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The company says hundreds of jobs are preserved, without giving a specific count.","2026-11-04","2026-11-04T08:21:00-07:00","voche.me editors","Election news",[13,14,15,16],"business","Surrey","employment","forestry","\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Fbc-surrey-2026\u002Fai\u002Fgillfor-teal-jones-surrey-sawmill-acquisition-november-2026.webp","Illustration of logs and equipment at a BC sawmill operation","Illustration made with AI for voche.me",null,false,{"path":23,"title":24,"description":25,"date":8,"publishedAt":26,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":27,"image":32,"imageAlt":33,"imageCredit":34,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fkpu-surrey-first-nations-archaeology-field-school-grant-2026","Surrey's KPU gets $358,507 to run a tuition-free archaeology school for First Nations students","Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey received a three-year, $358,507 grant from Canada's science funding agency for a First Nations archaeology field school that launched in spring 2026 and trains students in GPS fieldwork and land history.","2026-11-04T08:17:00-07:00",[28,14,29,30,31],"community","education","KPU","First Nations","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F11\u002FKPU20archeology20field20school20grant.jpg?w=1024","Students and an instructor working outdoors at a KPU First Nations archaeology field site","Surrey Now-Leader",{"path":36,"title":37,"description":38,"date":8,"publishedAt":39,"author":10,"category":40,"tags":41,"image":45,"imageAlt":46,"imageCredit":47,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-council-inauguration-15-commitments-november-9-2026","Surrey's new council plans first vote on all 15 election commitments November 9","Doug McCallum was sworn in as mayor November 2 for a fifth term, and the new council will vote on every commitment from the October election at its first regular meeting on November 9.","2026-11-04T07:57:00-07:00","Long read",[42,43,44],"Mayor","City Council","Safe Surrey Coalition","https:\u002F\u002Fimages-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F11\u002Fsurrey-mayor-doug-mccallum-inauguration-nov-2-2026-f.jpg?format=auto","Doug McCallum speaks at the Surrey City Hall inauguration ceremony on November 2, 2026","Daily Hive Vancouver",{"path":49,"title":50,"description":51,"date":8,"publishedAt":52,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":53,"image":58,"imageAlt":59,"imageCredit":60,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-fraser-highway-local-access-skytrain-november-2026","Fraser Highway closes to through traffic November 12 for a month of SkyTrain construction","A section of Fraser Highway in Surrey will be local access only from November 12 to December 12 while workers install beams for the future Green Timbers Station.","2026-11-04T08:02:00-07:00",[54,55,56,57],"SkyTrain","Surrey Langley 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Housing","https:\u002F\u002Fcloverdalereporter.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F25\u002F2026\u002F11\u002F12239.jpg?w=1024","Residents gathered outside Mayflower Co-op in Surrey to speak with the media","Cloverdale Reporter",{"path":74,"title":75,"description":76,"date":8,"publishedAt":77,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":78,"image":81,"imageAlt":82,"imageCredit":83,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-nico-wynd-golf-course-strike-alleged-violence-2026","Surrey golf course workers on strike after alleged vehicle attack on picket line","Workers at Nico Wynd Golf Course in Surrey are in their second month on strike over seniority rights, and the BC Federation of Labour is calling for a boycott after a union member says she was hit by a vehicle on the picket line October 31.","2026-11-04T08:12:00-07:00",[13,79,14,80],"labour","strike","https:\u002F\u002Fvancouver.citynews.ca\u002Fwp-content\u002Fblogs.dir\u002Fsites\u002F9\u002F2026\u002F11\u002F04\u002FSurrey-Golf-Course-Rally-4.jpg","Workers and supporters at a rally outside Nico Wynd Golf Course in Surrey during the ongoing strike","CityNews Vancouver",{"path":85,"title":86,"description":87,"date":88,"publishedAt":89,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":90,"image":93,"imageAlt":94,"imageCredit":95,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-city-centre-arena-mccallum-public-funding-november-2026","Surrey City Centre Arena faces uncertain future as McCallum takes office today","Mayor-elect Doug McCallum has promised to pull the City's $200-million funding commitment from the 10,000-seat arena project and order a forensic audit of the land