Work will begin this month on a new commercial truck parking facility in North Surrey, providing another safe, convenient place in the Lower Mainland for commercial truck drivers to pull over and rest. “Investing in highway and road infrastructure is critical to keeping Canadians safe while on the move for work, travel or other daily [...]
Surrey needs to make itself more attractive to business by taking advantage of its cultural diversity and evolving into a world-class city as its population nears 600,000, business and political leaders say. And, said Surrey-Guildford NDP MLA Garry Begg, the province can help with that as COVID-19 recovery money will likely be invested in building [...]
Surrey needs to ensure its downtown is safe and easily walkable if it wants to succeed in a vision that includes dozens of new residential and commercial projects clustered around transit, a panel discussion was told Thursday. Construction activity has remained high through the pandemic on projects that the city hopes will house a growing [...]
SURREY (NEWS 1130) — Two Surrey MLAs appointed to the B.C. committee reviewing the 45-year-old Police Act agree having mental health workers act as first-responders for wellness checks could be one reform. Last month, the province agreed to review the Police Act following the death of George Floyd in the U.S. and the protests against racism and [...]
Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons has been named to lead the legislature’s special committee on reforming the provincial Police Act. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth announced the formation of the committee July 8, after promising in mid-June to undertake a review and “engage with communities and experts on how the 45-year-old [Police Act] can be [...]
SURREY-GUILDFORD MLA Garry Begg, who is also the BC Government Whip, introduced a motion in the Legislature on Monday calling for a “more inclusive province”. The motion reads: “Be it resolved that this House unanimously condemns racism in all its forms and commit to building a more inclusive province through anti-racism.” “It isn’t enough to [...]
The Province has appointed the City of Surrey’s first police board members as part of Surrey’s transition from an RCMP detachment to a municipal police department. The lieutenant governor in council has appointed seven community members under section 23(1)(c) of the Police Act to the City of Surrey’s municipal police board, joining the mayor of [...]
THE Province is making affordable, quality child care more accessible for families in Surrey and Coquitlam by investing in five projects that will create 217 new licensed spaces. “Now more than ever, it’s critical to have good supports like quality and inclusive child care to help families find their ‘new normal’ and continue to thrive,” said [...]
Two new supportive housing buildings will provide more than 100 rooms in Surrey, providing homes for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Construction is scheduled to begin in July 2020 on Guildford Place, located at 14706 104 Ave. Guildford Place will consist of 61 permanent studio units, each with a private washroom and kitchen. [...]
People living in Surrey will now have better access to same-day urgent and primary care with the opening of a second new urgent and primary care centre (UPCC) in Newton. “The new Surrey urgent and primary care centre will connect people who don’t have a family doctor with the health care they need,” said Premier John [...]