@surreycitizen.bsky.socialOutgoing Surrey council approves development of three six-storey below-market and market rental apartment buildings at Oct. 5 land use meeting, in final decision before Oct. 17 election.
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@surreycitizen.bsky.socialFour Surrey men have been charged as part of an RCMP operation focused on the extortion crisis.
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@surreycitizen.bsky.socialNew Surrey+ has emerged as a party with ambitious ideas, but few details on how they plan to achieve any of their goals that include expanding transit access to making the city safer.
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@surreycitizen.bsky.socialThis Thursday's Surrey [email protected] municipal election town hall event is non-partisan and free to attend, though you may also RSVP here: buff.ly/e4AuXgI
@surreycitizen.bsky.socialFormer Surrey Police Service Chief Const. Norm Lipinski requests judicial review in BC Supreme Court, asks court to set aside termination of contract by alleging “political or extraneous reasons.”
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@surreycitizen.bsky.socialSurrey Police Board cancels Sep. 24 regular meeting, accused of trying to "duck" questions about Lipinski ouster and police transition completion; no more meetings before Oct. 17 election.
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@surreycitizen.bsky.socialB.C.’s police watchdog investigated police in Surrey 23 times in the past reporting year, according to its annual report.
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@surreycitizen.bsky.socialDoug McCallum and his Safe Surrey Coalition have promised that, if elected, they will get a new general hospital built in the city, but had few details on how that would happen or the cost.
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@surreycitizen.bsky.socialNew, locally-focused policy research institute a response to lack of citizen attendance at a recent city council meeting that approved Surrey’s billion-dollar budget, Metro Surrey executive director and founder says.
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@surreycitizen.bsky.socialThere are seven slates running for city council in the upcoming October municipal elections, alongside a handful of independents.
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@surreycitizen.bsky.socialImagine Surrey announced commitments to building 50 kilometres of new sidewalks over four years, starting outside Surrey’s schools.
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@surreycitizen.bsky.socialIt’s officially (civic) election season in Surrey - connect with your candidates at our election town hall on Oct. 8!
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@surreycitizen.bsky.socialKwantlen Polytechnic University & Simon Fraser University not receiving increase in operational grants from provincial government, despite facing financial challenges stemming from drop in international student revenue.
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@surreycitizen.bsky.socialSurrey taxpayers could be on the hook based on a couple of lawsuits that are aimed at the Metro Vancouver regional government – including one from the City of Surrey itself.
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@surreycitizen.bsky.socialResearchers are sampling the Fraser River at different depths as part of a new project aimed at figuring out where microplastics end up after entering one of B.C.’s most important waterways.
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