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Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Newton. (File photo: Anna Burns)

B.C. Sikhs plan protest, seek protection in wake of India statements

Trudeau says ‘credible’ intelligence links Indian government agents to shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45

Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Newton. (File photo: Anna Burns)
Hardeep Singh Nijjar, president of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, was shot and killed in his truck in the temple parking lot. File photos: Sikh Community of B.C./Twitter and Tom Zillich

Surrey MP urges calm after intelligence links India to Nijjar murder

‘I know the community will be feeling very angry and frightened right now,’ Sukh Dhaliwal says

Hardeep Singh Nijjar, president of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, was shot and killed in his truck in the temple parking lot. File photos: Sikh Community of B.C./Twitter and Tom Zillich
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Surrey tops 31 Canadian cities for people who’d take the money and run, survey says

55% would pocket cash they found on the street while 45% would hand it over to police in case someone claims it, respondents indicate

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Surrey Police patch from Twitter Surrey RCMP by Anna Burns

Still ‘no clear plan’ to continue transition to Surrey Police Service, report states

Meantime, Coun. Linda Annis says having two police departments is costing Surrey taxpayers $266K per day

Surrey Police patch from Twitter Surrey RCMP by Anna Burns
This image has been cropped from the original photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg

Parole board OKs 2nd Mexico trip for Surrey murderer

John Joseph Arneil sentenced in 1993 for two shooting murders and an attempted murder

This image has been cropped from the original photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
A shingles rash. (Image: BC Centre for Disease Control)

No free shingles, flu shots for B.C. seniors ‘disappointing if not alarming’

‘B.C. seems to be behind everybody else in everything,’ CARP rep says

A shingles rash. (Image: BC Centre for Disease Control)
Billboard related to Khalistan referendum vote outside Guru Nanak Gurdwara in Surrey. (File photo: Tom Zillich)

B.C. school district cancels Khalistan referendum rental over gun posters

School trustee calls for review of district’s school rental policy

Billboard related to Khalistan referendum vote outside Guru Nanak Gurdwara in Surrey. (File photo: Tom Zillich)
Surrey resident Jose Kaze, 32, was stabbed to death in downtown Vancouver near Granville and Smithe streets just before 3:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 4. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

Surrey man Vancouver’s 11th homicide victim in 2023

Police have yet to arrest suspect in stabbing death of Jose Kaze, 32, near Granville and Smithe streets on Aug. 4

Surrey resident Jose Kaze, 32, was stabbed to death in downtown Vancouver near Granville and Smithe streets just before 3:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 4. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
Mukhtiar Panghali, left, and Manjit Panghali

Surrey wife killer Mukhtiar Panghali’s day parole extended for another 6 months

Panghali, now 51, strangled his pregnant wife of nine years Manjit Panghali, 31, to death on Oct. 18, 2006

Mukhtiar Panghali, left, and Manjit Panghali
Statue of Mountie outside RCMP E division headquarters in Green Timbers, Surrey. (File photo: Tom Zytaruk)

Staff at RCMP headquarters in Surrey chased with knife after man tries to jack cop’s car, police say

Police say no indication ’incident’ was targeted towards police

Statue of Mountie outside RCMP E division headquarters in Green Timbers, Surrey. (File photo: Tom Zytaruk)
(Photos: Twitter: Surrey RCMP and Anna Burns)

BREAKING: Surrey ordered to proceed with Surrey Police Service

Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke livid with Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth

(Photos: Twitter: Surrey RCMP and Anna Burns)
Dawwd (Daoud) Soukary is set to appear in Surrey provincial court on Aug. 24, charged with 13 counts. (File photo: Tom Zytaruk)

Former Surrey Mountie charged with multiple crimes

Dawwd (Daoud) Soukary is set to appear in Surrey provincial court on Aug. 24

Dawwd (Daoud) Soukary is set to appear in Surrey provincial court on Aug. 24, charged with 13 counts. (File photo: Tom Zytaruk)
Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth and Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke. (File photo)

Surrey mayor threatens to call for inquiry into policing transition after Farnworth’s ultimatum

Farnworth issues ultimatum to see city report by 1 p.m. Monday or he’ll be ‘forced to make a determination about what is necessary for safe and effective policing without it’

Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth and Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke. (File photo)
Hardeep Singh Nijjar, president of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, was shot and killed in his truck in the temple parking lot Sunday night, the Sikh Community of B.C. tweeted. (Photos: Sikh Community of B.C./Twitter and Tom Zillich)

Police yet to identify suspect in fatal shooting of Surrey Sikh temple president

Meantime, @BC Sikhs tweeted Sunday night that ‘What happened today is an act of war on Sikhs’

Hardeep Singh Nijjar, president of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, was shot and killed in his truck in the temple parking lot Sunday night, the Sikh Community of B.C. tweeted. (Photos: Sikh Community of B.C./Twitter and Tom Zillich)
Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth and Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke. (File photo)

Farnworth chides Surrey for not sharing report prior to policing vote

Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke has not replied to requests for comment

Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth and Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke. (File photo)
File photo: Anna Burns

Boy, 15, accused in series of robberies in Surrey

Teen’s identity is shielded by the Youth Criminal Justice Act

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Statue of Lady Justice at B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. (File photo)

B.C. driver found ‘using’ phone on his leg loses court appeal for distracted driving

Judge said she was ‘not at liberty’ to disregard Court of Appeal decisions

Statue of Lady Justice at B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. (File photo)
Statue of Lady Justice at B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster. (File photo: Tom Zytaruk)

Judge awards trucker tasered by Surrey Mounties $317K in damages

Justice David Crossin heard the civil suit in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster

Statue of Lady Justice at B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster. (File photo: Tom Zytaruk)
Statue of Lady Justice at Vancouver Law Courts. (File photo)

B.C. woman loses SPCA court case after 4 horses, pig seized

Surrey Animal Control also seized plaintiff’s dog

Statue of Lady Justice at Vancouver Law Courts. (File photo)
Holly Indridson speaking to the media at the celebration of life on Thursday, April 20, 2023 for her son Ethan Bespflug. Bespflug was stabbed to death on a Surrey bus on April 17, 2023. (Photo: Anna Burns)

‘Just be kind, show love’: Daytime vigil honours teen fatally stabbed on Surrey bus

Holly Indridson, mom of Surrey bus stabbing victim Ethan Bespflug, 17, spoke to a gathering of about 100 people at a celebration of the teen’s life at Holland Park on Thursday

Holly Indridson speaking to the media at the celebration of life on Thursday, April 20, 2023 for her son Ethan Bespflug. Bespflug was stabbed to death on a Surrey bus on April 17, 2023. (Photo: Anna Burns)