Thank you to the residents of our city who have honoured myself, Dianne Watts, and our entire Surrey First Team, by selecting us to represent them for the next three years on City Council and on the Surrey School Board.
Thanks so much to everyone who voted, supported us, volunteered with our campaign, and sent good wishes our way. This is a great win, but we know we still have lots [...]
Mayor Dianne Watts and the Surrey First team are calling on Port Metro Vancouver to approve a minimum of an additional 1.3 meters in dredging in the Fraser River, which will result in over 1,300 jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars of economic activity.
“The Fraser River is a marine highway and we need to start treating it as such. Port Metro Vancouver, which includes
several facilities along the Fraser River, [...]
The Future Lives Here.
That’s the new marketing tag line for the city of Surrey.
And the statistics bear it out. Surrey is British Columbia’s second largest city – having surpassed Victoria – and the fastest growing city in the province.
Its population (460,000 in 2010) swells with over 10,000 new residents each year. Right now, the greatest challenge is how to manage this explosive population growth while not just retaining, but in [...]
SURREY (NEWS1130) – Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts is outraged a convicted sex offender known as the Falconridge Rapist is being released into a halfway house in her community.
Andrew Aurie Jefferson was convicted for attacking three women in Calgary back in 2006.
Surrey RCMP Cpl. Drew Grainger says Jefferson is considered a high risk to re-offend.
“His method of operation was to randomly grab a female from behind who is walking down the [...]
Surrey, B.C.: On the heels of an RCMP warning regarding a convicted sex offender in Surrey, Surrey First is calling on the federal government to give tougher sentences and conditions to repeat, high-risk, sex offenders.
“The safety of Surrey residents should always trump those of a convicted sex offender,” said Surrey First Mayor Dianne Watts. “Eight months ago, this man was deemed such a high-risk to reoffend that he was denied [...]
SURREY (NEWS1130) – She’s one of the most popular politicians in BC and a recent poll gave Dianne Watts a 68 per cent approval rating; that’s the fourth-highest for city mayors across Canada.
Watts has six candidates running against her for the mayor’s chair but she’s expected to easily win her third term in office. Her campaign has been focusing on the city’s economy.
“Jobs are number one,” she says. [...]
36 hours from now, the polls close and the decision about who will represent the residents of Surrey for the next three years will be made. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank our dedicated supporters and volunteers who have worked tirelessly towards the goal of electing the Surrey First team, allowing us the honour of representing this great city and continuing our work in keeping Surrey First.
Although the [...]
Mayor Dianne Watts and the entire Surrey First team thanks the Pacific Eagles Athletic Society for their support in their endorsement! Our entire team is committed to providing great parks and recreation facilities for our city.
City of Surrey – “The Future Lives Here”
On Saturday, November 19, 2011Surrey voters will elect a new Surrey City Council, consisting of the Mayor, eight Councillors and the Surrey Board of Education comprising of six [...]
Dear Bayside Members,
This Saturday, November 19th the residents of Surrey will go to the polls to elect our next City Council. After interviewing and researching the candidates running for election, we would like to inform you of those candidates that our Bayside Executive Members feel best represent the vision for our Rugby Club, as well as sports throughout our community. The Surrey First Team supports centre [...]
BY AMY REID, SURREY NOW
SURREY – Surrey First has received several endorsements over the last week, and some members of the team have done some endorsing of their own.
On Nov. 16 Surrey First announced that members of the Surrey Fire Fighters Union Local 1271 have endorsed Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts and all eight members of the Surrey First team.
Also endorsing Watts and her team is Guildford Athletic Club.
On Wednesday, [...]