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140 Street in City Centre: two towers of 35 and 39 storeys with 748 units, nearly all secured as non-market rental for 60 years, with a public hearing set for November 23.","2026-11-09","2026-11-09T07:50:00-07:00",[31,29,32,184],"Affordable housing","Rendering of two residential towers in Surrey City Centre with a pedestrian greenway below",{"path":187,"title":188,"description":189,"date":190,"publishedAt":191,"author":10,"category":27,"tags":192,"image":198,"imageAlt":199,"imageCredit":19,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-windstorm-power-outage-highway-10-november-2026","Surrey windstorm leaves thousands without power and closes Highway 10","A windstorm that hit Surrey on Saturday night knocked out power for thousands of residents, closed Highway 10 between 180 Street and 184 Street, and downed wires across the city.","2026-11-08","2026-11-08T08:20:00-07:00",[193,194,195,111,196,197],"windstorm","power outage","Highway 10","BC Hydro","safety","\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Fbc-surrey-2026\u002Fai\u002Fsurrey-windstorm-power-outage-highway-10-november-2026.webp","Illustration of a downed power line on a Surrey street after a windstorm",{"path":201,"title":202,"description":203,"date":204,"publishedAt":205,"author":10,"category":27,"tags":206,"image":207,"imageAlt":208,"imageCredit":209,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-police-transition-rcmp-withdrawal-elford-november-2026","Surrey Police Service takes over last RCMP neighbourhoods as new council votes on police commitments","The RCMP is completing its withdrawal from Cloverdale and Guildford this month, leaving the Surrey Police Service 133 officers short of its 860-member target as a new council prepares to vote on a helicopter fleet and more officers.","2026-11-07","2026-11-07T08:12:00-07:00",[88,31,111,102],"https:\u002F\u002Fsurreycitizen.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F11\u002Fpolice-board-lrg-1024x569-1.jpg","Surrey Police Service patch on a uniform at a police board meeting","Surrey Citizen",{"path":211,"title":212,"description":213,"date":214,"publishedAt":215,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":216,"image":218,"imageAlt":219,"imageCredit":220,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmccallum-illegal-dumping-motion-november-9-surrey-2026","Surrey mayor brings illegal dumping motion to council Monday with new fines and business bans","Mayor Doug McCallum says he will put a motion before Surrey council November 9 to raise the minimum fine for illegal dumping from $1,000 to $10,000 and strip business licences for 10 years for companies caught dumping.","2026-11-06","2026-11-06T18:19:00-07:00",[88,31,217],"Bylaw enforcement","https:\u002F\u002Fsmartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\u002Fvancouversun\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F11\u002F1106-surrey-illegal-dumping-1.jpg","An old wooden desk discarded on Railway Road in Surrey, near Mud Bay Park","Jason Payne \u002F Vancouver Sun",{"path":222,"title":223,"description":224,"date":214,"publishedAt":225,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":226,"image":20,"imageAlt":229,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-board-of-education-inaugural-larsen-chair-november-2026","Laurie Larsen elected chair of Surrey Board of Education at inaugural meeting","Trustees elected Laurie Larsen chair and Bob Holmes vice-chair at the new Surrey Board of Education's inaugural meeting on November 4. Larsen has served as a trustee for 18 years.","2026-11-06T19:00:00-07:00",[227,139,228],"Board of Education","Surrey First Education","Illustration of an empty school board meeting room with a wooden dais and nameplates",{"path":231,"title":232,"description":233,"date":214,"publishedAt":234,"author":10,"category":27,"tags":235,"image":238,"imageAlt":239,"imageCredit":240,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-council-november-9-contracts-medicine-school-newton-turf-2026","Surrey council votes Monday on a $17.5M medicine school contract and a $4.7M Newton turf field","Surrey City Council meets November 9 to award two contracts: $17.5 million for excavation of the SFU Stephens Family School of Medicine downtown, and $4.7 million for a synthetic turf field at Newton Athletic Park.","2026-11-06T18:15:00-07:00",[31,64,236,237],"Newton","SFU","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F28\u002F2026\u002F11\u002FScreen20Shot202026-11-0620at2011.37.0020AM.jpg?w=1024","Arran and Ratana Stephens at an SFU Surrey event, photo contributed to North Delta Reporter","SFU\u002Fcontributed to North Delta Reporter",{"path":242,"title":243,"description":244,"date":214,"publishedAt":245,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":246,"image":20,"imageAlt":247,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthind-trustee-byelection-mla-surrey-2026","Thind, elected MLA and trustee, wants runner-up declared trustee to avoid $840K byelection","Garry Thind, who was elected both a Surrey school trustee and a BC Conservative MLA in October, says he supports having the next-highest vote-getter declared a trustee to avoid an $840,000 byelection when he is sworn in as MLA on November 