Tag: surrey

  • Surrey first BC city to install real time Travel Time Information System on major corridors

    Surrey, BC – The City of Surrey will be the first municipality in the province to install a real time Travel Time Information System which will improve the flow of goods and vehicles within the region. The System will also provide data to the City’s Traffic Management Centre and the City of Surrey’s website. “This…

  • Pinoy Picnic, Gala Night Planned For 117th Independence Festivity

    Pinoy Picnic, Gala Night Planned For 117th Independence Festivity

    A community picnic at Vancouver’s Slocan Park, and a formal gala gathering at a prestigious downtown hotel are two of the highlights of this year’s Philippine Independence Day celebrations. The Slocan Park picnic on June 6 and the dinner on June 13 at the Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel are being organized by the United Filipino…

  • MP SANDHU PRESSURES GOVERNMENT TO STOP GANG VIOLENCE IN SURREY

    OTTAWA – In the midst of a gang turf war in Surrey that has resulted in an alarming number of shootings and one homicide, Jasbir Sandhu, MP for Surrey North, rose in the House of Commons today to slam the Conservative government for not making public safety a priority. The recent spate of shootings in…

  • NDP DEMANDS IMMEDIATE ACTION ON SURREY GANG CRISIS

    OTTAWA – The Conservative government’s silence on the issue of escalating gang violence in Surrey continues to put communities at risk. “The federal government has an obligation here – why bother having a Minister for Public Safety if they have no intention of prioritizing public safety?” asked NDP MP Jinny Sims (Newton—North Delta). “People are…

  • Maria Nieves Santos-Greaves Finalist in RBC Immigrant Awards

    Maria Nieves Santos-Greaves Finalist in RBC Immigrant Awards

    Surrey Hearing Care President Maria Nieves Santos-Greaves has been chosen as one of the top 75 shortlisted for the seventh annual RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards 2015. To make it to the final 25 is a combination of judges scoring as well online votes from the public. Canadian Immigrant magazine which is the main…

  • 2nd Season for Surrey Night Market

    The second season of the Surrey Night Market, the only multicultural night market in the Fraser Valley, will open on May 29, 2015 and will operate every Friday, Saturday and Sunday until September 20th summer night market will be a family friendly event and will run from 6pm to 11pm at the Cloverdale Exhibition Grounds,…

  • Surrey Budget Top Priorities of 2015

    Surrey, BC – Surrey City Council approved the 2015 budget at last night’s Council meeting. Recreation, Culture and Public Safety are key priorities that feature prominently in the budget. The financial plan calls for a number of the development and improvements for Recreation and Culture facilities. The total cost of the projects proposed for the…