Boaz Joseph

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Out of the dark and into digital, another door closes

Out of the dark and into digital, another door closes

It’s hard to say goodbye to the countless people I’ve interviewed and wrote about over the years.

Out of the dark and into digital, another door closes
VIDEO: Surrey in fine fiddle form

VIDEO: Surrey in fine fiddle form

Surrey Old Time Fiddlers switch their monthly dances to Tuesday afternoons in Clayton Heights.

VIDEO: Surrey in fine fiddle form
A Surrey firefighter at the scene.

Fire sweeps through Surrey house

Neighbours in Bridgeview kept well away from three-alarm blaze.

A Surrey firefighter at the scene.
VIDEO: Happenin' harmony from the community

VIDEO: Happenin’ harmony from the community

An Afternoon of Harmony brought local voices to the Firehall Centre for the Arts on Feb. 19.

VIDEO: Happenin' harmony from the community
A message to Trump: No Ban, No Wall

A message to Trump: No Ban, No Wall

Protesters rally at Peace Arch Park over Trump administration's Muslim Ban and xenophobic rhetoric.

A message to Trump: No Ban, No Wall
The pilot of a downed ultralight plane is brought to an ambulance crew to be looked at near the Serpentine Fen.

Ultralight plane crashes in Surrey

Pilot escapes with minor injuries after plane loses power and lands in the bush.

The pilot of a downed ultralight plane is brought to an ambulance crew to be looked at near the Serpentine Fen.
A side street in Surrey's Boundary Park was covered by snow on Sunday afternoon.

WEATHER UPDATE: New snowfall warning, Alex Fraser Bridge closed

More snow expected for Monday as temperature hovers around freezing.

A side street in Surrey's Boundary Park was covered by snow on Sunday afternoon.
Surrey firefighers and RCMP officers watch as a woman remains perched on a tree in Guildford on Saturday afternoon.

Woman takes to Surrey tree

Firefighters, police spend hours trying to coax woman down from cedar in Guildford.

Surrey firefighers and RCMP officers watch as a woman remains perched on a tree in Guildford on Saturday afternoon.
VIDEO: Grooving with the Surrey Archives

VIDEO: Grooving with the Surrey Archives

Using archival images, Surrey heritage staff takes a trip back the 1960s on Youtube.

VIDEO: Grooving with the Surrey Archives
Broomstick magic hits the field

Broomstick magic hits the field

The Harry Potter-based sport of quidditch sweeps Surrey.

Broomstick magic hits the field
Mike Ward (left) and Devin Gallant concentrate on a board game called The Battle for Normandy at the BottosCon Board Game Convention at the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel on Nov. 5.

All aboard for strategy

BottosCon 2016 Board Game Convention brought more that 100 enthusiasts to Surrey over the weekend.

Mike Ward (left) and Devin Gallant concentrate on a board game called The Battle for Normandy at the BottosCon Board Game Convention at the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel on Nov. 5.
Retired carpenter Ralph Heading will lead an artist talk on Oct. 6 about his retro-futuristic artistic creations.

Sweet dreams and flying machines

Artist Ralph Heading will bring his steampunk vision for an artist talk at the Surrey Art Gallery on Oct. 6.

Retired carpenter Ralph Heading will lead an artist talk on Oct. 6 about his retro-futuristic artistic creations.
Participants get in the thick of it at the 2015 Rugged Maniac 5K obstacle race at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds.

Mud, sweat and beers

Rugged Maniac 5K obstacle race comes to Cloverdale for a second year.

Participants get in the thick of it at the 2015 Rugged Maniac 5K obstacle race at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds.
the City of Surrey’s Pop-Up Junk Drop will take place at the Surrey Operations Centre until October.

Got junk? City offers free drop-off

Surrey operations centre will accept unwanted household items.

the City of Surrey’s Pop-Up Junk Drop will take place at the Surrey Operations Centre until October.
Based out of City Centre Library, Surinder Bhogal is Surrey's new chief librarian.

Word is there’s a new chief librarian in town

Surinder Bhogal takes over Surrey Libraries as leader Melanie Houlden retires.

Based out of City Centre Library, Surinder Bhogal is Surrey's new chief librarian.
BC Regiment Master Warrant Officer Hafeez Mullick (right) chats with Lt. Col. Pritam Singh Jauhal at the Second World War veteran's book launch at the Newton Library in a photo taken on Nov. 30, 2013. The memoir, A Soldier Remembers, tells of Jauhal's decades as a soldier in the Indian Army and his later battles to gain acceptance by the Canadian Legion. He was not allowed to enter a Legion building on Remembrance Day in 1993 while wearing a turban, and helped to overturn the rule.

A soldier remembered

Lt. Col. Pritam Singh Jauhal fought to have turbans admitted in Royal Canadian Legion halls.

BC Regiment Master Warrant Officer Hafeez Mullick (right) chats with Lt. Col. Pritam Singh Jauhal at the Second World War veteran's book launch at the Newton Library in a photo taken on Nov. 30, 2013. The memoir, A Soldier Remembers, tells of Jauhal's decades as a soldier in the Indian Army and his later battles to gain acceptance by the Canadian Legion. He was not allowed to enter a Legion building on Remembrance Day in 1993 while wearing a turban, and helped to overturn the rule.
Toddler taken to hospital after fall

Toddler taken to hospital after fall

Two-year-old girl tumbles out of window at house in Newton.

Toddler taken to hospital after fall
This shot of cowboy action at last year’s Cloverdale Rodeo took home first place in the Sports Photo Award category at the BC & Yukon Community Newspaper Association’s 2016 Ma Murray Awards.

The Leader wins provincial honours

Writing and photography lauded at BC & Yukon Community Newspapers Association’s 2016 Ma Murray Awards

This shot of cowboy action at last year’s Cloverdale Rodeo took home first place in the Sports Photo Award category at the BC & Yukon Community Newspaper Association’s 2016 Ma Murray Awards.
Manpreet Singh wraps a box full of goods destined for Fort McMurray at a Fruiticana warehouse in Surrey on May 9. Three tractor-trailers of food, clothing and other essentials filled by donations from the Sikh community.

Fighting fire with food

Sikh community rallies to assist victims of Fort McMurray wildfires.

Manpreet Singh wraps a box full of goods destined for Fort McMurray at a Fruiticana warehouse in Surrey on May 9. Three tractor-trailers of food, clothing and other essentials filled by donations from the Sikh community.
Jaswinder Toor (right) and his brother Raj are descendants of a Komagata Maru passenger. The Surrey siblings are welcoming a formal apology for the incident from the federal government to be delivered in the House of Commons next month.

Formal apology coming for Komagata Maru kin

Prime minister Justin Trudeau to apologize for 1914 incident in the House of Commons next month.

Jaswinder Toor (right) and his brother Raj are descendants of a Komagata Maru passenger. The Surrey siblings are welcoming a formal apology for the incident from the federal government to be delivered in the House of Commons next month.