Surrey resident among plane crash victims

A Surrey resident was one of seven people killed when a float plane went down on South Thormanby Island off the Sunshine Coast last weekend. Tom Orgar, a heavy-duty mechanic with construction equipment firm Finning (Canada) in Surrey, has been identified as one of the six passengers aboard the Pacific Coastal... more

All doubts erased

After giving up a go-ahead goal with just seven minutes to play, even their coach had doubts the Panorama Ridge Thunder had time to avoid their first loss of the season.  “I was a bit pessimistic,” admitted Jessica Mann. “We’ve given... more

• Longhorns Bears in football final
• SPORTS BRIEFS
• Hartley signs with RIT Tigers

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Kwantlen receives historic donation

Kwantlen Polytechnic University has received a $250,000 donation from The Richberry Group. The gift marks the single largest donation received by Kwantlen Polytechnic University and the Institute for Sustainable Horticulture. Peter Dhillon, the president and CEO of the Richberry Group of... more

• Graydon addresses Board of Trade
• Local builders named Georgie Award finalists
• Surrey Business Excellence Awards handed out Thursday night

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RETROSPECTIVE: Back on track

Girls participate in Queen Elizabeth High School’s Girls’ Track Workout at Bear Creek Park. This photo was published in The Leader on April 16, 1964. – City of Surrey archives Each Friday, enjoy a look back at the past with Surrey Leader... more

• FOCUS on education: a Leader special
• Fundraiser for Cassidy
• Surrey Christmas Bureau open Saturday

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City sustaining loopholes

As a group of citizens and organizations who are dedicated to the protection and enhancement of Surrey’s natural areas/biodiversity, Surrey Environmental Partners has some serious concerns about the City of Surrey’s recently adopted Sustainability Charter (SC). It deals... more

• Laying wreath and thinking of others
• Regard for Luke 15
• Target jaywalkers

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Why the Interurban won't work today

Those who campaign for reviving the B.C. Electric Interurban tram rail line in the Fraser Valley are in need of a reality check. The route that was built almost a century ago between New Westminster and Chilliwack made sense at the... more

• Transport study was stacked against B.C.: critic
• Yes, they did.
• Dummies need 'smart cards'

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