deal behind it.","2026-11-02","2026-11-02T07:49:50-07:00",[42,44,91,92],"arena","city 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Once sworn in as MLA, he will be disqualified as a trustee, and a court may decide whether to hold a $840,000 byelection or seat the next candidate.","2026-10-31","2026-10-31T08:00:00-07:00",[138,139,140,141],"Surrey Board of Education","school trustee","byelection","Surrey First Education","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002FGarryThind_A.jpg?w=848","Garry Thind, re-elected Surrey school trustee and MLA-elect in Surrey-Guildford",{"path":145,"title":146,"description":147,"date":135,"publishedAt":148,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":149,"image":152,"imageAlt":153,"imageCredit":154,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-business-red-tape-survey-swrbot-october-2026","Surrey businesses report losing 300-plus hours a year to government paperwork","The Surrey and White Rock Board of Trade's 2026 Red Tape Survey finds 68 percent of respondents say compliance has a moderate or major impact on their business.","2026-10-31T17:30:00-07:00",[14,13,150,151],"regulation","Board of Trade","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F221028-SNW-M-14192454_web1_181030-SNW-M-Cutting-red-tape.jpg?w=1024","Cutting red tape sign at a Surrey event","Tom Zytaruk \u002F Surrey Now-Leader",{"path":156,"title":157,"description":158,"date":135,"publishedAt":159,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":160,"image":163,"imageAlt":164,"imageCredit":34,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-fireworks-bylaw-halloween-diwali-october-2026","Surrey deploys bylaw officers for fireworks on Halloween and Diwali","The City of Surrey is enforcing its fireworks ban tonight and on November 8, with fines of up to $50,000 for illegal possession or use.","2026-10-31T17:15:00-07:00",[14,161,102,162],"bylaw","fireworks","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F760671467_3658636687608494_6881182518352511995_n_8d9da5.jpg?w=1024","Fireworks",{"path":166,"title":167,"description":168,"date":135,"publishedAt":169,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":170,"image":172,"imageAlt":173,"imageCredit":34,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-police-board-names-matsumoto-chief-mccallum-demands-new-board","Surrey Police Board names Todd Matsumoto chief constable; McCallum calls for board's removal","The Surrey Police Board appointed Todd Matsumoto permanent chief constable on October 30, hours before the new council takes office, prompting mayor-elect Doug McCallum to demand the Province replace every board member.","2026-10-31T07:30:00-07:00",[103,44,126,171],"inauguration","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002FSPS20new20chief20constable20matsumoto.jpg?w=1024","Todd Matsumoto, the newly appointed chief constable of Surrey Police Service",{"path":175,"title":176,"description":177,"date":178,"publishedAt":179,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":180,"image":20,"imageAlt":184,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-bus-attack-terrorist-sentenced-15-years","Surrey man sentenced to 15 years and 8 months for ISIS-inspired bus attack","Abdul Aziz Kawam, 31, was sentenced October 29, 2026 in BC Supreme Court to 15 years and 20 months on terrorism-related charges for a 2023 knife attack on two people in Surrey that he carried out in the name of ISIS.","2026-10-30","2026-10-30T08:30:00-07:00",[103,181,182,183],"Public Safety","Terrorism","Surrey Transit","Illustration of a city bus stop shelter on a suburban street",{"path":186,"title":187,"description":188,"date":178,"publishedAt":189,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":190,"image":194,"imageAlt":195,"imageCredit":196,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-new-council-inaugural-meeting-november-2","Doug McCallum to lead inaugural Surrey council meeting Monday at 7 pm","The new Surrey City Council takes office Monday, November 2, 2026, with Mayor-elect Doug McCallum and eight councillors sworn in at a 7 pm ceremony at Surrey City Hall.","2026-10-30T07:53:00-07:00",[191,42,192,44,193],"Surrey City Council","Inauguration","Surrey Connect","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002FMcCallum204_ad0488.jpg?w=1024","Doug McCallum smiling after winning the mayor's seat in the 2026 Surrey civic election","Tricia Leslie \u002F Peace Arch News",{"path":198,"title":199,"description":200,"date":178,"publishedAt":201,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":202,"image":205,"imageAlt":206,"imageCredit":207,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-skytrain-safety-report-incidents-rising","SkyTrain safety incidents doubled since before the pandemic, report says","Technical Safety BC and TransLink issued a joint call to action on SkyTrain safety in October 2026, pointing to a report showing the incident rate on the Expo and Millennium lines doubled between 2016 to 2019 and 2023 to 2025.","2026-10-30T09:15:00-07:00",[54,203,181,204],"TransLink","Getting Around Surrey","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreycitizen.