FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, September 17, 2026 SURREY, BC — Mike Starchuk today set out two commitments to lower the cost of living in Surrey: cutting recreation fees for seniors in half and making select seniors’ programs free, completely free recreation for residents above the age of 70, and a plan to lower
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, September 16, 2026 SURREY, BC — Mike Starchuk today pledged to give Surrey’s taxi drivers a break: allow taxis in bus lanes where and when it makes sense, lower licensing costs, and cut red tape so more drivers can operate and prices stay competitive. For seniors, shift workers,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, September 15, 2026 SURREY, BC — A day after saying no to the mayor’s arena deal, Imagine Surrey and mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk today committed to a record investment in the places Surrey families actually use: three new community centres, paid for in part by not overpaying for arena land. Three community centres,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, September 15, 2026 SURREY, BC — In January, Linda Annis told another dog owner to step up and do the right thing. Four months later her own dog bit a man badly enough to need stitches. She didn’t follow her own advice. Now, she is being sued. She
Linda Annis admits responsibility for her pet dog’s behaviour after it was revealed three months later that a bite she’d characterized as a “nip” turned out to be a wound requiring 27 stitches. A 92-page report Global News revealed on September 13 includes a text message from the bite victim
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, September 14, 2026 SURREY, BC — Imagine Surrey and mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk say yes to a 10,000-seat arena Surrey can be proud of, and no to the deal behind it. An Imagine Surrey council will build the arena on cheaper land in a better spot, with Fleetwood getting the first look, and put the
It is back-to-school week in Surrey. More than 80,000 students returned to class on Tuesday, and many of them walked to school along roads with no sidewalk. Imagine Surrey and mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk committed to 50 kilometres of new sidewalks over four years, starting outside Surrey’s schools, and a road safety plan built around
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESunday, September 13, 2026 SURREY, BC — Imagine Surrey and mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk are calling on Linda Annis to release the City’s full record of the May dog attack involving her dog, reported by Global News on Sunday after a months-long freedom of information fight. In January, Annis told Global News that dogs that
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESunday, September 13, 2026 SURREY, BC — Three party names will be on the ballot on October 17 asking to run City Hall again. Imagine Surrey and mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk today released their record, side by side. On the decisions that lit the fire at City Hall and kept it burning, Surrey First,
The Cloverdale District Chamber of Commerce is hosting a series of seven civic-slate “open houses.” The first two were held Sept. 9 (Imagine Surrey) and Sept. 11 (Safe Surrey Coalition). Scott Wheatley, the executive director of the Cloverdale Chamber, said the first two events went very well. He told the
