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The Combined Forces Special Enforcment Unit of B.C. warned the public, parents and their children of the dangers of using 3D printers to make firearms or other potential weapons. On display were a number of 3D-printed firearms, as well as the frame for a Glock 26 currently being made by a 3D printer. (Lauren Collins)

Ghost guns showing up at crime scenes in Canada but RCMP not keeping statistics

Ghost guns are firearms without serial numbers that are assembled from individual parts or 3D printers

The Combined Forces Special Enforcment Unit of B.C. warned the public, parents and their children of the dangers of using 3D printers to make firearms or other potential weapons. On display were a number of 3D-printed firearms, as well as the frame for a Glock 26 currently being made by a 3D printer. (Lauren Collins)
Evidence at the trial of a former RCMP intelligence official charged with breaching Canada’s secrets law reveals he was in charge of a unit expected to work in a high-pressure environment. Cameron Jay Ortis, right, a former RCMP intelligence director accused of disclosing classified information, returns to the Ottawa Courthouse during a break in proceedings in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Accused in secrets case was expected to achieve ‘significant outcomes’ for RCMP

A detailed job description for Ortis says he became director of the RCMP’s Operations Research group in 2013

Evidence at the trial of a former RCMP intelligence official charged with breaching Canada’s secrets law reveals he was in charge of a unit expected to work in a high-pressure environment. Cameron Jay Ortis, right, a former RCMP intelligence director accused of disclosing classified information, returns to the Ottawa Courthouse during a break in proceedings in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Members of the RCMP lined up outside the Langley Events Centre on Wednesday, Oct. 4, for a final salute to Const. Rick O’Brien following his funeral ceremony. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)

VIDEO: Final salute to Ridge Meadows constable at Lower Mainland funeral

Thousands of first responders turned out to honour the life of Const. Rick O’Brien

Members of the RCMP lined up outside the Langley Events Centre on Wednesday, Oct. 4, for a final salute to Const. Rick O’Brien following his funeral ceremony. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)
The suspect in the death of Const. Rick O’Brien will be back in court on Nov. 7. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

Man accused of 1st degree murder of police officer in court next month

The man accused of killing a Ridge Meadows RCMP officer in Coquitlam…

The suspect in the death of Const. Rick O’Brien will be back in court on Nov. 7. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
The suspect in the death of Const. Rick O’Brien will be back in court on Nov. 7. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

Nicholas Bellemare faces a charge of first degree murder

The man accused of killing a Ridge Meadows RCMP officer in Coquitlam…

The suspect in the death of Const. Rick O’Brien will be back in court on Nov. 7. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
People are attending from other police forces, fire departments, other emergency services, the military, and even sports organizations he supported. (Colleen Flanagan/Black Press Media)

Family, first responders pay tribute to Const. Rick O’Brien

A sea of red and blue filled the Langley Events Centre’s arena…

People are attending from other police forces, fire departments, other emergency services, the military, and even sports organizations he supported. (Colleen Flanagan/Black Press Media)
RCMP members escorted the hearse at the regimental funeral of Const. Rick O’Brien on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (Dan Ferguson/Black Press Media)

Funeral underway in Langley for Ridge Meadows RCMP constable

Const. Rick O’Brien being honoured with procession and funeral which is being livestreamed

RCMP members escorted the hearse at the regimental funeral of Const. Rick O’Brien on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (Dan Ferguson/Black Press Media)
Cameron Ortis, a senior intelligence official at the RCMP, leaves the courthouse in Ottawa after being granted bail on October 22, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Crown says former RCMP intelligence official improperly disclosed secrets

Cameron Jay Ortis had access to some of the country’s most closely held information

Cameron Ortis, a senior intelligence official at the RCMP, leaves the courthouse in Ottawa after being granted bail on October 22, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Cameron Ortis, a senior intelligence official at the RCMP, leaves the courthouse in Ottawa after being granted bail on October 22, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Former RCMP intelligence director pleads not guilty to disclosing secrets

Ortis was taken into custody in Ottawa in September 2019

Cameron Ortis, a senior intelligence official at the RCMP, leaves the courthouse in Ottawa after being granted bail on October 22, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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)
Three suspects broke into Peoples Jewellers in Woodgrove Centre and stole approximately $100,000 worth of jewelry. (Submitted photo)