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F10\u002Funnamed.jpg","A SkyTrain station platform with transit infrastructure visible","Surrey Citizen",{"path":209,"title":210,"description":211,"date":178,"publishedAt":212,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":213,"image":216,"imageAlt":217,"imageCredit":218,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-teen-police-shooting-inquest-november-9","Coroner's inquest into Surrey police shooting of 15-year-old starts November 9","The B.C. Coroners Service will hold an inquest into the 2025 fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old in Surrey's Clayton Heights neighbourhood, starting November 9, 2026. The inquest is a public fact-finding process and will not assign fault.","2026-10-30T10:00:00-07:00",[103,214,181,215],"Coroner's Inquest","Mental Health Response","https:\u002F\u002Fi.cbc.ca\u002Fais\u002F1.7459432,1793299595524\u002Ffull\u002Fmax\u002F0\u002Fdefault.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1800%2C1012%29%3BResize%3D620","Photo of Chase de Balinhard, a 15-year-old Surrey teen who was fatally shot by police in 2025","GoFundMe.ca \u002F CBC",{"path":220,"title":221,"description":222,"date":223,"publishedAt":224,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":225,"image":227,"imageAlt":228,"imageCredit":229,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Flocke-reflects-surrey-election-october-29","Outgoing Mayor Brenda Locke says BC provincial election cost her the race","In an interview with the Vancouver Sun, Locke says momentum shifted in the final two to three weeks of the campaign after Premier Eby called a snap provincial vote.","2026-10-29","2026-10-29T07:50:00-07:00",[42,193,44,226],"election results","https:\u002F\u002Fsmartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\u002Fvancouversun\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F10\u002Fpng1027-brenda-locke_305983393.jpg","Outgoing Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke in Surrey on October 27, 2026","Arlen Redekop \u002F PNG \u002F Vancouver Sun",{"path":231,"title":232,"description":233,"date":234,"publishedAt":235,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":236,"image":239,"imageAlt":240,"imageCredit":241,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmetro-vancouver-rejects-mccallum-cancel-budget-vote-october-27","Metro Vancouver board will vote on 2027 budget Friday, rejecting McCallum's cancellation call","Surrey's mayor-elect Doug McCallum asked Metro Vancouver to cancel its October 30 meeting. The regional body confirmed the 2027 budget vote will proceed.","2026-10-27","2026-10-27T07:52:00-07:00",[42,44,237,238],"City of Surrey","Metro Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fsmartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\u002Fvancouversun\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F0922-surrey-election-newton-1.jpg","Doug McCallum at a Surrey election event","Jason Payne \u002F Vancouver Sun",{"path":243,"title":244,"description":245,"date":246,"publishedAt":247,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":248,"image":252,"imageAlt":253,"imageCredit":254,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmccallum-cloverdale-harness-racing-plan-october-21","Doug McCallum sets out steps to bring harness racing back to Cloverdale by fall 2027","Surrey's mayor-elect says the City will rebuild the Cloverdale Fairgrounds barns and racing oval and sign a new racing lease, the Surrey Now-Leader reports. He says the Province must also commit.","2026-10-22","2026-10-22T22:37:00-07:00",[42,44,249,250,251],"Cloverdale Fairgrounds","harness racing","promise tracker","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002FFraserDowns.jpg?w=1024","A harness racing driver in a two wheeled cart behind a brown horse on a snow covered track, with the grandstand behind","Malin Jordan, Cloverdale Reporter",{"path":256,"title":257,"description":258,"date":246,"publishedAt":259,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":260,"image":264,"imageAlt":265,"imageCredit":266,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-official-election-results-october-21","Surrey declares official 2026 election