19.","2026-11-06T18:45:00-07:00",[227,139,228],"Illustration of a ballot box and paper ballots on a table in a school gymnasium",{"path":249,"title":250,"description":251,"date":252,"publishedAt":253,"author":10,"category":27,"tags":254,"image":20,"imageAlt":256,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsuhana-gill-surrey-youngest-councillor-november-2026","Suhana Gill takes office as Surrey's youngest city councillor at 20","Suhana Gill was sworn in to Surrey City Council on November 2, 2026. At 20, she is the youngest person ever elected to council in Surrey. She ran with the Safe Surrey Coalition and received 27,809 votes.","2026-11-05","2026-11-05T07:52:00-07:00",[31,89,255],"Suhana Gill","Illustration of a city council chamber with empty chairs around a curved table and name plates",{"path":258,"title":259,"description":260,"date":261,"publishedAt":262,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":263,"image":267,"imageAlt":268,"imageCredit":19,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fgillfor-teal-jones-surrey-sawmill-acquisition-november-2026","Gillfor Manufacturing acquires Teal-Jones Surrey sawmill, says hundreds of jobs are preserved","Gillfor Manufacturing has completed its acquisition of the Teal-Jones Group's Surrey sawmill, Sumas operation and TFL 46 timber licence under a BC Supreme Court order. The company says hundreds of jobs are preserved, without giving a specific count.","2026-11-04","2026-11-04T08:21:00-07:00",[264,15,265,266],"business","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",{"path":270,"title":271,"description":272,"date":261,"publishedAt":273,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":274,"image":278,"imageAlt":279,"imageCredit":280,"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",[76,15,275,276,277],"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":282,"title":283,"description":284,"date":261,"publishedAt":285,"author":10,"category":27,"tags":286,"image":287,"imageAlt":288,"imageCredit":57,"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",[88,31,89],"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",{"path":290,"title":291,"description":292,"date":261,"publishedAt":293,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":294,"image":298,"imageAlt":299,"imageCredit":300,"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",[295,296,297,53],"SkyTrain","Surrey Langley SkyTrain","transport","https:\u002F\u002Fpeacearchnews.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F7\u002F2026\u002F11\u002FSkyTrain-construction.jpg?w=1024","SkyTrain construction work near Surrey with beams and equipment visible","Peace Arch News",{"path":302,"title":303,"description":304,"date":261,"publishedAt":305,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":306,"image":309,"imageAlt":310,"imageCredit":311,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-mayflower-coop-housing-displacement-new-council-2026","Surrey co-op residents face displacement after BC Housing cancelled their new site","About 92 families at Mayflower Co-op on 104 Avenue in Surrey are at risk of losing their homes after BC Housing cancelled a replacement site it had previously approved, the Cloverdale Reporter reported.","2026-11-04T08:07:00-07:00",[50,15,307,308],"co-op","BC 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":313,"title":314,"description":315,"date":261,"publishedAt":316,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":317,"image":320,"imageAlt":321,"imageCredit":322,"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",[264,318,15,319],"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":324,"title":325,"description":326,"date":327,"publishedAt":328,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":329,"image":332,"imageAlt":333,"imageCredit":334,"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",[88,89,330,331],"arena","city hall","https:\u002F\u002Fimages-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002Fvancouver-giants-surrey-city-centre-arena-10355-King-George-Boulevard-f2.jpg?format=auto","Rendering of the Surrey City Centre Arena and Cultural Event Centre at 10355 King George Boulevard","City of Surrey \u002F Daily Hive Urbanized",{"path":336,"title":337,"description":338,"date":327,"publishedAt":339,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":340,"image":341,"imageAlt":342,"imageCredit":343,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-police-vehicle-id-request-123a-street-november-2026","Surrey Police ask public to help identify vehicle in suspicious incident on 123A Street","Surrey Police Service is asking anyone who recognizes a white 2023-2025 Toyota Corolla to call after a driver approached two teenage girls on October 27.","2026-11-02T07:50:59-07:00",[197,111],"https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F11\u002FVehicle20SPS.jpg?w=1024","White 2023-2025 Toyota Corolla sedan that Surrey Police are seeking information about","Surrey Police Service \u002F Surrey Now-Leader",{"path":345,"title":346,"description":347,"date":348,"publishedAt":349,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":350,"image":353,"imageAlt":354,"imageCredit":355,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-united-soccer-envision-sport-centre-cloverdale-2026","New indoor sport centre opens in Cloverdale for Surrey residents to book","The Envision Financial Sport Centre at Cloverdale Athletic Park opened to the public on October 1 and has space available to book on weekday mornings.","2026-11-01","2026-11-01T07:53:00-07:00",[15,351,14,76,352],"recreation","sports","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthdeltareporter.