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Surrey election: 52 voting locations Oct. 17, plus 10 advance sites, mail-in, maps, more
11+ hour, 35+ min ago (221+ words) Published 4:00 pm Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Surrey residents are urged to vote in the municipal election Oct. 17, when polls are open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 52 voting locations in the city. The quadrennial election (every four years) sees Surrey voters pick a mayor, eight city…...
MLA candidates clash on affordability, budgets and future of Abbotsford-Mission
7+ hour, 27+ min ago (866+ words) Published 7:47 pm Wednesday, September 9, 2026 A mostly cordial debate ended with an exclamation mark when NDP candidate Pam Alexis implied that one of her opponents doesn’t know the Abbotsford-Mission community at all and is there to sow division and hate. She…...
B.C. police watchdog investigating RCMP-involved shooting near Salmo
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (314+ words) Published 10:52 am Saturday, September 5, 2026 By Betsy Kline/Castlegar News British Columbia’s police watchdog is investigating an officer-involved shooting near Salmo, where a man was seriously injured. According to a Sept. 4 BC RCMP statement, officers from the RCMP Southeast District Emergency…...
No charges against Abbotsford police officers after 2025 death in Mission: IIO
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (829+ words) Published 12:31 pm Friday, August 7, 2026 Abbotsford Police Department officers will not face charges after a man died following a “struggle” with police in Mission last year. A decision from the Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) on Friday (Aug. 7) found that…...
Inquest issues 7 recommendations to reform policing practices after Haida Elder???s death in Surrey
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (626+ words) Published 1:04 pm Thursday, August 6, 2026 A coroner’s inquest jury has recommended seven reforms to policing practices in British Columbia, specifically regarding wellness checks, following the death of Haida Elder Jimmie Johannesson during a police wellness check in Surrey in April 2022. The…...
$8M worth of illicit cannabis seized in four separate enforcement actions in B.C.
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (137+ words) Published 3:25 pm Wednesday, July 15, 2026 B.C.’s Community Safety Unit has seized $8 million worth of unlicensed cannabis products in enforcement actions at four separate locations since May, the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General announced on Wednesday (July 15). The unit confiscated…...
Murdered B.C. teen’s family backs move to extend parole ineligibility
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (605+ words) Published 8:52 am Friday, March 27, 2026 Kimberly Proctor, 18, was murdered in 2010. (Courtesy of Jo-Anne Landolt) A push for change on Parliament Hill in Ottawa has been welcomed by the family of Langford teenager Kimberly Proctor, who was murdered 16 years ago. Cowichan-Malahat-Langford MP…...
LETTER: Surrey schools shouldn’t recognize faith-based holidays
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (253+ words) Published 9:00 am Saturday, March 14, 2026 Re: Surrey secondary school embraces Ramadan I agree with the concerns expressed in the recent letter regarding religious observances in Surrey public schools. Section 76 of the B.C. School Act is very clear: all schools must be conducted…...
MP for Cloverdale-Langley City hosted freedom of religion town hall in Surrey
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (322+ words) Published 5:00 pm Wednesday, January 28, 2026 About 600 people packed a church in Cloverdale last week for a town hall on religious freedom. Tamara Jansen, MP for the riding of Cloverdale-Langley, hosed the event at Hillside Christian Church Jan. 23. The town hall chat…...
B.C. paramedics union pursuing mandate to serve strike notice
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (745+ words) Published 3:30 pm Thursday, January 15, 2026 Paramedics ready a stretcher at the scene of a two-vehicle crash at Fraser Highway and 201A Street in November 2023. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times) B.C.’s paramedics union is taking steps towards job action after last month’s breakdown…...