Surrey

“The Comic Strippers” improv-comedy show features fictitious male stripper troupe, on Friday, May 6 at Bell Performing Arts Centre in Surrey. For tickets and info, call 604-507-6355 or visit bellperformingartscentre.com. (Submitted photo)

SURREY EVENTS: ‘Comic Strippers’ return to Bell, plus Party for the Planet, concerts and more

A guide to Surrey-area events and attractions

“The Comic Strippers” improv-comedy show features fictitious male stripper troupe, on Friday, May 6 at Bell Performing Arts Centre in Surrey. For tickets and info, call 604-507-6355 or visit bellperformingartscentre.com. (Submitted photo)
Kathleen McMahon said she and her husband John, who has Parkinson’s disease, were at the Grandview Corners Walmart Supercentre on April 20 when a security guard made John use a shopping cart for support while McMahon was fetching their van from the parking lot. (Contributed photo)

‘Terror’ for disabled South Surrey senior after Walmart staff reclaim borrowed wheelchair, citing policy

Kathleen McMahon speaks out after husband is left clutching shopping cart for balance

Kathleen McMahon said she and her husband John, who has Parkinson’s disease, were at the Grandview Corners Walmart Supercentre on April 20 when a security guard made John use a shopping cart for support while McMahon was fetching their van from the parking lot. (Contributed photo)
Surrey councillors Brenda Locke, left, and Laurie Guerra. (Now-Leader file photos)

Surrey council gives final approval to contentious Code of Conduct amendments despite Ombudsperson urging it not to

The Safe Surrey Coalition majority approved the Council Code of Conduct Bylaw as amended, with councillors Linda Annis and Brenda Locke voting against

Surrey councillors Brenda Locke, left, and Laurie Guerra. (Now-Leader file photos)
At Newton Athletic Park in Surrey on March 12, players with Delta Coastal Selects (in white) and ICSF Roma, a Vancouver-based club, battle for the ball during a U13 Division 1 game at the Surrey Mayor's Cup soccer tournament. (Photo: Tom Zillich)

For $1.78M, more soccer changerooms are coming to Newton Athletic Park in Surrey

Design of new fieldhouse to start in May

At Newton Athletic Park in Surrey on March 12, players with Delta Coastal Selects (in white) and ICSF Roma, a Vancouver-based club, battle for the ball during a U13 Division 1 game at the Surrey Mayor's Cup soccer tournament. (Photo: Tom Zillich)
The Lower Mainland Green Team and students from Earl Marriott Secondary removed invasive plants from White Rock’s Ruth Johnson Park in June 2021. (Contributed file photo)

Students dig in to White Rock park for Earth Day

Green Team’s invasive-plant removal continuing at Ruth Johnson Park

The Lower Mainland Green Team and students from Earl Marriott Secondary removed invasive plants from White Rock’s Ruth Johnson Park in June 2021. (Contributed file photo)
Beer lovers at a previous Battle of the Brews event at Surrey Civic Plaza. (Photo: facebook.com/thepeak)

Summer ‘Battle of The Brews’ charity event in Surrey to help kids play sports

Beer, food and rock music to fuel August event at Surrey Civic Plaza

Beer lovers at a previous Battle of the Brews event at Surrey Civic Plaza. (Photo: facebook.com/thepeak)
Surrey's Gordon Fisher won $500,000 with a lottery ticket purchased at Semiahmoo Shopping Centre in South Surrey. (BCLC photo)

Surrey man wins $500,000 in April Fool’s Day lottery draw

Gordon Fisher purchased winning Lotto Max Extra ticket at Semiahmoo Shopping Centre

Surrey's Gordon Fisher won $500,000 with a lottery ticket purchased at Semiahmoo Shopping Centre in South Surrey. (BCLC photo)
A new complex-care and supportive housing building in Green Timbers was unveiled April 21, 2022 at 9810 Foxglove Dr. in Surrey. (Photo: Lauren Collins)

Surrey supportive housing project featuring 130 units unveiled in Green Timbers

It has 130 units that include 66 supportive housing homes, 34 complex care beds and 30 shelter beds

A new complex-care and supportive housing building in Green Timbers was unveiled April 21, 2022 at 9810 Foxglove Dr. in Surrey. (Photo: Lauren Collins)
Former Semiahmoo Secondary basketball star Adam Paige (left) has signed to play this summer for the Fraser Valley Bandits of the CEBL. (Fraser Valley Bandits photo)

