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‘Slap in the face’: Permission withdrawn for Khalistan vote to be held at B.C. schoolThe group Sikhs For Justice, which describes itself as a human rights advocacy group, had secured a school in Surrey to hold a referendum on Khalistan on Sunday.PoliticsSep 6
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Surrey schools feeling the squeeze as student enrolment soarsRachna Singh, B.C.'s education minister, said Tuesday that the province is looking at other ideas, but concrete plans remain up in the air.EducationSep 6
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Surrey councillor wants schools built in new tower construction along SkyTrain lineSurrey is already B.C.'s most populous school district, with thousands more students enrolling every year. The district is already home to more than 335 portables.EducationSep 5
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‘I was destroying lives’: Former B.C. high school drug dealer on the lure of gang life"We see our young people … usually (between) the ages of about 16 and 22 … that is where the bulk of our street-level drug dealers are in that range," an anti-gang official said.CrimeAug 8
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B.C. announces 1,000 new spaces in expansions at two Surrey high schoolsSurrey's Tamanawis and Guildford Park secondary schools will get badly-needed expansions as the school district grapples with overcrowding and a growing number of portables.EducationJun 19
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Concerns grow for Surrey Schools as enrollment spikes for upcoming school yearSurrey Schools had a sharp spike in enrolment from last year to this year of nearly 2,500 new students, pushing the total to 75,069.EducationJun 3
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Portables and population: Surrey council declares lack of school infrastructure a ‘crisis’Mayor and council in Surrey, B.C., made a sweeping declaration Monday, projecting 400 portables could be in place outside local schools by September next year.EducationMay 16
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Surrey’s Fleetwood neighbourhood braces for sweeping changes with SkyTrain extensionPreliminary work is underway on the future Surrey-Langley SkyTrain line which will connect the current King George Station terminus with Langley City.CanadaMay 4
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‘Mind-blowing’: Surrey parents, teachers concerned about ‘double-decker’ portablesSurrey is currently home to more than 360 portables, and the district says that number could climb over 400 next year.EducationApr 26
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‘Something has to change’: Surrey schools could stack portables amid surging enrollmentSince the NDP pledged in 2017 to eliminate portables in Surrey, the district has added at least 100 more and shows no sign of stopping.EducationApr 25
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