City Of Surrey

• RCMP decries Surrey Police Union claims about short-staffing as ‘inaccurate’

  According to the union, Surrey Police Service officers make up between 35 and 50 per cent of frontline general duty deployments across two watches in the city each day.

  Politics

  Nov 29
  
• Surrey council to revisit police transition issues at Monday’s meeting

  Surrey city council will discuss the report Monday in advance of the last vote on their plan on December 12, from there a final decision will have to be made by the province.

  Canada

  Nov 27
  
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• Surrey, B.C. needs 161 new Mounties if police transition scrapped, cost still unclear: report

  Surrey city council voted 5-4 earlier this month to try and halt the transition from RCMP to the Surrey Police Service, fulfilling a key campaign promise of new Mayor Brenda Locke.

  Crime

  Nov 25
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• Questions raised about City of Surrey’s sick day staff incentive program

  Questions are being raised about a program for City of Surrey workers and staying home when they are sick.  Global News asked the city what it means.

  Health

  Nov 18
• Surrey City council votes to keep RCMP

  If councillors vote to maintain the RCMP in Surrey, B.C., staff will present a plan to B.C.’s solicitor general Mike Farnworth on how the municipal force will be dismantled.

  Crime

  Nov 14
• Surrey Police Union opposes mayor’s policing plan, members declare no intention of joining RCMP

  The union representing 293 Surrey Police Service officers said it opposes the new Surrey mayor’s plan of keeping Surrey RCMP operating within the city.

  Canada

  Nov 10
• Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum must pay own legal bills in public mischief case: mayor-elect

  As Doug McCallum’s trial started on Monday, his soon-to-be successor Brenda Locke said in an interview that taxpayers should not be on the hook. 

  Crime

  Oct 31
• An election, then a trial, poses unusual test for Surrey’s incumbent mayoral candidate

  Doug McCallum is being challenged for the top job by seven contenders, including three former MPs and a once-loyal councillor who defected from his Safe Surrey Coalition.

  Politics

  Oct 11
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• If re-elected as mayor, Doug McCallum wants to build a 60,000-person stadium in Surrey

  If constructed, the arena would have about the same seating capacity as BC Place, where the Vancouver Whitecaps and BC Lions play.

  Politics

  Aug 24
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• Surrey farmers petition to protect ‘vital’ farmland from sale by federal government

  Tyler Heppell's family has been farming the 220-acre property in the Campbell Heights neighbourhood for 50 years, leasing it from the federal government. 

  Environment

  Jun 20