Former Semiahmoo Secondary hoops star to return to Fraser Valley Bandits

U Sports athlete Adam Paige signs to play second season with CEBL squad

Former Semiahmoo Secondary basketball star Adam Paige (left) has signed to play this summer for the Fraser Valley Bandits of the CEBL. (Fraser Valley Bandits photo)
Surrey-raised basketball player Sukhman Sandhu in action with UBC Thunderbirds. (Photo: Chuck Russell/UBC Athletics)

Surrey’s Sandhu shoots for pro career with Langley’s Bandits following U SPORTS basketball draft

‘Having a professional league here in Canada with a local team, I’m very excited about that and super interested’

  • Apr 21, 2022
Surrey-raised basketball player Sukhman Sandhu in action with UBC Thunderbirds. (Photo: Chuck Russell/UBC Athletics)
Surrey council chambers inside city hall. (File photo)

OUR VIEW: A dark age for civic politics in Surrey

Can anyone deny that this council’s term has not been an all-out circus?

  • Apr 20, 2022
Surrey council chambers inside city hall. (File photo)
Court of Appeal for British Columbia in Vancouver. (File photo: Tom Zytaruk)

New trial ordered for man who ‘unwittingly trafficked’ $1.5M in meth into Canada

Appeal court sets aside convictions related to Surrey border crossing bust

Court of Appeal for British Columbia in Vancouver. (File photo: Tom Zytaruk)
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50 ‘Women of Options’ want to raise $1.5M for Surrey youth ‘falling through cracks’

‘Gamechangers’ fundraiser launched by Surrey-based Options Community Services

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Police say the best way to protect your vehicle from being stolen is to lock it, be vigilant with extra vehicle keys and use an anti-theft device. (Stock photo)

Police in Surrey arrest five people after finding two stolen work vans

Stolen Toyota Tacoma tailgates among other stolen goods found in two unrelated auto thefts

Police say the best way to protect your vehicle from being stolen is to lock it, be vigilant with extra vehicle keys and use an anti-theft device. (Stock photo)
One person died in a multi-vehicle collision on 108 Avenue Tuesday (April 19). (Shane MacKichan photo)

Fatal multi-vehicle collision in Surrey

One person died in crash on 108 Avenue

One person died in a multi-vehicle collision on 108 Avenue Tuesday (April 19). (Shane MacKichan photo)
Loran scholarship winner Tin Dao is a student at Queen Elizabeth Secondary in Surrey. (Photo: surreyschools.ca)

Now on ‘right path,’ Surrey student wins $100K Loran Award after wrestling with ‘trouble’

Scholarship winner Tin Dao is a volunteer wrestling coach and tutor for at-risk youth

Loran scholarship winner Tin Dao is a student at Queen Elizabeth Secondary in Surrey. (Photo: surreyschools.ca)
A highrise in Whalley under construction in July of 2021. (Photo: Lauren Collins)

Surrey council warned about saturating downtown with office space

This was at a public hearing on April 11, after which council defeated related bylaws

A highrise in Whalley under construction in July of 2021. (Photo: Lauren Collins)
Statue of Lady Justice. (File photo)

Pritpal Singh’s killer sentenced to 12 years for Surrey shooting

Robert Tomljenovic was sentenced on Tuesday, April 12

Statue of Lady Justice. (File photo)
Aerial view of the incomplete Lorne Circus in North Surrey, at the intersection of Grosvenor Road, 114 Avenue and McBride Drive. (Photo: Google Street View)

SURREY NOW & THEN: This notable Surrey ‘circus’ has nothing to do with clowns, it’s about streets

In Port Mann 100+ years ago, Lorne Circus was ‘one of the first Canadian examples of urban planning’

Aerial view of the incomplete Lorne Circus in North Surrey, at the intersection of Grosvenor Road, 114 Avenue and McBride Drive. (Photo: Google Street View)
Three loaded handguns and a stun gun were seized by BC RCMP Federal Policing Border Integrity officers near the Douglas border on March 31, 2022. (RCMP photos)

Ammunition, stun gun seized following arrest near South Surrey border

American resident facing charges in connection with March 31 incident

Three loaded handguns and a stun gun were seized by BC RCMP Federal Policing Border Integrity officers near the Douglas border on March 31, 2022. (RCMP photos)