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 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 July 6, 2009 by Laila
It has been just over one year since I spent the afternoon taking Susana da Silva and her cameraman on a driving tour of Newton.
One year.
In response to increasing frustration among home and business owners in the neighbourhood regarding the cities lack of action, I decided enough was enough and called the CBC to suggest they [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2009 by Laila
Earlier this year, on March 13th, I blogged about a shooting that had occurred in broad daylight, in a residential cul-de-sac where children play freely.
Some men were arguing in front of one of the homes. The verbal disagreement became a physical fight and at that time another man puled out a gun and shot another [...]
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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 March 13, 2009 by Laila
Sometimes I think I know what it must have been like in Vietnam…. the steady chopchopchop sound of the rotors overhead, the shouts, the wails of sirens and stench of fresh blood and acrid fear filling the air…
Only I live in Surrey, and the chopper overhead isn’t a med-evac unit, it’s RCMP Air 1. The shouts aren’t a soldiers [...]
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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 March 5, 2009 by Laila
Funny, I was just in the local RCMP detachment yesterday reading that theft from vehicles in Surrey is on the rise. This little tidbit was found in the Block Watch newsletter.( As is all crime, I suspect – wait until the next bunch of stats come out) I’ve been writing about this for some time , only [...]
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Posted on March 3, 2009 by Laila
The second period of the Canucks game had just started at about 8pm, as the sound of shots rang loud and clear as if outside my door. I froze in disbelief and shivered as I listened in shock.
4 shots in quick succession, followed by perhaps another 4, slower and more deliberate .
Making sure someone was [...]
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