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B.C. anesthesiologist facing second sexual assault charge after moving his practice
An anesthesiologist in British Columbia is facing a second charge of sexual assault, this time related to an alleged incident involving a patient in a different community. Shown is a Philadelphia police car with flashing lights in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke
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B.C. Mounties announce results of organized crime drug investigations
Assistant Commissioner Will Ng, Criminal Operations Officer with the RCMP's Federal Investigative Services and Organized Crime unit, speaks as pills that were seized are displayed during a news conference at RCMP headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. Mounties announced they have arrested numerous people and seized chemicals capable of producing 262 million potentially lethal doses of fentanyl along with pills and equipment capable of producing 60,000 pills per hour, after a 22-month investigation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Body found after shots fired in Surrey, B.C., homicide unit investigating
A body has been found in a parked vehicle in Surrey, B.C. A statement from Surrey RCMP says the body was discovered as officers were called to the Grandview Heights neighbourhood just before 8 p.m. Monday. The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Surrey councillors plan to use new provincial fund to reduce proposed 17.5% property tax hike
The new City Hall in Surrey, British Columbia, Tuesday, February 18, 2014. The new 180,000 square foot building cost $97-million and opened February 17, 2014. Rafal Gerszak for The Globe and Mail
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B.C. court orders new trial for man unaware his guilty pleas would stop Charter argument
British Columbia’s Court of Appeal has overturned guilty pleas and ordered a new trial for a man who it says was unaware the pleas would prevent him from claiming his Charter rights were violated over the time it took to get him to trial. Media wait outside court in Vancouver, on June 2, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. Premier David Eby announces more cost-of-living supports to offset inflation
B.C. Premier David Eby makes an announcement in Burnaby, B.C. on Thursday, January 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Man charged with assault of media member, say Mounties in Surrey, B.C.
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. RCMP in Surrey, B.C., say that charges have been laid against a man for the alleged assault of a member of the media at a protest at the Pacific Highway Border Crossing last February. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Property tax increases in Vancouver, Surrey set to soar as local councils adjust city budgets to inflation
Snow-covered houses and the downtown skyline are seen after a snowstorm, in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Liberal MPs decry Vancouver Port Authority truck program in letters to minister
Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra listens during an announcement at Port Metro Vancouver's Centerm container terminal, in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Four federal Liberal MPs have written to Alghabra expressing frustration with a much-criticized program that aims to replace older trucks that service the Vancouver Port Authority. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Vancouver’s Black population rising fast, census shows
Lenya Wilks poses for a photo in Surrey, B.C. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. Wilks says she felt like the "only Black person in Surrey" when she first moved to the city east of Vancouver last year. But the Black population in the region is growing fast and residents who who once might have left in search of community are increasingly staying to forge their own, says Wilks, senior manager of the Surrey Local Immigration Partnership. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Marissa Tiel
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B.C. government will provide Surrey with police service answer by spring: Farnworth
B.C. Deputy Premier and Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth speaks during a news conference, in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, April 11, 2022. The British Columbia government expects to provide the city of Surrey the answer who will provide police services to the community this spring. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Surrey police chief wants audit of city’s ‘inflated and mischaracterized’ costings
A Surrey police department logo is seen on an officer's uniform in Surrey, B.C., on Wednesday, August 31, 2022. The chief of the Surrey Police Service is calling for an independent audit of the city's costings for its policing transition, saying he's concerned they've been "inflated and mischaracterized" to target the force. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Surrey, B.C., budget proposes 9.5% property tax hike for policing transition costs
A Surrey police department logo is seen on an officer's jacket in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The City of Surrey has released its draft five-year budget, allocating more than half of the property tax increases for 2023 to cover the costs associated with the police transition. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. Premier Eby uses surplus budget cash for one-time billion-dollar growth fund
B.C. Premier David Eby speaks with media as he arrives for a meeting of Canada’s Premier’s , Monday, February 6, 2023 in Ottawa. Every community in British Columbia will be eligible for infrastructure grants coming from a one-time New Democrat government $1 billion fund. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Additional information required as B.C. government mulls Surrey police transition
Minister of Public Safety Mike Farnworth speaks to media in Victoria, B.C., on Monday February 5, 2018. British Columbia's public safety minister says his government needs to know more before it decides on the "unprecedented" request to reverse a change from municipal policing in Surrey in a decision that affects the whole province.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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Three family members identified as bodies found in home in Surrey, B.C.
