Fraser Health moves to centralize crisis lines

Three existing mental health crisis phone lines will be merged into a single regional program in the latest cost-cutting measure announced by Fraser Health. The health region has opted not to renew the existing contracts with Surrey Community Services as well as two other agencies based in Mission and Coquitlam. Bids are... more

HandyDart strikers storm Vancouver hotel

Striking HandyDart workers stormed a downtown Vancouver hotel Thursday where business and civic leaders were meeting to draw attention to the labour dispute that has cut off custom paratransit service. Chanting "Shame on TransLink," more than 100 strikers picketed outside the... more

• Will night set on Twilight's B.C. film sets?
• Young mother identified as Surrey shooting victim
• TransLink's Prendergast offers parting advice

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Cougars earn a provincial title

The Cloverdale Cougars capped off a perfect football season Saturday afternoon in Kamloops, ripping the Vanderhoof Vikings 54-19 in a Junior Bantam division nine-man provincial championship game. Antonio Mendoza earned the game's Most Valuable Player award, leading the Cougars on both... more

• Former Eagle gets NHL call
• Skaters on the podium
• Hoops4Hope fundraiser

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Ice and curling rink upgrades to get boost

Renovations to Cloverdale's Arena and Curling Rink received a boost from the federal government last week, with the announcement of $41,660 in funding for the project. The money tops up the $125,000 in planned improvements the City of Surrey is spending. Work... more

• Debit card skimming heats up
• HST, health-care cuts on NDP leader's hit list
• Kwantlen business students bring hope to the hungry

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The stages of homelessness

Shellshocked. That's the way Morgan Forry describes the audience reaction at the closing of a recent rehearsal of "after homelessness..." The audience didn't make a sound as the theatre play came to an end. "I thought we messed up because nobody clapped." Over the... more

• Telling tales of lessons learned
• The art of acting
• Five voices, one smooth sound

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Paying tribute to one green senior citizen

Surrey-Panorama MLA Stephanie Cadieux has spoken in the B.C. Legislature to recognize the efforts of Dr. Roy Strang, a forestry advocate instrumental in the designation of a local treasure, the Sunnyside Acres Urban Forest. “I had the privilege of meeting one... more

• No penny-pinching here
• Gala a boon for PICS
• Teen drivers: What every family should know

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Christmas toy drive at Valley View

In the spirit of Christmas, the staff of Valley View Funeral Home is accepting toys for the less-fortunate children of Surrey during a donation drive on Sunday, Nov. 22. A new, unwrapped toy can be dropped off at the Valley View... more

• Time to enjoy a well-known winter flower
• Eat more fresh foods to reduce sodium consumption
• Fish school comes to Surrey

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COLUMN: Grammar mistakes enough to make a person (sic)

In journalism you get (sic) a lot. No, not swine-flu sick – although I heard a rumour that such a virus might be making the rounds – but sic. Three letters – Latin for “as such” – surrounded by parentheses that, in... more

• COLUMN: Cheated by TransLink
• EDITORIAL: Right decision on mega-homes
• COLUMN: Not just a pleasant day off

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Surrey ignores its own bylaws

Re: Illegal secondary suites. Coun. Barinder Rasode says her suite is not within the proper zoning area but she still cannot understand why it is illegal. Coun. Tom Gill owns a home with an illegal suite. Is it any wonder why... more

• City responded to residents’ concerns
• Waging on a better way
• Our soldiers gave us more than we think

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