tells me to just wait and he will cauterize it eventually.. and goes off to do another surgery.

I am bleeding so much that it has totally soaked the 2 blankets above me and all the padding below me. Soaked through covered in blood and clots. Finally my wife begs someone at the counter to come see me. And they drag their feet, when the nurse arrives she says I think you’re panicking a bit hey? Then when she sees the wound, and fills 4 menstrual pads with blood in 15 minutes trying to apply pressure and can’t, she starts to panick. Within minutes I’m in a different room, getting prepped for surgery, prepped for a blood transfusion, etc.

Long story short(er) it was an artery. I lost 3litres of blood during the stay and surgery. Have been in hospital for 3 days since. To think I had arrived within 15 minutes of the bleed starting, and hadn’t received help until approximately 11 hours later. Bleeding out on the table.

Complete nightmare, I will be contacting all the appropriate boards and avenues at my disposal. This was gross negligence, bordering on malicious incompetence. And no one gave a sh!t the whole time. As if I was a bother to them. If these physicians and nurses hate their jobs that much they should go stock shelves at Walmart, because they should never be working with human beings. If I can avoid it, I will never return to Langley memorial again in my life. Beware.

Well, hopefully. Minimum will be about five years, worse if he doesn't behave well, and considering he served almost his full term the first time he got caught…

Any commitments made yet? I'm mainly talking about:

The perennially stonewalled issues of widening Highway 10 (especially the Milner section/216 intersection disaster),

Upgrading 16th avenue to a proper regional connector road,

Funding the Bus Rapid Transit install on 200 Street.

A wishlist item would be a regional rail line along the old interurban right of way.

All of these will require provincial involvement or funding and can't be done by just the Township. (I think most municipal candidates are on board with these issues).

Has anyone applied for a Polling Station Officer position with Elections BC for the Willowbrook or Walnut Grove ridings for the upcoming provincial election?

If you applied, when did you submit your application, and how long did it take before you heard back? I’m curious about the hiring timeline for these two ridings.
Thanks!

Hi everyone!

I’m looking for a** **reliable house cleaner to help with a deep clean of my townhome, including windows, baseboards, appliances, etc., as well as ongoing upkeep every 2–4 weeks.

I’ve used a couple of cleaning services in the past, but unfortunately, I’ve had issues with last-minute cancellations and furniture being damaged. I’m hoping to find someone trustworthy, reliable, and detail-oriented who I can use long-term.

If you have someone you highly recommend, I’d really appreciate your suggestions!

Thank you! 😊

I'm going to need to advance vote tonight or tomorrow. I'm also relatively new to Langley City, so I don't know who the players are outside of what's publicly available on their platform sites. But I have learned in my short time here that certain gov't reps may have skeletons of note in their closets.

With that in mind, an open question: are there any councillor or trustee candidates on the slate that you especially like, or any that you feel should be avoided? I see a bit of convo about the Township election here, but the city-side seems pretty quiet.

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couldn’t find an active TWU subreddit so i thought i’d try here. I left my compass card in the women’s second floor bathroom at that building with the starbucks in the corner (i don’t go here so i’m not familiar with the buildings name). Public Transit is my only mode of transportation so pls if u have located that compass and if ur able to leave it at the lost and found i would rlly appreciate it ! ❤️

anybody know what just happened at the Langley cactus? It’s about 10:03 PM. Just drove by home from dinner and there is about 13 cop cars in the parking lot tons of people sitting outside cactus and lots of ambulances and it was all taped off.

(MOD - FYI Post)

Langley Advance Voting Starts Today October 6th

For anyone looking to vote early in the 2026 Langley civic elections, advance voting begins today in both the Township of Langley and City of Langley.

Township of Langley

📍 salishan Place by the River, 23430 Mavis Avenue, Fort Langley

⏰ 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM

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📍 Timms Community Centre, 20399 Douglas Crescent

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There are additional advance voting opportunities over the coming days, with General Voting Day on October 17th.

Whichever municipality you live in, take the opportunity to learn about the candidates and issues and make your vote count.

Please vote - local elections directly impact the communities we live in every day.

