Surrey Mayor

• Surrey mayor defends opposition to First Nations land acknowledgements at council

  "We haven't let the First Nations down, in fact part of my family is First Nations," McCallum said in a Global News Morning interview, Friday.

  Politics

  Feb 13
• Surrey mayor recovering after ‘health concern’ requiring medical attention

  McCallum gave no indication of the nature of the health concern but said it has been "addressed."

  Jul 8, 2020
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• ‘Our justice system is broken’: Surrey mayor speaks out as child sex predator moves into city

  Surrey RCMP sent out a notice Friday about a "dangerous sex offender who poses a high risk to re-offend." 

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  May 22, 2020
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• 2021 start date for Surrey Police Department ‘a bit ambitious’ says transition committee chair

  "I'd say you're probably looking at a good two years," said former attorney general and judge Wally Oppal.

  Feb 26, 2020
• ‘We’re not going away’: Group plans rally as Surrey council prepares to adopt divisive budget

  The city's 2020 budget, which includes no money for new police officers or firefighters, is set to be formally adopted on Monday.

  Dec 14, 2019
• Surrey’s mayor says ‘large amount’ of residents don’t want ride-hailing. Here’s what the numbers say

  A poll from Mainstreet Research, conducted in July 2019, found 78 per cent of Surrey residents think ridesharing should be an option in Metro Vancouver.

  Dec 12, 2019
• Surrey approves divisive budget after charged public meeting

  Surrey city council has approved a divisive budget that does not include funding for any new police officers or firefighters.

  Politics

  Dec 2, 2019
• Surrey mayor announces members of new police transition advisory committee

  The new committee replaces Surrey's public safety committee, which was recently done away with by the mayor and included all of council.

  Politics

  Jul 23, 2019
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• Third Surrey councillor resigns from mayor’s Safe Surrey Coalition

  Coun. Jack Hundial will now sit as an independent.

  Politics

  Jul 18, 2019
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• Surrey mayor scraps public safety committee: ‘I feel completely blindsided’

  Instead, the mayor is focusing on an interim committee called the Police Transition Advisory Committee, whose goal will be to support the creation of a city police department.

  Jul 16, 2019