Matthew Claxton

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Greater Vancouver Zoo online image of grey wolf. The zoo website reports they have nine adults and six cubs. (Greater Vancouver Zoo)

One wolf found dead, one missing after break-in at zoo in Langley

Young wolf Tempest still missing, Chia found dead by road

Greater Vancouver Zoo online image of grey wolf. The zoo website reports they have nine adults and six cubs. (Greater Vancouver Zoo)
Greater Vancouver Zoo image of grey wolf.

Wolves escape enclosure at Greater Vancouver Zoo; deemed suspicious

BC Conservation, RCMP were on scene after escape Tuesday morning

Greater Vancouver Zoo image of grey wolf.
Brown areas are within a five-minute walk of one of the planned local SkyTrain stations. Areas in tan are within a 10-minute walk. (Langley City OCP)

Most land on Langley City SkyTrain route already bought by developers: realtor

Langley City land assemblages are ready to be redeveloped over the next few years

Brown areas are within a five-minute walk of one of the planned local SkyTrain stations. Areas in tan are within a 10-minute walk. (Langley City OCP)
Taryn Lim, 34 months old, suffered a broken leg and is missing a couple of teeth after she fell from a third-storey window in Langley on Monday, Aug. 8. (Special to the Langley Advance Times)

Toddler’s fall from third-storey window should be a warning to other parents, father says

Langley’s Taryn Lim has a broken leg, but her parents worried it could have been much worse

Taryn Lim, 34 months old, suffered a broken leg and is missing a couple of teeth after she fell from a third-storey window in Langley on Monday, Aug. 8. (Special to the Langley Advance Times)
B.C. Court of Appeal in Vancouver. (Black Press Media files)

Rough elevator ride leads to lawsuit against strata, Langley City

Elevator was a hazard that injured nine-member family, suit claims

B.C. Court of Appeal in Vancouver. (Black Press Media files)
An air ambulance like this one took a Langley child to hospital after a fall from a window. (Black Press Media files)

B.C. Toddler falls from third-storey window

Child taken to hospital by Air Ambulance

An air ambulance like this one took a Langley child to hospital after a fall from a window. (Black Press Media files)
Paul Wynn, 60, in a photo provided to IHIT by his family. (IHIT)

Langley shooting victim’s family hopes to leave legacy in honour of Paul Wynn

Victim’s brother plans memorial plaque at Creek Stone Place

Paul Wynn, 60, in a photo provided to IHIT by his family. (IHIT)
Emergency Response Team officers (ERT) and armoured trucks were on scene in Langley where police were negotiating with a man inside a townhouse on 72nd Avenue on Tuesday afternoon. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

RCMP, ERT in standoff at Langley home

RCMP are on scene related to an incident, but few details have been released

Emergency Response Team officers (ERT) and armoured trucks were on scene in Langley where police were negotiating with a man inside a townhouse on 72nd Avenue on Tuesday afternoon. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
Paul Wynn. (Special to the Langley Advance Times)

Shooting victim was ‘God-child’ in his family: brother

Paul Wynn was killed by Jordan Goggin on Monday

Paul Wynn. (Special to the Langley Advance Times)
Steven Furness, 43, was the second victim of the Monday morning shooting spree. (IHIT)

Victims of Langley shooting spree identified

A 60-year-old man and a 43-year-old were both killed, two more remain in hospital

Steven Furness, 43, was the second victim of the Monday morning shooting spree. (IHIT)
An RCMP shoulder patch. (Black Press Media files)

Lower Mainland Mountie who drove drunk with police dog in vehicle fined 30 days pay

Const. Blaise Picketts was arrested after he passed out at a Maple Ridge Burger King drive through

An RCMP shoulder patch. (Black Press Media files)
The Pitt Meadows Airport’s new terminal building. (The News files)

Plane clips fence, tears off front wheel in hard landing at Pitt Meadows Airport

TSB to investigate near-crash

The Pitt Meadows Airport’s new terminal building. (The News files)
Jordan Daniel Goggin is the suspect in four shootings in Langley that killed two and injured two more. He was killed by police Monday morning. (IHIT/Special to Black Press Media)

Surveillance images show Langley shooter

IHIT released images of Jordan Goggin taken from security footage

Jordan Daniel Goggin is the suspect in four shootings in Langley that killed two and injured two more. He was killed by police Monday morning. (IHIT/Special to Black Press Media)
Sgt. David Lee of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

Langley spree shooter was 28-year-old Surrey man, police say

Jordan Daniel Goggin was killed by police near the site of his fourth shooting

Sgt. David Lee of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on April 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Langley killings ‘senseless act of violence’: Farnworth

Solicitor general thanks emergency responders

B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on April 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Langley City Mayor Val van den Broek spoke at the press conference Monday, July 25 about the four shootings that took place across City and Township. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

Langley’s mayors react with shock, sorrow to mass shooting

Township and City mayors both thanked police, offered condolences to victims’ families

Langley City Mayor Val van den Broek spoke at the press conference Monday, July 25 about the four shootings that took place across City and Township. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
Langley RCMP were at the scene of a shooting Monday, July 25, 2022, in a parking lot on Logan Avenue near the bus loop. (Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance Times)

Langley shooting spree took place over five hours: IHIT

Shootings began at midnight and took place at at least four locations

Langley RCMP were at the scene of a shooting Monday, July 25, 2022, in a parking lot on Logan Avenue near the bus loop. (Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance Times)
Dave Proctor ran across Canada in 68 days to beat the record for the fastest cross-country run. On Wednesday, July 20, he passed through Aldergrove. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

Record-breaking cross-Canada run passes through Langley, Fraser Valley

Dave Proctor wrapped up his run on Thursday, July 21

Dave Proctor ran across Canada in 68 days to beat the record for the fastest cross-country run. On Wednesday, July 20, he passed through Aldergrove. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
Indigenous singers marked the opening of the Langley Foundry on Eastleigh Crescent on Tuesday, July 19. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Latest Foundry opens in Langley to provide youth health services

Thirteenth opened by the province, with more planned, minister said

Indigenous singers marked the opening of the Langley Foundry on Eastleigh Crescent on Tuesday, July 19. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
Langley guitarist and producer Mitch Merrett, on the right with his band Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion, recently had a guitar missing for 15 years, a gift from his parents, recovered. (Special to the Langley Advance Times)

B.C. country musician recovers guitar stolen in Surrey 15 years ago

The Telecaster was a gift from his parents when he was starting out

Langley guitarist and producer Mitch Merrett, on the right with his band Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion, recently had a guitar missing for 15 years, a gift from his parents, recovered. (Special to the Langley Advance Times)