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鈥淚 realize many parks in Surrey are dumping grounds, and that鈥檚 why I鈥檓 saying something now,鈥 Candice Bommarito says, 鈥渂ecause I鈥檓 sick of it.鈥 (Tom Zytaruk/Surrey Now Leader)

1. Educators condemn Chilliwack trustee鈥檚 anti-LGBTQ comments

Fellow school board trustees, the BCTF and Minister of Education Rob Fleming were quick to speak out against Barry Neufeld鈥檚 comments that allowing a child to鈥漜hoose their gender鈥 is comparable to 鈥渃hild abuse.鈥

2. Pitt Meadows city councillor testifies at his sex assault trial

Murray has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a former employee, who cannot be named because of a publication ban, back in 1992.

3. More and more, 鈥榓verage Canadian鈥 is anything but, says latest 2016 census

There was plenty of diversity on display in Wednesday鈥檚 deposit of Statistics Canada census data, including 250 different ethnic origins across the country.

4. 91原创 businesses competing for workers

It鈥檚 a crunch impacting cities beyond 91原创, with the service industry in particular is seeing their labour pool shrink.

5. Surrey residents fed up with illegal dumping

In the first story of a multi-part series, a Surrey woman says Surrey looks nothing like it used to in 1998, in part because the bylaws on illegal dumping aren鈥檛 being followed.



About the Author: Ashley Wadhwani-Smith

I began my journalistic journey at Black Press Media as a community reporter in my hometown of Maple Ridge, B.C.
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