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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",[67,68,69,70],"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","Surrey Now-Leader",{"path":75,"title":76,"description":77,"date":64,"publishedAt":78,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":79,"image":83,"imageAlt":84,"imageCredit":85,"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",[40,80,81,82],"business","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":87,"title":88,"description":89,"date":64,"publishedAt":90,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":91,"image":94,"imageAlt":95,"imageCredit":73,"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",[40,92,28,93],"bylaw","fireworks","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F760671467_3658636687608494_6881182518352511995_n_8d9da5.jpg?w=1024","Fireworks",{"path":97,"title":98,"description":99,"date":64,"publishedAt":100,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":101,"image":103,"imageAlt":104,"imageCredit":73,"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",[29,14,55,102],"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":106,"title":107,"description":108,"date":109,"publishedAt":110,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":111,"image":20,"imageAlt":115,"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",[29,112,113,114],"Public Safety","Terrorism","Surrey Transit","Illustration of a city bus stop shelter on a suburban street",{"path":117,"title":118,"description":119,"date":109,"publishedAt":120,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":121,"image":125,"imageAlt":126,"imageCredit":127,"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",[122,13,123,14,124],"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":129,"title":130,"description":131,"date":109,"publishedAt":132,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":133,"image":137,"imageAlt":138,"imageCredit":139,"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",[134,135,112,136],"SkyTrain","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":141,"title":142,"description":143,"date":109,"publishedAt":144,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":145,"image":148,"imageAlt":149,"imageCredit":150,"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",[29,146,112,147],"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":152,"title":153,"description":154,"date":155,"publishedAt":156,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":157,"image":159,"imageAlt":160,"imageCredit":161,"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",[13,124,14,158],"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":163,"title":164,"description":165,"date":166,"publishedAt":167,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":168,"image":171,"imageAlt":172,"imageCredit":173,"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",[13,14,169,170],"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":175,"title":176,"description":177,"date":178,"publishedAt":179,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":180,"image":184,"imageAlt":185,"imageCredit":186,"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",[13,14,181,182,183],"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":188,"title":189,"description":190,"date":178,"publishedAt":191,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":192,"image":196,"imageAlt":197,"imageCredit":198,"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",[13,193,194,195,14,70],"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":200,"title":201,"description":202,"date":178,"publishedAt":203,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":204,"image":206,"imageAlt":207,"imageCredit":208,"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",[13,193,14,205,183],"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":210,"title":6,"aiMetadata":211,"author":10,"body":225,"candidates":288,"category":11,"date":8,"description":7,"extension":290,"faq":291,"image":17,"imageAlt":18,"imageCheckedAt":316,"imageCredit":19,"imageScene":20,"linkedin":317,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"meta":324,"metaDescription":326,"navigation":327,"path":5,"pinned":21,"primarySourceUrl":328,"publishedAt":9,"seo":329,"seoTitle":20,"sourceId":330,"sourceIsPaywalled":21,"sources":331,"stem":337,"storyType":338,"tags":339,"topicKey":340,"updated":20,"__hash__":341},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-city-centre-arena-mccallum-public-funding-november-2026.md",{"summary":212,"keyTopics":213,"semanticKeywords":219},"Surrey Mayor-elect Doug McCallum takes office November 2 having promised to withdraw the City's $200-million funding for the 10,000-seat Surrey City Centre Arena and order a forensic audit of the underlying land deal with Wesgroup Properties.",[214,215,14,216,217,218],"Surrey City Centre Arena","Doug McCallum","Vancouver Giants","forensic audit","public funding",[220,221,222,223,224],"Surrey arena funding","McCallum arena promise","Wesgroup land swap","Surrey City Council 2026","Vancouver Giants new arena",{"type":226,"value":227,"toc":281},"minimark",[228,232,235,240,243,246,250,253,256,264,268,271,274],[229,230,231],"p",{},"The City of Surrey's plan to build a 10,000-seat arena at its downtown core faces an uncertain path as Mayor-elect Doug McCallum and his Safe Surrey Coalition take office tonight with a promise to end public funding for the project.",[229,233,234],{},"Daily Hive Urbanized reported November 1 that McCallum has pledged to withdraw the up to $200 million in municipal funding that outgoing Mayor Brenda Locke committed to the arena over the City's 2026-2030 capital plan. His Safe Surrey Coalition's election commitments include ordering a forensic audit of the land deal behind the project, which McCallum told the Surrey Now-Leader in September 2026 would be one of his first acts as mayor.",[236,237,239],"h2",{"id":238},"the-project-and-where-it-stands","The project and where it stands",[229,241,242],{},"The arena, called the Surrey City Centre Arena and Cultural Event Centre, would sit at 10355 King George Boulevard on a former Safeway site across from Surrey Central SkyTrain station. The arena component is estimated to cost up to $360 million, according to Daily Hive Urbanized. Demolition and site preparation started September 10, 2026. Major construction is scheduled for 2027, with a planned opening in 2030.",[229,244,245],{},"The Vancouver Giants, who currently play at the 5,300-seat Langley Events Centre with a lease expiring in 2030, signed