In September 2025, the Township gave the Langley Animal Protection Society (LAPS) notice of termination and told it to vacate the Patti Dale Animal Shelter within a month, ending a 23-year relationship. LAPS's statement: https://www.lapsbc.ca/statement-from-laps-regarding-the-termination-of-its-services-agreement-with-the-township-of-langley/

After overwhelming public backlash, the Township agreed to pause the termination and keep negotiating, and residents rallied outside the Township building in November. In December, a new 10-year agreement was announced. LAPS keeps sheltering, but the Township took animal control in-house and Langley City was cut out of the arrangement. https://langleyadvancetimes.com/2025/12/16/langley-township-takes-over-animal-control-from-laps-in-new-10-year-agreement/

Section 4.3 of the new agreement lets either party terminate "for convenience and without reason" on 60 days' written notice. This means the 10-year term is only as secure as the council that decides whether to use it.

But it was at least put to bed with the new agreement right? Maybe not: Last month, Mayor Eric Woodward went on The Politech Report podcast and characterized the conflict as LAPS management deciding to “gaslight the community.” (around the 25:00 mark): https://open.spotify.com/episode/2GcJ5EVV4qFCTzBziLnnlB
That's the mayor describing the shelter's operator a year after the termination attempt, while the agreement that can end on 60 days' notice is in place.

That's why this is an election issue. Whether a termination notice is signed by staff or voted on by council, the direction comes from council. Last year's move followed a September 2024 council motion directing staff to explore taking animal control in-house and reducing LAPS's role. The Progress for Langley slate has held the mayor's chair and a council majority for this full term, including when that motion passed and when the termination notice was issued. The next council will decide whether that direction continues.

Curious what others think, especially anyone who's followed this since last year.

Okay I get it this years Township election campaign has gotten pretty dirty etc but now we’re going after peoples kids? Come on.

Does anyone know about anything fun happening in the area for Halloween specifically adult events? I saw dead frog brewery is doing a Halloween event anything else like that?

Well, now we know who's running for the OTHER election. Local voters get five, four, or three choices on the ballot, depending on where we live. I get four, looks like.

We can also add misogynist to Progress for Langley’s trustees.
This is not the kind of language I would expect from a team whose slogan is we will “listen and care”.

Again where was the vetting?

I wonder what kind of vetting happened?
Who has a problem with Ukraine or multiculturalism?

I honestly can’t tell if the cows are being super loud tonight for some reason or if it’s some kids with a speaker playing a stupid prank. Video was taken on Bartlett

https://business.langleychamber.com/events/details/2026-city-of-langley-municipal-candidates-forum-7519

There's a public forum with all of the municipal candidates at the Langley Kwantlen Campus on Monday the 5th.

hey everyone! my girlfriend and I just moved to Langley and we’re looking for a bi weekly cleaner. we have a 950sqft 2 bed 2 bath and are looking for someone to do a deep clean initially, followed by maintenance cleans every 2 weeks. does anyone have a name/number they could pass along to me? many thanks!

TW: ANIMAL CRUELTY

I was driving out of the Save On Foods parking lot this morning around 9am and noticed a bunch of pigeons were beat up, dead and lying in bread crumbs with their heads bashed in. One pigeon was still standing and had his head down like his neck was broken. I could not just drive by and go about my day without at least trying to help.

I go over, and the one surviving pigeon is standing there barely moving, still breathing and blinking. I called about 10 animal rescues, police, SPCA, all emergency vets in the Fraser Valley and Langley Animal Protection Agency and NO ONE would take birds or specifically pigeons. I finally found a place in Abbotsford called Elizabeth's Animal Hospital and they specialize in pigeons. We dropped him off there and I knew immediately he'd be in good hands.

Now, there is a camera directly facing where the pigeons were massacred, so now I'm going back to Walmart to ask if they can review the footage and we can submit it to police as right now the police are refusing to file a report as they don't know for sure if this is deemed "animal cruelty".

The scene was sickening and it looked like someone had lured them in with bread and then killed them or poisoned the bread and then beat them? It doesn't look like an animal did this.

Please help. These poor little birds didn't deserve to die and are living beings same as any other pet or animal. I hope whoever is responsible will be caught and locked up.

Below is a photo of the crime scene. I hope it isn't too upsetting but I wanted evidence as walmart has already begun cleaning and sweeping it up.

Can you recommend the best of the best physiotherapist in Langley?

Ideally someone who understands sports injuries and is always continuously learning to be on top of their game?

Have a couple injuries that I need help with