results, same 15 people elected","Surrey's Chief Election Officer declared the official results on October 21, 2026, naming Doug McCallum mayor with the same eight councillors and six trustees as election night.","2026-10-22T22:34:00-07:00",[42,261,262,263,44,141],"Councillor","School Trustee","official results","\u002Fimages\u002Fbc-surrey-2026\u002Fcity-hall-1600.webp","Surrey City Hall, a glass and stone building under a wide wooden roof, across an empty paved plaza under a blue sky","Northwest, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons",{"path":268,"title":269,"description":270,"date":246,"publishedAt":271,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":272,"image":274,"imageAlt":275,"imageCredit":276,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-ward-system-referendum-elford-october-22","Surrey ward system may need a public vote first, Councillor Doug Elford says","Mayor-elect Doug McCallum promised to bring back ward elections in Surrey. Councillor Doug Elford told the Surrey Now-Leader the change will probably need a referendum and could take eight years.","2026-10-22T22:35:00-07:00",[42,261,44,273,251],"ward system","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002FAnnaCityHall.jpg?w=1024","The words City Hall in black letters on a wood panel wall beside a glass front at Surrey City Hall","Surrey Now-Leader file photo",{"id":278,"title":24,"aiMetadata":279,"author":10,"body":293,"candidates":346,"category":11,"date":8,"description":25,"extension":347,"faq":348,"image":32,"imageAlt":33,"imageCheckedAt":373,"imageCredit":34,"imageScene":20,"linkedin":374,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"meta":380,"metaDescription":381,"navigation":382,"path":23,"pinned":21,"primarySourceUrl":383,"publishedAt":26,"seo":384,"seoTitle":20,"sourceId":385,"sourceIsPaywalled":21,"sources":386,"stem":392,"storyType":393,"tags":394,"topicKey":395,"updated":20,"__hash__":396},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fkpu-surrey-first-nations-archaeology-field-school-grant-2026.md",{"summary":280,"keyTopics":281,"semanticKeywords":288},"Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey received a $358,507 three-year grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for a tuition-free First Nations archaeology field school. The program launched in spring 2026 and trains students in GPS data collection, landscape history and land stewardship.",[282,283,284,285,286,287],"KPU Surrey","First Nations archaeology","NSERC grant","field school","Indigenous Land Guardians","Surrey education",[289,290,291,292],"KPU Surrey First Nations","NSERC grant KPU","Indigenous archaeology school Surrey","Kwantlen Polytechnic University 2026",{"type":294,"value":295,"toc":338},"minimark",[296,300,303,308,311,314,317,321,324,328,331,335],[297,298,299],"p",{},"Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey has received $358,507 from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the federal science funding body, to run a tuition-free First Nations archaeology field school for three years, the Surrey Now-Leader reported November 3.",[297,301,302],{},"The six-credit program launched in spring 2026. It trains First Nations students in GPS data collection, landscape history and identifying cultural materials in the field. Students also learn to work as Land Guardians. The program combines online instruction with hands-on fieldwork in Indigenous communities.",[304,305,307],"h2",{"id":306},"why-the-program-was-created","Why the program was created",[297,309,310],{},"BC has a shortage of trained archaeologists, and many First Nations people already carry out archaeology work in their communities but hold no formal credentials, according to the Surrey Now-Leader. The KPU program gives those people a path to recognition and builds a larger pool of people with the training.",[297,312,313],{},"KPU's Indigenous Admissions Committee built entry paths that do not rely only on the standard academic records most programs require, to lower the barriers for students who have field experience but have not followed a traditional classroom route.",[297,315,316],{},"Brian Pegg, an anthropology instructor at KPU, leads the field school.",[304,318,320],{"id":319},"who-it-is-for","Who it is for",[297,322,323],{},"The program is open to First Nations students with field experience or interest in land-based archaeology. It is tuition-free, funded through the three-year NSERC grant.",[304,325,327],{"id":326},"the-funding-body","The funding body",[297,329,330],{},"The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, known as NSERC, funds university research in natural sciences and engineering. Its grants go to projects