Thieves in Nanaimo steal $100,000 worth of jewelry in ‘well-planned’ heist

Three suspects broke into Woodgrove Centre and Peoples Jewellers

Three suspects broke into Peoples Jewellers in Woodgrove Centre and stole approximately $100,000 worth of jewelry. (Submitted photo)
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)
Cameron Ortis, a senior intelligence official at the RCMP, walks with his lawyer Ian Carter, obscured at left, after leaving the courthouse in Ottawa after being granted bail on October 22, 2019. More than four years after Cameron Jay Ortis was charged with breaching Canada’s secrets law, the former RCMP intelligence director is about to get his day in court. Ortis was taken into custody in Ottawa on Sept. 12, 2019, an arrest that deeply shocked the national police force. As the head of the RCMP’s National Intelligence Co-ordination Centre, Ortis had access to some of the country’s most closely held information. Ortis, 51, is charged with violating the Security of Information Act by allegedly revealing secrets to three individuals and trying to do so in a fourth instance, as well as breach of trust and a computer-related offence. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Trial to begin for ex-RCMP intelligence director accused of disclosing secrets

Cameron Jay Ortis was taken into custody in 2019

Cameron Ortis, a senior intelligence official at the RCMP, walks with his lawyer Ian Carter, obscured at left, after leaving the courthouse in Ottawa after being granted bail on October 22, 2019. More than four years after Cameron Jay Ortis was charged with breaching Canada’s secrets law, the former RCMP intelligence director is about to get his day in court. Ortis was taken into custody in Ottawa on Sept. 12, 2019, an arrest that deeply shocked the national police force. As the head of the RCMP’s National Intelligence Co-ordination Centre, Ortis had access to some of the country’s most closely held information. Ortis, 51, is charged with violating the Security of Information Act by allegedly revealing secrets to three individuals and trying to do so in a fourth instance, as well as breach of trust and a computer-related offence. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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)
A regimental funeral service will be held for Const. Rick O’Brien on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at the Langley Events Centre. (Special to The News)

Funeral details revealed for slain B.C. Mountie

A regimental funeral for Rick O’Brien will be on Oct. 4 at Langley Events Centre

A regimental funeral service will be held for Const. Rick O’Brien on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at the Langley Events Centre. (Special to The News)
The RCMP logo is seen in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. The RCMP says it has introduced mandatory security awareness training for employees, one of several changes prompted by the 2019 arrest of a senior civilian member for allegedly leaking classified information. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Security awareness training now mandatory for RCMP after 2019 arrest of member

The report stressed that the allegations against Cameron Jay Ortis have not been proven in court

The RCMP logo is seen in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. The RCMP says it has introduced mandatory security awareness training for employees, one of several changes prompted by the 2019 arrest of a senior civilian member for allegedly leaking classified information. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Const. Rick O’Brien will be mourned by Langley Rivermen and their fans Saturday, Sept. 30 at McLeod Athletic Park. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

Lower Mainland sports teams pay tribute to fallen police officer

An RCMP officer from Langley was described as a big cheerleader of local sports

  • Sep 30, 2023
Const. Rick O’Brien will be mourned by Langley Rivermen and their fans Saturday, Sept. 30 at McLeod Athletic Park. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
Chase RCMP located what appeared to be a non-emergency vehicle driving in an evacuated area of Sorrento on Aug. 21, 2023. (File photo)

Shuswap man claiming to be firefighter handed 90-day driving prohibition

Officers located driver in evacuated area of Sorrento

Chase RCMP located what appeared to be a non-emergency vehicle driving in an evacuated area of Sorrento on Aug. 21, 2023. (File photo)
Ashleigh Daniels, a police officer in Coquitlam signs the book of condolences for fallen Ridge Meadows RCMP Const. Rick O’Brien. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)

Fundraiser for family of fallen Lower Mainland officer at more than $100,000

Money will go towards Const. Rick O’Brien’s wife and six children

Ashleigh Daniels, a police officer in Coquitlam signs the book of condolences for fallen Ridge Meadows RCMP Const. Rick O’Brien. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)
The procession for Const. Rick O’Brien rolled through Abbotsford on Tuesday (Sept. 26). (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)

Procession for fallen officer Const. Rick O’Brien rolls through Abbotsford

Ridge Meadows RCMP member was killed during an incident on Friday (Sept. 22)

The procession for Const. Rick O’Brien rolled through Abbotsford on Tuesday (Sept. 26). (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)