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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESaturday, September 12, 2026 SURREY, BC — Imagine Surrey and mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk say Mayor Brenda Locke’s sidewalk claim is ludicrous. The City confirmed in yesterday’s Vancouver Sun that its sidewalk program builds seven to 10 kilometres a year, and that the mayor’s larger figure counts sidewalks that came with road widening.
SURREY, BC — Imagine Surrey mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk, a retired Surrey firefighter and former Chief Fire Prevention Officer, released the following statement on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks: Twenty-five years ago, a normal morning turned into the day no firefighter will ever forget. I remember the call for help
Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke was the first to start tearing down the old Safeway to make room for a 10,000 seat arena, as demolition on the downtown site began Thursday. “This is an exciting step forward for one of the most significant city-building projects in Surrey’s history,” noted the mayor.
Imagine Surrey and mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk are calling on Mayor Brenda Locke, ex-mayor Doug McCallum, and Coun. Linda Annis to explain their parties’ records on the first test of public trust: following the rules on money. Elections BC fined all three parties for contravening the Local Elections Campaign Financing
