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Surrey’s weekly cases continue to drop, push for 80% vaccination rate citywide

People were lined up around the fields at a drop-in vaccine clinic at Newton Athletic Park on Tuesday (April 27, 2021), which is one of the high-transmission neighbourhoods that are being given vaccine priority. This clinic was one of at least three to open in the city on Tuesday. (Photo: Lauren Collins)

BCCDC reports 263 cases for Surrey the week of May 30 to June 5

by Lauren Collins
4h ago

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At an outdoor drive-in convocation ceremony, Mount Royal University bestows an honorary Doctor of Laws on Blackfoot Elder and residential school survivor Clarence Wolfleg in Calgary on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

‘You didn’t get the best of me’: Residential school survivor gets honorary doctorate
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Protesters hold ‘yellow-ribbon’ event at Surrey’s Bear Creek Park
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Surrey’s 2021 grads find creative ways to celebrate in another year of COVID-19
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VIDEO: Hundreds gather at Surrey park in memory of victims in London attack
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Canada India Network Society hosts event on chronic disease
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Two-year-old Ivy McLeod laughs while playing with Lucky the puppy outside their Chilliwack home on Thursday, June 10, 2021. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

VIDEO: B.C. family finds ‘perfect’ puppy with limb difference for 2-year-old Ivy

by Jenna Hauck

updated 2 mins ago

The Walmart store along Highway 16 will be removing its traditional belt checkout lines and offering a “100 per cent self-checkout” option to customers. (Black Press File Photo)

Walmart getting rid of human cashiers at B.C. store as part of pilot project

by Binny Paul

updated 3h ago

Guns, $60K worth of pot products seized in commercial bust: Vancouver police

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Want to name the largest sturgeon ever caught by this BC hatchery? Here is your chance!

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A million-dollar ticket was sold to an individual in Vernon from the Lotto Max draw Friday, June 11, 2021. (Photo courtesy of BCLC)

Lottery ticket worth $1 million sold in Vernon

by Brendan Shykora

updated 4h ago

“65 years, I’ve carried the stories in my mind and live it every day,” says Jack Kruger. (Athena Bonneau)

‘Maybe this time they will listen’: Survivor shares stories from B.C. residential school

by Local Journalism Initiative

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Harlo by Steelix in East Clayton includes thoughtful, purpose-built amenities like a rooftop terrace with unobstructed views, and a separate rooftop space with an outdoor patio, space for barbecues and a connected indoor dining space.

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East Clayton developer reimagines ‘home’

Roby Dhillon is the Branch Manager at the Newton branch of Envision Financial.

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NDP MP Leah Gazan rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, June 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

NDP calls on Ottawa to recognize residential schools as genocide

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks between buildings in the Parliamentary precinct in Ottawa on Friday May 28, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Trudeau says government looking at plan for return of international tourists

A group of Coquitlam golfers was interrupted on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, by a black bear who bit a player's ball and tossed it back towards the group. (Screen grab/Mark Pettie)

VIDEO: ‘Seriously annoyed’ black bear tosses ball, interrupts B.C. golfers

Victims of Pulse nightclub massacre remembered 5 years later

49 people killed in a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Florida were honored in Orlando and around the world on Saturday

by Associated Press

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RCMP say an officer died tragically while on duty early Saturday, June 12, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Tim Taylor

Sask. RCMP officer on-duty dies during traffic stop

Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore says 26-year-old Const. Shelby Patton had been following a truck, which was allegedly stolen

by The Canadian Press

updated 3h ago

Squamish Nation calls for old-growth logging moratorium in its territory
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‘Pick a Sunday:’ Indigenous leaders ask Catholics to stay home, push for apology
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Relative of slain London, Ont. family says public support made him feel less alone
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104 ‘potential graves’ detected at site of former residential school in Manitoba
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Queen Victoria statue at B.C. legislature vandalized Friday
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Green Team returns to White Rock’s Ruth Johnson Park to monitor previous work

Environmental volunteers, South Surrey students remove invasive species

by Nick Greenizan

7h ago

A team of White Rock Elementary students has won the Reading Link Challenge. (Contributed photo)

White Rock Elementary Grade 5 students win Reading Link challenge

Six Grade 5 students conquer book competition via Zoom

by Nick Greenizan

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