Archive for the ‘politics’ Category

Surrey File: Paul Hillsdon for City Council

May 11th, 2008 by Miss604   4 Comments

Photo Credit: Roland Tanglao
The people I have featured in my What The Surrey or Surrey File series are not your stereotypical products of Surrey that other Metro Vancouverites or Canadians tend to imagine.
I’m extremely proud to have been born and raised in Surrey and the people of the city are hard-working, dedicated, determined, unbelievably driven [...]

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Surrey File: Chuck Cadman

February 27th, 2008 by Miss604   6 Comments

This past weekend I felt nothing but “Surrey Pride” when talking with my Crazy Canucks co-hosts, as it turns out 3 of us were raised in Surrey and are all pretty proud of that fact. It got me wondering, who are some other great Surreyites that I’m honored to associate with the city… and now [...]

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What the Surrey #14 - Whitecaps in Tynehead

October 18th, 2007 by Miss604   5 Comments

When I wrote a recent post, calling Surrey by it’s current motto, the “City of Parks”, my unofficial Surrey/Fraser Valley transit and logistical correspondent Paul, had something to say about it.
Surrey has never been worthy of the “City of Parks” designation. It boasts about it’s 500 parks, and expansive trail system. Psht. It’s all marketing…
…What [...]

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Blog Find: Langley Politics Dotcom

October 18th, 2007 by Miss604   2 Comments

This website popped onto my radar a short while ago when they linked my story about the Surrey Memorial Hospital, even though they’ve been around for the last four years.
Langley’s longest-running and most popular Town Hall forum, hosted by Langley Township Councillor Jordan Bateman and Sam “Politics” Kirk. Featuring more than 150,000 visitors, 500,000 hits, [...]

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Yes, the Civic Strike in Vancouver is a Big Deal

September 19th, 2007 by Miss604   17 Comments

We saw a skunk sifting through garbage in the back alley the other day, I think they are doing shift work while the raccoons sleeping, it struck me as sorta strange. When the strike first started (remember way back when? even during the fireworks?) people were like “oh you can’t even tell!” At this point, [...]

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