Amy Reid

Cole Izsak at his four Surrey recovery houses that he’s trying to have registered.

FOCUS: The rigid rules of recovery

A Surrey man says a change in how recovery homes get the green light is needlessly creating more red tape, while some say it’s necessary.

Cole Izsak at his four Surrey recovery houses that he’s trying to have registered.
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Women-only extreme weather shelter opens in Surrey

Nearly 100 "extreme weather" beds are opening in Surrey and White Rock, including 15 exclusively for women.

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A used needle stuck into a tree in Surrey's Whalley area.

Fraser Health proposes two safe injection sites in Surrey

One site is proposed at the Quibble Creek Sobering Centre and another on 135A Street in partnership with Lookout Emergency Aid Society.

A used needle stuck into a tree in Surrey's Whalley area.
B.C.'s new acting representative for children and youth has confirmed the girl was 19 and had been in government care, but would not release her name.

Girl who recently aged out of government care dies in Surrey tent

B.C.'s new acting representative for children and youth has confirmed the girl was 19 and had been in government care.

B.C.'s new acting representative for children and youth has confirmed the girl was 19 and had been in government care, but would not release her name.
REID: School programs’ relocation is symptom of what ails Surrey

REID: School programs’ relocation is symptom of what ails Surrey

This just seems to be yet another case of Surrey’s overcrowding impacting children negatively

REID: School programs’ relocation is symptom of what ails Surrey
A Surrey woman who plead guilty in connection to the torture of Ryder the Labrador retriever (pictured) has received probation.

Probation for Surrey dog torturer

Surrey woman’s ‘horrific’ attack on dog happened with her daughter there

A Surrey woman who plead guilty in connection to the torture of Ryder the Labrador retriever (pictured) has received probation.
A man was injured in a Surrey shooting.

Man taken to hospital after gunfire in Surrey

Police say a man was taken to hospital Tueday night after a Newton home was shot up

A man was injured in a Surrey shooting.
The federal government has approved the controversial Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion Project.

Surrey businesses ‘applaud’ Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

Surrey Board of Trade supports Trudeau’s approval of Trans Mountain project, calls our need for fossil fuels ‘realistic'

The federal government has approved the controversial Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion Project.
Surrey City Hall

Surrey mulls how to raise taxes

Council looks at hiking property tax rather than bumping flat tax by $10
to make increase ‘more equitable’

Surrey City Hall
A photo of the elevator at the Whalley apartment when it was broken (taken during a tour last July).

Whalley tenants feel ignored by city hall, call for landlord complaint registry

According to ACORN, a tenants’ advocacy group, residents were inaccurately told a Surrey bylaw didn’t exist to help them.

A photo of the elevator at the Whalley apartment when it was broken (taken during a tour last July).
Surrey's Enver Creek Secondary and Janice Churchill Elementary were locked down for an hour Thursday at RCMP's request.

Two Surrey schools locked down Thursday

Enver Creek and Janice Churchill schools were locked down for an hour Thursday but Surrey RCMP the threat was 'determined unfounded'

Surrey's Enver Creek Secondary and Janice Churchill Elementary were locked down for an hour Thursday at RCMP's request.
The 2016 BC Child Poverty Report Card reveals stark news for Surrey.

Surrey has highest number of children living in poverty in Metro Vancouver: report

The 2016 B.C. Child Poverty Report Card reveals that 23,480 children live in poverty in Surrey.

The 2016 BC Child Poverty Report Card reveals stark news for Surrey.
Grant Rice is shocked that some videos of Surrey council meetings have vanished off the city's website.

Surrey man ‘shocked’ after council meeting videos vanish

Grant Rice is calling foul after some videos of Surrey council meetings have vanished from the city’s website.

Grant Rice is shocked that some videos of Surrey council meetings have vanished off the city's website.
Taxes are set to rise in Surrey this year.

Tax hike looms in Surrey

While taxes are going up in Surrey this year, it’s not yet known by how much

Taxes are set to rise in Surrey this year.
Premier Christy Clark was in Surrey Tuesday to announce funding commitments to rental housing projects throughout the province.

Province makes ‘single biggest injection’ into Surrey rental stock with $32M commitment

Housing projects to target single moms, seniors and low-income families

Premier Christy Clark was in Surrey Tuesday to announce funding commitments to rental housing projects throughout the province.
Amy Reid is staff writer with the Now. She can be reached at amy.reid@thenownewspaper.com.

REID: Time to crack down on distracted walking

Let’s hold everyone responsible for their actions on the road – behind the wheel of a vehicle, or not. And let’s give it some teeth.

Amy Reid is staff writer with the Now. She can be reached at amy.reid@thenownewspaper.com.
Surrey’s Robbin Stephens holds her Order of Red Cross.

Red Cross presents Surrey woman with its highest honour

Robbin Stephens earns Order of Red Cross after helping people deal with the aftermath of disasters for 18 years

Surrey’s Robbin Stephens holds her Order of Red Cross.
Krystal Ziprick (centre) president of the PAC at KB Woodward Elementary in Surrey, BC, poses for a photo with Seema Prasad (left), secretary of the PAC and Tricia Halcrow, vice-president, on the primary school playground. The PAC was planning on building a playground for the intermediate-grade children but the PAC bank account was emptied. A developer has now stepped up with funds to help.

Developer donates $30K to playground plans after Surrey PAC’s bank account drained

Townline Homes has donated $30,000 to KB Woodward's PAC after their bank account was drained.

Krystal Ziprick (centre) president of the PAC at KB Woodward Elementary in Surrey, BC, poses for a photo with Seema Prasad (left), secretary of the PAC and Tricia Halcrow, vice-president, on the primary school playground. The PAC was planning on building a playground for the intermediate-grade children but the PAC bank account was emptied. A developer has now stepped up with funds to help.
Surrey engineer Andrew MacBain was on TV’s “Dragon’s Den” Wednesday night and landed an investment of $50,000 for 50 per cent of his De-Fence invention.

DRAGONS’ DEN: A Surrey engineer’s ingenuity pays off

Surrey inventor has designed nearly 90 products, but his favourite never took off

Surrey engineer Andrew MacBain was on TV’s “Dragon’s Den” Wednesday night and landed an investment of $50,000 for 50 per cent of his De-Fence invention.
Surrey's Director of Public Safety Strategies Terry Waterhouse.

‘No real meat’ in Surrey Public Safety Strategy, says advocate

Mayor unveils crime plan that lacks specifics on funding

Surrey's Director of Public Safety Strategies Terry Waterhouse.