Langley

Police were at the scene of a burned out car at the corner of 229th Street and 68th Avenue Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance Times)

One seriously injured in targeted shooting at Langley Starbucks

Nearby vehicle fire suspected to be related, say police

Police were at the scene of a burned out car at the corner of 229th Street and 68th Avenue Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance Times)
A semi truck pulling a trailer was damaged when it collided with the rail overpass in the westbound lanes of Hwy 1 near 232nd Street through Langley on Tuesday morning, Oct. 24, around 9 a.m. No injuries were reported. (Shane MacKichan/Special to Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Semi hits rail overpass on Hwy. 1 through Langley

No injuries reported

A semi truck pulling a trailer was damaged when it collided with the rail overpass in the westbound lanes of Hwy 1 near 232nd Street through Langley on Tuesday morning, Oct. 24, around 9 a.m. No injuries were reported. (Shane MacKichan/Special to Langley Advance Times)
A small SUV was T-boned by a garbage truck at the intersection of 216th Street and Fraser Highway on Monday, Oct. 23 at about 1:30 p.m. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

Garbage truck slams into SUV on Langley highway

Paramedics and firefighters were on scene after crash in Murrayville

A small SUV was T-boned by a garbage truck at the intersection of 216th Street and Fraser Highway on Monday, Oct. 23 at about 1:30 p.m. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
RCMP were at the scene of a fatal explosion in the 24300 block of 8th Avenue in Langley. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: IHIT investigating fatal explosion in rural Langley

Fuel tanks were burning when fire and police arrived at scene

RCMP were at the scene of a fatal explosion in the 24300 block of 8th Avenue in Langley. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
Members of the Greater Vancouver Regional District Employees Union are picketing at the Northwest Langley Wastewater Treatment plant as of Monday, Oct. 16. The union, which operates five plants across Metro Vancouver, has been without a contract for almost two years. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

Wastewater workers in Langley, around Metro Vancouver, on strike

Pickets are up at Walnut Grove’s sewage treatment facility

Members of the Greater Vancouver Regional District Employees Union are picketing at the Northwest Langley Wastewater Treatment plant as of Monday, Oct. 16. The union, which operates five plants across Metro Vancouver, has been without a contract for almost two years. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
Daryl Berden and his 11-year-old son, Cayden, from Langley have been sharing their adventures around North America with the world through their Youtube channel since April 2020. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

B.C. father and son sharing North American adventures around the world

Daryl and Cayden Berden, with faithful pug Tosha, share adventures on Vancity Adventure channel

Daryl Berden and his 11-year-old son, Cayden, from Langley have been sharing their adventures around North America with the world through their Youtube channel since April 2020. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
Kai Anderson (Darren Francis/Special to Langley Advance Times)

4 Vancouver Giants prospects to compete in WHL Cup

2 will play for Team BC, while another suits up for Team Alberta, and the other for Team Manitoba

Kai Anderson (Darren Francis/Special to Langley Advance Times)
A lawsuit claims new topsoil full of glass, rocks, and other garbage made a Langley family’s lawn too dangerous to mow. (Black Press Media files)

Topsoil came with glass, rocks, condoms, claims Langley lawsuit

Family seeks $80,000 to excavate yard and start with new turf

A lawsuit claims new topsoil full of glass, rocks, and other garbage made a Langley family’s lawn too dangerous to mow. (Black Press Media files)
The SouthRidge Fellowship Church tour group arrived in the Holy Land just as war broke out. (SouthRidge Fellowship Church/Special to the Langley Advance Times)

Langley church tour group landed in Israel as war broke out

Members of the tour group are fine, and are hoping to return home Sunday

The SouthRidge Fellowship Church tour group arrived in the Holy Land just as war broke out. (SouthRidge Fellowship Church/Special to the Langley Advance Times)
Langley MMA champion Bibiano “The Flash” Fernandes has attracted some big names in the sport to the Oct. 14 opening of his new martial arts academy, billed as a “Meet The Legends” opportunity bringing together four ‘icons’ of the sport. (Photo by Peter Gordon under Creative Commons 2.0 licence)

VIDEO: MMA legends to appear at Langley martial arts studio opening

Local champion Bibiano “The Flash” Fernandes opens school

Langley MMA champion Bibiano “The Flash” Fernandes has attracted some big names in the sport to the Oct. 14 opening of his new martial arts academy, billed as a “Meet The Legends” opportunity bringing together four ‘icons’ of the sport. (Photo by Peter Gordon under Creative Commons 2.0 licence)
Vancouver Football Club’s last game of the season was held at home Friday at Willoughby Stadium in Langley. They faced off against Toronto’s York United, and lost 2-1. Player #19, Mikael Cantave, scored the lone goal for VFC. (Wes Shaw, ShotBug Press/Special to Langley Advance Times)

VFC victory wasn’t in cards for last game of first season

Langley’s new pro soccer team wraps up year with a 2-1 loss to Toronto

Vancouver Football Club’s last game of the season was held at home Friday at Willoughby Stadium in Langley. They faced off against Toronto’s York United, and lost 2-1. Player #19, Mikael Cantave, scored the lone goal for VFC. (Wes Shaw, ShotBug Press/Special to Langley Advance Times)
A special jersey, designed to pay tribute to hockey referees, has been revealed for the Vancouver Giants players to wear during their Oct. 22 game. Then, the jerseys will be given to auction winners after the appreciation night. (Diana Hong, Vancouver Giants/Special to Langley Advance Times)

