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Busting myths about workplace sexual harassment
7+ hour, 37+ min ago (1155+ words) Published 9: 15 pm Sunday, May 17, 2026 It's time to have a real conversation about what happens in Canadian workplaces. Unwanted "compliments" or sexual jokes happen often. Most of the time, the person responsible thinks it's not harassment because the other person did…...
Rider and horse recovering after saddle bronc incident at Cloverdale Rodeo
8+ hour, 26+ min ago (192+ words) Published 2: 30 pm Sunday, May 17, 2026 Saddle bronc rider Nick Patterson has been released from hospital after an incident during Saturday night (May 16) competition at the Cloverdale Rodeo. According to rodeo media contact Josh Miller, Patterson and the horse, Spring Season became…...
LETTER: Illegal builders in Surrey don't need "education'
16+ hour, 16+ min ago (175+ words) Published 9: 00 am Sunday, May 17, 2026 Send letters to the editor to editor@surreynowleader. com An open letter to Mayor Brenda Locke: Re: "Council calls for more balanced enforcement of stop work orders, published in the Surrey Now-Leader, May 7 Mayor Locke wants…...
Surrey school board approves 2026-27 budget
10+ hour, 10+ min ago (1041+ words) Published 12: 30 pm Sunday, May 17, 2026 The Surrey school district is facing a $16-million budget shortfall, and that means some tough choices lie ahead. Surrey's school board chair weighs in. Surrey Schools has approved a balanced budget amid declining enrolment. The 2026-27 school…...
LETTER: Nigel says thanks to the strangers who helped him in South Surrey
18+ hour, 16+ min ago (148+ words) Published 7: 00 am Sunday, May 17, 2026 On the morning of May 6th I was walking down 24th Avenue, next to Peninsula Village, stumbled and fell. A number of people stopped to help me, and two young ladies in particular stayed with until an ambulance…...
Cruise passenger isolating in Victoria tests positive for hantavirus
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (361+ words) Published 5: 25 pm Saturday, May 16, 2026 Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said one of the four people who were in quarantine in the Island Health region has tested positive for the Andes strain of hantavirus, after a cruise ship was struck…...
B. C. hockey player speaks out after on-ice assault during 2024 game
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (716+ words) Published 5: 30 am Saturday, May 16, 2026 A violent incident during a U21 hockey game in the Comox Valley in December 2024 that left an Oak Bay player with a concussion and facial injuries has resulted in a guilty plea to assault causing bodily harm....
ROSES AND ROTTEN TOMATOES: Rotten tomatoes to the watering scofflaws in Surrey
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (410+ words) Surrey Now-Leader ROSES AND ROTTEN TOMATOES: Rotten tomatoes to the watering scofflaws in Surrey Published 7: 00 am Saturday, May 16, 2026 Email your submissions to Roses and Rotten Tomatoes to newsroom@surreynowleader. com " Buckets full of rotten tomatoes to many of our neighbours…...
LETTER: Surrey residents sick of "grandstanding" on violent crime
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (245+ words) Published 6: 00 pm Friday, May 15, 2026 The scene of a Newton shooting that claimed the life of two teenage boys in Surrey on Sunday, May 10. (1st Due Media/Contributed to Surrey Now-Leader) The eight-year sentence given to the man who fatally stabbed a…...
Lawnmower men" capture Bed Pan Trophy at 49th annual Cloverdale Bed Races
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (812+ words) Published 6: 00 pm Friday, May 15, 2026 It's all about the lawnmower. After winning the Bed Pan Trophy in the men's race at the 49th annual Cloverdale Bed Races, Atkinson Landscaping chalked up the W'their first ever'to precision preparation. "I don't want to share…...