Surrey Police board, union demand apology after Locke ‘ridiculed’ officers in tweet

A screengrab of a video showing Surrey Police Service officers walking by a rally, made up of Keep the RCMP in Surrey supporters, who were protesting during Mayor Doug McCallum’s first court appearance on Jan. 25, 2022. (Image: laurenpcollins1/Twitter)
Since-deleted tweets from Locke, Surrey Connect said walk-by was ‘intimidating’ and a ‘show of force’

A large memorial board similar to the boards that were stolen. (RCMP)

Valuable bronze memorial plates stolen from Kelowna cemetery
U.S. Border Patrol agents Katy Siemer (left) and David Marcus stand outside the Customs and Border Protection facility in Pembina, N.D., on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022 not far from where agents intercepted a group of undocumented Indian nationals on Jan. 19. The incident prompted the discovery north of the border of the bodies of four other Indian migrants who were believed to be trying to enter the U.S. with the rest of the group. THE CANADIAN PRESS/James McCarten

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Williams Lake First Nation announced the preliminary findings of the probe at former residential school, St. Joseph’s Mission on Tuesday, Jan. 25. (Williams Lake Tribune Facebook live image)

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Subway trains line up in a TTC yard in Toronto on Thursday, April 23, 2020. Canada’s big-city mayors are calling on the federal government’s help to make up huge shortfalls in transit revenue that threaten to derail the nation’s transit systems. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

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Fraser Valley community credit union G&F Financial Group donated a total of $200,000 to BC charitable organizations during the holiday season in gratitude for local community organizations.

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    Lynn Jackson is one of many British Columbians joining forces with the Alzheimer Society of B.C. this Alzheimer’s Awareness Month to say, “Don’t change. Even if they do.” The campaign aims to inspire people to reflect on ways they will continue to show up for people in their lives who are affected by dementia.

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      People leave a COVID-19 vaccination site in Montreal, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

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      Dozens of signs were held at the Willow Inn in Quesnel on Thursday, Jan. 20 where the body of 33-year-old Carmelita Abraham was recently found. A Quesnel man is facing charges of murder and indignity to human remains. (Rebecca Dyok photo)

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      Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux waits to appear before the Commons Finance committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 10, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

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      Old growth logging protesters blocked Hwy. 1 near Horseshoe Bay on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. (Manav Arora/Save Old Growth)

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      The Murakami family in Greenwood, B.C., in a photo featured in “Broken Promises” at Museum of Surrey. Opening Feb. 5, the exhibition explores the dispossession of Japanese-Canadians in the 1940s. (Photo courtesy Salt Spring Island Archives)

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      Students of Trinity Western University’s theatre department will perform five shows back to back, the same day, from Feb. 1-5, with limited capacity. (Submitted photo: Kimberly Mamchur)

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      The White Rock-South Surrey Titans football association will host flag-football provincials at South Surrey Athletic Park in June. (Contributed photo)

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      The Vancouver Canucks have filled their vacant general manager position, hiring Pittsburgh Penguins assistant manger Patrik Allvin, as shown in this handout image. The three-time Stanley Cup winner becomes the 12th general manager in the franchise's history. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Vancouver Canucks

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      Allvin won 3 Stanley Cups during his time with the Penguins over the past 16 seasons

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        Jessica Tuomela, right with current guide dog Brandy, will be joined in a professional capacity next month by Lucy the golden retriever. The duo will assist in locating missing people from vulnerable populations. (Courtesy of Jessica Tuomela)

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