Vancouver Giants selling off special referee jerseys

Major junior hockey team holds game as a tribute to hundreds of Canadian game officials

A special jersey, designed to pay tribute to hockey referees, has been revealed for the Vancouver Giants players to wear during their Oct. 22 game. Then, the jerseys will be given to auction winners after the appreciation night. (Diana Hong, Vancouver Giants/Special to Langley Advance Times)
The last game of the inaugural season for the Vancouver Football Club gets underway at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Friday, Oct. 6), at the Willoughby Stadium. Read how to get discounted tickets. (Beau Chevalier,VFC/CPL/Special to Langley Advance Times)

Vancouver pro soccer team looks to end season with a victory tonight

Discounted tickets for Black Press Media readers for final game of the year in Langley

The last game of the inaugural season for the Vancouver Football Club gets underway at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Friday, Oct. 6), at the Willoughby Stadium. Read how to get discounted tickets. (Beau Chevalier,VFC/CPL/Special to Langley Advance Times)
A 21-year-old woman from Surrey was taken to hospital after she became trapped underneath a pickup truck at the intersection of 202nd Street and 64th Avenue in Langley on Monday night, Oct. 2. (Curtis Kreklau, South Fraser News Services/Special to Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Woman trapped under truck in Langley

Pedestrian hit, transported to hospital

A 21-year-old woman from Surrey was taken to hospital after she became trapped underneath a pickup truck at the intersection of 202nd Street and 64th Avenue in Langley on Monday night, Oct. 2. (Curtis Kreklau, South Fraser News Services/Special to Langley Advance Times)
A tribute to fallen RCMP Const. Rick O’Brien was presented prior to the start of the Langley Rams game on Saturday, at the McLeod Athletic Park stadium, while his tearful daughter Taylor Longacre (left), wife Nicole (centre), with family friend Laurel Matheson (right), stood together field side. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Tribute for fallen RCMP officer by Langley football club

Rams team holds moment of silence

A tribute to fallen RCMP Const. Rick O’Brien was presented prior to the start of the Langley Rams game on Saturday, at the McLeod Athletic Park stadium, while his tearful daughter Taylor Longacre (left), wife Nicole (centre), with family friend Laurel Matheson (right), stood together field side. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
Messages of condolences flooded in for the family of Ridge Meadows RCMP Const. Rick O’Brien, a 51-year-old father of six from Langley, who was shot to death while executing a search warrant in Coquitlam on Sept. 22, 2023. (Colleen Flanagan/Black Press Media)

LETTER: Respecting Const. Rick O’Brien – and all police

Current outpouring appreciated, but respect and support for officers should be daily occurrence

  • Sep 30, 2023
Messages of condolences flooded in for the family of Ridge Meadows RCMP Const. Rick O’Brien, a 51-year-old father of six from Langley, who was shot to death while executing a search warrant in Coquitlam on Sept. 22, 2023. (Colleen Flanagan/Black Press Media)
Head Coach Afshin Ghotbi congratulated his players after Vancouver FC beat the Halifax Wanderers last weekend, 2-1. (Beau Chevalier, VFC/Special to Langley Advance Times)

Lower Mainland pro soccer team counts down in inaugural season

Vancouver FC plays in Langford Saturday, then last game of year is on home pitch Friday in Langley

Head Coach Afshin Ghotbi congratulated his players after Vancouver FC beat the Halifax Wanderers last weekend, 2-1. (Beau Chevalier, VFC/Special to Langley Advance Times)
After a bear wandered into visitor parking at a downtown Langley residential building on Sunday morning, Sept. 24, it was captured by conservation officers, and later euthanized. (Allie Wilkinson/Special to Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Sharp rise in number of bears being put down in B.C.

Critic calls system ’broken’ after black bear was euthanized in Langley

After a bear wandered into visitor parking at a downtown Langley residential building on Sunday morning, Sept. 24, it was captured by conservation officers, and later euthanized. (Allie Wilkinson/Special to Langley Advance Times)
A bear was euthanized after it was captured by conservation officers in downtown Langley, near the Willowbrook Shopping Centre, on Sunday, Sept. 24. (Jeff Barrett/Special to Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Bear euthanized after Sunday capture in downtown Langley

Conservation officers are investigating report some people were feeding the female

A bear was euthanized after it was captured by conservation officers in downtown Langley, near the Willowbrook Shopping Centre, on Sunday, Sept. 24. (Jeff Barrett/Special to Langley Advance Times)
At Langley Township council’s Monday afternoon, Sept. 25, meeting, a fellow officer turned councillor, Barb Martens, was to deliver a tribute, followed by a moment of silence for Const. Rick O’Brien, 51, who died Sept. 22, after he was shot during a Coquitlam confrontation.(RCMP)

Moment of silence for fallen RCMP officer at Langley council

Const. Rick O’Brien, a resident of Langley’s Willoughby area, remembered as ‘brave, kind and generous’

At Langley Township council’s Monday afternoon, Sept. 25, meeting, a fellow officer turned councillor, Barb Martens, was to deliver a tribute, followed by a moment of silence for Const. Rick O’Brien, 51, who died Sept. 22, after he was shot during a Coquitlam confrontation.(RCMP)