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It is part of a Connected Families Education series run with Surrey Schools and the City.","2026-11-11T11:25:00-07:00","Election news",[39,40,41,42],"Safety","Surrey Police Service","Surrey Schools","Community","\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Fbc-surrey-2026\u002Fai\u002Fsurrey-police-online-safety-workshop-parents-november-2026.webp","Illustration of a laptop with a security padlock icon on the screen","Illustration made with AI for voche.me",{"path":47,"title":48,"description":49,"date":25,"publishedAt":50,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":51,"image":55,"imageAlt":56,"imageCredit":45,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-remembrance-day-ceremonies-november-11-2026","Remembrance Day ceremonies across Surrey on November 11","Six Remembrance Day ceremonies are taking place across Surrey on November 11, led by the Royal Canadian Legion branches in Cloverdale, Whalley and Crescent Beach, and by community groups in Port Kells and Newton.","2026-11-11T11:15:00-07:00",[52,53,54],"Events","Remembrance Day","Surrey","\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Fbc-surrey-2026\u002Fai\u002Fsurrey-remembrance-day-ceremonies-november-11-2026.webp","Illustration of red poppy wreaths at a cenotaph in a park",{"path":58,"title":59,"description":60,"date":25,"publishedAt":61,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":62,"image":18,"imageAlt":64,"imageCredit":18,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-scdc-reintegration-council-vote-november-2026","Surrey council votes to absorb city-owned development company back into City Hall","Surrey City Council voted on November 9 to direct staff to begin reintegrating the Surrey City Development Corporation into City operations. Only Councillor Harry Bains voted against.","2026-11-11T11:05:00-07:00",[13,63,15,16],"Surrey City Development Corporation","Illustration of a city boardroom with a glass conference table and leather chairs",{"path":66,"title":67,"description":68,"date":25,"publishedAt":69,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":70,"image":18,"imageAlt":73,"imageCredit":18,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-trustee-byelection-ceo-minister-november-2026","Surrey's Chief Election Officer asks province to appoint 7th trustee and avoid $840K byelection","Surrey's Chief Election Officer has written to the provincial minister asking for Gary Tymoschuk to be declared elected as a school trustee, avoiding an $840,000 byelection that would come out of Surrey Schools' budget.","2026-11-11T11:35:00-07:00",[71,41,72],"Surrey Board of Education","School Trustee","Illustration of an official letter on a desk with a pen beside it",{"path":75,"title":76,"description":77,"date":78,"publishedAt":79,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":80,"image":18,"imageAlt":81,"imageCredit":18,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fdoug-elford-surrey-police-board-november-2026","Surrey councillor Doug Elford named to Surrey Police Board","Mayor Doug McCallum appointed Councillor Doug Elford to the Surrey Police Board during the November 9 council meeting, filling the seat held by Rob Stutt, who was not re-elected in October.","2026-11-10","2026-11-10T07:08:00-07:00",[13,40,15],"Illustration of an empty boardroom table set up for a police board meeting",{"path":83,"title":84,"description":85,"date":78,"publishedAt":86,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":87,"image":18,"imageAlt":91,"imageCredit":18,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-council-public-works-contracts-november-9-2026","Surrey council approves $12.7M in public works contracts at first regular meeting","Surrey City Council approved two public works contracts totalling $12,701,596.35 on November 9, covering energy distribution piping in Whalley and a new drainage pump station near 60 Avenue.","2026-11-10T07:22:00-07:00",[13,88,89,90],"Surrey City Council","Whalley","Public Works","Illustration of an underground utility corridor with large pipes and work lights",{"path":93,"title":94,"description":95,"date":78,"publishedAt":96,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":97,"image":18,"imageAlt":99,"imageCredit":18,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-fireworks-complaints-halloween-november-2026","Surrey fireworks complaints rose 30 per cent over Halloween and Diwali weekend","Surrey Fire Chief Jason Cairney reported to council that more than 900 complaints came in on Sunday night alone, with 71 bylaw tickets issued and a U-Haul truck full of fireworks seized.","2026-11-10T07:35:00-07:00",[98,13,39],"Surrey Fire Service","Illustration of spent fireworks casings on a sidewalk near a fire hydrant",{"path":101,"title":102,"description":103,"date":78,"publishedAt":104,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":105,"image":108,"imageAlt":109,"imageCredit":45,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-tree-lighting-festival-winterfest-november-2026","Surrey Tree Lighting Festival and Winterfest open November 21 with free skating and holiday events","The Surrey Tree Lighting Festival at Civic Plaza opens November 21 with free skating through February 15, while the Museum of Surrey runs Winterfest events from November 21 to December 19.","2026-11-10T07:48:00-07:00",[52,106,107],"Surrey Civic Plaza","Museum of Surrey","\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Fbc-surrey-2026\u002Fai\u002Fsurrey-tree-lighting-festival-winterfest-november-2026.webp","Illustration of an outdoor ice rink at night with holiday