Frank Bucholtz

COLUMN: High time to police Surrey’s traffic cams

Surrey’s drive-by shooting epidemic is getting attention at the highest level in Victoria.

Column: You’re probably reading this wrong

Whatever you’re doing right now, stop. Just stop.Because chances are no matter…

COLUMN: Drug trade brings mayhem

COLUMN: Drug trade brings mayhem

It will be interesting to see what, if anything, the city and Surrey RCMP are able to do to reduce the number of shots fired incidents.

COLUMN: Drug trade brings mayhem

Column: Young Swensson nominees set a high bar

Around this time each year  — just ahead of the Township’s annual…

COLUMN: Drug trade brings mayhem

COLUMN: Transit boost welcome

Federal government has committed to pay 50% of Surrey, Delta and White Rock projects, still have to come up with local share.

COLUMN: Drug trade brings mayhem

COLUMN: Transit pledge a welcome development

For Surrey and White Rock residents, the best news to come from the federal budget is pledge to cover 50 per cent of transit project costs

COLUMN: Drug trade brings mayhem

COLUMN: Is the end near for the B.C. Liberals?

Continued inaction or fumbling of the bridge tolling issue will drive away Liberal support in key Surrey and North Delta ridings.

COLUMN: Drug trade brings mayhem
COLUMN: Pathways to the past

COLUMN: Pathways to the past

It's great to see heritage get some attention from the City of Surrey.

COLUMN: Pathways to the past

COLUMN: Surrey on road to preserving heritage

News that the city is putting effort into road names – with an eye on preserving heritage – is welcome, writes columnist Frank Bucholtz.

Column: Time for an end to sexist dress codes

It’s about time the skimpy outfits that have come to typify uniforms…

COLUMN: Better transit still stalled

COLUMN: Better transit still stalled

Existing bus and SkyTrain lines in Surrey are completely inadequate to deal with the city's rapidly growing population.

COLUMN: Better transit still stalled

COLUMN: Transit investment sorely needed in Surrey

Surrey is one of Canada's fastest-growing cities, but needs transit infrastructure to match.

COLUMN: A promising prognosis for change

COLUMN: More rental housing is key

There has not been a concerted community-wide effort to deal with the problem of homelessness.

COLUMN: A promising prognosis for change

Column: The struggle is part of the process

An interesting debate sprang up online last week.It was spurred by a…

COLUMN: Homelessness needs local focus

Surrey needs to devote resources to affordable rental housing if homeless problem is to be fixed.

Long wait for new Timms centre ends today

Most of us have had that experience, one time or another, when…

COLUMN: Bed shift no remedy for hospitals cuts

In a health region whose population is growing faster than any other in the province this makes absolutely no sense.

Christine Daum, recreation supervisor for the City of Langley prepares to demonstrate one of the new Timms Community Centre’s state-of-the-art cardio machines. The equipment, built by Italy’s TechnoGym, is socially interactive meaning users can go online while they work out, compete with people on other machines or take a virtual tour of nearly any spot in the world as they work out. The centre will hold a grand opening on Wednesday, Feb. 24. The public is invited to drop by between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to tour the new facility and try out a complimentary fitness class or two.

New Timms Community Centre set to open Wednesday

City of Langley to host public grand opening celebration from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Feb. 24

Christine Daum, recreation supervisor for the City of Langley prepares to demonstrate one of the new Timms Community Centre’s state-of-the-art cardio machines. The equipment, built by Italy’s TechnoGym, is socially interactive meaning users can go online while they work out, compete with people on other machines or take a virtual tour of nearly any spot in the world as they work out. The centre will hold a grand opening on Wednesday, Feb. 24. The public is invited to drop by between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to tour the new facility and try out a complimentary fitness class or two.
COLUMN: A promising prognosis for change

COLUMN: A promising prognosis for change

A total of eight new ambulances are being added and 34 paramedics are being hired and will bolster service in Surrey and Delta.

COLUMN: A promising prognosis for change

COLUMN: At last, a response to our call for help

A total of eight new ambulances are being added, and 34 paramedics are being hired, in Surrey and Delta.