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The Surrey-Guildford candidates are incumbent Garry Begg, Garry Thind, Jodi Murphy and unaffiliated candidate James Yaroshuk. They outline their backgrounds, priorities, first-100-day plans and voter contact details ahead of final voting day on Oct. 24.
The five Surrey-Fleetwood candidates in the Oct. 24 B.C. election outline their backgrounds, priorities and plans for their first 100 days if elected, along with ways voters can contact their campaigns.
Crescent Heights Academy has begun work on a four-storey, 120,000-square-foot K-12 school that will bring its three Cloverdale and Clayton Heights campuses together. The school is scheduled to open in late 2028 or early 2029.
At a Surrey campaign stop, BC NDP Leader David Eby promised to support a city charter and outlined two transit pledges if the party is re-elected: eliminating a $45 bus pass charge for low-income seniors and funding bus rapid transit to White Rock with $250 million.
Leonard Krekic’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 15 and 16 in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster. He was found guilty in May of 12 counts of sexual assault after a 35-day trial involving alleged incidents in or near Surrey from 1994 to 2017.
Regular K-12 enrolment in Surrey Schools fell by 1,182 to 75,795 in 2026-27, while total headcount declined by 486 to 85,400. The district says it does not expect cuts to student programs or services this year.
Mainland Whisky has completed a washroom renovation funded partly by community crowdfunding and landlord financing. The work expanded its tasting lounge from 10 seats to 50, with events scheduled from Oct. 22 to 31.
Three business groups will host a non-partisan forum on Oct. 15, bringing together provincial candidates from Surrey’s 10 ridings ahead of the Oct. 24 B.C. election. Advance voting begins Oct. 16.
Art’s 12th annual Scarecrow Stroll has returned with a pop-up pumpkin patch and more than 100 scarecrows. Weekend admission is paid, while entry from Monday to Thursday is by cash or non-perishable food donation.
Nazanine Hozar’s second novel, The Small Ones, was published Sept. 29 and shortlisted for the 2026 Giller Prize on Oct. 5. It follows children who join the 1980s Iran-Iraq war to please their fathers, then seek safety and freedom after witnessing war’s destruction.
Bruno Mars is set to play five concerts at BC Place, a record for a musical artist at the stadium. The run surpasses Taylor Swift’s three shows there in 2024 and The Jacksons’ three in 1984. Concert-day transit announcements and venue details are also available.
A technician testified at Adam Mann’s second-degree murder trial that a kitchen knife found near the crime scene tested positive for blood. The Crown has not yet called witnesses to explain DNA test results or whether they link Mann to the scene.
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