lights and decorated trees",{"path":111,"title":112,"description":113,"date":114,"publishedAt":115,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":116,"image":18,"imageAlt":120,"imageCredit":18,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fentre-nous-femmes-surrey-affordable-housing-november-9-2026","Surrey council considers 748-unit affordable rental project in City Centre at November 9 land use meeting","Surrey council is considering a phased affordable rental development at 9883 - 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Larsen has served as a trustee for 18 years.","2026-11-06T19:00:00-07:00",[162,71,163],"Board of Education","Surrey First Education","Illustration of an empty school board meeting room with a wooden dais and nameplates",{"path":166,"title":167,"description":168,"date":149,"publishedAt":169,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":170,"image":173,"imageAlt":174,"imageCredit":175,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[13,88,171,172],"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":177,"title":178,"description":179,"date":149,"publishedAt":180,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":181,"image":18,"imageAlt":182,"imageCredit":18,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[162,71,163],"Illustration of a ballot box and paper ballots on a table in a school gymnasium",{"path":184,"title":185,"description":186,"date":187,"publishedAt":188,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":189,"image":18,"imageAlt":191,"imageCredit":18,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[13,15,190],"Suhana Gill","Illustration of a city council chamber with empty chairs around a curved table and name plates",{"path":193,"title":194,"description":195,"date":196,"publishedAt":197,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":198,"image":202,"imageAlt":203,"imageCredit":45,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[199,54,200,201],"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":205,"title":206,"description":207,"date":196,"publishedAt":208,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":209,"image":214,"imageAlt":215,"imageCredit":216,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[210,54,211,212,213],"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":218,"title":219,"description":220,"date":196,"publishedAt":221,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":222,"image":223,"imageAlt":224,"imageCredit":225,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[14,13,15],"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":227,"title":228,"description":229,"date":196,"publishedAt":230,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":231,"image":236,"imageAlt":237,"imageCredit":238,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[232,233,234,235],"SkyTrain","Surrey Langley SkyTrain","transport","construction","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":240,"title":241,"description":242,"date":196,"publishedAt":243,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":244,"image":248,"imageAlt":249,"imageCredit":250,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[245,54,246,247],"housing","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":252,"title":253,"description":254,"date":196,"publishedAt":255,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":256,"image":259,"imageAlt":260,"imageCredit":261,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[199,257,54,258],"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":263,"title":264,"description":265,"date":266,"publishedAt":267,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":268,"image":271,"imageAlt":272,"imageCredit":273,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[14,15,269,270],"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":275,"title":276,"description":277,"date":266,"publishedAt":278,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":279,"image":280,"imageAlt":281,"imageCredit":282,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[132,40],"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":284,"title":285,"description":286,"date":287,"publishedAt":288,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":289,"image":293,"imageAlt":294,"imageCredit":295,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[54,290,291,210,292],"recreation","Cloverdale","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":297,"title":298,"description":299,"date":287,"publishedAt":300,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":301,"image":304,"imageAlt":305,"imageCredit":306,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[40,15,302,303,132],"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":308,"title":309,"description":310,"date":311,"publishedAt":312,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":313,"image":316,"imageAlt":317,"imageCredit":216,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[71,314,315,163],"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":319,"title":320,"description":321,"date":311,"publishedAt":322,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":323,"image":326,"imageAlt":327,"imageCredit":328,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[54,199,324,325],"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":330,"title":331,"description":332,"date":311,"publishedAt":333,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":334,"image":337,"imageAlt":338,"imageCredit":216,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[54,335,132,336],"bylaw","fireworks","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F760671467_3658636687608494_6881182518352511995_n_8d9da5.jpg?w=1024","Fireworks",{"path":340,"title":341,"description":342,"date":311,"publishedAt":343,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":344,"image":346,"imageAlt":347,"imageCredit":216,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[40,15,302,345],"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":349,"title":350,"description":351,"date":352,"publishedAt":353,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":354,"image":18,"imageAlt":358,"imageCredit":18,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[40,355,356,357],"Public