SURREY NOW & THEN: 4,000 skaters once filled frozen ‘Fry’s Corner’ for one panoramic photo

Thousands of skaters flocked to Fry’s Corner in Surrey in January 1962. (Photo: Stan McKinnon Collection/Surrey Archives)
A look back at Surrey-area landmark sites, events and people

People gather at the edge of the pond at the Salmon Arm campus of Okanagan College on Dec. 6 during the United Against Violence Against Women candlelight vigil held to mark the 1989 massacre of 14 women at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal as well as to remember and bear witness to the women murdered and missing in the Okanagan-Shuswap and beyond. (Martha Wickett-Salmon Arm Observer)

Emotional vigil held on day police find remains of Shuswap woman missing for 5 years
A flooded section of the eastbound lanes of Highway 1 bewteen Cole Road and No. 3 Road looking west on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Indigenous-led action plan focused on flood strategy for entire Lower Mainland
Vernon soil producer takes home national cannabis award

Vernon soil producer takes home national cannabis award
How storytelling in tourism can support truth and reconciliation

How storytelling in tourism can support truth and reconciliation

The Supreme Court of Canada is seen in Ottawa, on Thursday, June 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Supreme Court restores manslaughter conviction in Regina child starvation case
A worker disassembles a Christmas tree outside Fox News headquarters, in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. Police say a man is facing charges including arson for setting fire to a 50-foot Christmas tree in front of Fox News headquarters in midtown Manhattan. The tree outside of the News Corp. building that houses Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post caught fire shortly after midnight Wednesday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Giant Christmas tree outside Fox News headquarters set on fire
Since the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre opened June 1, 2011, medical teams have treated more than 3 million patients, and earned a well-deserved reputation for excellence.

Show your heart, Surrey! Matching pledge targets essential cardiac care
    At Pacific Carlton Seniors Community residents enjoy the opportunity to develop new, meaningful friendships.

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      A hotel worker is seen in a hotel window in Mississauga, Ont. by the Pearson International Airport on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 as new air travel rules come into effect in Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

      Canadian traveller forced to stay in quarantine facility after negative COVID-19 test

      Members of the Canadian Forces build a temporary dike with sandbags behind houses on Clayburn Creek in Abbotsford, B.C., on Wednesday, November 24, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

      B.C. flood recovery moves to cleanup of damaged materials

      Beams of light are projected into the air behind a plaque placed in memory of the fourteen women who were murdered on December 6,1989, in an anti-feminist attack, in Montreal, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

      VIDEO: Tributes planned for victims of Ecole Polytechnique shooting on 32nd anniversary

      An Afternoon with Prince Harry & James Corden was one of the top trending YouTube videos in Canada this year. (The Late Late Show with James Corden/YouTube)

      VIDEO: Canadians took to YouTube to learn, connect, laugh during 2021

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      Shaney Hoyhoy lifted a piece of plywood off a downed fence at her Nanakai Place home after heavy rains flooded her Pearl City neighborhood on Monday. (Cindy Ellen Russell/Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

      Floodwaters keep ‘coming and coming’ as storms bring widespread damage to parts of Hawaii

      Schools, homes, businesses all bore the brunt of heavy rains

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      Amir Abdulrahman is shown in this undated police handout photo. He has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Sgt. Andrew Harnett. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Calgary Police

      Passenger pleads guilty to manslaughter in hit-and-run death of Calgary officer

      Teen who was the alleged driver charged with first-degree murder, trial is to begin Jan. 31

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      Past 12 months have been some of the busiest of my career, but also some of the most rewarding

        The Surrey RCMP says damage to public washrooms may be related to social media trend. (RCMP handout)

        OUR VIEW: Rash of inane crimes in Surrey is maddening

        Clearly, some people have not mastered their reptile brain

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          White Rock Baptist Church will host its Christmas Drive-Thru event this Satursday (Dec. 11, 2021). (Contributed photo)

          Christmas drive-thru returns to White Rock Baptist Church

          Family-focused event to include lights, scenes and treats

          A fundraising campaign to add lights to Peace Arch Park is underway. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson )

          Fundraising underway to add seasonal glow to Peace Arch Park

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          Obituaries

          Barney MacDonald

          Nov 29th, 2021

          Edda Pizzimenti

          Nov 26th, 2021

          Anna Bernice Plain (nee Campbell)

          Nov 22nd, 2021

          M. Gail Mackenzie

          Nov 22nd, 2021

          Cecil William Dunlop Goodall

          Nov 21st, 2021

          Sara Martens

          Nov 19th, 2021

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          Sports
          Left to right: White Rock Whalers Jacob Dorohoy joins alternate captain Matt Burry, Sam Dowell and Bryce Margetson in support of the team’s latest charitable initiative. The Whalers have teamed up with Sources Food Bank to gather non-perishable food items every home game throughout December. (Alistair Burns/White Rock Whalers photo)

          White Rock Whalers’ five-game win streak a best-ever mark for team

          Junior ‘B’ hockey squad also fundraising for Sources’ food bank at home games this month

          Video screenshot of Surrey’s Jujhar Khaira being hit by New York Rangers opponent Jacob Trouba during an NHL game in Chicago on Tuesday night (Dec. 7).

          VIDEO: Surrey’s Khaira released from hospital after open-ice hit knocked him out in Chicago

          ‘Despite the significant injury, his prognosis is excellent, and we expect a full recovery,’ team doctor says

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          Roller skaters at the Rolla Skate Club launch event at the PNE's Rollerland building on Friday, Dec. 3. (Photo: Tom Zillich)

          Rolla Skate Club wheels into PNE building with help of Surrey event planner

          ‘There’s nothing really like this, even in Canada now’

          Royal Academy of Bhangra performers at Surrey's Bell Performing Arts Centre in 2017. (Photo: facebook.com/raobcanada)

          Surrey’s Royal Academy of Bhangra returns with annual Punjabi folk dances competition

          Two events Dec. 18 at Bell Performing Arts Centre, one in afternoon and another in evening

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          Heir to the Dutch throne Princess Amalia, left, takes an honorary seat at the Council of State, the highest government advisory body in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, as her father King Willem-Alexander, right, looks on, one day after celebrating her eighteenth birthday. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)

          ‘No school for becoming queen’: Dutch princess in limelight

          Heir to the throne steps into her future on her 18th birthday

          This combination of 2021 photos shows Philadelphia Eagles’ Jason Kelce,, left, and Billie Eilish in London. The grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and Eagles center have something in common, broadcasters have difficulty pronouncing their names. Both Eilish and Kelce, as well as “omicron” made it onto this year’s list of most mispronounced words as compiled by the U.S. Captioning Company, which captions and subtitles real-time events on TV and in courtrooms. (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool, Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

          ‘Cheugy,’ ‘omicron’ among 2021’s most mispronounced words

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              Stephen Gillis coaching youth hockey after receiving life-saving surgery at Vancouver General Hospital. Stephen is now sharing his story as part of VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation’s Angel campaign. Visit vghfoundation.ca/angel-campaign to learn more.

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                The fifty Surrey Police Service police officers in this first cohort bring an average of eight years of policing experience to Surrey.

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