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Chizue Lister is checked for radiation at a screening station in Fukushima.

Pet rescuer risks returning to Japan radiation

Chizue Lister is returning to the evacuation zone surrounding Japan’s damaged Fukushima…

Chizue Lister is checked for radiation at a screening station in Fukushima.
A woman signs a postcard petition calling for a new high school in Grandview Corners.

Parents turn to Clark for help with overcrowding

Two parents are continuing to fight for an alternative solution to overcrowding…

A woman signs a postcard petition calling for a new high school in Grandview Corners.
TransLink CEO Ian Jarvis (right) speaks to business crowd at a South Surrey-White Rock Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

TransLink’s ‘next priority’

Bus service from South Surrey to Langley is one of TransLink’s top…

TransLink CEO Ian Jarvis (right) speaks to business crowd at a South Surrey-White Rock Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
Chizue Lister left April 7 for Japan, on a mission to rescue dogs and cats abandoned in the 20-kilometre exclusion zone around the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

White Rock woman plans pet rescue in nuclear zone

Along with the personal effects Chizue Lister packed for her trip to…

Chizue Lister left April 7 for Japan, on a mission to rescue dogs and cats abandoned in the 20-kilometre exclusion zone around the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Surrey-White Rock MLA Gordon Hogg speaks at a South Surrey and White Rock Chamber of Commerce luncheon last week.

Provincial election possible for fall: Hogg

In addition to heading to federal and municipal polls this year, Surrey-White…

Surrey-White Rock MLA Gordon Hogg speaks at a South Surrey and White Rock Chamber of Commerce luncheon last week.
Officers investigate after a man was shot and killed by RCMP in Crescent Beach March 23.

Long wait for VPD report on Crescent Beach death

It could be months before details are released on last week’s police-involved shooting in Crescent Beach that left 23-year-old Brendon Beddow of Surrey dead.

Officers investigate after a man was shot and killed by RCMP in Crescent Beach March 23.
Chuck Haller (left) and Phil Limbert rotate as bingo callers at Star of the Sea Centre, which is to host its final session March 31.

Under the G for gone: Bingo cancelled after half a century

Bingo players are to converge on Star of the Sea Centre for…

Chuck Haller (left) and Phil Limbert rotate as bingo callers at Star of the Sea Centre, which is to host its final session March 31.
Akiko Sugawara with two-year-old Anzu and four-month-old Heiwa.

Relatives find comfort in positive spirit

Japan’s disaster hits home for South Surrey woman

Akiko Sugawara with two-year-old Anzu and four-month-old Heiwa.
Owners of two-year-old Fern are anxious for her return. The black lab disappeared from her White Rock home Wednesday night.

UPDATE: Detector dog found

UPDATED TUESDAY:Fern has been found.Handler Lizette Peters picked up the two-year-old black…

Owners of two-year-old Fern are anxious for her return. The black lab disappeared from her White Rock home Wednesday night.
Whitespot goes for a walk with his foster family at McDonald Beach in Richmond. The 18-month-old dog needs a permanent home.

Deaf, stray pup on mend

Whitespot recovering, awaiting “forever home”

Whitespot goes for a walk with his foster family at McDonald Beach in Richmond. The 18-month-old dog needs a permanent home.
Hilary Evans gets a gift from Ellen DeGeneres.

Teenager finds wisdom in rambling about Ellen

Hazy dental visit caught on video, catches eye of TV host

Hilary Evans gets a gift from Ellen DeGeneres.
MP Russ Hiebert tours a portion of BNSF line with Transport Canada officials in Crescent Beach Wednesday.

Rail worries taken to transport minister

MP Russ Hiebert (South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale) took a tour of a portion of train track in Crescent Beach this week, after a local constituent raised a safety concern with the transportation ministry.

MP Russ Hiebert tours a portion of BNSF line with Transport Canada officials in Crescent Beach Wednesday.
Volunteers at the Stewart Farm, including Frank Delbaere with lazy housewife bean seeds are concerned about the depleting heritage crops.

‘Picking problem’ at farm

Produce disappearing from the gardens and orchard of Historic Stewart Farm has…

Volunteers at the Stewart Farm, including Frank Delbaere with lazy housewife bean seeds are concerned about the depleting heritage crops.
Laronde Elementary

District polls Laronde parents on other choices

Parents of students at Laronde Elementary are being given the opportunity to request their children be transferred to neighbouring schools.

Laronde Elementary
EMS students gather in front of their school Tuesday afternoon, a half-hour before the end of their scheduled day, to protest next fall's changes to the timetables.

EMS students walk out over split timetables

Politicians, school district officials and hundreds of students join Facebook-fuelled rally Tuesday at South Surrey high school to protest schedule changes.

EMS students gather in front of their school Tuesday afternoon, a half-hour before the end of their scheduled day, to protest next fall's changes to the timetables.
One of two proposed timetables for junior students at Earl Marriott, as proposed by the Surrey School District.

EMS parents seek portables over time shifts

About 100 parents of Earl Marriott Secondary students attended a Parent Advisory…

One of two proposed timetables for junior students at Earl Marriott, as proposed by the Surrey School District.
Laronde Elementary

Youngest grades at Laronde ‘not viable’

The future of kindergarten and Grade 1 in Laronde Elementary’s English-speaking program…

Laronde Elementary

Little public discussion on White Rock’s proposed financial plan

It was a near-empty house at a public meeting regarding White Rock’s…

Krissi Bucholtz, Simon Child Vélez and Fara Shah.

Surrey youth honoured for global view

Surrey youth dedicated to making a difference both locally and on a…

Krissi Bucholtz, Simon Child Vélez and Fara Shah.
Longtime Peninsula resident Michael Levy is moving to Vancouver.

Opening a new chapter

Michael Levy leaving Peninsula after 21 years

Longtime Peninsula resident Michael Levy is moving to Vancouver.