FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, 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 knew that the man her dog attacked had to get stitched up. She called it a nip anyway. Just watch the video: her dog lunges a good distance at her neighbour and nobody stops it. Neither of her dogs was even licensed. She excused it on the spot and tried to sweep it under the rug.
This week she said there’s no excuse for a dog bite. She’s right. University of Manitoba ethics professor Arthur Schafer told Global News her account was “truly misleading” and questioned Annis’ “honesty, probity, and character.”
She calls herself a responsible dog owner. Responsible dog owners license their dogs, control their dogs, and tell the truth when their dog bites someone. Linda Annis downplayed what her dog did and covered up the truth to avoid the backlash. Now it has caught up with her. Surrey deserves a mayor who holds themselves to a higher level of accountability and integrity. Linda Annis has shown she’ll do neither.
It’s clear that Linda Annis brings the same chaos that Surrey has been accustomed to under Doug McCallum and Brenda Locke.
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About Imagine Surrey
Imagine Surrey is a civic party running a full slate of candidates in the October 17, 2026 municipal election. Led by mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk – a former firefighter and Chief Fire Prevention Officer, former City Councillor, and former MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale – Imagine Surrey is committed to making Surrey the City of Champions by delivering: safe streets, fast commutes, smart investments, lower costs, and strong services.
Council candidates: Yousef Aldabainah-Barakat, Chandan Chahal, Perminder Chohan, Narima Dela Cruz, Ashiyana Hanif, William Li, Dr. Margaret Mubanda, and Kevin Wilkie.
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