Imagine Surrey Will Crack Down on Loud, Dangerous and Illegal Street Racing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, October 9, 2026 SURREY, BC — Mike Starchuk today committed to a crackdown on street racing and modified exhausts: enforcement blitzes with Surrey Police, noise cameras on the worst corridors, and a loud-vehicle button in the Surrey 311 app so enforcement follows the data. Residents brought the Surrey Police Board a petition with […]
Mike Starchuk Says No AI Data Centre For Surrey Unless Strict Conditions Are Met
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, October 8, 2026 SURREY, BC — Mike Starchuk today set out the strict conditions any AI data centre will have to meet to build in Surrey: protect Surrey’s land, water, and power, and return a new, lasting benefit to the people who live here. An Imagine Surrey council will never trade land in […]
Surrey taxpayers Bought Linda Annis Access to Seven Golf Tournaments: Council Expense Records
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, October 7, 2026 SURREY, BC — Mike Starchuk and Imagine Surrey are asking Surrey First mayoral candidate Linda Annis to explain to Surrey taxpayers why they paid for her to golf. The City’s own report on council pay and expenses shows Councillor Annis billed taxpayers for seven golf tournaments in the summer of […]
Former Labour Minister Harry Bains Backs Mike Starchuk for Mayor of Surrey
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, October 6, 2026 SURREY, BC — Harry Bains, the five-term MLA for Surrey-Newton who served as BC’s Minister of Labour from 2017 to 2024, today endorsed Mike Starchuk for mayor of Surrey. Bains, a longtime Surrey resident who served more than 15 years as an elected officer of Steelworkers-IWA Canada Local 2171, has […]
Doug McCallum Missing Since September 16th
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, October 6, 2026 SURREY, BC — Mike Starchuk is asking one question before advance voting begins: where is Doug McCallum? Last seen in public at the Channel Punjabi debate on September 16th, Doug has not been seen at any debates or forums since and all videos put out by his campaign have been […]
Mike Starchuk and Imagine Surrey Release a 50 Page Costed Platform That Sets a Bold Vision for Surrey’s Future
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 5, 2026SURREY, BC — Mike Starchuk and the eight Imagine Surrey council candidates today released “Contract for a Better Surrey,” a signed and costed platform with 79 commitments across five pillars: safe streets, fast commutes, smart investments, lower costs, and strong services. All nine candidates signed it, and every promise goes […]
Imagine Surrey Will Reverse Brenda Locke’s Defunding of the Surrey Crime Prevention Society
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESunday, October 4, 2026 SURREY, BC — Mike Starchuk today committed to restore the Surrey Crime Prevention Society’s City funding in Imagine Surrey’s first budget and lock it in with a four-year funding agreement. Imagine Surrey is the only party to commit to four years of stable and unpoliticized funding to the organization, which […]
Imagine Surrey Releases Plan to Build and Fund Affordable Child Care
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESaturday, October 3, 2026 SURREY, BC — Mike Starchuk today released Imagine Surrey’s child care plan: child care built into City facilities, starting with the three new community centres and every neighbourhood hub; a 60-day permit lane for operators; support for extended hours so shift workers have somewhere to take their kids; and growth […]
Brenda’s backroom deals will end with Imagine Surrey’s lobbyist registry
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY OCT. 2, 2026, SURREY, BC—Mike Starchuk today committed to replace Surrey’s 2008 lobbyist policy with a real lobbyist registry.
No New Casinos Under Imagine Surrey. Why Won’t Brenda, Doug, or Linda Promise the Same?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, October 1, 2026 SURREY, BC — Mike Starchuk today committed to no new casinos in Surrey, full stop, and called on Brenda Locke, Doug McCallum, and Linda Annis to sign the same commitment before October 17. The moratorium is a council resolution in the first 100 days: no City consent for any […]