Mounties say the event violated COVID-19 safety protocols, but organizers claim police never checked whether they had a safety plan in place.

The event, dubbed Surrey Challo, describes itself as "COVID-friendly form of activism," centred around music and performance.

Drowning in debt and raising four kids, the widow is hoping to start fresh with the proceeds from the sale of an investment property, but the home's tenants are refusing to move.

The motion to begin every council meeting by recognizing "the land we are on is the traditional territory of the Coast Salish people" was defeated by Surrey's mayor and his allies.

Gary Kang, 24, was found with gunshot wounds and rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Earl Marriott Secondary School in Surrey is reporting that affected individuals have been told to self-isolate.

Police said more than 1,000 vehicles are expected to gather at the Cloverdale Recreation Centre at noon, then travel to the Indian consulate in downtown Vancouver around 4 p.m.

Just after 7:30 p.m., officers were called to the area of 110 Avenue and 148A Street for reports of a male suffering from gunshot wounds.

The victim was known to police and the shooting appears to be targeted, investigators said.

Surrey RCMP said they were called to the collision in the 6700 block of King George Boulevard at 12:33 p.m. by BC Emergency Health Services (BC EHS).