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Performers from Dance Force Studio on stage at Surrey Arts Centre during Surrey Festival of Dance competition Saturday.

SLIDESHOW: Surrey Festival of Dance heats up the stage

The 'Now-Leader' was there during Saturday's Tap and Stage portion of the annual dance competition

  • Apr 11, 2017
Performers from Dance Force Studio on stage at Surrey Arts Centre during Surrey Festival of Dance competition Saturday.
176th Street is closed to traffic from 64th to 58th Avenue.

UPDATE: Gas leak closed portion of 176 Street in Surrey Tuesday morning

Area residents were advised to keep windows and doors shut as a precaution

176th Street is closed to traffic from 64th to 58th Avenue.
NDP MLA Bruce Ralston outside his campaign office in Whalley. He says the area’s social problems are taxing on business owners.

Social issues ‘grinding down’ Whalley businesses

Longtime Surrey shop to close its doors for good as business owners express continued frustration with issues of homelessness and addiction.

NDP MLA Bruce Ralston outside his campaign office in Whalley. He says the area’s social problems are taxing on business owners.
Health minister coming to Surrey to talk opioid crisis

Health minister coming to Surrey to talk opioid crisis

Jane Philpott will visit the Surrey Youth Resource Centre in Newton on April 10 to 'highlight investments to combat the opioid crisis.'

Health minister coming to Surrey to talk opioid crisis
Two volunteers interview a man during this year's homeless count in Surrey. The results are in and they reveal a 49 per cent increase in the number of people identified as homeless in Surrey.

Count finds 49 per cent more homeless people in Surrey

A total of 602 homeless people were counted in Surrey, up from 403 in 2014

Two volunteers interview a man during this year's homeless count in Surrey. The results are in and they reveal a 49 per cent increase in the number of people identified as homeless in Surrey.
Nathan Wright, bc211’s executive director, speaks to the crowd during a City of Surrey-hosted public safety event at Guildford Town Centre Saturday (April 8).

New Surrey bc211 program aims to better support vulnerable residents

The new program, announced on April 8, is part of Surrey's Public Safety Strategy

  • Apr 9, 2017
Nathan Wright, bc211’s executive director, speaks to the crowd during a City of Surrey-hosted public safety event at Guildford Town Centre Saturday (April 8).
Surrey RCMP trying to ID Whalley shed fire victim

Surrey man facing several charges after traffic stop

Nineteen-year-old Jaskaran Johal has been charged after he was allegedly caught in possession of a prohibited substance.

  • Apr 7, 2017
Surrey RCMP trying to ID Whalley shed fire victim
Lois Nahirney's company dnaPOWER is partnering with KPU on a genetics study.

DNA study looking for 40 Surrey volunteers

Surrey study to look at how genetic information can help improve diet and overall health

Lois Nahirney's company dnaPOWER is partnering with KPU on a genetics study.
Six-month jail sentence related to Surrey/Delta street drug conflict

Six-month jail sentence related to Surrey/Delta street drug conflict

Two search warrants were executed on two Surrey residences resulting in the seizure of drugs, cash and vehicles.

Six-month jail sentence related to Surrey/Delta street drug conflict
Surrey MLA Amrik Virk, minister of technology, innovation and citizens’ services, announcing Surrey's Innovation Boulevard's new accelerator.

Surrey to get a HealthTech accelerator

Innovation Boulevard’s HealthTech accelerator is the 15th technology accelerator in B.C. funded by the BC Innovation Council.

  • Apr 7, 2017
Surrey MLA Amrik Virk, minister of technology, innovation and citizens’ services, announcing Surrey's Innovation Boulevard's new accelerator.
Bob McMurray (fourth from left) with city council, is Surrey's 2017 Citizen of the Year

Bob McMurray is Surrey’s 2017 Citizen of the Year

This was announced Thursday night at the annual City of Surrey Volunteer Appreciation Celebration

Bob McMurray (fourth from left) with city council, is Surrey's 2017 Citizen of the Year
The provincial government has committed to investing in a new Surrey YMCA.

Provincial government commits funding to second Surrey YMCA

The new facility is set to be built in the City Centre neighbourhood.

The provincial government has committed to investing in a new Surrey YMCA.
Surrey mom, daughter escape with their lives after tree crashes on their car

Surrey mom, daughter escape with their lives after tree crashes on their car

A mother and her daughter are lucky to be alive after a monkey tree fell on their car, in their driveway, in the 15000-block of 86th Avenue.

Surrey mom, daughter escape with their lives after tree crashes on their car
Surrey’s Deepak Chahal was stabbed to death in Newton in 2014.

Family of Surrey’s Deepak Chahal waits three years for accused killer’s trial to begin

Sister of victim says accused killer's been 'walking a free man over the last three years, while our family serves the life sentence'

Surrey’s Deepak Chahal was stabbed to death in Newton in 2014.
A state-of-the-art Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Stabilization Unit (CAPSU)for children and adolescents with urgent mental health issues is set to open this spring at Surrey Memorial Hospital.

‘State-of-the-art’ children’s mental health unit opening soon at Surrey Memorial Hospital

A unit for children and adolescents with urgent mental health issues is set to open this spring at Surrey Memorial Hospital.

A state-of-the-art Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Stabilization Unit (CAPSU)for children and adolescents with urgent mental health issues is set to open this spring at Surrey Memorial Hospital.
Surrey RCMP trying to ID Whalley shed fire victim

Surrey RCMP trying to ID Whalley shed fire victim

The fire, in the 10800-block of 132nd Street on January 29, claimed the life of a young man.

Surrey RCMP trying to ID Whalley shed fire victim
Surrey Creep Catchers leader says his group is on the 'right track'

Surrey Creep Catchers leader says his group is on the ‘right track’

'We have been on the right track since our first video,' Ryan LaForge says. 'We took a fight to an epidemic ignored by our government.'

Surrey Creep Catchers leader says his group is on the 'right track'
Alix Tichelman, left, of Folsom, Calif., speaks with a public defender during her arraignment in Santa Cruz, July 9, 2014.

High-end prostitute convicted in Google exec’s death spent part of her childhood in Surrey

Media reports indicate she grew up in the U.S., but spent part of her early childhood attending a private school in Surrey, B.C.

  • Apr 6, 2017
Alix Tichelman, left, of Folsom, Calif., speaks with a public defender during her arraignment in Santa Cruz, July 9, 2014.
ZYTARUK: Surrey senior's pension fight, Round 2. Ding.

ZYTARUK: Surrey senior’s pension fight, Round 2. Ding.

After she timed out on her 65th birthday she was cut off and nobody in government bothered to tell her.

  • Apr 6, 2017
ZYTARUK: Surrey senior's pension fight, Round 2. Ding.
Artist Jim Adams in the “cockpit” of his home studio in White Rock.

ARTIST FOR LIFE: The biggest exhibition of Jim Adams’ long career opens at Surrey Art Gallery

'The Irretrievable Moment' launch event set for Saturday evening

Artist Jim Adams in the “cockpit” of his home studio in White Rock.