Hey Langley is anonymous, so you can’t judge it by a byline. You should be able to judge it by how it works instead. This page is the how. Our pledge covers money: no ads, no sponsors, nothing accepted for free. This one covers accuracy.
Where our facts come from
We go to the source that owns the fact.
- Civic and government information comes from the City of Langley, the Township of Langley, the school district, Metro Vancouver, the Province, Parliament and their published agendas, minutes, bylaws and notices.
- Events come from the organiser’s own page, and every listing links to it.
- Businesses and organisations are described from their own websites and official channels, plus public registries where ownership matters.
- Local news we draw on is credited by name and linked. We don’t copy other people’s reporting; we read it, check what we can against the original documents, and write our own account.
We don’t use anonymous comment threads or social media rumours as sources. Something seen on social media is a lead to check, not a fact to publish.
Every directory page, explainer and news post lists its sources at the bottom or beside the text, so you can check our work.
Checked, and dated
Hours, prices, dates and contact details go out of date. Pages that carry them show a Last checked date, and we link to the official page for anything that changes often instead of asking you to trust our copy of it. If we can’t confirm that a business or venue is still open, it comes off the site.
If we can’t find something out, we say so on the page. You’ll see lines like “the page we read gives no fees” or “we couldn’t find who named it”. We’d sooner leave a gap than fill it with a guess.
News and civic coverage
Council decisions, development applications and public debates are reported neutrally. We say what was decided, what it means in practice, and what people on each side have said on the record, and we link the documents. We don’t endorse candidates or parties, and profiles of elected officials stick to what they and the public record have published.
Opinion is labelled
Rants and open letters are opinion and are marked as such. They are about situations and systems, never about a named person, business or staff member, and they still have to get their facts right. Reviews are our own experience, paid for by us, and carry a score out of ten. If we didn’t like a place, we don’t write about it.
What we won’t publish
- Home addresses or private details of private individuals.
- Personal fundraisers. For donations we point only to registered charities.
- Anything we can’t source.
- Paid placements of any kind. A business can’t buy a listing, a review or a mention.
Photos
We use our own photos, images from the subject’s own website or official channels, municipal images, and openly licensed images with credit. Photos are credited. Reader photos are published only with the credit the sender chooses.
Corrections
We will get things wrong. When we do:
- Tell us. Use the submit page or email [email protected]. Say which page and what’s wrong, and a link to the right information helps.
- We check it against the source.
- We fix the page, usually the same day, and note the correction on it when the error was one of fact, such as a wrong date, name, price or number. Typos and broken links are simply fixed.
If a story changes after we publish, we update it and mark the update with the date, at the top.
Disagree with something?
If you think a page is unfair or incomplete, email [email protected]. A person reads everything. For concerns about a business listing, how listings work explains what we do with them.
Last checked November 10, 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.