Langley

A vehicle was destroyed by a powerful blast in the parking lot in the Willoughby Town Centre on Wednesday, July 26. (Kyler Emerson/Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Large explosion rocks Lower Mainland shopping centre

Vehicle destroyed in morning blast in complex with nearby shops and a child care centre

A vehicle was destroyed by a powerful blast in the parking lot in the Willoughby Town Centre on Wednesday, July 26. (Kyler Emerson/Langley Advance Times)
The BC Securities Commission has accused six Lower Mainland residents of a $46 million stock scheme. (Pixabay Image)

BCSC claims pump and dump scam headed by Langley, Surrey brothers netted $46 million

Six people called to hearing before Securities Commission in October

The BC Securities Commission has accused six Lower Mainland residents of a $46 million stock scheme. (Pixabay Image)
Pastor Leith White read a tribute at a Langley City vigil to remember the July 25, 2022 spree shootings. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
Pastor Leith White read a tribute at a Langley City vigil to remember the July 25, 2022 spree shootings. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
An early morning fire caused extensive damage to a three-storey Aldergrove house in the 27100 block of 35th Avenue Sunday morning, July 23. RCMP taped off the scene. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Aldergrove house fire under investigation

Sunday morning blaze caused extensive damage

An early morning fire caused extensive damage to a three-storey Aldergrove house in the 27100 block of 35th Avenue Sunday morning, July 23. RCMP taped off the scene. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
On Saturday, July 22, the B.C. Hells Angels celebrated their 40th anniversary with a party that drew hundreds from chapters across B.C. and Canada to Langley. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Hundreds of B.C. Hells Angels celebrate anniversary in Langley

40 years since they “patched over’

On Saturday, July 22, the B.C. Hells Angels celebrated their 40th anniversary with a party that drew hundreds from chapters across B.C. and Canada to Langley. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
Atlético Ottawa beat Vancouver FC last weekend. Now VFC is hosting Calgary Cavalry Saturday afternoon in Langley. (Matt Zambonin, CPL/Special to Langley Advance Times)

Pro soccer gets underway Saturday afternoon in Langley

Several relatively new Vancouver FC players expected to suit up against Calgary

  • Jul 22, 2023
Atlético Ottawa beat Vancouver FC last weekend. Now VFC is hosting Calgary Cavalry Saturday afternoon in Langley. (Matt Zambonin, CPL/Special to Langley Advance Times)
Doug Herring Jr. went in for a rebound in a game where Rattlers took down the Vancouver Bandits in Saskatchewan on Wednesday, 103-82. (Derek Elvin, Canadian Elite Basketball League/Special to Langley Advance Times)

Bandits back home in Langley, looking to snap losing streak

Vancouver looks to regroup tonight, after falters on road versus Saskatchewan

  • Jul 21, 2023
Doug Herring Jr. went in for a rebound in a game where Rattlers took down the Vancouver Bandits in Saskatchewan on Wednesday, 103-82. (Derek Elvin, Canadian Elite Basketball League/Special to Langley Advance Times)
An estimated 1,000 to 1,500 riders from motorcycle clubs across Canada attended the Sept. 4, 2021 Langley service for the president of the Haney chapter of the Hells Angels, Mike Hadden. (Langley Advance Times files)

Hundreds of Hells Angels bikers to descend on Langley, Maple Ridge starting Friday

The bikers are gathering to mark the 40th anniversary of the gang’s presence in B.C.

An estimated 1,000 to 1,500 riders from motorcycle clubs across Canada attended the Sept. 4, 2021 Langley service for the president of the Haney chapter of the Hells Angels, Mike Hadden. (Langley Advance Times files)
A motorcycle rider ended up under a pickup truck as a result of a crash near 264th Street on Highway 1 on Wednesday, July 11, witnesses said. (Curtis Kreklau/South Fraser News Services)

Aldergrove crash sends motorcyclist to hospital, closes highway

Highway 1 was closed Wednesday after a crash near 264th Street

A motorcycle rider ended up under a pickup truck as a result of a crash near 264th Street on Highway 1 on Wednesday, July 11, witnesses said. (Curtis Kreklau/South Fraser News Services)
Willowbrook Shopping Mall is getting a pop-up Zellers inside The Bay. (Langley Advance Times files)

