Newly-announced candidates Gagan Nahal, Mike Bose, Bilal Cheema and Jasroop Gosal round out Linda Annis's Surrey First slate for this October's municipal election. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: surreycitizen.com/surrey-civic... #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

Surrey Memorial Hospital will soon be using the da Vinci Xi Robotic Surgery system to speed up some surgeries and perform them with greater accuracy. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/o2DZxXD #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

Starting now until Feb. 8, members of the public are invited to review project design information and station renderings for TransLink's planned bus rapid transit routes, including one along King George Boulevard. More in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/PctC7NZ #Transportation #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

Surrey report casts doubt on likelihood of adding protected bike lanes. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/psW0zks #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

The City of Surrey has won an injunction in BC Supreme Court halting construction work at a residential property and also declaring that the property owners have violated local building bylaws. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/Hr1UtXm #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

Linda Annis, Surrey First councillor and mayoral candidate, also wants the provincial government to help fund more public safety cameras. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/4LZiTye #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

The typical assessed value of a residential property in the City of Surrey has dropped by about six per cent, as a softening real estate market continues to be felt. But that doesn’t mean all properties are falling in value. More in today's Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/KAWB9gL #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

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Should the new stal̕əw̓asəm (Riverview) Bridge have been built with six lanes instead of four? One of Canada's leading transportation experts, SFU's Dr. Anthony Perl, doesn't think so. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/3udMS7f #Transportation #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

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More frequent and reliable transit is coming to Surrey this winter, as TransLink increases bus service on 37 routes across the region. More in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/4NC3Qt9 #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

Surrey Urban Mission, looking to one day be under one roof, is seeking support. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/XjxKtoc #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

The City of Surrey is being accused of a lack of transparency over the real cost of the proposed arena. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/aNOQcaj #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

The B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office has filed a claim in B.C. Supreme Court seeking the forfeiture of three Hells Angels clubhouses – including one in Surrey. More in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/4pEH784 #Crime #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

The Surrey Police Board is criticizing the approach of Mayor Brenda Locke after she said she wouldn’t support the provisional Surrey Police Service budget last week. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/T0BqNUJ #Policing #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

An ugly divorce battle included a Surrey father blaming the mother for their son’s criminal charges – which involve allegations of extortion – including her and her mother spoiling the teenager with a $45,000 Mercedes. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/a3k10B7 #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

A former City of Surrey worker, accused of embezzling $2.5 million, has now been charged with four counts of fraud. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/E1LU23H #Crime #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

A Surrey family says city planning has “no common sense” after having to pay an estimated $120,000 to build a sidewalk and bike lane “to nowhere” on a property that isn’t currently being developed. More in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/siZS5uA #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

The City of Surrey is cracking on two properties for illegal construction, including one that saw the owners building five rental units and multiple other rooms in a barn in their backyard without any permits. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/hVcD8W5 #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

A Surrey Police Service officer was fired for giving confidential information to a known criminal - one of several disciplinary actions against local cops, according to the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner's annual report. More in the Citizen: buff.ly/BUh50Rb #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

The RCMP says 2026, but the Surrey Police Service says it could be 2027. More about the Surrey police transition in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/Tj0IFpr #Policing #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

A growing number of people are organizing against a proposal to build a South Surrey Costco, which went to a City of Surrey public hearing on Monday. More in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/dYWo6n9 #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

Many Surrey residents have simply had enough with the extortion crisis plaguing the city – and they shouted “shame on you” at police officials at a public forum on the issue last week. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/8zzTQty #Crime #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

The drive to have the Surrey Police Service fully take over policing in the city from the RCMP continues to inch along as the local police board was updated on how many officers have been sworn in. Read more in the Citizen: buff.ly/YULGmgY #Policing #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

Surrey youth are set to gain better access to mental health and substance-use services with the opening of Foundry Surrey Central on Nov. 17. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/N9Z8ejI #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

Metro Vancouver unveiled a new 85-unit apartment building in Surrey on Friday – one day after Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke put the regional government on blast in an interview. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/FHVUzsc #Housing #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

The Fraser Valley remains firmly in a buyer’s market, according to October numbers from the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board – with Surrey sales numbers continuing to crater year over year. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/E86TSEd #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

Surrey First mayoral candidate Coun. Linda Annis is following the lead of Vancouver’s ruling party by demanding a zero property tax increase in the future. More in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/saZg83e #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