Safety","Terrorism","Surrey Transit","Illustration of a city bus stop shelter on a suburban street",{"path":360,"title":361,"description":362,"date":352,"publishedAt":363,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":364,"image":366,"imageAlt":367,"imageCredit":368,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[88,14,365,15,16],"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":370,"title":371,"description":372,"date":352,"publishedAt":373,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":374,"image":377,"imageAlt":378,"imageCredit":144,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[232,375,355,376],"TransLink","Getting Around Surrey","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreycitizen.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F10\u002Funnamed.jpg","A SkyTrain station platform with transit infrastructure visible",{"path":380,"title":381,"description":382,"date":352,"publishedAt":383,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":384,"image":387,"imageAlt":388,"imageCredit":389,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[40,385,355,386],"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":391,"title":392,"description":393,"date":394,"publishedAt":395,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":396,"image":398,"imageAlt":399,"imageCredit":400,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[14,16,15,397],"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":402,"title":403,"description":404,"date":405,"publishedAt":406,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":407,"image":410,"imageAlt":411,"imageCredit":155,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[14,15,408,409],"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":413,"title":414,"description":415,"date":416,"publishedAt":417,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":418,"image":422,"imageAlt":423,"imageCredit":424,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[14,15,419,420,421],"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":426,"title":427,"description":428,"date":416,"publishedAt":429,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":430,"image":433,"imageAlt":434,"imageCredit":435,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[14,431,72,432,15,163],"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":437,"title":438,"description":439,"date":416,"publishedAt":440,"author":10,"category":37,"tags":441,"image":443,"imageAlt":444,"imageCredit":445,"updated":18,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"pinned":20},"\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",[14,431,15,442,421],"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":447,"title":6,"aiMetadata":448,"author":10,"body":462,"candidates":570,"category":11,"date":8,"description":7,"extension":574,"faq":575,"image":18,"imageAlt":19,"imageCheckedAt":18,"imageCredit":18,"imageScene":603,"linkedin":604,"linkedinPostUrl":18,"meta":611,"metaDescription":613,"navigation":614,"path":5,"pinned":20,"primarySourceUrl":615,"publishedAt":9,"seo":616,"seoTitle":18,"sourceId":617,"sourceIsPaywalled":20,"sources":618,"stem":630,"storyType":631,"tags":632,"topicKey":633,"updated":18,"__hash__":634},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-council-staff-email-first-week-november-2026.md",{"summary":449,"keyTopics":450,"semanticKeywords":457},"An anonymous email signed 'Engineering\u002FPlanning\u002FCorporate Services\u002FLegal Staff' was sent November 10 to all Surrey council members, saying staff are afraid, morale has fallen, and the new administration's first week was 'absolutely disgraceful.' Councillor Doug Elford dismissed it. Councillor Harry Bains said it was an angry letter and called for discussion. Mayor Doug McCallum did not respond. The email came the day after council adopted all 16 of Mayor McCallum's election commitments as official city priorities at its first regular meeting.",[451,452,453,454,455,456],"Surrey City Hall staff email","new Surrey council first week","Doug McCallum","Harry Bains","Doug Elford","city staff morale",[458,459,460,461],"Surrey council staff email 2026","Surrey City Hall morale","McCallum first week council","Safe Surrey Coalition council",{"type":463,"value":464,"toc":561},"minimark",[465,474,477,482,485,488,491,494,498,501,504,507,513,520,524,530,533,536,540,543,546,550,553,556],[466,467,468,469,473],"p",{},"An unsigned email sent November 10 to all nine members of the new Surrey City Council claims that staff at City Hall are afraid of retaliation, that morale has collapsed since the new administration took office, and that the council's first week was \"absolutely disgraceful.\" Three councillors responded publicly. Mayor ",[470,471,453],"a",{"href":472},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fdoug-mccallum"," was unavailable for comment.",[466,475,476],{},"The email was reported on November 12 by the Surrey Now-Leader, Peace Arch News and North Delta Reporter.",[478,479,481],"h2",{"id":480},"what-the-email-said","What the email said",[466,483,484],{},"The message was signed only as \"Engineering\u002FPlanning\u002FCorporate Services\u002FLegal Staff.