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F28\u002F2026\u002F10\u002FSUSC-1.jpg?w=1024","Kids play on the turf field inside the Envision Financial Sport Centre at Cloverdale Athletic Park in Surrey","Malin Jordan \u002F Cloverdale Reporter",{"path":357,"title":358,"description":359,"date":348,"publishedAt":360,"author":10,"category":27,"tags":361,"image":364,"imageAlt":365,"imageCredit":366,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Ftodd-matsumoto-surrey-police-chief-mccallum-november-2026","Surrey's new police chief named as McCallum prepares to take office","The Surrey Police Board named Todd Matsumoto permanent chief constable on October 30, days before mayor-elect Doug McCallum and a new council are sworn in on November 2.","2026-11-01T07:52:00-07:00",[111,89,362,363,197],"police","council inauguration","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ctvnews.ca\u002Fresizer\u002Fv2\u002FPYQTMJUS2BDK3OEPK7PRGGS24Y.jpeg?smart=true&auth=8c1ef61421394f65c922313bbb21feca319fac695b4a0f60b2dff5fa98a13ed6&width=1200&height=630","Todd Matsumoto, appointed chief constable of the Surrey Police Service on October 30, 2026","CTV News",{"path":368,"title":369,"description":370,"date":371,"publishedAt":372,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":373,"image":376,"imageAlt":377,"imageCredit":280,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-board-of-education-byelection-garry-thind-mla","Surrey Board of Education faces possible $840,000 byelection after trustee wins provincial seat","Garry Thind was elected both a Surrey school trustee on October 17 and an MLA on October 24. 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",[139,374,375,228],"school trustee","byelection","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":379,"title":380,"description":381,"date":371,"publishedAt":382,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":383,"image":386,"imageAlt":387,"imageCredit":388,"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",[15,264,384,385],"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":390,"title":391,"description":392,"date":371,"publishedAt":393,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":394,"image":397,"imageAlt":398,"imageCredit":280,"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",[15,395,197,396],"bylaw","fireworks","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F760671467_3658636687608494_6881182518352511995_n_8d9da5.jpg?w=1024","Fireworks",{"path":400,"title":401,"description":402,"date":371,"publishedAt":403,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":404,"image":406,"imageAlt":407,"imageCredit":280,"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",[111,89,362,405],"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":409,"title":410,"description":411,"date":412,"publishedAt":413,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":414,"image":20,"imageAlt":418,"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",[111,415,416,417],"Public Safety","Terrorism","Surrey Transit","Illustration of a city bus stop shelter on a suburban street",{"path":420,"title":421,"description":422,"date":412,"publishedAt":423,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":424,"image":426,"imageAlt":427,"imageCredit":428,"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",[64,88,425,89,90],"Inauguration","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":430,"title":431,"description":432,"date":412,"publishedAt":433,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":434,"image":437,"imageAlt":438,"imageCredit":209,"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",[295,435,415,436],"TransLink","Getting Around Surrey","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreycitizen.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F10\u002Funnamed.jpg","A SkyTrain station platform with transit infrastructure visible",{"path":440,"title":441,"description":442,"date":412,"publishedAt":443,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":444,"image":447,"imageAlt":448,"imageCredit":449,"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",[111,445,415,446],"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":451,"title":452,"description":453,"date":454,"publishedAt":455,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":456,"image":458,"imageAlt":459,"imageCredit":460,"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",[88,90,89,457],"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":462,"title":463,"description":464,"date":465,"publishedAt":466,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":467,"image":470,"imageAlt":471,"imageCredit":220,"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",[88,89,468,469],"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",{"path":473,"title":474,"description":475,"date":476,"publishedAt":477,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