Langley RCMP is seeking the assistance of public with an investigation. Police have shared the picture of a woman. Police allege the pictured female made over $20K worth of fraudulent purchases on a stolen credit cards on December 22nd of last year. All the charges were completed at the Willowbrook Shoppers Drug Mart. Langley RCMP on Twitter: $20K of Fraudulent Purchases on Stolen Credit Card - Surveillance Photoshttps://langley.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPage.action siteNodeId=2117&languageId=1&contentId=73404 Anyone with information that might assist with these investigations is asked to cal

Crowdfunding site GoFundMe will speak to members of Parliament about what measures it has in place to prevent the funding of extremism. NDP MP Alistair MacGregor announced today representatives from the site have accepted a request to appear before the House of Commons standing committee on public safety and national security. MacGregor brought forward the motion and says they will appear March 3. It comes as a protest against vaccine mandates and COVID-19 health restrictions drags on well into its second week on Parliament Hill, clogging up surrounding streets. Donors raised more than $10 mi

RCMP say one of two victims injured in a shooting in Surrey late Tuesday night has now died. Police say an unnamed man has died and the woman who was with him when their car was hit by gunfire remains in serious condition. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over the case. No arrests have been made and the RCMP said yesterday that the shooting is related to the ongoing Lower Mainland gang conflict.

A man has been found dead on a street in Langley. A statement from RCMP says officers were called to the area at about 1:30 this morning, but the unnamed man could not be revived. Investigators say the attack does not appear random. Police are seeking any witnesses and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over the case.

A Vancouver Island First Nation says it has taken the first steps toward locating possible unmarked graves at the former site of the Alberni Indian Residential School.A statement posted Wednesday by the Tseshaht First Nation says "foundational work" to locate any graves just outside Port Alberni, B.C., has begun.Preparation to use ground-penetrating radar at the site is underway but the statement says work won't begin until soil conditions are ideal.Tseshaht leaders say cultural support will be provided and they urge those who attended the school to share their knowledge with the research and

The mayor of the fire-ravaged community of Lytton, B-C, says rewriting the village's bylaws from scratch will be about as entertaining as going to the dentist but it's another necessary step in rebuilding. Mayor Jan Polderman says the village's records and backup servers were lost in the wildfire that razed the village last summer with the content of many of its bylaws now left unknown. Municipal Affairs Minister Josie Osborne introduced legislation yesterday that will allow Lytton to replace and rewrite its governance laws destroyed in the disaster. The government also announced 8-point-3

Fuel prices are climbing and BC Ferries says it will impose a one per cent surcharge on ticket prices, effective March 1st. A statement from the corporation says the surcharge amounts to an extra 15 cents for an adult ticket and 55 cents for a vehicle on the main routes between Vancouver Island and the Mainland. Although the hike will be applied to most routes, BC Ferries says runs between Port Hardy and Prince Rupert or the central coast, as well as Prince Rupert to Haida Gwaii will get a break. The statement says the current fuel surcharge of 1.5 per cent on those routes will be removed at

BC's chief coroner says the status quo of making illicit drugs a crime has been an abject and costly failure and officials have to admit it won't stop overdose deaths. A coroner's report released today says 2,224 people died of suspected overdose deaths last year in BC, a jump of 26 per cent from the year before. Chief coroner Lisa Lapointe says making illicit drugs a crime has created chaos in communities, killed thousands across the country and made enormous profits for the drug trade. She says it's hard to see why anyone would think it was an effective system because it has resulted in sha

Canada's latest census shows British Columbia had the second-highest population growth among the provinces, second only to Prince Edward Island. The census released today says five million people call the western province home, after growth of 7.6 per cent between 2016 and 2021. Data also show resort towns like Squamish are among the fastest-growing communities in the country. But a population hike of 22.2 per cent since 2016 in the town north of Vancouver has fuelled competition among young buyers drawn to the area's world-class climbing, hiking and biking trails. A local Realtor says that's