Amy Reid

Surrey seniors Wolfram and Anita Gottschalk were  reunited on Sept. 22 after spending months apart due to delays within Fraser Health. The reunion saw tears of joy.

VIDEO: ‘Beautiful moment’ marks Surrey seniors’ heartwarming reunion

Surrey's Wolfram and Anita Gottschalk, who have been married for 62 years, were separated within the Fraser Health system earlier this year.

Surrey seniors Wolfram and Anita Gottschalk were  reunited on Sept. 22 after spending months apart due to delays within Fraser Health. The reunion saw tears of joy.
Philippa Powers, captain of her area’s Block Watch, is fed up with an increase in homeless and the ‘disgusting’ activity going on around her home.

FOCUS: Whalley residents sick of ‘disgusting’ and ‘hazardous’ activity after spike in homeless

Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner says the 'escalating' issue is getting attention seven days a week, but it’s a tough one to solve.

Philippa Powers, captain of her area’s Block Watch, is fed up with an increase in homeless and the ‘disgusting’ activity going on around her home.
Toronto city planner Jennifer Keesmaat, left, and Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner.

Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner calls new transit funding plan an ‘unprecedented opportunity’

Proposed jump in TransLink’s property tax that would translate to an extra $3 for the average homeowner for each year of the 10-year plan

Toronto city planner Jennifer Keesmaat, left, and Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner.
A rally outside a Surrey Money Mart store in 2013.

Reduction in payday loan rates welcome, but ‘not enough,’ says Surrey advocate

Beginning Jan. 1, 2017 the maximum interest rate will drop from $23 to $17 for every $100 borrowed.

A rally outside a Surrey Money Mart store in 2013.
Surrey Christmas Bureau co-ordinator K.C. Gilroy.

Surrey Christmas Bureau in need of home for holidays

Meanwhile, charity busy preparing for increased need after influx of Syrian refugees arrive in Surrey.

Surrey Christmas Bureau co-ordinator K.C. Gilroy.
The former Surrey city hall.

Surrey OKs RCMP to spend $500K to furnish expansion to old city hall

Through a contract with the City of Surrey, Heritage Office Furnishings Ltd. will manufacture, deliver and install the office furniture.

The former Surrey city hall.
The location of a massive development in Surrey. The 16-acre project will see 14 properties turned into 131 single-family lots in the 18200- to 18400-block of 73rd Avenue.

Surrey council approves huge Clayton development

The 16-acre project will see 14 properties turned into 131 single-family lots in the 18200- to 18400-block of 73rd Avenue.

The location of a massive development in Surrey. The 16-acre project will see 14 properties turned into 131 single-family lots in the 18200- to 18400-block of 73rd Avenue.
Ellen Niemer is editor of a community project called “We Are Newton!”

Neighbourhood anthology will ‘tell the real stories of Newton’

The Friends of the Grove group is collecting stories for a book that aims to show what it means to live, work and play in Newton.

Ellen Niemer is editor of a community project called “We Are Newton!”
Surrey resident Brandon Teixeira, 25, has been charged in connection to a bouncer being stabbed in the neck outside Taphouse pub in June.

Surrey man charged with aggravated assault in Taphouse Bar stabbing

Brandon Teixeira, 25, in police custody after a bouncer was stabbed in the neck outside the Guildford bar last June.

Surrey resident Brandon Teixeira, 25, has been charged in connection to a bouncer being stabbed in the neck outside Taphouse pub in June.
A used hypodermic needle.

Fraser Health exploring needle recovery options in Surrey after program cut off

Health authority says it is looking at “interim strategies” for needle recovery in Surrey after the Rig Dig program ended last Friday.

A used hypodermic needle.
Anita Huberman, CEO of the Surrey Board of Trade

Most Surrey businesses don’t support $15 minimum wage: survey

The majority of Surrey businesses don’t support a $15 minimum wage in the province, according to a recent Surrey Board of Trade Survey.

Anita Huberman, CEO of the Surrey Board of Trade
Summer interns from the Downtown Surrey BIA and Surrey Christmas Bureau accept letters of recognition from Surrey Centre MP Randeep Sarai.

Summer interns bettering the Surrey community

The federal government served up $500,000 in funding for summer jobs in Surrey Centre, tied to 154 jobs for students

Summer interns from the Downtown Surrey BIA and Surrey Christmas Bureau accept letters of recognition from Surrey Centre MP Randeep Sarai.
A used hypodermic needle.

Concern over children being pricked after Surrey needle collection program ends

Lookout Emergency Aid Society's 'Rig Dig' needle collection program ends today after losing gaming grant funding

A used hypodermic needle.
Sharon Rowe (right) holds up her book, The Big Bessie Stories aside her caregiver Ariadne Sawyer. Rowe is a longtime participant in Surrey Libraries' programs for those with developmental disabilities and has now become an author.

Library programs for immigrants and those with disabilities see huge growth in Surrey

Author Sharon Rowe has Surrey Libraries to thank for empowering her to become an author

Sharon Rowe (right) holds up her book, The Big Bessie Stories aside her caregiver Ariadne Sawyer. Rowe is a longtime participant in Surrey Libraries' programs for those with developmental disabilities and has now become an author.
Surrey RCMP investigate at the scene of a fatal pedestrian crash.

Pedestrian killed on 152nd Street in Surrey

Surrey RCMP close 152nd Street in both directions from 82nd to 76th avenues as they investigate Thursday afternoon crash

Surrey RCMP investigate at the scene of a fatal pedestrian crash.
Mike Nootebos' family has run South Surrey's Mary's Garden for 50 years.

AGRICULTURE WEEK: From Surrey farms to Surrey tables

Seven restaurants are participating in Farm Fresh Sundays, featuring menus where two-thirds of the dishes are made with Surrey ingredients

Mike Nootebos' family has run South Surrey's Mary's Garden for 50 years.
George Torresani has been charged with luring a child and transmitting sexually explicit material to a person under the age of 16. He has been released on numerous conditions limiting his access to children and his use of the Internet, pending his first court appearance.

Police discourage Surrey Creep Catcher style vigilantism after announcing child luring charges

Surrey's George Torresani charged with luring a child and transmitting sexually explicit material to a person under the age of 16.

George Torresani has been charged with luring a child and transmitting sexually explicit material to a person under the age of 16. He has been released on numerous conditions limiting his access to children and his use of the Internet, pending his first court appearance.
The Surrey school district is taking action after independent lab tests revealed 27 water sources showed lead levels that are too high.

Surrey school district finds too much lead in 27 of 621 water sources tested

District taking action after independent lab tests revealed 27 water sources showed lead levels that are too high.

The Surrey school district is taking action after independent lab tests revealed 27 water sources showed lead levels that are too high.
Surrey schools are so crowded the district is using more than 200 portables going into the new school year. And there's no end in sight.

Silence over Surrey’s jam-packed schools is ‘deafening,’ trustee says

Another massive development looms in area where schools are already over capacity

Surrey schools are so crowded the district is using more than 200 portables going into the new school year. And there's no end in sight.
Surrey’s Zoreen Abu Aboud is helping better the lives of vulnerable children in Guildford through United Way's Avenues of Change project.

Surrey woman helps newcomers understand the importance of literacy through United Way project

The Avenues of Change project aims to help vulnerable children succeed. Without volunteers like Abu Aboud, it wouldn't be possible

Surrey’s Zoreen Abu Aboud is helping better the lives of vulnerable children in Guildford through United Way's Avenues of Change project.