In the News: Surrey Police staffing concerns
GLOBAL TV NEWS: The ongoing Surrey policing transition and challenges in hiring officers is expected to be a major campaign issue in the fall municipal election.
May 12, 2026
GLOBAL TV NEWS: The ongoing Surrey policing transition and challenges in hiring officers is expected to be a major campaign issue in the fall municipal election.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, MAY 11, 2026, SURREY B.C. — Surrey is on-track for 600+ extortion cases with gun violence injury and deaths, as Cullen Commission recommendations fall off.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, MAY 7, 2026, SURREY B.C. — Mike Starchuk called Mayor Brenda Locke out for the loss of the Semiahmoo Town Centre housing project and 262 much needed homes, including 202 non-market rental units.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, APRIL 27, 2026, SURREY B.C. — On the day of Surrey city council’s vote to advance the King George Boulevard Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route to a ‘100 per cent detailed design’, Imagine Surrey is calling on Council to expand the city’s transit awareness and ambition.
DAILY HIVE, APRIL 27, 2026 — The new Imagine Surrey civic political party is calling for a broader approach to public transit planning in Surrey, Metro Vancouver’s second most populated city.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, APRIL 22, 2026, SURREY B.C. — On Earth Day, Imagine Surrey announced its commitment for the October 17, 2026 municipal election: planting 100,000 additional trees where they are most needed over a four-year term, expanding Surrey’s greenway and trail network, and retrofitting parks and public spaces to be climate resilient.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, APRIL 15, 2026, SURREY B.C. — Imagine Surrey is demanding answers after every party on Surrey Council voted unanimously to approve a massive cost increase for a public washroom contract with no debate, no questions, and no due diligence.
Imagine Surrey officially launched its 2026 municipal election campaign on Tuesday night, unveiling its full slate of candidates to “challenge the status quo under the same old players and parties at Surrey City Hall.”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, MONDAY MARCH 16, 2026, Surrey BC — Surrey City Hall’s response to the extortion crisis is missing urgency and the strategic preparation to act.
IMAGINE Surrey and its mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk on Thursday released a comprehensive law-and-order plan for “faster, smarter, and more sustained action to protect and seek justice for victims, dismantle transnational extortion networks and seize their assets, while ensuring this type of violence has no place in our communities.”