\" No individual put their name to it. The Surrey Now-Leader, which broke the story, described it as ostensibly from city staff, without being able to confirm who sent it.",[466,486,487],{},"The email stated: \"Your first week as the leaders of this organization has been absolutely disgraceful.\"",[466,489,490],{},"The authors said staff feared retaliation: \"If we are smiling at you it's because we're afraid of what can happen to us.\" The email called one of the council's decisions \"execution before trial\" and said the action was \"barbaric, inhumane and a poor reflection of our City.\"",[466,492,493],{},"The email closed with a warning: \"City Hall is watching you and believe us when we say this, your missteps will be noted.\" It described the City's staff as \"5,000 strong.\"",[478,495,497],{"id":496},"what-council-did-in-week-one","What council did in week one",[466,499,500],{},"The email arrived the day after council's first regular meeting on November 9. At that meeting, council adopted all 16 of McCallum's election commitments as official city priorities and directed staff to begin immediate work on each one. The City of Surrey published a press release on November 10 confirming the decisions.",[466,502,503],{},"The 16 priorities include a four-year property tax freeze, a police helicopter and drones within 90 days, a SkyTrain extension to Newton, a new hospital in Newton, and a forensic audit of land deals from the past four years. That last item refers to decisions made under the previous council, which had different leadership.",[466,505,506],{},"Mayor McCallum said in the City's press release: \"The people of Surrey did not elect this Council to study things. They elected us to get things done, and last night we started.\"",[466,508,509,512],{},[470,510,454],{"href":511},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fharry-bains",", the only member of Surrey Connect elected in October, voted against five of the 16 priorities: the four-year tax freeze, the police helicopter and drones, special zoning for Crescent Beach and Ocean Park, the purchase of Rosemary Heights Retreat Centre lands as park, and the reintegration of the Surrey City Development Corporation into City operations. The Safe Surrey Coalition holds the other eight council seats. Every other vote was unanimous.",[466,514,515,516,519],{},"You can follow each priority as staff reports come back to council at the ",[470,517,421],{"href":518},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Ftracker",".",[478,521,523],{"id":522},"how-councillors-responded-to-the-email","How councillors responded to the email",[466,525,526,529],{},[470,527,455],{"href":528},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fdoug-elford",", a Safe Surrey Coalition councillor, dismissed the unsigned message. He told the Surrey Now-Leader: \"If nobody puts a name to it I don't really take it seriously.\" He compared it to anonymous social media posts. Elford said he had personally observed improved morale at city hall, without describing what he had seen.",[466,531,532],{},"Bains took a different position. He called it \"a very angry letter\" and said council needed to discuss the behaviours the email described. He said he could not independently verify the claims, noting the matter was one for the HR process. He did not say whether he would bring the subject to a council meeting.",[466,534,535],{},"The City of Surrey had not issued a statement about the email by the time the reports were published.",[478,537,539],{"id":538},"what-is-not-known","What is not known",[466,541,542],{},"The authorship of the email is not confirmed. The Surrey Now-Leader said the message was \"ostensibly\" from staff in engineering, planning, corporate services and legal, based on the signoff alone. No city employee has publicly confirmed writing or signing it. The email's authors described themselves as \"5,000 strong\" but did not explain how they arrived at that figure. The email does not name the specific action it calls \"execution before trial,\" and none of the reports identified what that refers to.",[466,544,545],{},"Whether council will address the email formally is also not known. No item on staff morale or the email had been added to the council agenda by November 12. The Safe Surrey Coalition holds eight of the nine seats, so McCallum's majority can set the agenda without the opposition.",[478,547,549],{"id":548},"what-comes-next","What comes next",[466,551,552],{},"Council's next regular meeting date had not been published by November 12. The 2027 council meeting schedule was adopted at the November 9 meeting. Surrey residents can attend council meetings in person at City Hall or watch online when the City streams them.",[466,554,555],{},"Each of the 16 priorities will return to council as staff reports with costs, timelines and implementation plans. No dates for those reports were given at the November 9 meeting.",[466,557,558,559,519],{},"Residents who want to follow the new council's decisions can track each of McCallum's promises at the ",[470,560,421],{"href":518},{"title":562,"searchDepth":563,"depth":563,"links":564},"",2,[565,566,567,568,569],{"id":480,"depth":563,"text":481},{"id":496,"depth":563,"text":497},{"id":522,"depth":563,"text":523},{"id":538,"depth":563,"text":539},{"id":548,"depth":563,"text":549},[571,572,573],"doug-mccallum","harry-bains","doug-elford","md",[576,579,582,585,588,591,594,597,600],{"question":577,"answer":578},"What