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Economy resonates as NDP suffers Leafs-like collapse
Congratulations to all who ran for office, winners and losers, and to their families, campaign volunteers and supporters. The Fat Lady has sung. It is over.
Hayer has no regrets about jumping ship
The Liberals won 50 seats provincially in Tuesday's general election, one more than they did in the 2009 election.
THATCHER/HARPER WORLD MUCH THE SAME
To the editor: -- Re: "Olson wrong on Thatcher," Letters, April 26.
The Iron Lady
MARGARET Thatcher died of a stroke Monday at age 87 and UK Prime Minister David Cameron's praise - "a great leader, a great prime minister and a great Briton" - was both accurate and deserved.
The cellphone-polling hypothesis
By the time you read this column, I'll be settling into my new home. I'm going a short distance geographically, but a significant distance financially (from renting to owning).
Congestion pricing could be the answer
The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Phase 2 Consultation Discussion Guide offers five options to deal with the George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project.
Delta Police Pipe Band tours Germany
Two years ago the Delta Police Pipe Band played in front of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, at Windsor Castle, in London, England. Present during the show were the organizers of the touring German Military Tattoo called "MusikParade."
Streep's Thatcher puts finish on Golden Ears series
The Golden Ears Movie Series ends its season with a film about the controversial Margaret Thatcher.
Exemplary service lauded
Two more members of the community have recently been honoured with a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal.
Mayor Baldwin receives Diamond Jubilee award
White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin is the most recent recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Federal run with Tories may be in cards for Hayer
Surrey Liberal MLA Dave Hayer is still playing coy concerning rumours he's planning to take a run at federal politics in the 2015 general election.
Special medals honour Tri-Cities residents
The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal was presented to 31 recipients from the Tri-Cities area during a ceremony last Friday at the Vancouver Golf Club on Austin Avenue.
Residents honoured
MP James Moore presented 25 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals on Tuesday. Many of the recipients are well-known in the Tri-Cities community: David Aisenstat, Ryan Beedie, Harry Burgoyne, Mary Anne Cooper, Greg D'Avignon, Ralph Drew, Christopher William Dupuis, Garry Elgear, Gordon Gillard, Chan Hon Goh, James D. Gray, Don Hedges, Jane Hungerford, Connie Isherwood, Hassan Khosrowshahi, Nezat Khosrowshahi, Ann Kitching, Lyall Knott, Tim Laidler, Chris Leveille, Colin Ogilvie, Yoo-soon (Eunice) Oh, Hazel Postma, Carol Rush and Michael Walker.
Nobility came to Surrey a few times during a royal 2012
While Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Diamond Jubilee on the world stage, Surrey had a couple brushes with nobility locally in 2012.
City residents receive Diamond Medals
Four North Burnaby residents have made the list of Canadians who will receive a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, in addition to the four South Burnaby residents mentioned at a council meeting last month.
Mulcair touts NDP vision in Surrey
Thomas Mulcair painted the Tory federal government as being big on corporate tax cuts for the rich and small on compassion for everyone else while he was stumping in Surrey on Friday.
