Apartment for homeless planned

Surrey is considering turning a former North Surrey hotel into housing for the homeless. Surrey looked at a plan Monday night to convert the former Howard Johnson Hotel at 13245 King George Hwy. into a 56-room apartment complex for homeless people. The property was purchased by the province last year, and has... more

2010 street cleanup takes shape

VICTORIA – New measures to enforce order on the streets are moving through the B.C. legislature as the government gets ready to host the world and its news media at the 2010 Olympics. Housing and Social Development Minister Rich Coleman is... more

• RCMP officer charged with assault
• Fraser Health moves to centralize crisis lines
• HandyDart strikers storm Vancouver hotel

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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

• Local aboriginal singers up for national awards
• All that's jazz
• Telling tales of lessons learned

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SURREY IN FOCUS: HEALTH

A special report written by Leader reporters Jeff Nagel and Sheila Reynolds, and contributor Andrew Bucholtz. From a handful of determined women who lobbied the provincial government for this city's first hospital, to being home to the biggest health care... more

• Fix coming for jam-packed hospital
• Fraser Health: the big picture
• A history of health care

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Scholarship invests in future environmental leaders

From starting school recycling programs to engaging in groundbreaking scientific research, high school students across Canada are responding to environmental issues at local, national and global levels and demonstrating their leadership in the process. Through the Toyota Earth Day Scholarship Program,... more

• Christmas crafts in Cloverdale
• Christmas toy drive at Valley View
• Time to enjoy a well-known winter flower

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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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