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1 week ago | 
peacearchnews.com | Tracy Holmes
Dates are expected to be set next week for a hearing to determine just how long a man who shot three men – killing two of them – in South Surrey two years ago should have to wait before he can apply for parole.
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1 week ago | 
peacearchnews.com | Tracy Holmes
City of Surrey officials have hit the pause button on plans to expand Sunnyside Lawn Cemetery in South Surrey.
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1 week ago | 
peacearchnews.com | Tracy Holmes
After two days of live music that had crowds crooning and grooving throughout the city, the White Rock Jazz and Blues Festival has wrapped up another successful year.
Held June 13 and 14 on stages in the Five Corners and Uptown business areas, as well as Blue Frog Studios, the festival offered both free and ticketed performances from a host of artists, including Tom Lavin and the Legendary Powder Blues Band, Alexander Browne and his Boulevardiers, Colin Sankey and the White Rock Rhythm Kings.
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1 week ago | 
peacearchnews.com | Tracy Holmes
The coroner's inquest into the 2016 death of a woman in White Rock RCMP cells has been postponed.
Originally scheduled to begin this morning (June 16, 2025), the proceedings – announced in a news release late last month – were to examine what happened to Patricia Ann Wilson.
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2 weeks ago | 
peacearchnews.com | Tracy Holmes
A trunk sale tomorrow in South Surrey is hoped to bolster efforts to boost literacy.
READ Surrey/White Rock Society is partnering with local author Chantal Houle at the Mount Olive Trunk Sale, set for 9 a.m. to noon June 14, at the 2350 148 St. church.
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2 weeks ago | 
surreynowleader.com | Tracy Holmes
A letter-writing campaign is taking aim at the latest development eyed for the former site of the Catholic Church’s Rosemary Heights Retreat Centre in South Surrey.
"Not again! Will this issue ever stop?" John Thorne writes in a recent email to mayor and council that was cc'd to Peace Arch News.
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2 weeks ago | 
peacearchnews.com | Tracy Holmes
We asked, and you delivered. Peace Arch News readers have been out with their iPhones, Androids and good old-fashioned SLR cameras capturing an array of Semiahmoo Peninsula moments.
Here are some of the favourites submitted in recent weeks.
Got a photo of something, someone or somewhere taken in or around White Rock or South Surrey that you'd like to share? Email [email protected]. Please be sure to submit high-resolution images.
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2 weeks ago | 
surreynowleader.com | Tracy Holmes
Police in Surrey are investigating an assault that occurred outside the Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre last week that sent two male youths to hospital with minor injuries.
According to Surrey Police Service Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, officers responded to the 16855 24 Ave. facility following a 911 call reporting a fight between two groups of youths at around 7:45 p.m. on June 5.
"Two youth victims were pepper-sprayed," Houghton confirmed.
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3 weeks ago | 
nanaimobulletin.com | Tracy Holmes
A retired nurse who spent most of her nursing career in operating rooms including those at Peace Arch Hospital is the first patient in B.C. – and likely Western Canada – to receive a new hip with the aid of a robotic-arm assisted surgical system.
Maureen Coutts underwent the procedure on April 24 at Burnaby Hospital. Just over one month post-surgery, she says she is still in awe of how far health care has come since she first walked into an operating room.
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3 weeks ago | 
peacearchnews.com | Tracy Holmes
A special weather statement issued Friday (June 6) cautions temperatures are expected to soar this weekend and into early next week.
According to Environment Canada, a ridge of high pressure means daytime highs are expected to be in "the high 20s to low 30s" throughout Metro Vancouver, including Surrey, White Rock and Delta.
