WARNING: This story contains graphic details One Langley homicide trial is set to wrap up with a judge’s ruling, while another is set to begin in the same week at the end of May. Jason Robert William Griffiths went on trial March 25 for second degree murder in the 2022 death of Nicholas Ball. After a multi-week trial in New Westminster Supreme Court, he’s scheduled to return on Wednesday, May 29 for the judge’s decision. The court heard witness testimony on the first day of the trial that Griffiths had been living on a vacant lot about 100 yards of 208th Street on the day of the...… WARNING: This story contains graphic details One Langley homicide trial is set to wrap up with a judge’s ruling, while another is set to begin in the same week at the end of May. Jason Robert William Griffiths went on trial March 25 for second degree murder in the 2022 death of Nicholas Ball. After a multi-week trial in New Westminster Supreme Court, he’s scheduled to return on Wednesday, May 29 for the judge’s decision. The court heard witness testimony on the first day of the trial that Griffiths had been living on a vacant lot about 100 yards of 208th Street on the day of the...WW…

More and more homeowners in Langley and its neighbours put their properties up for sale in April, as the number of homes on the market reached levels not seen since before the pandemic. Regionally, there were 7,313 homes of all types listed for sale across the Fraser Valley, from North Delta through to Abbotsford and Mission, according to statistics released by the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB). That’s the highest number of homes on the market for any April since 2019, when there were 7,870 homes for sale. Meanwhile, sales were up from March, but still five per cent below...… More and more homeowners in Langley and its neighbours put their properties up for sale in April, as the number of homes on the market reached levels not seen since before the pandemic. Regionally, there were 7,313 homes of all types listed for sale across the Fraser Valley, from North Delta through to Abbotsford and Mission, according to statistics released by the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB). That’s the highest number of homes on the market for any April since 2019, when there were 7,870 homes for sale. Meanwhile, sales were up from March, but still five per cent below...WW…

Skip to contentHomeLocal NewsMatthew ClaxtonPreviousNext/ExpandPreviousNextA sea of red and blue filled the Langley Events Centre’s arena bowl on Wednesday, Oct. 4 as thousands of RCMP officers and municipal police gathered, along with family and friends, to pay tribute to Const. Frederick O’Brien, who was killed in the line of duty last month.Following a procession featuring several thousand first responders in their dress uniforms, the funeral at the LEC began with four officers, three carrying sabres, marching in with the Guidon, the regimental flag of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,...…Skip to contentHomeLocal NewsMatthew ClaxtonPreviousNext/ExpandPreviousNextA sea of red and blue filled the Langley Events Centre’s arena bowl on Wednesday, Oct. 4 as thousands of RCMP officers and municipal police gathered, along with family and friends, to pay tribute to Const. Frederick O’Brien, who was killed in the line of duty last month.Following a procession featuring several thousand first responders in their dress uniforms, the funeral at the LEC began with four officers, three carrying sabres, marching in with the Guidon, the regimental flag of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,...WW…

Skip to contentHomeLocal NewsMatthew ClaxtonPreviousNext/ExpandPreviousNextA sea of red and blue filled the Langley Events Centre’s arena bowl on Wednesday, Oct. 4 as thousands of RCMP officers and municipal police gathered, along with family and friends, to pay tribute to Const. Frederick O’Brien, who was killed in the line of duty last month.Following a procession featuring several thousand first responders in their dress uniforms, the funeral at the LEC began with four officers, three carrying sabres, marching in with the Guidon, the regimental flag of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,...…Skip to contentHomeLocal NewsMatthew ClaxtonPreviousNext/ExpandPreviousNextA sea of red and blue filled the Langley Events Centre’s arena bowl on Wednesday, Oct. 4 as thousands of RCMP officers and municipal police gathered, along with family and friends, to pay tribute to Const. Frederick O’Brien, who was killed in the line of duty last month.Following a procession featuring several thousand first responders in their dress uniforms, the funeral at the LEC began with four officers, three carrying sabres, marching in with the Guidon, the regimental flag of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,...WW…

Skip to contentHomeLocal NewsShaulene Burkett has been with Black Press Media for many yearsMatthew ClaxtonThe Langley Advance Times and Aldergrove Star have a new publisher, as Shaulene Burkett has taken over the top job as of the end of September.Burkett has been in the community news industry for 26 years, starting with Vannet Newspapers, and for the last decade with Black Press media. She has led sales teams at the Surrey Now Leader, and for the last several years has been the group advertising manager for the Langley Advance Times, the Aldergrove Star, and the Maple Ridge News.She also...…Skip to contentHomeLocal NewsShaulene Burkett has been with Black Press Media for many yearsMatthew ClaxtonThe Langley Advance Times and Aldergrove Star have a new publisher, as Shaulene Burkett has taken over the top job as of the end of September.Burkett has been in the community news industry for 26 years, starting with Vannet Newspapers, and for the last decade with Black Press media. She has led sales teams at the Surrey Now Leader, and for the last several years has been the group advertising manager for the Langley Advance Times, the Aldergrove Star, and the Maple Ridge News.She also...WW…