Tom Zytaruk

Former Abbotsford Police chief Mike Serr, pictured in 2022, has been appointed administrator of Surrey Police Board. (File photo: Ben Lypka/Black Press Media)

B.C. suspends Surrey Police Board, names retired chief to oversee transition

Former Abbotsford police chief Mike Serr appointed to guide city’s controversial move away from RCMP

Former Abbotsford Police chief Mike Serr, pictured in 2022, has been appointed administrator of Surrey Police Board. (File photo: Ben Lypka/Black Press Media)
File photo: Tom Zytaruk

Judge condemns B.C.’s ‘epic failure’ to help 2 sexually abused children

‘The children are entitled to better and so, too, is the public in general,’ judge says

File photo: Tom Zytaruk
Surrey police are investigating after a violent mob attack reportedly broke out during a soccer game on Saturday (Nov. 4) in Newton. (File photo)

Police investigating reported ‘disgusting’ mob attack on B.C. soccer pitch

‘One of the worst things I’ve ever seen in my whole entire life,’ spectator says

Surrey police are investigating after a violent mob attack reportedly broke out during a soccer game on Saturday (Nov. 4) in Newton. (File photo)
Ana Chamdal. (Photo: Surrey RCMP)

Surrey care aide pleads guilty to 30 charges

Ana Marie Lat Chamdal, 30, is set to next appear in court on Jan. 12, 2024

Ana Chamdal. (Photo: Surrey RCMP)
Statue of Lady Justice at Vancouver courthouse. (File photo)

Surrey inmate fights B.C. using balance of probabilities in prison disciplinary hearings

Judge denies B.C. government’s application to strike the challenge

Statue of Lady Justice at Vancouver courthouse. (File photo)
Statue of Lady Justice at Vancouver Courthouse. (File photo)

Judge awards Surrey petitioners costs – but not special costs – in signs bylaw case

‘Principally,’ Justice Kent decided, ‘this is not a truly ‘exceptional’ matter of public interest’

Statue of Lady Justice at Vancouver Courthouse. (File photo)
Premier David Eby. (File photo: Anna Burns)

Premier says ‘no more money’ for Surrey police transition beyond $150M

Surrey mayor warns other cities policed by RCMP will ‘get hit with significant costs’

Premier David Eby. (File photo: Anna Burns)
Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Police Complaint Commissioner raises concern with Farnworth about Police Act changes

The commissioner ‘strongly’ urged reconsideration of a section ‘to ensure continued accountability of the Surrey Police Service, independent of government’

Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Surrey Police patch from Twitter Surrey RCMP by Anna Burns

Opposition slams ‘sledgehammer’ legislation related to Surrey policing dispute

Former public safety minister Mike Morris says NDP ‘usurping’ cities’ say on policing

Surrey Police patch from Twitter Surrey RCMP by Anna Burns
A catalytic converter. (Submitted photo)

Surrey asking NDP for legislation to fight catalytic converter theft B.C.-wide

Mayor Brenda Locke brought the motion forward Sept. 11 and council voted in support Oct. 16

A catalytic converter. (Submitted photo)
Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth and Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke. (File photos)

Farnworth reaches for checkmate in Surrey policing transition dispute

Public Safety minister introduces legislation Monday that provides ‘clarity and finality’ to Surrey residents

Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth and Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke. (File photos)
Surrey Police patch from Twitter Mayor Brenda Locke file photo by Anna Burns

Surrey mayor slams ‘rude’ letter from Victoria bureaucrat on policing transition

Leaked letter to Mayor Brenda Locke from B.C.’s director of police services says lack of leadership on Surrey’s part is stalling policing transition

Surrey Police patch from Twitter Mayor Brenda Locke file photo by Anna Burns
Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Newton. (File photo: Anna Burns)

B.C. Sikhs plan protest, seek protection in wake of India statements

Trudeau says ‘credible’ intelligence links Indian government agents to shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45

Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Newton. (File photo: Anna Burns)
Hardeep Singh Nijjar, president of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, was shot and killed in his truck in the temple parking lot. File photos: Sikh Community of B.C./Twitter and Tom Zillich

Surrey MP urges calm after intelligence links India to Nijjar murder

‘I know the community will be feeling very angry and frightened right now,’ Sukh Dhaliwal says

Hardeep Singh Nijjar, president of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, was shot and killed in his truck in the temple parking lot. File photos: Sikh Community of B.C./Twitter and Tom Zillich
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Surrey tops 31 Canadian cities for people who’d take the money and run, survey says

55% would pocket cash they found on the street while 45% would hand it over to police in case someone claims it, respondents indicate

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Surrey Police patch from Twitter Surrey RCMP by Anna Burns

Still ‘no clear plan’ to continue transition to Surrey Police Service, report states

Meantime, Coun. Linda Annis says having two police departments is costing Surrey taxpayers $266K per day

Surrey Police patch from Twitter Surrey RCMP by Anna Burns
This image has been cropped from the original photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg

Parole board OKs 2nd Mexico trip for Surrey murderer

John Joseph Arneil sentenced in 1993 for two shooting murders and an attempted murder

This image has been cropped from the original photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
A shingles rash. (Image: BC Centre for Disease Control)

No free shingles, flu shots for B.C. seniors ‘disappointing if not alarming’

‘B.C. seems to be behind everybody else in everything,’ CARP rep says

A shingles rash. (Image: BC Centre for Disease Control)
Billboard related to Khalistan referendum vote outside Guru Nanak Gurdwara in Surrey. (File photo: Tom Zillich)

B.C. school district cancels Khalistan referendum rental over gun posters

School trustee calls for review of district’s school rental policy

Billboard related to Khalistan referendum vote outside Guru Nanak Gurdwara in Surrey. (File photo: Tom Zillich)
Surrey resident Jose Kaze, 32, was stabbed to death in downtown Vancouver near Granville and Smithe streets just before 3:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 4. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

Surrey man Vancouver’s 11th homicide victim in 2023

Police have yet to arrest suspect in stabbing death of Jose Kaze, 32, near Granville and Smithe streets on Aug. 4

Surrey resident Jose Kaze, 32, was stabbed to death in downtown Vancouver near Granville and Smithe streets just before 3:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 4. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)