June 19th, 2008 @ 11:35am by Rebecca Bollwitt
I grew up in Surrey, more specifically (for those who do not already know) Whalley. I went to West Whalley secondary and played in the Trojan Classic basketball tournament. I know Surrey like the back of my hand, well at least I used to… most places I recognized as being farms and agricultural land are [...]
May 11th, 2008 @ 9:48am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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, [...]
February 27th, 2008 @ 12:03pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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 [...]
October 18th, 2007 @ 9:19am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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 [...]
October 18th, 2007 @ 8:40am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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 [...]
September 19th, 2007 @ 10:42am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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, [...]