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Bonfire includes possible toilet

Bonfire includes possible toilet

Surrey firefighters douse bizarre backyard burn on Sunday.

Bonfire includes possible toilet
Coach Cassandra Earle high-fives players at Surrey Football Club’s Adapted Soccer program at Newton Athletic Park.

Soccer for everyone

Surrey Football Club launches Adapted Soccer program for kids with developmental disabilities.

Coach Cassandra Earle high-fives players at Surrey Football Club’s Adapted Soccer program at Newton Athletic Park.
Surrey Beavers’ Trevor Sear (left) gets a good grip on Bayside Sharks’ ball-carrier Logan Smith during a BC Rugby Union men’s game at Sullivan Park last Saturday.

PHOTO: Beavers win Onion Cup

Surrey Beavers edge Bayside Sharks' top men's rugby club 39-7 to claim the Onion Cup title.

Surrey Beavers’ Trevor Sear (left) gets a good grip on Bayside Sharks’ ball-carrier Logan Smith during a BC Rugby Union men’s game at Sullivan Park last Saturday.
A cancer patient, Myra Ford is among the first clients of the Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society — the same people who drove cancer patients under a previous program that was cancelled last year by the Canadian Cancer Society.

Volunteers driven to help cancer patients

Drivers from cancelled program are getting back into their cars

A cancer patient, Myra Ford is among the first clients of the Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society — the same people who drove cancer patients under a previous program that was cancelled last year by the Canadian Cancer Society.
MaryAnne Connor, or ‘Mac’ to locals, founded NightShift Street Ministries more than a decade ago to support those living on the streets in Surrey.

NO FIXED ADDRESS: Working the NightShift in Surrey

How one local charity works to support those living extraordinarily rough lives.

MaryAnne Connor, or ‘Mac’ to locals, founded NightShift Street Ministries more than a decade ago to support those living on the streets in Surrey.
A recent load of unwanted items outside Penny Savers Thrift Shop.

Delta store volunteers tired of being dumped on

Penny Savers Thrift Store wants to put a stop to loads of unsalable items dropped off after hours.

A recent load of unwanted items outside Penny Savers Thrift Shop.
A netherworld of nostalgia

A netherworld of nostalgia

Graeme Patterson’s Secret Citadel exhibition at the Surrey Art Gallery explores childhood memories and friendships.

A netherworld of nostalgia
Cari Copeman-Haynes (centre) is a reverend at Crossroads United Church.

Churches band together to sponsor refugees

North Delta Refugee Project collecting for its first family.

Cari Copeman-Haynes (centre) is a reverend at Crossroads United Church.
Hooo's been a good bird?

Hooo’s been a good bird?

The spirit of Christmas comes to OWL Rehabilitation Society.

Hooo's been a good bird?
Nathan Cottell (in the title role of Titus) and Courtney Shields (playing his brother Marcus) prepare for the Vancouver Fringe Festival’s presentation of Titus: The Light and Delightful Musical Comedy of Titus Andronicus. The show runs eight times from Sept. 10-20.

A bloody good musical comedy

A South Surrey actress takes part in Shakespeare’s most violent play turned on its ear at the Vancouver Fringe Festival.

Nathan Cottell (in the title role of Titus) and Courtney Shields (playing his brother Marcus) prepare for the Vancouver Fringe Festival’s presentation of Titus: The Light and Delightful Musical Comedy of Titus Andronicus. The show runs eight times from Sept. 10-20.
Surrey Food Bank Executive Director Marilyn Herrmann is frustrated power is still out at the busy charity.

UPDATE: Power finally restored at Surrey Food Bank

No power for four days means loss of all perishables; corporate donors step up to help.

Surrey Food Bank Executive Director Marilyn Herrmann is frustrated power is still out at the busy charity.
Civil engineer and business consultant Ivan Scott has taken insight from the animal world to teach lessons in business. In July, he published a book called Survive or Die: Business Transformation Lessons Given by the Animal Kingdom.

What would the animals do?

A South Surrey author publishes business lessons learned from the scrublands of Africa.

Civil engineer and business consultant Ivan Scott has taken insight from the animal world to teach lessons in business. In July, he published a book called Survive or Die: Business Transformation Lessons Given by the Animal Kingdom.
COLUMN: Get a drip and save some water

COLUMN: Get a drip and save some water

Drip irrigation deserves a thought, even on the West Coast.

COLUMN: Get a drip and save some water
Singer Shania Twain was at Surrey’s Hjorth Road Elementary Monday to open a program to help less fortunate students.

Still the one – to remember growing up underprivileged

Shania Twain visits Surrey School to open Western Canada's first Shania Kids Can program

Singer Shania Twain was at Surrey’s Hjorth Road Elementary Monday to open a program to help less fortunate students.
Sarah Nelson of Danzmode Productions (Burnaby) performs in the Solo Contemporary Ballet category (age 16).

Ballet goes contemporary

One week to go at the Surrey Festival of Dance at the Surrey Arts Centre.

Sarah Nelson of Danzmode Productions (Burnaby) performs in the Solo Contemporary Ballet category (age 16).
All that group jazz

All that group jazz

Photos from the third week of the Surrey Festival of Dance.

All that group jazz
Surrey dance festival leaps into its 49th year

Surrey dance festival leaps into its 49th year

Photos from the opening weekend of the 49th-annual Surrey Festival of Dance.

Surrey dance festival leaps into its 49th year
Kiki is one of three six-week-old kittens recently rescued from a barn. While feral – or wild – cats make up part of Surrey’s huge at-large feline population, there are also abandoned tame cats and domestic cats that have not been spayed or neutered that are contributing to the problem. In comparison, Vancouver has about 200 roaming cats.

Surrey’s kitty conundrum

The city is home to 34,000 free-roaming felines living ‘grim’ lives.

Kiki is one of three six-week-old kittens recently rescued from a barn. While feral – or wild – cats make up part of Surrey’s huge at-large feline population, there are also abandoned tame cats and domestic cats that have not been spayed or neutered that are contributing to the problem. In comparison, Vancouver has about 200 roaming cats.
The Year of the Goat/Sheep – and cat, crane and tortoise

The Year of the Goat/Sheep – and cat, crane and tortoise

Local dancers and Beijing-based shadow play performers entertain at City Hall for the Chinese New Year.

The Year of the Goat/Sheep – and cat, crane and tortoise
A shooting victim was discovered Wednesday morning near Surrey Memorial Hospital.

Shooting victim found near Surrey Memorial Hospital

Woman suffered a leg wound and was found in a parking lot.

A shooting victim was discovered Wednesday morning near Surrey Memorial Hospital.