did the email from Surrey City Hall staff say?","The email, sent November 10, 2026 to all nine council members, stated that the new council's first week 'has been absolutely disgraceful.' It said staff were afraid of retaliation: 'If we are smiling at you it's because we're afraid of what can happen to us.' It called a decision the council made 'execution before trial' and said the action was 'barbaric, inhumane and a poor reflection of our City.' The email warned council that 'City Hall is watching you and believe us when we say this, your missteps will be noted.' It was reported by the Surrey Now-Leader, Peace Arch News and North Delta Reporter on November 12, 2026.",{"question":580,"answer":581},"Who signed the email?","Nobody put a name to the email. It was signed only as 'Engineering\u002FPlanning\u002FCorporate Services\u002FLegal Staff.' The Surrey Now-Leader reported the email on November 12. No individual or group has since publicly claimed authorship. The City of Surrey had not issued a statement by the time the articles were published.",{"question":583,"answer":584},"How did Councillor Doug Elford respond?","Councillor Doug Elford, a member of Mayor McCallum's Safe Surrey Coalition, dismissed the email. He told the Surrey Now-Leader that if nobody puts a name to a message, he does not take it seriously. He compared the unsigned message to anonymous social media posts. Elford also said he had personally observed improved morale at city hall since the transition, though he did not describe what he had seen.",{"question":586,"answer":587},"How did Councillor Harry Bains respond?","Councillor Harry Bains, the only Surrey Connect member on council and the sole councillor not elected on McCallum's slate, acknowledged the email showed unhappiness. He told the Surrey Now-Leader it was an angry letter and said council should discuss the behaviours the email described. He said he could not independently verify the claims in the letter, noting it was an HR matter that council would need to address.",{"question":589,"answer":590},"What did Mayor McCallum say?","Mayor Doug McCallum was unavailable for immediate comment when contacted by the Surrey Now-Leader on November 12. His office had not issued a statement by the time the article was published. The email was sent one day after council adopted all 16 of McCallum's election commitments as official city priorities at its first regular meeting on November 9.",{"question":592,"answer":593},"What did council do at its first regular meeting that the email references?","Surrey City Council held its first regular meeting on November 9 and adopted all 16 of Mayor McCallum's election commitments as official city priorities, directing staff to begin immediate work. The City of Surrey published a press release on November 10 confirming this. Among the decisions: a four-year property tax freeze, equipping the Surrey Police Service with a helicopter and drones within 90 days, and directing staff to advance a SkyTrain extension to Newton. Councillor Harry Bains voted against five of the 16 priorities; the other eight councillors voted with McCallum on every item.",{"question":595,"answer":596},"What is Surrey Connect, and how many seats does it hold?","Surrey Connect is an elector organization that ran candidates in the October 2026 Surrey municipal election. It won one of nine council seats: Councillor Harry Bains. Mayor Doug McCallum's Safe Surrey Coalition holds the other eight seats. Surrey Connect also ran for the Board of Education but did not win any trustee seats in October 2026.",{"question":598,"answer":599},"What can Surrey residents do about the staff email controversy?","Residents can follow how council handles the matter at future council meetings. Surrey City Council meetings are open to the public; the schedule for 2027 was adopted at the November 9 meeting. Residents can also follow each of McCallum's 16 priorities as council acts on them at the promise tracker at \u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Ftracker. No date for a formal council discussion of the email had been announced by November 12.",{"question":601,"answer":602},"Where can I read the full coverage of the staff email?","The Surrey Now-Leader published a report by Tom Zytaruk on November 12, 2026 at surreynowleader.com. The Peace Arch News and North Delta Reporter published reports on the same day. The City of Surrey has not published a statement about the email.","The exterior of a modern municipal city hall building at midday, glass and concrete facade, a flagpole in front with a flag, an empty public plaza, no people, no text visible.",{"short":605,"long":606,"hashtags":607},"An unsigned email from Surrey City Hall staff sent November 10 accuses the new McCallum council of causing fear in the first week. Three councillors responded publicly.","An anonymous email signed by 'Engineering\u002FPlanning\u002FCorporate Services\u002FLegal Staff' reached all nine Surrey council members on November 10, one day after council adopted Mayor Doug McCallum's 16 priorities. The email called the first week 'absolutely disgraceful,' said staff were smiling out of fear, and warned that 'city hall is watching.' Councillor Doug Elford dismissed it. Councillor Harry Bains said council should discuss the behaviours described. Mayor McCallum was unavailable for comment.",[608,609,610],"SurreyBC","SurreyCouncil","SafeSurreyCoalition",{"sourceName":612},"voche.me","An unsigned email from Surrey City Hall staff sent November 10 accuses the new council of causing fear and low morale. 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