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Lawyers for former Langley MLA, cabinet minister, and mayoral candidate Rich Coleman have denied any wrongdoing in a defamation case launched by Township Mayor Eric Woodward.

At issue are an online article and a string of videos that surfaced starting in the summer of 2024 and continued into early 2025. The videos claim that a "political insider got a very special deal at the expense of Langley taxpayers."

They were referencing the purchase of several fire trucks by the Township in 2024.

Woodward, Councillor Tim Baillie, and Coun. Rob Rindt launched the lawsuit on May 1 against a group of "John Does," as the people behind a website called the Langley Monitor, and the Langley Township Watch Facebook group. An article about the fire truck purchase was po

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