Imagine Surrey Will Defend Our Libraries

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, October 14, 2026 SURREY, BC — Mike Starchuk today committed to defend Surrey’s libraries: longer hours, new branches in the neighbourhoods that have none, and a commitment in writing that no politician at City Hall tells a librarian what belongs on the shelf. Surrey’s Conservative Party and SurreyNOW have both attacked SOGI […]

Mike Starchuk and Imagine Surrey are Endorsed by Young British Columbians for Better Governance

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, October 14, 2026 SURREY, BC — Young British Columbians for Better Governance (YBC4BG) has endorsed Mike Starchuk for mayor and the full Imagine Surrey council team, three days before Surrey votes. The youth advocacy non-profit backs municipal candidates who put young voters’ priorities first. It says Starchuk’s plan gives young people a reason to […]

McCallum and Locke scandals put them in Annis’s company. Starchuk says that Surrey deserves better than this chaos.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, October 13, 2026 McCallum and Locke scandals put them in Annis’s company. Starchuk says that Surrey deserves better than this chaos. SURREY, BC — Surrey’s election campaign escalated to new heights on Tuesday evening as new information has come to light on Doug McCallum and Brenda Locke. The campaign to date has […]

What did Rob Stutt tell Brenda Locke about the firing of Norm Lipinski?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, October 13, 2026 BRENDA LOCKE’S COUNCILLOR CHAIRED THE MEETING WHERE LIPINSKI WAS FIRED. WHAT DID HE TELL HER? SURREY, BC — Mike Starchuk today asked Surrey Connect Councillor Rob Stutt to tell voters whether he discussed Chief Norm Lipinski’s employment with Mayor Brenda Locke before the Surrey Police Board meeting of May 29, […]

Brenda Locke Is Compromised on Public Safety File

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, October 12, 2026 SURREY, BC — In an extraordinary admission at the CKNW Surrey Mayoral debate, Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke blurted out, “I knew that they had an important meeting” in the lead up to the firing of Norm Lipinski. She further said that she did “not really” know about the Lipinski […]

Starchuk to Locke: What Does “Not Really” Mean?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESunday, October 11, 2026 SURREY, BC — In a single hour on the CKNW Surrey mayoral debate on October 9, Mayor Brenda Locke gave three different accounts of what she knew before the Surrey Police Board fired Chief Norm Lipinski. Asked directly by host Jas Johal whether she was told before the board […]

Imagine Surrey Releases Thanksgiving Cookbook

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESaturday, October 10, 2026 SURREY, BC — Mike Starchuk and the Imagine Surrey team today released “Imagine Thanksgiving,” a free cookbook for Surrey families heading into the long weekend and the final week of the civic election. It has real recipes, from the turkey to the pumpkin pie, plus a kitchen fire safety […]

Mike Starchuk Will Stop Cuts to Services

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESaturday, October 10, 2026 SURREY, BC — Mike Starchuk today challenged Brenda Locke and Doug McCallum to name one City service they will protect, and committed that an Imagine Surrey council will protect all of them: no layoffs of frontline staff, no facility closures, and no reduced hours at any recreation centre or […]

Mike Starchuk is the Only Candidate to Show Up For Every Debate Surrey Deserves No Less

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, October 9, 2026 SURREY, BC — Last night Troy van Vliet did not attend the Surrey Citizen debate, making Mike Starchuk the only candidate in the race for mayor to do the work and show up for every single debate.

Brenda Locke Admits That She Knew The Police Board “Had an Important Meeting” Ahead of Lipinski Firing

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Friday, October 9, 2026 SURREY, BC — In an extraordinary admission at the CKNW Surrey Mayoral debate, Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke blurted out, “I knew that they had an important meeting” in the lead up to the firing of Norm Lipinski.