":478,"image":482,"imageAlt":483,"imageCredit":484,"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",[88,89,479,480,481],"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":486,"title":487,"description":488,"date":476,"publishedAt":489,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":490,"image":493,"imageAlt":494,"imageCredit":495,"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",[88,491,140,492,89,228],"Councillor","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":497,"title":498,"description":499,"date":476,"publishedAt":500,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":501,"image":503,"imageAlt":504,"imageCredit":505,"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",[88,491,89,502,481],"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":507,"title":24,"aiMetadata":508,"author":10,"body":520,"candidates":618,"category":27,"date":8,"description":25,"extension":621,"faq":622,"image":20,"imageAlt":34,"imageCheckedAt":20,"imageCredit":20,"imageScene":647,"linkedin":648,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"meta":656,"metaDescription":20,"navigation":658,"path":23,"pinned":21,"primarySourceUrl":659,"publishedAt":26,"seo":660,"seoTitle":20,"sourceId":661,"sourceIsPaywalled":21,"sources":662,"stem":674,"storyType":675,"tags":676,"topicKey":677,"updated":20,"__hash__":678},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-affordable-homes-city-centre-towers-november-2026.md",{"summary":509,"keyTopics":510,"semanticKeywords":514},"Surrey City Council approved 748 affordable rental units in two City Centre towers and three childcare facilities at its first land use meeting on November 13, 2026, as part of 44 development applications covering more than 1,800 homes total.",[66,64,511,512,513],"childcare","City Centre development","16 priorities",[515,516,517,518,519],"Surrey affordable housing 2026","Surrey City Centre towers","Surrey childcare","Doug McCallum housing","Surrey land use",{"type":521,"value":522,"toc":608},"minimark",[523,527,532,535,543,546,550,553,556,564,568,571,574,578,581,584,588,591,594,601,605],[524,525,526],"p",{},"Surrey City Council approved 748 affordable rental homes and three new childcare facilities at its first Regular Council Land Use meeting on November 13, 2026. The council advanced 44 development applications in a single session, covering more than 1,800 homes in total.",[528,529,531],"h2",{"id":530},"what-council-approved","What council approved",[524,533,534],{},"The City of Surrey's press release from November 13 lists the approvals in full. Two high-rise towers in City Centre will carry the 748 affordable rental units. A further 575 rental homes were approved in the same session but without an affordable designation. The remaining approvals covered 1,475 apartment units, 327 townhouse units, and 57 residential lots. Three childcare facilities were included across several of the new buildings. Council also approved about 43,700 square metres of commercial and industrial floor area, including a six-storey hotel and restaurant.",[524,536,537,538,542],{},"Mayor ",[539,540,65],"a",{"href":541},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fdoug-mccallum"," said in the press release: \"The biggest cost in any Surrey family's life is a roof over their head, and the second is child care. On Monday night, this Council moved forward 748 affordable rental homes, 575 more rental homes and three child-care centres, in our very first Land Use meeting.\"",[524,544,545],{},"He added: \"You cannot make a city affordable by making it harder to build in. You make it affordable by saying yes to homes, yes to child care and yes to the businesses that create good-paying jobs, and then getting out of the way.\"",[528,547,549],{"id":548},"the-16-priorities-driving-this","The 16 priorities driving this",[524,551,552],{},"The land use meeting followed the council's adoption of 16 priorities on November 9. The Link Newspaper published all 16 on November 13. Among the housing-related ones: a four-year property tax freeze for 2027 to 2030, a new hospital on City-owned land in Newton fast-tracked through rezoning, a SkyTrain extension along King George Boulevard to Newton, a commitment to new pools in Clayton Heights, City Centre, Newton and Cloverdale, and a 60-day residential building permit guarantee.",[524,554,555],{},"The 60-day permit guarantee also directs staff to waive permit fees if City Hall misses the deadline, according to the Link Newspaper. City staff have been directed to bring cost estimates and implementation plans to a future council meeting.",[524,557,558,559,563],{},"Daily Hive reported that ",[539,560,562],{"href":561},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fharry-bains","Harry Bains",", Surrey Connect's sole councillor, requested separate votes on each of the 16 priorities. Bains supported the Newton SkyTrain extension and hospital priorities. He opposed the property tax freeze, the police helicopter and drone fleet, the Crescent Beach and Ocean Park zoning, the Rosemary Heights land purchase, and the reintegration of the Surrey City Development Corporation. All 16 passed with the Safe Surrey Coalition's majority.",[528,565,567],{"id":566},"what-the-housing-means-for-city-centre","What the housing means for