Zellers pop-up returns to Langley’s Willowbrook Mall

The Bay will have a new, internal Zellers in the coming weeks

Willowbrook Shopping Mall is getting a pop-up Zellers inside The Bay. (Langley Advance Times files)
An SUV fleeing RCMP slammed into a small sedan on Saturday afternoon in Langley, closing the intersection of 72nd Avenue and 202A Street, and sending one person to hospital. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
An SUV fleeing RCMP slammed into a small sedan on Saturday afternoon in Langley, closing the intersection of 72nd Avenue and 202A Street, and sending one person to hospital. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
Bandits’ Nick Ward takes a free throw Friday, July 14 against the Brampton Honey Badgers at Langley Events Centre. (Vancouver Bandits/Special to Langley Advance Times)

A good start ends badly for Vancouver Bandits against Honey Badgers

Team need to tighten up ‘and just be consistent’ says Diego Maffia

Bandits’ Nick Ward takes a free throw Friday, July 14 against the Brampton Honey Badgers at Langley Events Centre. (Vancouver Bandits/Special to Langley Advance Times)
Abbotsford truck driver Kevin Boese has been named Driver of the Year in North America by Shell. He drives for Scamp Transport in Langley. (Submitted photo)

B.C. man named Shell’s North American Driver of the Year

Scamp Transport driver recognized for contributing to community when he’s not behind the wheel

Abbotsford truck driver Kevin Boese has been named Driver of the Year in North America by Shell. He drives for Scamp Transport in Langley. (Submitted photo)
In Vancouver Football Club’s most recent game on Sunday, July 2 against the Toronto York United FC, the Langley-based team fell 2-1. Tonight (Friday, July 7), they’re back playing at home – at Willoughby Stadium – taking on the Halifax Wanderers at 7 p.m. (Beau Chevalier, Vancouver FC/Special to Langley Advance Times)

Langley’s pro soccer team goes country

Charity angle and live music added to tonight’s Vancouver FC game against Halifax - kickoff at 7 p.m.

In Vancouver Football Club’s most recent game on Sunday, July 2 against the Toronto York United FC, the Langley-based team fell 2-1. Tonight (Friday, July 7), they’re back playing at home – at Willoughby Stadium – taking on the Halifax Wanderers at 7 p.m. (Beau Chevalier, Vancouver FC/Special to Langley Advance Times)
The Westlund Group building in Langley. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

Profane email to client leads to firing of Langley company’s president

Former media company head ousted after insults flung at client

The Westlund Group building in Langley. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
A light plane left the runway and crashed through a fence into a park on Thursday, July 6. (Shane MacKichan photo/Special to the Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Plane crashes through fence at Langley Airport

Hard landing not believed to have caused any serious injuries

A light plane left the runway and crashed through a fence into a park on Thursday, July 6. (Shane MacKichan photo/Special to the Langley Advance Times)
Simi Rajput, co-founder and CEO of Green Giantz, and her son in the warehouse full of packaged biodegradable briefs. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

B.C. start-up company finds there’s green in eco-friendly adult diapers

Langley’s Green Giantz started delivering biodegradable incontinence briefs to care homes this spring

Simi Rajput, co-founder and CEO of Green Giantz, and her son in the warehouse full of packaged biodegradable briefs. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
Vancouver Bandits Nick Ward in action against the Edmonton Stingers at the Edmonton EXPO Centre on Monday, July 3. The second home-and-home series game saw the Stingers win 92-78. (Vancouver Bandits/Special to Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: A foul-filled loss by Vancouver Bandits in Edmonton

Nick Ward and Giorgi Bezhanishvili gone for most of game

Vancouver Bandits Nick Ward in action against the Edmonton Stingers at the Edmonton EXPO Centre on Monday, July 3. The second home-and-home series game saw the Stingers win 92-78. (Vancouver Bandits/Special to Langley Advance Times)
On what would have been Carson Crimeni’s 18th birthday, July 2, his father Aaron (centre) and grandfather Darrel (right) went to the skateboard park in Walnut Grove and put up a sign. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: A birthday memorial for Carson Crimeni

B.C. teen who was killed would have been 18 on Sunday, July 2

On what would have been Carson Crimeni’s 18th birthday, July 2, his father Aaron (centre) and grandfather Darrel (right) went to the skateboard park in Walnut Grove and put up a sign. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
It was perfect weather but the outcome was less than perfect for Vancouver FC fans at Willoughby Community Park on Sunday, July 2, as York United outshot the home team to win 2-1. (CPL/Special to Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Great game with less-than-great result for Vancouver FC

Newly-acquired attacker Mikaël Cantave makes debut

It was perfect weather but the outcome was less than perfect for Vancouver FC fans at Willoughby Community Park on Sunday, July 2, as York United outshot the home team to win 2-1. (CPL/Special to Langley Advance Times)