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Surrey, board of trade, list priorities for B.C.’s next budget

The deadline for pre-budget consultation submissions is June 16

 

Delta School District headquarters in Ladner. (Grace Kennedy photo)

Peer support positions kept as Delta school board passes 2023-24 budget

Provincial funding for the district’s two co-ordinators runs out on June 30 of this year

 

Surrey City Hall. (File photo: Anna Burns)

Surrey budget with 12.5% tax hike gets final approval

Coun. Rob Stutt accused Coun. Annis of flip-flopping on the budget

 

Delta School District headquarters in Ladner. (Grace Kennedy photo)

Funding boost means no cuts in 2023-24 Delta School District budget

Higher enrollment, increase in per-pupil funding has budget up $6.2 million from current school year

Delta School District headquarters in Ladner. (Grace Kennedy photo)
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Surrey council approves budget with 12.5% property tax hike

Rejected plan had increase set at 17.5%

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A rental sign is seen outside a building in Ottawa, Thursday, April 30, 2020. B.C.’s NDP government followed through on a long-promised renters’ rebate on Feb. 28, 2023, in its provincial budget. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Long-awaited renters’ rebate among credits promised in B.C.’s 2023 budget

Other increases coming for families, lower-income earners

A rental sign is seen outside a building in Ottawa, Thursday, April 30, 2020. B.C.’s NDP government followed through on a long-promised renters’ rebate on Feb. 28, 2023, in its provincial budget. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
B.C. is making prescription contraception free for everyone under MSP beginning April 1. (AccessBC)

B.C. to become 1st in Canada to give free prescription contraception by spring

Change to coincide with pharmacists gaining power to prescribe

B.C. is making prescription contraception free for everyone under MSP beginning April 1. (AccessBC)
B.C. Finance Minister Katrine Conroy speaks during a news conference as students enjoy a hot lunch at Ruth King Elementary in Langford, B.C., Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. (Chad Hipolito/Canadian Press)

Health care, housing and grants top B.C.’s 2023-24 Budget Day promises

Snow blanketed the provincial capital in the morning hours of B.C.’s budget…

B.C. Finance Minister Katrine Conroy speaks during a news conference as students enjoy a hot lunch at Ruth King Elementary in Langford, B.C., Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. (Chad Hipolito/Canadian Press)
Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke and B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth. (File photos)

Farnworth says ‘just nonsense’ Surrey policing decision delay leading to massive tax increase

‘Not a budget that I am happy to deliver,’ Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke says of 17.5% tax increase

Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke and B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth. (File photos)
Brenda Locke at a press conference at city hall on Feb. 18, 2023. (Photo: Anna Burns)

Surrey draft budget ready for public review

Draft budget includes proposed 9.5% general property tax increase to fund 2023 policing

Brenda Locke at a press conference at city hall on Feb. 18, 2023. (Photo: Anna Burns)
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Surrey council approves utility rate hikes for 2023

City staff urged council to approve rate ‘adjustments’ in preparation of Surrey’s 2023 Five-Year (2023-2027) Financial Plan

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Nickels and dimes. (File photo: Tom Zytaruk)

Surrey utility rate hikes on the way if council approves city staff recommendations

Surrey city staff urging council to raise water, sewer, drainage, and solid waste utility rates in 2023

Nickels and dimes. (File photo: Tom Zytaruk)
Surrey City Hall. (File Photo: Anna Burns)

City of Surrey seeking public input on budget

Four open-house meetings have been set in Guildford, South Surrey, Newton and Whalley

Surrey City Hall. (File Photo: Anna Burns)
Surrey mayor-elect Brenda Locke and B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth. (File photos)

Surrey Mayor warns 55% property tax hike coming if Farnworth gives Surrey Police Service thumbs up

Coun. Linda Annis, of Surrey First, calls Brenda Locke’s statements a ‘scare tactic’

Surrey mayor-elect Brenda Locke and B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth. (File photos)
Falling Canadian dollars coins or loonies are pictured in North Vancouver, B.C. Wednesday, May 29, 2019. As inflation continues to take its toll, some Canadians may also start taking a closer look at their spending habits.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Budgeting for the first time amid soaring inflation? Here are some tips

As inflation continues its gallop, some Canadians taking a closer look at their spending habits

Falling Canadian dollars coins or loonies are pictured in North Vancouver, B.C. Wednesday, May 29, 2019. As inflation continues to take its toll, some Canadians may also start taking a closer look at their spending habits.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
B.C. residents are expected to spend a total of $224 million on Halloween this year, with around a quarter of that going toward candy alone. (Black Press Media file photo)

British Columbians to spend $224M on Halloween this year

Hello Safe says across Canada Halloween budget is up 28 per cent from last year

B.C. residents are expected to spend a total of $224 million on Halloween this year, with around a quarter of that going toward candy alone. (Black Press Media file photo)
Delta School District headquarters in Ladner. (Grace Kennedy photo)

Delta School District projecting over $2.7-million shortfall for 2022-2023

Public can weigh in on the draft budget via email or at a virtual board meeting on Tuesday, May 3

Delta School District headquarters in Ladner. (Grace Kennedy photo)
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B.C.’s new autism funding model a disappointment, says Autism BC

Part two in a series of stories related to autism awareness in B.C.

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B.C. State for Child Care Minister Katrina Chen said that expanding childcare in B.C. is essential to better support the development of children and to ease pressure on parents and guardians. (Black Press Media file photo)

Provincial 2022 budget allows for investments in childcare and programs for B.C. families

Childcare considered a necessity, not a luxury says State for Child Care Minister Katrina Chen

B.C. State for Child Care Minister Katrina Chen said that expanding childcare in B.C. is essential to better support the development of children and to ease pressure on parents and guardians. (Black Press Media file photo)
Children protest in front of BC Parliament for autism support in B.C. in 2021. (Autism BC)

B.C.’s new autism funding model a disappointment, says Autism BC

Part one in a series of stories related to autism awareness in B.C.

Children protest in front of BC Parliament for autism support in B.C. in 2021. (Autism BC)