City Centre",[524,569,570],{},"The two affordable rental towers in City Centre are part of a broader push to densify the area around the future SkyTrain stops on the Surrey-Langley extension. City Centre is the name Surrey uses for the area around King George Station and 104 Avenue. The towers will add rental supply in a district the City has been targeting for growth through its official community plan.",[524,572,573],{},"The press release does not name the developers, the addresses, the number of floors, the rent levels that qualify units as affordable, or the income bands they will serve. Those details appear in the individual development reports, which are posted as part of the meeting agenda on the City's agendas and minutes page.",[528,575,577],{"id":576},"childcare-in-new-buildings","Childcare in new buildings",[524,579,580],{},"The three childcare facilities approved November 13 are inside new residential buildings, a model Surrey has been using to add childcare alongside new housing. The City does not specify in the press release which of the 44 applications include the facilities, how many licensed spaces they will add, or when they will open.",[524,582,583],{},"Council also approved the reintegration of the Surrey City Development Corporation into City operations as one of its 16 priorities. The SCDC was a City-owned corporation that managed development projects. Its reintegration, opposed by Councillor Bains at the November 9 meeting, means those functions return under direct City control. How that change affects City Centre development projects is not yet set out in any public report.",[528,585,587],{"id":586},"what-comes-next","What comes next",[524,589,590],{},"A Special Council meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 16, at 9:00 AM in Council Chambers, according to the City of Surrey's council meetings page. The agenda has not been published on the site. Regular council meetings follow a Monday schedule through the year.",[524,592,593],{},"City staff have been directed to report back on costs and timelines for the 16 priorities. The Daily Hive reported that those reports will come to future council meetings.",[524,595,596,597,600],{},"Surrey residents can follow the promise tracker at ",[539,598,599],{"href":599},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Ftracker"," to see how the housing and childcare commitments are recorded and updated as council acts on them.",[528,602,604],{"id":603},"how-to-follow-the-approvals","How to follow the approvals",[524,606,607],{},"Meeting agendas and minutes are posted at surrey.ca under City Government. Residents who want to speak at a land use meeting or a public hearing can register as a delegation at that same address. Land use meetings are held on Monday afternoons and public hearings on Monday evenings, both at Council Chambers, 13450 104 Avenue.",{"title":609,"searchDepth":610,"depth":610,"links":611},"",2,[612,613,614,615,616,617],{"id":530,"depth":610,"text":531},{"id":548,"depth":610,"text":549},{"id":566,"depth":610,"text":567},{"id":576,"depth":610,"text":577},{"id":586,"depth":610,"text":587},{"id":603,"depth":610,"text":604},[619,620],"doug-mccallum","harry-bains","md",[623,626,629,632,635,638,641,644],{"question":624,"answer":625},"How many affordable rental homes did Surrey council approve on November 13?","Surrey City Council approved 748 affordable rental units on November 13, 2026, at its first Regular Council Land Use meeting. The units will be in two high-rise towers in City Centre. The council approved more than 1,800 homes in total that night across 44 development applications, as the City of Surrey's own press release reports.",{"question":627,"answer":628},"What else did Surrey council approve at its November 13 land use meeting?","Along with the 748 affordable rental units, council approved 1,475 apartment units, 327 townhouse units, 57 residential lots, three new childcare facilities, and about 43,700 square metres of commercial and industrial floor area including a six-storey hotel and restaurant, according to the City of Surrey's press release from November 13.",{"question":630,"answer":631},"Who voted against any of the approvals at the November 13 land use meeting?","The City of Surrey's press release from November 13 does not name any opposed votes on the land use applications. At the November 9 priorities meeting, Councillor Harry Bains of Surrey Connect was the only councillor outside Mayor McCallum's Safe Surrey Coalition and requested separate votes on each of the 16 priorities, according to Daily Hive. The land use applications are separate proceedings.",{"question":633,"answer":634},"What are Surrey council's 16 priorities for the 2026-2030 term?","Surrey City Council adopted 16 priorities on November 9, 2026. They include a four-year property tax freeze (2027-2030), a new hospital on City-owned land in Newton, a SkyTrain extension to Newton along King George Boulevard, a police helicopter and drone fleet within 90 days, new pools in four areas, free recreation for seniors, free swim lessons for children aged 3 to 16, a 60-day building permit guarantee, free business licences for new businesses in their first two years, and a forensic audit of the previous council's land dealings. The Link Newspaper