at institutions across Canada. The KPU field school received its three-year grant through NSERC's program for applied research that connects universities to community needs. The Surrey Now-Leader did not say what happens to the program after the three years of NSERC funding end.",[304,332,334],{"id":333},"what-you-can-do","What you can do",[297,336,337],{},"First Nations students in Surrey or elsewhere in the region who are interested in archaeology or land stewardship can find enrollment information at kpu.ca. The program started in spring 2026 and is funded for three years from the date of the grant. The Surrey Board of Education is one of the publicly elected bodies that oversees K-12 education in the city; this program is at the post-secondary level and runs through KPU's own admissions process.",{"title":339,"searchDepth":340,"depth":340,"links":341},"",2,[342,343,344,345],{"id":306,"depth":340,"text":307},{"id":319,"depth":340,"text":320},{"id":326,"depth":340,"text":327},{"id":333,"depth":340,"text":334},[],"md",[349,352,355,358,361,364,367,370],{"question":350,"answer":351},"How much is the grant, and who gave it?","The grant is $358,507 over three years, from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, known as NSERC. This is the federal science and engineering funding agency. The Surrey Now-Leader reported the grant on November 3, 2026.",{"question":353,"answer":354},"What is the program, and who can apply?","The program is a six-credit archaeology field school at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey. It is for First Nations students with field experience or an interest in land-based archaeology. KPU's Indigenous Admissions Committee created entry paths that do not require the standard academic records many programs ask for.",{"question":356,"answer":357},"Is the program free to attend?","Yes. The Surrey Now-Leader reported the field school is tuition-free for participants. It launched in spring 2026. The tuition-free structure is funded through the three-year NSERC grant that KPU received. Students pay no tuition for the six-credit program.",{"question":359,"answer":360},"What do students learn?","Students learn GPS data collection, landscape history, how to identify cultural materials in the field, and how to work as Land Guardians. The program combines online instruction with community-based fieldwork, according to the Surrey Now-Leader.",{"question":362,"answer":363},"Why does this program exist?","BC has a shortage of trained archaeologists. Many First Nations people already do archaeology work in their communities but have no formal credentials. The KPU program gives those people a path to formal recognition and trains new people to fill the gap.",{"question":365,"answer":366},"Who leads the program at KPU?","Brian Pegg, an anthropology instructor and field school lead at KPU, runs the program, according to the Surrey Now-Leader. Pegg's role combines teaching and leading the fieldwork component of the six-credit school, which trains students in GPS data collection and land stewardship.",{"question":368,"answer":369},"How long does the grant run?","The grant runs for three years from when KPU received it. The program launched in spring 2026 and is funded through that three-year period. The Surrey Now-Leader did not say what happens to the program after the NSERC funding ends.",{"question":371,"answer":372},"How can a First Nations student in Surrey apply to this program?","The Surrey Now-Leader article from November 3, 2026, did not include an application link or a contact at KPU. First Nations students interested in the program can go to KPU's website at kpu.ca to find enrollment information or contact the anthropology department directly.","2026-11-04T07:56:00-07:00",{"short":375,"long":376,"hashtags":377},"Surrey's Kwantlen Polytechnic University received a $358,507 grant from Canada's science agency for a tuition-free First Nations archaeology field school that trains students in GPS fieldwork and land stewardship.","Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey received a $358,507 three-year grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for a First Nations archaeology field school. The program is tuition-free, launched in spring 2026, and trains First Nations students in GPS data collection, landscape history, and work as Land Guardians. BC has a shortage of trained archaeologists, and many First Nations people already do this work without formal credentials.",[378,30,379,14],"SurreyBC","FirstNations",{"sourceName":34},"KPU in Surrey received $358,507 from NSERC for a tuition-free First Nations archaeology field school. 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