The Metro Vancouver condo market has been “killed” by a number of factors, and relief akin to a government “bailout” is needed because prices for new units can’t drop any lower, says one of Surrey’s largest developers. More in the Citizen: buff.ly/kZ1qI7x #Housing #Economy #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

Surrey parents group launches "room clear" tracker with support from teachers and educational assistants to detail incidents not tracked by the province. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/znZpv9I #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

A group that represents the interests of transit riders is hosting an event in Surrey that aims to find the best model for funding transit projects into the future. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/CxJAeex #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

Surrey has released details on its development of a new arena and an entertainment district to be built around it – with one council member saying the arena plan should be put to a referendum for the 2026 civic election. More in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/lPRM1q7 #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

Similar satellite training models have been running in police agencies in Alberta and Ontario, and in universities across the country. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/VoVsNYx #Policing #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

The Surrey Police Service is launching a six-month body-worn camera pilot project. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/udjJx8b #Policing #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

The Simon Fraser University School of Medicine is now accepting applications for its first class of future doctors, marking the launch of the first new medical school in Western Canada in nearly 60 years. More in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/aSxo2mP #Health #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

On the list are Janet Brown, Taj Sandhu, Clint Stewart, and Deb Antifaev, with additional candidates to be announced in January. More in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/M0ekQM8 #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

Surrey could reap $1 million in revenue from developing a city-owned property in Whalley into rental units. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/KfLa4zU #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

Aided by a grant from Michael Smith Health Research BC and the Surrey Hospitals Foundation, four Surrey Memorial Hospital respiratory therapists are finding ways to know when it’s actually safe to take a patient off of a ventilator. More in the Citizen: buff.ly/wEZcuC0 #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

Miss us at the Surrey Urban Farmers Market last weekend? This Saturday (Oct. 4), we'll be back there once again, for the last Market day of the year! Our main reporter Chris Campbell will be there all morning (at the very least!), lending his ears to you for one more day...

A Surrey business says its employees have been targeted with “death threats” over erroneous accusations that it is involved in the proposed culling of hundreds of ostriches on a B.C. farm due to the avian flu. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/RcYhl3A #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

The incident happened in 2019, according to the decision, which ruled on professional misconduct involving an Ontario lawyer who “knowingly” let the scammers launder $1.7 million of that money through his trust account. More in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/1xoST3I #SurreyBC #Courts #SurreyCitizen

Our welcome tour at the Surrey Urban Farmers Market in Royal Kwantlen Park continues - consider dropping by our table and saying hi to us if you're there tomorrow or next Saturday (Oct. 4!) 🍓 More info on the Market here: bcfarmersmarkettrail.com/market/surrey-urban-farmers-market/ #SurreyCitizen

Mayor Brenda Locke joined with firefighters to announce last Wednesday that Bright Nights will be a part of the second annual Noel Holiday Light Festival, to be held from Nov. 28 to Dec. 28 at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds. Read more in the Citizen: buff.ly/dfrxXBf #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

“In many respects, money talks,” said Surrey Police chief Norm Lipinski at Monday's press conference at Surrey City Hall about a new extortion tip line and $250,000 reward fund. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/eFSNJta #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

Surrey-Guildford NDP MLA Garry Begg won by just 22 votes and that result was used to fuel election hysteria, says a new report. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/KjaPDx1 #BCPoli #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

When Surrey Coun. Linda Annis announced her mayoral campaign last week, she took aim at Metro Vancouver costs and vowed an independent review and audit of the “failed” North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant Project. Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/ohI9Zxk #SurreyBC #BCPoli #SurreyCitizen

This Saturday, we're finally heading out on the town! Meet Chris Campbell of the Surrey Citizen at our table at the Surrey Urban Farmers Market on Sept. 13 - bring us your story ideas, or simply drop by and say hi.

"When you ask Surrey School Board chair Gary Tymoschuk about how many portable classrooms there are in the district, he says he hears the voice of former B.C. Premier John Horgan on the campaign trail vowing to get rid of them – all of them." More in the #SurreyCitizen: buff.ly/xuhMhlW #SurreyBC

A senior couple fighting to stay in their “significantly” below-market rental – despite it having a hole in the ceiling – has won a reprieve from the B.C. Supreme Court. More in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/SETuwIx #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen