When newcomers don’t find work in their profession or trade, intergenerational poverty can often set in, says Ludgate.
Coun. Steven Pettigrew quit Mayor Doug McCallum’s Safe Surrey Coalition several weeks ago to sit as an independent.
“I’m scared every day because I don’t know who did this. I have no answers,” said Darlene Bennett, the widow of Paul Bennett, who was shot and killed on June 23, 2018.
The NHL draft is this weekend, and Tourism Vancouver president and CEO Ty Speer says the event means big economic spinoffs for the region.
Coun. Brenda Locke says there are plans to roughly double the number of children helped at Sophie’s Place, but no increase in the number of police officers assigned to help them.
Doug McCallum floated the idea on Thursday at a Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association event.
A recent report on Surrey’s policing transition says the new force’s chief constable should be hired between July and September of this year.
The city may also cover the costs of criminal record checks and medical exams for first-time applicants, a total savings of $555, according to a recent report.
Coun. Jack Hundial hopes to see the ethics office established and a commissioner in place by next year.
Staff is giving council recommendations, including that council authorize the selection of an independent expert who will develop a ‘council code of conduct.’
It could be an eventful day in Surrey — the police transition report may finally be discussed in a closed-door meeting of council.
“Too many people have died and are dying and there’s no light at the end of the tunnel.”
Premier John Horgan says after two of the worst fire seasons in B.C. history, he is definitely worried.
Wake Up Surrey founding member Gurpreet Singh Sahota says gang and youth violence in the city has reached a “crisis situation.”
The provincial government has yet to approve the city’s transition from an RCMP force to a civic police force.