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on April 13, 2018. The RCMP is investigating a woman's death in central Nova Scotia after officers responded to a report on Monday of shots fired. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Homicide investigation after three people found dead in Surrey, B.C.
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Youth arrested after shooting in Tsawwassen, B.C.
Police tape is shown in Toronto, Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Delta Police say a youth from Surrey has been arrested after shooting in Tsawwassen, B.C., and will be facing several firearms charges. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
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CBSA detainee dies in custody on Christmas Day in Surrey, B.C.
A patch is seen on the shoulder of a Canada Border Services Agency officer's uniform in Tsawwassen, B.C., Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. Border officials say a detainee at an immigration holding centre in Surrey, B.C., has died after being found unresponsive on Christmas Day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Surrey Police Service asks B.C. to reject city’s request to halt policing transfer
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Plans for new Surrey, B.C., police force on hold until next year
RCMP constables patrol 135A Street know as "The Strip" in Surrey, British Columbia, Wednesday, August 2, 2017. Rafal Gerszak/The Globe and Mail
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Three pedestrians severely injured after being hit by vehicles in Metro Vancouver
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. Police say a 52-year-old man from Switzerland is dead after a small plane crashed Wednesday near the airport in the Labrador town of  Happy Valley-Goose Bay.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Staying with RCMP would save Surrey, B.C., $235-million: report
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Steep surcharges for mailing parcels may dampen holiday spirits
The Canada Post logo is seen on the outside the company's Pacific Processing Centre, in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday June 1, 2017. Canadians who choose to send parcels over the holidays may be surprised by the steep surcharge on domestic shipping this season due to the high price of diesel. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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One dead, one in custody following stabbing in Surrey
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Police searching for two robbery suspects linked to violent series of events in Coquitlam, B.C.
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, April 13, 2018. A search is underway for two people linked to a violent series of events that brought the evening rush hour on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, to a standstill along a section of Highway 1 through Coquitlam, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Ex-mayor of Former Surrey, B.C., Doug McCallum not guilty of mischief
Surrey mayoral candidate, incumbent Doug McCallum, waits for the start of a candidates meeting in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, September 26, 2022. A defence lawyer for the now-former mayor says his client should be acquitted of a public mischief charge because the Crown failed to prove he intended to mislead police by saying his foot was run over. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Surrey Police Service to keep hiring despite council vote to go with RCMP
FILE PHOTO: The British Columbia Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) headquarters, also known as "E" Division, in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Ben Nelms/File Photo
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Independent investigation launched after B.C. woman dies in police shooting incident
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., Friday, April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Policing in flux across B.C., as political pledges prove complex to implement
Surrey Police Insp. Novi Jette poses for a photograph in Surrey, B.C., Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The future of the Surrey force is in question with a new majority on city council promised to halt the replacement of RCMP — and Jette says it could also mean the end of policing for her. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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94 per cent of municipal police in Surrey, B.C., sign vow not to join ‘toxic’ RCMP: union
A Surrey police department logo is seen on an officer's jacket in Surrey, B.C., Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The union representing members of the fledgling Surrey Police Service says its officers and civilian workers have "no intention" of joining the RCMP, should the municipal force be scrapped. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Crown can’t prove former Surrey mayor Doug McCallum lied, lawyer says
Surrey mayoral candidate, incumbent Doug McCallum, waits for the start of a candidates meeting in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, September 26, 2022. A defence lawyer for the now-former mayor says his client should be acquitted of a public mischief charge because the Crown failed to prove he intended to mislead police by saying his foot was run over. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Strong winds, heavy rain knock out power to tens of thousands in B.C.
Pedestrians carry umbrellas as light rain falls in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. The latest in a series of vigorous mid-fall storms is bringing wind, rain and snow to large sections of British Columbia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Homicide detectives probe one of two shootings in Metro Vancouver
Police tape is shown in Toronto Tuesday, May 2, 2107. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy