The B.C. government has announced its vision to promote the City of Surrey as a second Lower Mainland downtown and to build an innovation corridor that will drive economic growth and create good jobs and opportunity for people in Surrey and the Fraser Valley.

B.C. artists are featuring the vibrancy and diversity of the province’s arts and culture sector, with some groups benefiting for the first time from the latest round of BC Arts Council grants.

More than 1,000 students in Surrey will soon be in safer classrooms, with seismic upgrades coming to Holly Elementary and George Greenaway Elementary schools.

Canada’s natural resources drive our economy and support thousands of middle class jobs. Building modern infrastructure and clean technologies in the resource sector is part of the Government of Canada’s plan to get our resources to new markets, spark economic growth, and accelerate Canada’s clean energy transition.

An easier, more accessible complaint process is now in place for workers who have concerns about their employment rights, with the elimination of the Employment Standards Branch’s “self-help kit.”

For the first time in 10 years, the daily rates for eligible income assistance clients living at registered or licensed residences are increasing.

British Columbia and Surrey will host 12 world-class women’s softball teams next month, in one of the most significant softball tournaments in the city’s history.