an agreement in principle with the City under Locke to make the new arena their home. Giants majority owner and president Ron Toigo told Daily Hive Urbanized the location's access to SkyTrain and the building's larger capacity were the main reasons for the team's interest.",[236,247,249],{"id":248},"the-land-deal-mccallum-wants-to-audit","The land deal McCallum wants to audit",[229,251,252],{},"To acquire the site, the City arranged a land swap with Langley-area developer Wesgroup Properties, exchanging three City-owned properties for the former Safeway land. Each side of the exchange was valued at $116.6 million, according to Daily Hive Urbanized. McCallum and other critics argued during the campaign that the properties Surrey traded were worth more than the site it received.",[229,254,255],{},"In an October 6, 2026 campaign announcement, McCallum said: \"Twelve questionable land deals. One hundred and fifty million dollars overpaid. And a mayor who will not explain a single one of them.\" His Safe Surrey Coalition platform commits to making the audit findings public.",[229,257,258,259,263],{},"McCallum's promise to keep public money out of any new arena, and to audit the land deals, are tracked on his page at ",[260,261,262],"a",{"href":262},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fdoug-mccallum",".",[236,265,267],{"id":266},"tonights-swearing-in","Tonight's swearing-in",[229,269,270],{},"McCallum and the incoming council, where his Safe Surrey Coalition holds a majority, are scheduled to be sworn in at Surrey City Hall on the evening of November 2, 2026. The new council's first steps on the arena will give a clearer picture of whether the project can continue as planned.",[229,272,273],{},"Locke previously said the project had passed a point where it could not easily be stopped, pointing to contracts already signed. Wesgroup's redevelopment plan had stalled on the same site for years before the City agreed to the arena project.",[229,275,276,277,263],{},"Residents can follow the council's decisions on the arena and McCallum's other promises at the ",[260,278,280],{"href":279},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Ftracker","Surrey promise tracker",{"title":282,"searchDepth":283,"depth":283,"links":284},"",2,[285,286,287],{"id":238,"depth":283,"text":239},{"id":248,"depth":283,"text":249},{"id":266,"depth":283,"text":267},[289],"doug-mccallum","md",[292,295,298,301,304,307,310,313],{"question":293,"answer":294},"What is the Surrey City Centre Arena project?","The City of Surrey planned a 10,000-seat arena and mixed-use development at 10355 King George Boulevard, the former Safeway site directly across from Surrey Central SkyTrain station. The Vancouver Giants signed an agreement in principle with the City to make it their new home. The arena component alone is estimated to cost up to $360 million. Site demolition and preparation began September 10, 2026. Major construction is scheduled to begin in 2027, with the arena planned to open in 2030.",{"question":296,"answer":297},"How much public money did Surrey commit to the arena?","Under outgoing Mayor Brenda Locke, the City committed up to $200 million in municipal funding spread over the 2026-2030 capital plan toward the arena portion of the development, according to Daily Hive Urbanized.",{"question":299,"answer":300},"What did Doug McCallum promise about the arena during the election?","McCallum said the project would have to be entirely privately funded under his administration. He told the Surrey Now-Leader in September 2026: 'If we were to ever build a big arena, a bigger arena, we will not use a penny of public money.' His Safe Surrey Coalition's election commitments include withdrawing the municipal funding set aside by Locke. This promise is tracked at \u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Ftracker.",{"question":302,"answer":303},"What is the forensic audit McCallum promised?","In an October 6, 2026 campaign announcement, McCallum said a forensic audit of City Hall and its land deals would be his first order of business as mayor. He said the review would examine all land deals that the arena project is based on. He argued that the properties Surrey traded for the arena site were worth more than the former Safeway property the City received. His Safe Surrey Coalition holds a majority on the new council.",{"question":305,"answer":306},"What was the land deal for the arena site?","The City arranged a land swap with developer Wesgroup Properties, exchanging three City-owned properties for the former Safeway site at 10355 King George Boulevard. Each side of the exchange was valued at $116.6 million, according to Daily Hive Urbanized. McCallum and other critics argued during the campaign that the properties the City traded were worth more than what it received.",{"question":308,"answer":309},"Why did the Vancouver Giants want to move to Surrey City Centre?","Giants majority owner and president Ron Toigo told Daily Hive Urbanized the Surrey City Centre location offered better transit access, a larger building of 10,000 seats compared to the current 5,300-seat Langley Events Centre, and the ability to host major events including the CHL Memorial Cup and IIHF World Junior Championship. The team's current lease at Langley Events Centre expires in 2030.",{"question":311,"answer":312},"When is the new Surrey council sworn in?","Mayor-elect Doug McCallum and the incoming Surrey City Council led by his Safe Surrey Coalition are scheduled to be sworn in at Surrey City Hall on the evening of Monday, November 2, 2026, according to Daily Hive Urbanized.",{"question":314,"answer":315},"What can Surrey residents do about the arena decision?","The incoming council takes office tonight at Surrey City Hall. McCallum has said his first act as mayor will be to order a forensic audit. Residents can follow the new council's decisions on the arena at the Surrey City Council tracker at \u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Ftracker, and read Doug McCallum's promise on public arena funding at \u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fdoug-mccallum.","2026-11-02T07:49:00-07:00",{"short":318,"long":319,"hashtags":320},"Surrey's new mayor takes office today having promised no public money for the City Centre Arena project.","Mayor-elect Doug McCallum is sworn in at Surrey City Hall today, bringing a promise to pull the City's $200-million funding for the 10,000-seat Surrey City Centre Arena and order a forensic audit of the land deal behind it. 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