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A drug courier who was arrested with a kilogram of fentanyl has been sentenced to eight years in prison. (Cliff MacArthur/provincialcourt.bc.ca)

Drug courier gets 8 years for moving fentanyl between Victoria, Langley

Driver arrested in Delta after police spotted drug handover in Langley

A drug courier who was arrested with a kilogram of fentanyl has been sentenced to eight years in prison. (Cliff MacArthur/provincialcourt.bc.ca)
Kwantlen First Nation Chief Marilyn Gabriel at a 2022 event at the Langley School Board offices. A court hearing beginning Thursday, Jan. 18 is weighing arguments about the KFN’s hereditary governance structure. (Langley Advance Times files)

Kwantlen First Nation factions face off in court over leadership dispute

Hereditary chief and her opponents have been at loggerheads for five years

Kwantlen First Nation Chief Marilyn Gabriel at a 2022 event at the Langley School Board offices. A court hearing beginning Thursday, Jan. 18 is weighing arguments about the KFN’s hereditary governance structure. (Langley Advance Times files)
Some of the men who undertook an informal patrol on Dec. 22 and 23 spoke to Matthew Ostrander shortly after RCMP arrested him. Ostrander now faces a breaking and enter charge. (Tom Aubert photo/Special to the Langley Advance Times)

Christmas Eve ‘dads stroll’ flushes out suspect in Fort Langley break ins

Langley RCMP warned about keeping distance from suspects

Some of the men who undertook an informal patrol on Dec. 22 and 23 spoke to Matthew Ostrander shortly after RCMP arrested him. Ostrander now faces a breaking and enter charge. (Tom Aubert photo/Special to the Langley Advance Times)
Forensic investigators at Naomi Onotera’s home at 200th Street and 50th Avenue Thursday morning, Sept. 16, 2021. This search took place shortly after IHIT took over the investigation, leading to manslaughter charges against her husband, Obnes Regis. (Langley Advance Times files)

Police discovery of human remains in B.C. murder case deemed lawful: Judge

Cadaver dog search came two weeks after Naomi Onotera disappeared

Forensic investigators at Naomi Onotera’s home at 200th Street and 50th Avenue Thursday morning, Sept. 16, 2021. This search took place shortly after IHIT took over the investigation, leading to manslaughter charges against her husband, Obnes Regis. (Langley Advance Times files)
Langley RCMP. (Langley Advance Times files)

Human trafficking charges laid against Langley woman

Jennifer Lynn Stephens faces 14 charges including assault, trafficking a minor

Langley RCMP. (Langley Advance Times files)
BC Supreme Court in New Westminster. (Black Press Media files)

Judge jails drug dealer who crashed into ambulance in Langley

14 months for drug crimes, plus time for hit and run offence

BC Supreme Court in New Westminster. (Black Press Media files)
BC Supreme Court in New Westminster. (Black Press Media files)

B.C. man sentenced for deadly stabbing of brother

Jacob Cook to spend six more years in prison for manslaughter

BC Supreme Court in New Westminster. (Black Press Media files)
Paul Zwingé is one of many Langley seniors facing a move – and potentially higher rents – soon because of redevelopment. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

B.C. seniors facing housing crunch, risk homelessness

Langley’s Paul Zwingé is one of many seniors facing an enforced move soon

Paul Zwingé is one of many Langley seniors facing a move – and potentially higher rents – soon because of redevelopment. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
A plane crashed after hitting a pickup truck on 216th Street May 3 at the Langley Regional Airport. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

Low approach cause of fiery crash at Langley Airport: TSB

Report said weather, pilot health, and mechanical issues largely ruled out

A plane crashed after hitting a pickup truck on 216th Street May 3 at the Langley Regional Airport. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
Brian Abrosimo, 61, has been released to a halfway house in Surrey. A violent sex offender considered at high risk to reoffend, he is banned from being in Langley or Abbotsford. (Surrey RCMP/Special to Black Press Media)

Surrey RCMP warn public about violent sex criminal

Brian Abrosimo is to live in a halfway house in Surrey – is banned from Langley, Abbotsford

Brian Abrosimo, 61, has been released to a halfway house in Surrey. A violent sex offender considered at high risk to reoffend, he is banned from being in Langley or Abbotsford. (Surrey RCMP/Special to Black Press Media)
A wall collapse at a six-storey building under construction on Fraser Highway near 200th Street dumped bricks on a neighbouring car sales lot in Langley City. (Dan Ferguson./Langley Advance Times)

Building under construction collapses onto Langley car dealership

Wall tumbled during Saturday-morning windstorm that struck South Coast

A wall collapse at a six-storey building under construction on Fraser Highway near 200th Street dumped bricks on a neighbouring car sales lot in Langley City. (Dan Ferguson./Langley Advance Times)
B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. (Black Press Media files)

Judge to decide fate of B.C. Hells Angel facing fraud extradition

Court Vasseur is one of two men accused in a $35 million scheme

B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. (Black Press Media files)
A mink stares out of its pen at a fur farm near St. Marys, Ont., Thursday, July 9, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Geoff Robins

B.C. mink farmers sue province over 2021 COVID-19-related shutdown

Lawsuit claims undue influence exercised when health authorities closed Fraser Valley farms in 2021

A mink stares out of its pen at a fur farm near St. Marys, Ont., Thursday, July 9, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Geoff Robins
Langley realtor David Foxwell has been sentenced for dragging an Alberta RCMP officer from a traffic stop. (Langley Advance Times files)

House arrest, 3-year driving ban for B.C. realtor who dragged cop with car

David Foxwell sentenced for incident in Leduc, Alberta

Langley realtor David Foxwell has been sentenced for dragging an Alberta RCMP officer from a traffic stop. (Langley Advance Times files)
Former MMA fighter Kultar Gill has been charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle casing bodily harm in connection to an incident in Aldergrove on Sunday, Oct. 29. (Ben Lypka/Black Press Media)

‘Black Mamba’ charged, car rams B.C. RCMP station as woman hangs out door

New charges against former MMA fighter Kultar Gill in Langley police station crash

Former MMA fighter Kultar Gill has been charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle casing bodily harm in connection to an incident in Aldergrove on Sunday, Oct. 29. (Ben Lypka/Black Press Media)
Aron Crimeni, Carson’s father, addressed reporters outside the courthouse after the sentencing on Thursday, Oct. 26. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

Carson Crimeni’s death ‘sudden, tragic, far reaching, and unending’ for family: judge

Judge spoke of balancing ‘dangerous and stupid’ crime with hope for rehabilitation

Aron Crimeni, Carson’s father, addressed reporters outside the courthouse after the sentencing on Thursday, Oct. 26. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
The crash, like so many others, took place near the 264th Street interchange in Langley on Highway One. (Province of BC photo)

Claims of phantom hit-and-run driver in Aldergrove crash don’t add up in ICBC appeal

Witness said at-fault driver was lost in his music when he rear-ended a Toyota

The crash, like so many others, took place near the 264th Street interchange in Langley on Highway One. (Province of BC photo)
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 RCMP officers. (Langley Advance Times files)

Camouflage-clad men flying drones in suburban area not a threat, say Langley RCMP

Odd sales tactics result in warning over bylaw infraction

Langley RCMP officers. (Langley Advance Times files)