FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, September 30, 2026 SURREY, BC — On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Mike Starchuk committed that an Imagine Surrey council will put City-owned land on the table for a rental community owned and led by First Nations. City Hall would bring the land, approvals, and the
By Ashiyana Hanif For more than 30 years, the people listening to my shows at two in the afternoon have been sitting in taxis. I started hosting my radio shows in 1992 for Surrey’s Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu communities, and I opened my own station, Media Waves Live, in 2015.
Imagine Surrey mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk says an Imagine Surrey council would support affordable housing projects and work to restore housing developments that were cancelled or deferred in Surrey.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, September 29, 2026 SURREY, BC — Bruce Ralston, who represented Surrey-Whalley in the Legislature for 19 years and served in the BC cabinet from 2017 to 2024, has endorsed Mike Starchuk for Mayor of Surrey. “Mike Starchuk has long served the people of Surrey with hard work and
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, September 29, 2026 SURREY, BC — Mike Starchuk today set out the affordable housing record of the three legacy parties. On September 15, 2025, the province announced 262 homes for Semiahmoo Town Centre, 202 non-market rentals, 40 supportive homes, and 20 complex-care homes. On November 17, Locke and
Surrey mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk wants to introduce a new municipal tax on homes left empty for much of the year, with the revenue dedicated to building new affordable housing projects within the city. The Imagine Surrey party leader announced the proposal today, calling on the provincial government to commit
Former Surrey Police Chief Constable Norm Lipinski has filed a petition in the Supreme Court of British Columbia challenging his June 1 dismissal, alleging that his firing was influenced by “extraneous political considerations” and followed a police board meeting that was “convened through misrepresentations to the chair of the Board.”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, September 28, 2026 SURREY, BC — Mike Starchuk today called for an empty homes tax in Surrey, with every dollar of it going to homes people can afford, and asked every leader in the October 24 provincial election to commit to giving Surrey the same power Vancouver has
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, September 28, 2026 SURREY, BC — Mike Starchuk today released Imagine Surrey’s plan to build more homes in Surrey, faster, and more homes people can actually afford: a clock on every permit, with the fee coming back to the applicant when City Hall misses it, City land put
Surrey mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk is proposing a new Fraser River waterfront destination and a cricket and rugby stadium as part of a push to bring major international sporting events to the city. Starchuk’s Imagine Surrey party outlined the major proposals in two announcements last week, ahead of the civic election on
