Posted on November 17, 2009 by Laila
However, there is a catch, albeit one I think many Surrey-ites can live with.
In last nights council meeting, city council said no to the proposed increase requested by the Surrey Ratepayers Association, and told city planners to approach a neighbourhood by neighbourhood zoning approach. In this manner, anybody wishing to increase the home size in [...]
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Posted on November 1, 2009 by Laila
Welcome news greeted me on the front page of the print edition of The Province this morning , one that left me thanking the author of the article, Kent Spencer, and the powers that be for giving this issue some much-needed attention on a larger scale. Unionized employees from the city of Surrey have come [...]
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Posted on October 28, 2009 by Laila
Good morning everyone, and may I wish a fine, H1N1-free day to you?
Shades of SARS! Is it just me, or are you all noticing an extraordinary amount of people going about their business with little paper masks on? Come on,reality check here. Most of the masks I see people wearing are cheaper than dollar store toilet [...]
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Posted on October 8, 2009 by Laila
The announcement came yesterday, and to no one’s surprise, the city of Surrey is the lucky recipient of one brand spanking new remand centre.Whoo hoo! Come on now, I know a resounding cheer rang through the city on that one. The existing Surrey Pre-trial centre that has been the bane of local residents who live around that area for [...]
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Posted on October 5, 2009 by Laila
Surrey city hall is going to have a couple of big fights on their hands tonight, one of them taking the form of a public hearing that gives Newton residents the chance to voice their concerns over an unwanted and controversial rehab facilitythat The John Volken Foundation wants to build in the heart of residential [...]
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Posted on May 14, 2009 by Laila
Ray Millar had a dream.
He wanted to create a place where kids could just be kids for a while. A place that was fun and exciting and most of all – safe.
A former HEUmember who quit his job after increasing frustration withthe system, he invested a lot to start this business, building much of it [...]
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Posted on April 14, 2009 by Laila
Brian Venables, Major and Divisional Secretary for Public Relations & Development with the Salvation Army, confirmed to me in an email yesterday afternoon, that they are ” currently engaged in a transaction that, if successful, will mean the subject property will become ours.”
I also asked Brian what the plans were for that property, and this [...]
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Posted on April 2, 2009 by Laila
Racial hate aside… It speaks volumes when the local teenagers are not able to spell swear words correctly in their graffiti… We found this gem on the back of a local residents fence.
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Posted on March 11, 2009 by Laila
Due to illness, there will be no Bits and Bites today. God knows why, but this year it seems as if I’ve been destined to catch every freaking bug my kids bring home – something that is extremely unusual for me. I go years without getting ill.
However, for you Newton readers,I did spot a story [...]
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Posted on February 3, 2009 by Laila
Yes, I’m afraid so. Yet another brazen daytime shooting / murder in Surrey, this one outside of the London Drugs located at Guildford mall during the early dinner hour. One man was shot several times while sitting in his Land Rover - and he did die as a result of the injuries he sustained. Police are on the scene and the investigation [...]
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