Sheila Reynolds

COLUMN: All grown up and moving on

COLUMN: All grown up and moving on

Reporter says farewell after almost 19 years writing for The Leader.

COLUMN: All grown up and moving on
Surrey dodges $4-million school budget deficit

Surrey dodges $4-million school budget deficit

The amount is the same the district must spend on portable classrooms each year.

Surrey dodges $4-million school budget deficit
Surrey's Megan Carbonetto welcomed new baby Zipporah (left) on March 3 – same day her one-year-old daughter Sarah died.

Surrey parents face death of one child and birth of another – in one day

Just 12 hours after Megan Carbonetto's toddler died unexpectedly, she gave birth seven weeks early.

Surrey's Megan Carbonetto welcomed new baby Zipporah (left) on March 3 – same day her one-year-old daughter Sarah died.
Maninder Gill

Maninder Gill guilty in 2010 shooting outside Surrey temple

Former Radio India executive faces sentencing May 10.

Maninder Gill
Surrey man loses lawsuit against city for dog's broken leg

Surrey man loses lawsuit against city for dog’s broken leg

Greyhound fell in hole on a City of Surrey pathway in 2014.

Surrey man loses lawsuit against city for dog's broken leg
Maple Batalia, 19, was murdered in Surrey in 2011. While her jealous ex-boyfriend Gary Dhaliwal pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last week, his co-accused, Gursimar Singh Bedi (seen in court illustration below), is now on trial in connection to the teen's killing.

Co-accused in Batalia murder was ‘eyes and ears’ for her killer: Crown

Trial of Gursimar Singh Bedi begins in B.C. Supreme Court, a day after murderer Gary Dhaliwal was sentenced.

Maple Batalia, 19, was murdered in Surrey in 2011. While her jealous ex-boyfriend Gary Dhaliwal pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last week, his co-accused, Gursimar Singh Bedi (seen in court illustration below), is now on trial in connection to the teen's killing.
Maple Batalia. Her sister Rose (below) spoke to media outside court Monday, following the sentencing of Gary Dhaliwal, Maple's ex-boyfriend who pleaded guilty to murdering her.

Maple Batalia’s death ‘was like stomping on a flower right before it blooms’

Family and friends make emotional statements in court as Surrey teen's killer Gurjinder 'Gary' Dhaliwal is sentenced.

Maple Batalia. Her sister Rose (below) spoke to media outside court Monday, following the sentencing of Gary Dhaliwal, Maple's ex-boyfriend who pleaded guilty to murdering her.

Jail sentence for fatal 2014 crash

Collision in Washington State killed Surrey woman and seriously injured her partner.

Gurjinder 'Gary' Dhaliwal sits in the prisoner's box Thursday morning in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster. At left is his co-accused Gursimar Singh Bedi.

Guilty plea in Maple Batalia murder case

Gurjinder 'Gary' Dhaliwal admits to shooting his ex-girlfriend to death in a jealous rage in September 2011.

Gurjinder 'Gary' Dhaliwal sits in the prisoner's box Thursday morning in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster. At left is his co-accused Gursimar Singh Bedi.
Fake lawyer banned

Fake lawyer banned

Surrey's Brent Chow ordered by court to stop practising law.

Fake lawyer banned
Cocaine find ends in three year sentence for Surrey man

Cocaine find ends in three year sentence for Surrey man

10 kilograms of drug discovered in box labeled 'live tropical fish' in 2009.

Cocaine find ends in three year sentence for Surrey man
More charges laid in connection with Surrey/Delta drug turf war

More charges laid in connection with Surrey/Delta drug turf war

Three men charge in relation to conflict last summer that plagued local neighbourhood.

More charges laid in connection with Surrey/Delta drug turf war
Maple Batalia

Trial delayed for men accused in Maple Batalia’s murder

Gurjinder Dhaliwal and Gursimar Bedi now slated for March 1 trial start.

Maple Batalia
Gloria Zerbinos (right) killed her mom Yota Zerbinos (left) in 2012 and is now slated to stand trial for the murder of a fellow inmate in prison.

Mom killer to stand trial for second murder of fellow prisoner

Surrey's Gloria Zerbinos accused of killing woman while in jail for her mother's fatal stabbing.

Gloria Zerbinos (right) killed her mom Yota Zerbinos (left) in 2012 and is now slated to stand trial for the murder of a fellow inmate in prison.
Above is a rendering of what an open-concept learning commons area will look like at a new high school being built in the Clayton north neighbourhood of Surrey. The map below shows the school’s location in respect to the existing secondary schools in Cloverdale. The new high school is expected to be complete by fall 2018.

New Surrey school design sparked by new curriculum

High school in Clayton will have open-concept pods to promote collaboration and 'big idea' learning

Above is a rendering of what an open-concept learning commons area will look like at a new high school being built in the Clayton north neighbourhood of Surrey. The map below shows the school’s location in respect to the existing secondary schools in Cloverdale. The new high school is expected to be complete by fall 2018.
Trinity Western's Leigh Goosen goes up for the ball against the block of UBC's Mat Guidi during the Canada West regular season finale on Feb. 20 at the Langley Events Centre. The Spartans won 3-0 to eliminate UBC from playoff contention. TWU opens the Canada West quarter-finals on the road in Calgary this weekend.

Spartans open post-season on the road

Trinity Western men's volleyball team faces Calgary in best-of-three Canada West quarter-final series

Trinity Western's Leigh Goosen goes up for the ball against the block of UBC's Mat Guidi during the Canada West regular season finale on Feb. 20 at the Langley Events Centre. The Spartans won 3-0 to eliminate UBC from playoff contention. TWU opens the Canada West quarter-finals on the road in Calgary this weekend.
Creating religious understanding

Creating religious understanding

Interfaith Symposium in Delta Feb. 24 focuses on youth and the fundamental similarities between religions.

Creating religious understanding
The SFC Rangers women's soccer team is rallying to support their 21-year-old teammate, who was attacked and had her throat slit in Surrey on Feb. 7. The team has started a GoFundMe campaign to support the hospitalized woman, who is a refugee from Gambia and has no family here.

Surrey soccer team rallies for friend who survived throat slashing

SFC Rangers start fundraiser for teammate, a recent refugee who survived Feb. 7 attack.

The SFC Rangers women's soccer team is rallying to support their 21-year-old teammate, who was attacked and had her throat slit in Surrey on Feb. 7. The team has started a GoFundMe campaign to support the hospitalized woman, who is a refugee from Gambia and has no family here.
Mehrdad Bayrami was shot by police after a lengthy stand-off with police in 2012. A Coroner's Inquest into the incident resulted in 16 recommendations for several provincial bodies this week.

Shooting inquest ends with 16 recommendations

Hearing into fatal police shooting of Mehrdad Bayrami aims to prevent similar incidents.

Mehrdad Bayrami was shot by police after a lengthy stand-off with police in 2012. A Coroner's Inquest into the incident resulted in 16 recommendations for several provincial bodies this week.
Former Surrey RCMP Const. Bonnie Sauve outside Surrey Provincial Court.

‘He intentionally tried to hurt or even kill me that day’

Injured RCMP officer faces man who rammed Surrey police cruisers in 2014.

Former Surrey RCMP Const. Bonnie Sauve outside Surrey Provincial Court.