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

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

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

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.

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

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

Coun. Jack Hundial will now sit as an independent.

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.

If the city were to follow neighbouring municipal contracts, councillor Linda Annis says Surrey will have fewer cars on the road.

“I ran as part of a coalition, but it’s become obvious that Mayor McCallum has a my-way-or-the-highway approach to governing,” Brenda Locke said.