March 28, 2024

UPDATED: Bomb scare over at Langley RCMP headquarters

A bomb scare is Langley is now over at the RCMP headquarters. Police say a car was towed to the detachment around 6 a.m., after they received reports of a suspicious circumstance in one neighbourhood. Officers then noticed something suspicious about the vehicle, and the bomb squad was called in. Reporters on scene heard something blow up around 9 … [Read more...]

Mudslide in Langley

A rainfall warning's posted for Metro Vancouver and officials in Langley are dealing with the aftermath of a mud slide. Langley Township operations manager Terry Veer says the slide's about 100 metres long and twelve inches thick, and has forced the closure of 264th street between 72nd and 84th avenues. "It's not a really, really steep are but … [Read more...]

The Township of Langley watching Kinder Morgan expansion plans

The Mayor of Langley Township says he is keeping an eye on Kinder Morgan's plans to twin its existing pipeline but at the moment it is a wait and see game. Jack Froese says with ten or so miles of pipeline running right through Walnut Grove some people in the area are concerned. "Oh for sure, yeah, I have already spoken to a couple of residents and … [Read more...]

Langley man to be sentenced next year for pointing laser at RCMP helicopter

A Langley man will have to wait til next year to learn his sentence for pointing a laser at a helicopter. Alexander William Schiller has pleaded guilty to aiming the laser at the pilot and passenger of an RCMP helicopter while it was assisting Vancouver Police in April of last year -- when Schiller was 30. He was later charged with mischief, … [Read more...]

Fort Langley school briefly under lockdown

Operations at Langley Fine Arts School are now back to normal after it was under lockdown for a short time this morning. RCMP say about 10:45, mounties got a report that one of the students at the school was claiming to have been threatened by someone external to the school. The school's administration decided to lock down the school and RCMP were … [Read more...]

Two Langley men facing charges relating to several property crimes

Two Langley men are facing charges in connection with a number of property crimes. 73 year old Roeloff Dendryver and 30 year Derek Hall are the accused. Hall is alleged to have offered to do some engine work on a truck in 2011 and later -- to have reported the truck stolen. Corporal Holly Marks says in March of this year, Dendryver went to a local … [Read more...]

Cocaine bust in Langley

Langley mounties have made a big cocaine bust. It happened last Thursday morning in the 2-7-200 block of 8th Avenue. Police were called about three occupants of a van throwing three hockey bags into a ditch. RCMP recovered two of the bags containing 21 bricks of cocaine, worth half-a-million dollars on the street. However, the third bag and the … [Read more...]

Langley Mounties recover rare coin collection

Langley Mounties are trying to find the owners of some rare coins. In August, officers out on patrol recognized a man they knew was not allowed to drive, and he and a passenger were in a Ford that had licence plates from another car. While searching the vehicle, police discovered a backpack filled with coins from countries such as Norway, Sweden, … [Read more...]

A proposed development has the Township of Langley and Metro Vancouver at odds

A proposed university district to be built around Trinity Western University has the Township of Langley at loggerheads with Metro Vancouver.  The regional district says the development proposal in Agricultural Land Reserve violates the new regional growth strategy.  Langley Township Mayor Jack Froese disagrees.  "When it comes to … [Read more...]

Two killed in Langley crash

Too early to say what caused it, but Langley Mounties confirm two people are dead after a head-on collision between a car and a dump truck. Corporal Holly Marks says it happened over the noon hour on 16th Avenue near 208th Street. "Yes, just past 12:30. for traffic, it's important to know that 16th avenue will likely be closed for the next … [Read more...]