published all 16 on November 13.",{"question":636,"answer":637},"What is the 60-day building permit guarantee Surrey council adopted?","One of the 16 council priorities adopted on November 9 commits the City to approving residential building permits within 60 days. The Link Newspaper reported that the motion also directs staff to waive permit fees if City Hall misses that deadline. City staff will bring forward cost estimates and an implementation plan at a future council meeting.",{"question":639,"answer":640},"When is the next Surrey City Council meeting after November 13?","The City of Surrey's council meetings page lists a Special Council meeting on Monday, November 16, 2026, at 9:00 AM in Council Chambers. The meeting is open to the public. Regular council meeting agendas are posted at surrey.ca.",{"question":642,"answer":643},"What is the difference between affordable rental and market rental in the November 13 approvals?","The City of Surrey's press release from November 13 identifies 748 of the more than 1,300 rental homes approved that night as affordable rental units, located in two high-rise towers in City Centre. The remaining 575 are described as rental homes without an affordable designation. The release does not define the income levels or rent levels that qualify a unit as affordable.",{"question":645,"answer":646},"How can a Surrey resident speak at a land use meeting or public hearing?","Surrey City Council holds Regular Council Land Use meetings and public hearings on Mondays at Council Chambers, 13450 104 Avenue. Residents can register as a delegation to address council before a vote. Meeting schedules, agendas and registration information are at surrey.ca under City Government. A public hearing is held when a rezoning or official community plan change is proposed, and residents can submit written comments or speak in person.","A row of modern mid-rise residential apartment towers under construction beside a city street, with cranes in the background and new concrete foundations visible in the foreground.",{"short":649,"long":650,"hashtags":651},"Surrey council approved 748 affordable rental homes and three childcare centres at its first land use meeting.","Surrey's new council advanced 44 development applications at its first land use meeting on November 13, approving two affordable rental towers in City Centre and childcare space in several new buildings. The 748 affordable units are part of more than 1,800 homes approved that night.",[652,653,654,655],"SurreyBC","AffordableHousing","SurreyCouncil","SurreyHousing",{"sourceName":657},"voche.me",true,"https:\u002F\u002Fthelinkpaper.ca\u002Fsurrey-city-council-adopts-16-priorities-at-its-first-meeting-and-directs-staff-to-take-immediate-action",{"title":24,"description":25},"feature:2026-11-14",[663,666,668,671],{"label":664,"url":665},"City of Surrey press release, November 13, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fsurrey.ca\u002Fnews-events\u002Fnews\u002Faffordable-homes-and-child-care-lead-councils-first-land-use-meeting",{"label":667,"url":659},"The Link Newspaper, Surrey City Council adopts 16 priorities, November 13, 2026",{"label":669,"url":670},"Daily Hive, Kenneth Chan, Surrey council adopts 16 priorities, November 11, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fdailyhive.com\u002Fvancouver\u002Fsurrey-city-council-doug-mccallum-16-priorities-approved",{"label":672,"url":673},"City of Surrey, Council meetings schedule","https:\u002F\u002Fsurrey.ca\u002Fcity-government\u002Fmayor-council\u002Fcouncil-meetings","news\u002Fsurrey-affordable-homes-city-centre-towers-november-2026","feature",[29,30,31,32,33],"surrey-affordable-homes-city-centre-towers-november-2026\u002Ffeature","NBlvGmCvzCOrFL9OROpS5eJxPowdtJiAALMUE0c10og",[680,693],{"slug":619,"name":65,"office":88,"party":681,"portrait":683,"colour":692,"palette":20},{"name":89,"url":682},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.safesurreycoalition.ca",{"src":684,"smallSrc":685,"width":686,"height":687,"alt":688,"credit":689,"sourceUrl":690,"position":691},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fdoug-mccallum-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fdoug-mccallum-320.webp",640,800,"Doug McCallum, from City of Surrey candidate profile (surrey.ca).","City of Surrey candidate profile (surrey.ca)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.surrey.ca\u002F2026-municipal-election\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcandidates-office-of-mayor\u002Fmccallum-doug","50% 30%","rose",{"slug":620,"name":562,"office":491,"party":694,"portrait":697,"colour":702,"palette":20},{"name":695,"url":696},"Surrey Connect Public IA","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.surrey-connect.ca",{"src":698,"smallSrc":699,"width":686,"height":687,"alt":700,"credit":689,"sourceUrl":701,"position":691},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fharry-bains-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fharry-bains-320.webp","Harry Bains, from City of Surrey candidate profile (surrey.ca).","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.surrey.ca\u002F2026-municipal-election\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcandidates-office-of-councillor\u002Fbains-harry","sand",1794671770123]